> the only pen interface in the history of computing that I found wasn't an unusable laggy pile of shit.
Really? In the history of computing? IMHO, nothing today comes close to the styluses (styli?) of the palm devices or even the casio pocket viewers. It's a pity that the industry moved ahead and these companies failed to keep up. The technology as well as the UI/Ux of the palm devices were way ahead of their time.
Unfortunately, I never had the chance of using a Palm device of yore. Palm still has a following, as does Newtons due to how historically they solved a problem so smoothly no one since has been able to copy it. I'm willing to accept that ye olde Palms could meet my requirements of usable.
I don't think the silicon valley today understands that everything must be UI/UX oriented. If your UI/UX is broken, I don't care what your product does, I don't care how much it can improve my life, I don't care what you're telling yourselves or your investors: your product is broken and unusable to most of your customers, to every customer who isn't willing to put up with the brokenness.
Really? In the history of computing? IMHO, nothing today comes close to the styluses (styli?) of the palm devices or even the casio pocket viewers. It's a pity that the industry moved ahead and these companies failed to keep up. The technology as well as the UI/Ux of the palm devices were way ahead of their time.