[AccessD] Windows 8

"Voice coding" reminds me of the late comedian, Victor Borge, who had a
phonetic punctuation routine that was hilarious.  I envision a programmer
spouting odd noises to indicate braces and curly brackets, etc., for C# et
al!!

Charlotte Foust

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote:

> Hi John --
>
> Yes, "voice coding" would be useful although I can't currently imagine how
> I will be able to do that effectively :)
>
> -- Shamil
>
>
> 29 ноября 2011, 07:43 от jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>:
> > Shamil,
> >
> > Actually you touched on the next thing I think which is voice.  My Droid
> has wonderful voice
> > recognition, *when* it is context sensitive.  IOW when I am programming
> I pretty much type 99% the
> > same stuff - keywords, syntax etc over and over.  Dictating code to my
> computer is something that is
> > close I believe and which I will gladly use over typing.
> >
> > John W. Colby
> > Colby Consulting
> >
> > Reality is what refuses to go away
> > when you do not believe in it
> >
> > On 11/28/2011 7:25 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
> > > Darryl --
> > >
> > > Working with "virtual documents" by hands - two hands - on multi-touch
> displays is no doubt more ergonomic and intuitive than using mouse...
> > > The next logical step are "virtual desktops" - horizontally mounted
> displays, "virtual blackboards" with "virtual keyboards" etc. - that's
> another technological revolution of the ways of communicating with
> computers by using a broad range of both hands gestures and voice...
> > >
> > > The next should probably be "virtual holographic displays" and 3D
> communication with them...
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > -- Shamil
> > >
> > >
> > > 29 ноября 2011, 03:03 от Darryl Collins<
> darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au>:
> > >> Yes! That is exactly my point.  The current set up most offices use
> these days is actually pretty good with ergonomics as well.  I have 2 large
> monitors that cover a fair bit of surface area, I don't want to be waving
> my damn hands around like an idiot all day long trying to make things
> happen.  Touch really only works when the monitor is flatter or heavily
> angled.  Can't see too many places paying for that - and then you have the
> issue of light reflection from all the ceiling lights blah blah.  More
> cost, less productivity - that is a hard sell I reckon.  Besides, I hate
> finger prints on my screens!! ;)
> > >>
> > >> Cheers
> > >> Darryl.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2011 9:41 AM
> > >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
> > >>
> > >> In reality, how useful is a touch screen when you are working in a
> business application such as a word processor, spreadsheet or database
> application and you are sitting at a desk with a keyboard and mouse at your
> fingertips?
> > >>
> > >> Unless MS can continue to sell to that market, they are in for a
> tough time.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Stuart
> > >>
> > >> On 28 Nov 2011 at 17:10, jwcolby wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> Yes but touch isn't available on my current monitors.  And
> > >>> retrofitting all of my systems is a non-starter.
> > >>>
> > >>> John W. Colby
> > >>> Colby Consulting
> > >>>
> > >>> Reality is what refuses to go away
> > >>> when you do not believe in it
> > >>>
> > >>> On 11/28/2011 11:22 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> > >>>> Hi Rocky and John et al
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Given my experience with Windows Phone 7 and the Metro design,
> Windows 8 on a tablet will be an iPad killer.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Windows 8 and touch screens of any kind is the next step forward.
> > >>>> Think about it - the same basic GUI behaviour from a phone through
> > >>>> tablets, game consoles (Xbox), normal monitors to TV monitors, table
> > >>>> screens, and video boards.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> /gustav
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 28-11-2011 16:56>>>
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