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

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:08, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> >> 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.

Quikwriting is designed so you don't have to lift the stylus off the screen 
unless you want to abort a stroke or change from one 'wheel' to the other.

http://mrl.nyu.edu/projects/quikwriting/pocketpc.html

Here is a Java demo ->
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~perlin/demos/quikwriting.html

Although maybe you are a superb hunt & peck stylist :)

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