Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 10th Feb 2008 22:20 UTC
Ken Hinckley from Microsoft Research has unofficially put together a prototype Tablet PC note-taking application designed and built from ground up around the pen. InkSeine (rhymes with 'insane'), which gives you the ability to easily search the web or your local computer directly from your ink. Although it's scheduled for a public release on February 15, 2008, Microsoft insists that it is not intended for public consumption: "InkSeine is a research demonstration only, and is not a Microsoft product, nor is it intended to become a product. It is just something we built as a pure research project to explore novel pen and ink functionality."
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2007-02-22
The most interesting bit (not the FIRST bit, but) is the 'directional marking menu.' That's a really logical extension of the tablet platform, and while it's been done before (in games), it seems like it'd be a practical way for storing lots of commands.
Besides the directional marking menus, command line enthusiasts can take joy in that this could conceivably be used to make any part of the screen where you can write a "command line:" write, circle, execute.
Here's to the tool ring one day replacing the Start button!