Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by spiritplumber on Friday January 22, 2021 @04:51PM (#25876731)

No, it's terrifying.

A computer is something you can use to consume content or produce content.

A tablet is something you can only really use to consume content. (Regular tablet, not artist tablet obviously, and those generally have to talk to a computer)

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by vlunkr on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:05PM (#25876868)

I'm not sure what's terrifying about that. Books can only be used to consume content too.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by spiritplumber on Friday January 22, 2021 @08:52PM (#25878744)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginalia

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by renfj on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:41AM (#25881545)

Books aren't rapidly replacing something similar that can be used to produce, though.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by yoz-y on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:35PM (#25877154)

Your own remark about tablets undermine your argument though. iPads and MS Surfaces have been arguably the best 'artist tablets' and they don't need to be hooked up to another computer.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by simple_phrases on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:41AM (#25879985)

There's a difference between a Wacom tablet and a tablet computer.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by yoz-y on Saturday January 23, 2021 @01:37PM (#25884910)

I know. I think that for many people an iPad (or a surface) are better drawing tablets than Wacoms (cheaper, lighter, better screens) and can very well be used for other things than content consumption. (of course Wacom tablets have their benefits too)

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