2005 Write Anywhere Thread!!

In article <4200BF7E.2040503@Nospam.mvps.org>, mikew@Nospam.mvps.org
says...
> Woody wrote:
> > I think if MS had got rid of the option to type
> > into non TIP aware programs, they could make sure that at least their
> > programs were tip aware!
>
> TIP awareness is built onto other infrastructure, which AFAICT simply
> doesn't exist for the command window. The TIP's keyboard does work with
> it however.
>
> A work-around is to TIP-write into Notepad and paste that into CMD window.

Unfortunately it removes some of the functionality of the CMD window by
doing that. It prevents repetitive actions like pressing the up arrow
and changing parameters, and interactive options.

With the old TIP you could just have it floating in a convenient
location. It is a shame that there wasn't a 'floating' option.

--
Woody
Played Yagol for tabletPC yet?
http://www.alienrat.com/games

You know when the Tablet Input Panel is "floating" or in the Undock position
you can grab the little :::: (they vertical on the right side of the TIP)
and move the entire tip around the screen?

IDEA 1 - I'd love it, adjustable by user preference. 8-)

IDEA 2 - Are you aware you can use gestures for certain things in the TIP
like Backspace, Space, Enter, Tab and, of course, Scratch-out:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../gestures.mspx
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


"Beith" <Beith@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BE9F8103-5795-4E09-A92C-7D21E168AE31@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for all your responses. I am loathe to roll back SP2 for security
> and
> future upgrade reasons and I am actually trialling PenOffice from Phat at
> the
> moment but I am not finding it as good as the original MS product, slower,
> for one and I also do not really need any of the other features. The
> orangeguava desktop is cute but not what I need. I am switching between
> PenOffice and the TIP and the TIP is faster with better recognition.
> I am starting to get used to using the tablet scroll buttons to move the
> document under the open TIP so that I don't have to keep reativating it
> every
> time I want to scroll so the only problems left are the opacity and the
> disappearing comand buttons (TAB ENTER etc...)
> SO
> I have had some potentially useful ideas, what do people think?
> IDEA 1
> What about a translucent 'skin' for the TIP? How difficult would that be?
>
> IDEA 2
> What about a lock for the command buttons on the side of the TIP which
> disappear once you start writing and do not re-appear fast enough to allow
> for smooth functioning. The second line could just begin at an earlier
> point.
>
> With those two implemented then I think it really would be an improvement
> on
> Write Anywhere.
>
> "Chris H." wrote:
>
>> That's what I thought when we were beta testing the new Tablet Input
>> Panel.
>> I dearly missed Write Anywhere, but certainly don't any more. The new
>> TIP
>> is much easier to use to me than Write Anywhere ever was.
>>
>> I would say a period of adjustment is needed before seeing the value of
>> the
>> new setup.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "Woody" <usenet@alienrat.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1grbsp2.hfhwio9shrkvN%usenet@alienrat.co.uk.. .
>> > Mike Williams [MVP] <mikew@Nospam.mvps.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Woody wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > I would agree with that, but it looks like the OP has tried them and
>> >> > decided that they are not for him. If he is desparate to get write
>> >> > anywhere back, it does seem like reverting to SP1 is the best
>> >> > option.
>> >>
>> >> Hasn't MIcorsoft announced that WindowsUpdate will not work for
>> >> pre-SP2
>> >> installations of XP from some point in the near future?
>> >
>> > Probably true, but if the machine is no use to him without write
>> > anywhere maybe it doesn't matter.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Woody
>> >
>> > www.alienrat.com
>>
>>
>>

I AGREE! I'm a Newton user (still the best note taking device ever
made) and it was this feature that got me to buy the Tablet. Write
Anywhere is the closest emulation of the Newton that I have found.
Thanks for this thread. Because of this I've decided NOT to upgrade to
SP2. Come on MS. You got so close. Why go backward?
Pete B.

Please feel free to submit the suggestion to the Tablet PC team at either
mswish@microsoft.com or via the official web page for product feedback,
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp .
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Pete" <pbrwn********.com> wrote in message
news:1109187148.119066.33780@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
>I AGREE! I'm a Newton user (still the best note taking device ever
> made) and it was this feature that got me to buy the Tablet. Write
> Anywhere is the closest emulation of the Newton that I have found.
> Thanks for this thread. Because of this I've decided NOT to upgrade to
> SP2. Come on MS. You got so close. Why go backward?
> Pete B.
>

[jkendrick]

Interesting discussion. Have you tried ritePen? It reenables Write Anywhere and uses the SP2 recognition engine along with the ritePen one for greater accuracy. I wrote an article on my site discussing using ritePen on a Tablet PC. I use it all the time on mine.

http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkonther...ritepen_o.html

"Pete" <pbrwn********.com> wrote in message
news:1109187148.119066.33780@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...
>I AGREE! I'm a Newton user (still the best note taking device
>ever
> made) and it was this feature that got me to buy the Tablet.
> Write
> Anywhere is the closest emulation of the Newton that I have
> found.
> Thanks for this thread. Because of this I've decided NOT to
> upgrade to
> SP2. Come on MS. You got so close. Why go backward?
> Pete B.
>

At the suggestions of others, I downloaded the RitePen trial to
see if it would give me back the functionality SP2 ripped from
me. In my experience, Rite Pen was too slow. There were
indications that I hadn't tried every trick available for
speeding it up, but I gave up on searching for solutions after I
discovered it bleeding ink onto my OrangeGuava Desktop.

At any rate, you might investigate RitePen, if you haven't
already. It's not a bad price (and that's coming from a major
miser). MS loves for users to find their software solutions with
other vendors, you know!
<eg>

http://www.ritepen.com

--
TCPW
The Miniature Mage