09-21-2012, 11:22 AM | #1 | |
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MS Courier tablet inspires Project Austin Open Source app from MS
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-proje...38/?s_cid=e539
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Source and Build instructions here: http://austin.codeplex.com/wikipage?...ringTitle=Home And the video: http://media.ch9.ms/ch9/002a/7e3a6b4...ustin_high.mp4 The app itself is apparently headed for the Win8 App store. Looks cool. Useful, too. |
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09-21-2012, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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Sweet! That's definitely something I would use. Thanks for posting!
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09-21-2012, 12:24 PM | #3 |
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That looks REALLY nice. I like the graph-paper background, personally. Brings me back to my (terrible) sketching days when ignoring math teachers during class.
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09-21-2012, 10:58 PM | #4 |
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Too bad its win8 only though. I have zero interest in Win8, especially win8 tablets, due to the anti consumer, anticompetitive decisions MS has made regarding it (such as requiring locks to prevent other OSs from booting on w8 tablets, preventing tablets from running anything not from the appstore, all tablet apps being metro only, etc)
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09-22-2012, 10:46 AM | #5 |
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What does this do that dozens of notebook apps for other operating systems don't? Is it simply because it is specifically for Windows 8?
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09-22-2012, 12:11 PM | #6 |
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For the most part, it is stuff that people won't notice. Code style, data structure, etc. Where most notebook apps like Windows Journal or Xournal are 2d, Austin is fully 3d, to better mimic paper grain and ink bleed. All of it adds up to a smoother, better looking experience. If it wasn't Windows 8 only, i would really be interested.
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09-22-2012, 05:09 PM | #7 | |
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This particular app brings to Windows 8 a particular software cuite that was designed for a planned Microsoft dual-pane folding tablet called Courier. (There is a link about Courier in the ZDNet article.) A lot of people were hoping MS would release Courier; Project Austin is a chance to replicate the Courier experience on Windows 8 devices. Last edited by fjtorres; 09-22-2012 at 05:17 PM. |
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09-22-2012, 08:13 PM | #9 |
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From the earliest MS press releases I was under the impression that they do have a digitizer. If it is true the Surfaces would be a great deal at $399.-
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Now this is the type of app that would make me more interested in tablets in general. I do think Samsung are getting closer with their Galaxy Note tablet though.
I guess it shouldn't surprise me that it's Windows that starts to get my attention. |
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Perhaps we are leaving the "simple tablet" (i.e. giant PDA) era and are entering the age of the "real tablet"?
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The thing about productivity apps is you're often looking at ways to synchronise across systems. If you have a Mac computer, an iPad may well have it all going on these days. It will have gone a great deal further with apps by now than Windows will have. Bento and OmniGraffle look great for example. However, they're not much use to me because my work and home computers are Windows. It didn't surprise me that Windows would interest me in tablets because I don't only see a tablet, I see the integration between the tablet and other tools that I'm already using and unless a tablet is going to help my professional life, I find it hard to justify the expense. |
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09-23-2012, 08:39 AM | #14 | |
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Especially compared to TabletPCs which have *always* been full computers. (But then, you already know that, since the coolest TabletPCs never leave your turf; out west we just get the high-volume generic designs or the occasional Dynamism import. ) |
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