Thread: Why the stylus isn’t dead
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attila77 is offline attila77
2010-05-10 , 09:33
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#90
Originally Posted by lma View Post
Ah, but which keyboard? For me the fastest input method by far is the stylus virtual keyboard, followed by the physical one (because of the constant need to use modifier keys and the character palette) followed by the finger virtual keyboard. Handwriting comes last obviously since a single tap will always be faster than a stroke or three.
+1. As geeky as it sounds I’m still fastest with the cr@ppy WinMo stylus keyboard. Not because it’s that great, cool and modern, but simply because the movement required for entering a char is the smallest. I still think people here think exclusively. Like, if you want to be able to use the device one handedly, then you cannot have a stylus at all. Which is wrong. There is far more ’stylus is old tech so you have to omit it to appear hip, regardless if you need it or not’ in this than anyone will admit (it’s like Jobs saying having a task manager is an automatic fail, duh).
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