This product is fictional. Created for a product design study. About 13 hours of work. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PYRUS CARBON X1
16:9 widescreen multitouch graphic tablet
tablet size: 350.5mm x 197.2mm x 7.8mm pad size: 254.8mm x 143.3mm (16:9) pen size: 17.9mm x 18.6mm x 188.4mm weight: 582g pen sensitivity: 2048 steps pen precision: +/- 0.15 mm pen tilt sensitivity: +/- 70° pad resolution: 5080 dpi scan frequency: 6000 pps interface: USB power: 5V USB, >300mA model: GT-2550 X1
features:
multitouch pen proximity pen tilt pen rotation 30 custom function keys icon editor software for custom function key displays 2 single touchpads jog wheel
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Secondary touchpads, express keys and multitouch function can be activated and deactivated quickly via gesture. Whole tablet is 180° flippable. And itīs just a study. But when you tell me, what exactly you find unpractical, I can create a new and improved version.
First: What is the point of having 30 Fkeys? Like with apps, most of them will stop being used short after being assigned to a command and will stand there "just in case". 12 of them are already on your keyboard, so you can press them with your other hand. The bottom 12 are in a position where you need to move your drawing hand in order to press them, it would be better to align them in a vertical row. I have no problem with the other 6.
Second: Why add touchpads to a device like a tablet? You'll end up with 3 input devices that do basically the same thing, and you can only use one at the time.
Third: The cost of that many functions cramped in a single device would be high.
As an extra (not a usability problem): The icon editor exists already for the Intuos4 Linux driver, though unofficial, it seems to work.
Second: Why add touchpads to a device like a tablet? You'll end up with 3 input devices that do basically the same thing, and you can only use one at the time.
Third: The cost of that many functions cramped in a single device would be high.
As an extra (not a usability problem): The icon editor exists already for the Intuos4 Linux driver, though unofficial, it seems to work.