LiquidText
Productivity
document annotation and reading
SHOW HN2012
How HN took it
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 1 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.31.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting application of multi-touch to document work
From 3 comments
This looks really awesome. For a long time, I've thought that multi-touch has been very under used, it's nice to see people thinking outside of the desktop OS paradigm. I would…
mdkess on HNThis looks amazing. It's nice to see a different take on a UI for working with bigger documents. I must say I'm not a huge fan of touch interfaces but something like this could…
pknight on HNThis looks awesome.
Jarred on HN
Useful for reviewing technical manuscripts
From 1 comment
This is great. When reviewing/editing/revising technical manuscripts (journal articles, technical reports, dissertations etc) this would be extremely handy, and cut out the…
dbcooper on HN
Revives ideas from Xanadu and hypertext history
From 2 comments
Calls to mind aspects of Xanadu, which is nice to see: http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/PTF2CLO8.JPG http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html
dzuc on HNIt's a kind of belated consolation that people are finally waking up to the potential of transclusion, structured notetaking and active reading in assisting and boosting human…
mgunes on HN
Objections
Multi-touch offers little advantage over keyboard and mouse
From 2 comments
I like it, but in all honesty - I don't see how multi-touch brings any advantage compared to a keyboard+mouse for this application. The workflow is a bit different yes, but there…
tjoff on HNMy thoughts exactly. In fact, watching the presentation gave me the impressions that the touch ui was actually slightly awkward to work with, compared to using a mouse. That's…
troels on HN
Touch screen use may cause fatigue and RSI
From 2 comments
Seems really cool but I can't ever see using a giant touchscreen all day like that. Imaging the fatigue that would ensue and the Repetitive Use Injuries (RSI) that would occur. I…
goggles99 on HNNifty! But how do you avoid the "gorilla arm" problem with large touch-screen monitors?
cpr on HN
Exporting work to PDF or print is not shown
From 1 comment
I like it, but in all honesty - I don't see how multi-touch brings any advantage compared to a keyboard+mouse for this application. The workflow is a bit different yes, but there…
tjoff on HN
Requests
Export to PDF retaining comments and links
From 1 comment
I like it, but in all honesty - I don't see how multi-touch brings any advantage compared to a keyboard+mouse for this application. The workflow is a bit different yes, but there…
tjoff on HN
Structured or grid-snapped layout of comments
From 1 comment
This is great. When reviewing/editing/revising technical manuscripts (journal articles, technical reports, dissertations etc) this would be extremely handy, and cut out the…
dbcooper on HN
Better grouping of snippets
From 1 comment
This looks really awesome. For a long time, I've thought that multi-touch has been very under used, it's nice to see people thinking outside of the desktop OS paradigm. I would…
mdkess on HN
Questions
Does it work with LaTeX and document formatting systems?
From 1 comment
How well does this work with LaTeX and other document formatting systems?
mjcohenw on HN
Does it work with a Wacom tablet?
From 1 comment
This looks really awesome. For a long time, I've thought that multi-touch has been very under used, it's nice to see people thinking outside of the desktop OS paradigm. I would…
mdkess on HN
Alternatives named
Smallest federated wiki
From 1 comment
* Smallest federated wiki: http://wardcunningham.github.com
drothlis on HN
Xanadu
From 1 comment
Calls to mind aspects of Xanadu, which is nice to see: http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/PTF2CLO8.JPG http://www.xanadu.com.au/ted/XUsurvey/xuDation.html
dzuc on HN
Zettelkasten
From 1 comment
I assume you mean recent and active projects; there's nothing recent I can remember that attempts to do the kind of thing I tried to describe in the second paragraph of my…
mgunes on HN
BumpTop
From 1 comment
This looks really awesome. For a long time, I've thought that multi-touch has been very under used, it's nice to see people thinking outside of the desktop OS paradigm. I would…
mdkess on HN