Ipad

Posted by Dr Andus
Feb 4, 2011 at 12:31 AM

quant wrote:

>Hmmm, strange. I have absolutelly no issue using ibm x61 tablet in a
>tablet mode with my pen in XP (12’’ screen), and similarly small viliv s5 (5’’
>screen).
>Pdf xchange is obviously not in full-screen mode, but “almost full screen
>mode”, with few toolbars visible.
>Even if I didn’t use pen, there are dozens of
>buttons that I could configure to say “page down”, etc ...
> >Obviously, it’s not as
>cool as using 2 fingers on the screen and zooming in out all the time, looooooool

You might be right. I could have tried to poke around and drill down further into the software, to try to make the whole user experience more seamless. I’m a reasonably sophisticated user but I’m not a techie, and so perhaps that’s why it didn’t occur to me. But that might be just the point: I wanted a device that withdraws, so I can read, rather than one that draws me in and makes me want to fiddle with it.

I suppose this might also be true for outlining software in general. Some of us just want a two-pane outliner that allows us to focus on the writing, while others may want hugely customisable information management systems (I belong to the former).

But I admit, I’ve been seduced by my iPod Touch (even though I was a resistant Palm fanboy) and it shaped my expectations now when I lay my hands on a tablet touchscreen.