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Re:Capstone, a Tablet for Thinking by brandonmenc on Sunday June 23, 2019 @06:31PM (#20259115)
Still not as good as Microsoft's "Courier" concept from a decade ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI

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Re:Capstone, a Tablet for Thinking by jsilence on Monday June 24, 2019 @02:50PM (#20267026)
Yes, I was really looking forward to this.

The object/document dock in the middle of the screen on the hinge was a nice idea. NextStep had Spectre. Wondering whether there is a nice, multi purpose object doch / visual clipboard for linux somewhere.

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Re:Capstone, a Tablet for Thinking by J_cst on Sunday June 23, 2019 @08:29PM (#20259611)
Interesting, thanks for sharing. Did this project reach a dead end?
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Re:Capstone, a Tablet for Thinking by JackFaker on Monday June 24, 2019 @06:04PM (#20268992)
according to a 2011 cnet (1) article it was months away from release but "Courier was cancelled because the product didn't clearly align with the company's Windows and Office franchises"

1: https://www.cnet.com/news/the-inside-story-of-how-microsoft-...

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