Talk:Graphics tablet

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[edit] No need of commercials

I don't think it's necessary to cite "Twinbridge Software" and "Wacom Cintiq" in the body of the text. I suggest:

- "and companies such as Twinbridge Software, among others," may become "and several comanies",

- "who uses a Wacom Cintiq" may be replace by "who uses a screen which is also a tablet",

- and actually, "including Hawk of AppleGeeks" shall probably be replaced with the beginning of a list, because it's not so fine to have only one example.


who gives? how is that commercial? its totally fine and goes into detail.

[edit] Cleanup

I have reorganized the article and removed some questionable material (see the diff). Thoughts on this first iteration? -Yipdw 10:50, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Inkscape and pressure/tilt sensitivity

Inkscape now makes use of pressure and tilt information in the CVS build. Is this sufficient, or should we wait for a release before including it in the article? -Yipdw 11:05, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Price range

We could use a price range for those gadgets.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tablet technology

The technical information in this article appears confused and misleading. All the graphics tablets I've seen, even the cheap ones, are solid surfaces with an embedded sensor which tracks the pen via a field effect. I have never seen a graphics tablet which uses a 'squishy' physical sensing surface. As far as I know, this technology is only used on touch screens (PDAs, etc) where, as is explained at the end of the article, any stylus-like object can be used rather than a dedicated electronics-containing stylus. Additionally, I have never heard of any technology which uses both a physical sensing surface and a field-based position sensor, especially one which doesn't require any specific electronics in the stylus to work. Cammy 01:13, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Looking back in the history, it appears that in the rework of 24 Aug 2005, the explanations of several different types of tablet were condensed into a single paragraph, which is worded as if all the different technologies are used at once. Cammy 01:19, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I've changed a lot of the information so it is hopefully more accurate. I've also re-separated and elaborated on the two pre-existing tablet technology descriptions, though I've never heard of a tablet using the resisance type. Minrice2099 02:45, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

The clause "and furthermore, it means that the devices used with the tablet never need batteries" is incorrect. Wacom tablets are battery-free, but many others (e.g. Kurta/Mutoh/Finepoint and UC-Logic) do require the use of a battery in the pen.

I'm tempted to delete much/all of that section until a better one can be written... most of it is simply wrong. I'll give it some thought tonight, and either attempt to clean it up, or just delete the bits that are most incorrect. Bushytails 22:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I deleted everything that seemed dubious, especially brand name examples, and removed a lot of advertising-type name dropping... also removed the repeated sections and other useless text. Bushytails 04:36, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


... And someone added a lot of it back in. So I'll discuss it here before removing it again.

Firstly, the section on resistive touch screens isn't relevant here, as it is never used for graphics tablets, already has a section in this article under similar devices, already has its own article, and is significantly inaccurate.

Secondly, the second on whiteboards is even less relevant (it's not even a technology), again already has a section elsewhere in the article, and already has its own article.

Thirdly, the manufacturers list is essentially linkspam, adds little to the article, and falls foul of both WP:MOS and WP:NOT.

Unless someone objects on this talk page, I'll go ahead and do the above... Bushytails 18:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Even better, I re-wrote a fair portion of the article, and added a lot more information. I'll take some photos of a regular stylus and mouse, but I don't have an airbrush or art pen, so if someone has one and could take some pictures... Bushytails 05:07, 13 June 2007 (UTC)