@dekkzz78 @tom_dalling if I understood the question, from my viewpoint Ruby is pretty universal tool. Web based apps are future - no doubt on that (at least GUI ones). However judging from other developments today there is way more data science usage than actual web usage. So I guess if Ruby finds its way into data area it will continue floating. I think Rails made Ruby known and useful to wide audience, but this was in the same time a curse - diminishing focus on other uses.

@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.

@fjfish would not be surprised if it is. this world is wrong on that.

@Xardas thank you! Thoughtful. current issue I have is making it work on windows. Linux by now is more or less OK.

@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.

@fjfish there is another theory for this: if you have seen some 'surface' tablet/PCs that has detachable keyboard this setting is probably related to that. If you have tablet connected to kbd there is no point to show on-screen keyboard, on the other hand if you detach keyboard you need to somehow type the text. For a while I had setup where I had PC connected to tv but used air-mouse with keyboard, sometimes onscreen keyboard came handy (better than one on air mouse). But I am not on windows.

@skryking Let me guess - it was called Trumpet Winsock ?