Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b...
by MperorM on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:44PM
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Totally agree with your points. Latex remains the best tool for many tasks.
But none of the things you described, I think latex does particularly well either. Better than Google docs and the likes, sure, but I think it's possible to do better.
I truly think Google Docs could be so much more than it currently is.
They for example built a brilliant speech-to-text feature that is only available on desktop. Mobile is the one place I could imagine using such a feature. Imagine writing your documents with speech while hiking deep in the woods. Feeling the fresh air with a view of a beautiful brook as Google transcribes your thoughts. That's how I want to write!
Why on earth put so much effort into such a brilliant feature, and then have it only be available to users already sitting in front of a keyboard!?
Apologies for the tangent, it was where my mind wanted me to go!
But none of the things you described, I think latex does particularly well either. Better than Google docs and the likes, sure, but I think it's possible to do better.
I truly think Google Docs could be so much more than it currently is.
They for example built a brilliant speech-to-text feature that is only available on desktop. Mobile is the one place I could imagine using such a feature. Imagine writing your documents with speech while hiking deep in the woods. Feeling the fresh air with a view of a beautiful brook as Google transcribes your thoughts. That's how I want to write!
Why on earth put so much effort into such a brilliant feature, and then have it only be available to users already sitting in front of a keyboard!?
Apologies for the tangent, it was where my mind wanted me to go!