Microsoft's Channel9 Adds Ink to Forums? 23
An anonymous reader asks: "Microsoft's Channel9 forums now support handwritten and hand-drawn comments. The ink comments are displayed as GIF images so anyone can see them, but to add your own message you must use IE and either a Tablet PC or have the Tablet PC SDK installed. Apparently Microsoft is going to make the source code available for the new feature so other sites can add ink support too. Will we be seeing more ink enabled forums in the future, or is Channel9's ink a novelty that will soon be forgotten?"
Hopefully... (Score:1)
Even where images aren't incredibly common... I can't read most of the samples. Oops. What's a forum good for if you can't communicate?
Lord Nolife (Score:2)
Re:Hopefully... (Score:1)
Please also note that I have long signatures with images!
Ink? (Score:1)
Re:Ink? (Score:2)
Depends on the target market for your webpage. (Score:2)
worst idea ever (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:worst idea ever (Score:1)
Have you tried browsing at -1 lately? (Score:5, Insightful)
As someone who tries to use his mod points carefully, and so "Browses at -1 to keep an eye out for abuses.", I don't know if I could face it!
Re:Have you tried browsing at -1 lately? (Score:2)
MY first thought was "Fad" then my second thought was "Goat shock trolls" , honestly i dont use the service but i hope it does not catch on as its so open to abuse its unreal
Re:Have you tried browsing at -1 lately? (Score:1, Interesting)
I think this is a great idea. How many times have you tried to explain something to someone in text when a simple diagram would be so much easier?
Examples could be a simple map or a carpentry joint, or an emoticon!
No (Score:3, Interesting)
Apparently I am not in the target audience. And I'll probably not be in the target's audience for long either.
How do you know ... (Score:3, Funny)
<ANSWER effect="rimshot"> There's ink on the monitor.</ANSWER>
Re:How do you know ... (Score:2)
A. There's white-out over the ink.
Is this what Microsoft considers innovation? (Score:1)
http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/27528/Re
I wonder... (Score:1)
Am I the only person to think this is pretty cool? (Score:1)