Thread: Why the stylus isn’t dead
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-05-09 , 14:03
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#56
Originally Posted by ysss View Post
While we're not talking about capacitive vs resistive...

Stylus, as far as I can tell, is only useful for:

- Handwriting: yes, this is such a natural input method for slate tablet
- Sketching: yes, this is a great use many people will want/need
- Interacting with small screen elements: Useful for remote terminal access or running ported/emulated desktop apps

Other than the 3 above, finger > stylus...
- a stylus does not cover what you are interacting with (plus a good portion of the screen)

The not distinctive, but also present advantages:
- it's faster to peck with a stylus than with a finger
- less smudges

I still don't see why people think it's an advantage to be able to use just one input method and not two. As if the presence of a physical stylus somehow implies it is not finger usable (hello marketing hype).
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