[BUGA] "Handwriting" (was: Mobile phone/PDA recommendations?)

Sat Dec 10 08:08:40 CST 2005

On Friday,  9 December 2005 at 19:23:39 +1030, Daniel O'Connor wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:44, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
>>> Now I use Quikwriting which is quite a clever idea. It is harder to
>>> learn, but has a much lower error rate.
>>
>> And a lower data rate?
>
> No, higher once you learn the layout.

I challenge anybody here to write "handwriting" on a PDA as fast as I
can use the toy keyboard.  It's just not possible.  A keystroke is a
single operation; almost all "handwriting" requires at least two
strokes, sometimes more.

Greg
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