Any Windows users here ?

Posted by Pierre Paul Landry
Sep 8, 2017 at 03:45 AM

Lucas wrote:
> I like to be able to use InfoQube and other great Windows software

:-) :-)

>I used to like Windows, but I have never recovered from my irritation with the way Windows decided to force users to interact with system settings via an insultingly dumbed-down, mobile-like interface.

True, but the good-old Control Panel has always been just a Win+X key away… And while I never liked the Windows 8 start screen, it is simple enough to install Classic Shell and get an “improved” Windows 7 machine.
The Windows store is a non-issue as I use only classic desktop apps. I find the stuff in the “store” to be OK for my 14 year old daughter, but for the rest of us…

For me, these two new key features are essential and non-existant on MacOS:

1- Touch screen: Allows for a tablet form-factor (or Surface Pro like). Also allows for running Android on a PC. I love being to use Android apps on a 12in big touch screen, side by side with Windows native ones

2- Active pen: Handwritten input is essential at times. No wonder Apple is going that direction with the iPad Pro tablets
For example, a real gem is Stylus Labs Write, avail on Windows and Android: http://www.styluslabs.com/: nothing less than a handwriting word processor !
I even integrated it within InfoQube, allowing for collaborative ink documents: http://www.sqlnotes.net/drupal5/index.php?q=node/3457

Just my 2 cents !

Pierre Paul Landry
IQ Designer
http://www.infoqube.biz