Re: Who uses Graffiti 1 and Graffiti 2

In article news:<pan.2005.08.02.07.20.14.261312@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark
Healey wrote:
> From what I've seen it is just a case of people who got used to
> G1 griping about having to change to G2.

That's certainly not true in my case. We all have to learn to use new
things, and learn new ways of using old things, all the time in
computing; it's not a novelty, and where there is a benefit for the
user it's not resented.

G2 is demonstrably inferior to G1 for rapid entry, almost entirely
because there are some characters that now require two strokes.

> The loss of single stroke characters was bad but unavoidable.

"Unavoidable"? Palm could have ignored Xerox's preposterous claims and
carried on with G1. Xerox eventually lost the lawsuit, after all. Even
if you allow that Palm were sensible to consider the possibility that
justice might not have prevailed, and so changing to G2 may be seen as
a justifiable precaution, there is no reason not to change back now.

> Ultimately it is a religious issue.

I'm not sure what the issue really is ... if it were really about the
relative merits of G1 and G2 then G2 would have vaished without trace
the day Xerox lost the lawsuit (to be replaced by G3, which would have
the oncsreen writing and centre-caps of G2 with the strokes of G1).
There is clearly some other (possibly religious) reason for Palm
sticking with the mess they have at present.

Let us hope they see the light soon.

Cheers,
Daniel.




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