muir@postgres.Berkeley.EDU (David Muir Sharnoff) (10/27/88)
For one task, text editing, I think the optimal interface could be put together this year. (note, this is an *editing* system, not a text entry system) Pieces: a megapixel touch flat screen built into the desktop. a scannner that scans only ink of X color a printer than can print in X and Y colors on the same page a normal pen that writes in X color. software that can read handwriting. Screen mode: the page is displayed on the flat screen and you can edit it using proofreader's marks written directly on the screen with an ink-less electronic pen. Paper mode: the printer prints a page in Y color with, X color indentification and centering marks. You mark it up with your X color pen using proofreader's marks. Then shove it into the scanner and let it incorporate what you have done. -Dave David Muir Sharnoff. Postgres Research Project, UC Berkeley. muir@postgres.berkeley.edu (415) 524-2931