[AccessD] Windows 8

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Nov 29 13:47:21 CST 2011


Haha I remember that one. A true classic.

- Hans

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On 2011-11-29, at 8:01 AM, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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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