In my view, it's too big for a PDA and too small for a Tablet PC. Way
too geeky. I'd be embarassed to have one of those in the board room
taking notes. The Tablert PC as a replacement for the legal pad works
as a paradigm.

Bernd Helzer wrote:
> I have seen some prototypes of a development platform using ink.
> If I remember right it was writing code in python. Pretty fun, but really
> just a toy.
> I think you will have problems developing anything in ink, partially because
> the recognizer is optimized for english not for C++, C#, or VB. Even if you
> handwriting is exceptionally good (which mine isn't) the recognizer would
> still have problems for certain letters like o, O, and 0.
> Although I could imagine an IntelliSense recognizer that is smart enough to
> determine the context for your program. Alas that does not exists today, so
> using a stylus currently for coding, would be just a little better than
> using Speech-to-Text.
> Sorry about the bad news.
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> Bernd
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>>I'm a developer, and have been making my living typing for quite a long
>>time. As a result, i find that rsi issues have become quite a problem
>>in the last few years.
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>>So, i'm exploring alternate input devices, and am wondering if anyone
>>has experience with using ink as an alternative to typing when coding
>>in visual studio.
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>>My understanding is the VS isn't ink aware, so I'm thinking that you'd
>>use the input panel to insert text into the editor?
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>>Or maybe, use an ink-aware text editor for bulk entry, and input panel
>>for changes/debugging/maintenance?
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>>Anybody tried this?
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>>to be clear... i'm not trying to write an application using ink... i'm
>>trying to use *ink* to write an application!
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