Francis FishOk, Microsoft, why is this even an option?
Lj.rb@fjfish dunno, probably because there is belief you can use some device without any kind of keyboard.
@ljgww_rb got a pen and a keyboard. Handwriting recognition isn't very good
Or my handwriting isn't very recognisable ;)
@fjfish the most usable handwriting recognition was on symbian phones that inherited HR from palm. It was not your handwriting rather a set of symbols looking like letters and geared to easier recognition - plus this was done on limited CPU. I do not know why they keep insisting to recognize everyone's handwriting - that does not even work between people! Problem extrapolated to the end will again render something between your handwriting and some easy to recognize symbols.
@ljgww_rb I used to be a heavy Palm user and remember they changed the way it worked because patents or something
I had to patch my newer one to get it back to the old way
TBH, the handwriting mech on the Surface is about 90%, even with my idiosyncratic handwriting, but I'm actually after digital paper I can find again so I don't use it anyway. Happy to store my scribble as is :)
So maybe we can't use the far more useful and accurate method because someone's preventing us? Shame if it's true.
@fjfish would not be surprised if it is. this world is wrong on that.
@fjfish i have been on the quest for digital paper since mid 80ties (at that time there were only light pens) Things came to be way better technologically - sensors, ideas, various pens. Only few things currently light my imagination.
Liking my Surface 3 - it's very close to a "proper" pen