Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!jwtlai
From: jwtlai@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Jim W Lai)
Subject: Re: the interface for the rest of us?
Message-ID: <1991May3.043604.5462@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Organization: University of Waterloo
References: <9105021606.AA26962@lti2.lti.uucp>
Date: Fri, 3 May 1991 04:36:04 GMT
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In article <9105021606.AA26962@lti2.lti.uucp> reg@lti2.UUCP (Rick Genter x18) writes:
>I recently read an article in the March '91 issue of MacUser that
>reviews PenPoint, GO Corporation's pen-based operating system.  The
>user interface is (or can be) entirely pen-driven.

>So what's the win?  After reading the article, I concluded that PenPoint
>will be good for a limited set of applications, usually revolving around
>filling out forms in a non-time-critical environment.  I can not see how
>PenPoint would ever provide a comfortable environment for a "power" user,
>or even for the everyday user.

I suspect users of ideographic languages would find it more useful.
Sony has a "palmtop" computer, whose interface involves a stylus.
I know it was released in Japan, but I haven't kept up with the North
American market as of late.