jasonjmcghee4 days ago
Long time fan of your art and writing.
Is the idea here with Coffeeshop mode that typos can be dealt with later?
rpastuszakop4 days ago
Thanks! And yes, although the same idea applies to Ensō in general.
Looking at the feedback from people, I see two camps: those who rely on autocomplete and those who abhor it.
I normally use it in two ways:
- quickly turn it on/off when someone is passing by, so I can carry on writing undistracted
- keep it on for several minutes at a time, esp. when writing in a busy public place
yorwba4 days ago
It seems like the gimmick of Ensō is that it's write-only and doesn't allow you to edit anything, so not being able to see your typos might be for the best actually.
rpastuszakop4 days ago
Spellcheck and autocorrect are disabled when Coffeeshop Mode is on.
(although, IIRC, you can override that)
Another reason: autocorrect/autocomplete can trigger visible previews/highlights on the screen.
(thinking about this out loud here: what about IME/pinyin? That works well in both modes, it's necessary)
spiffytech3 days ago
I always loved the idea of the Dotsies glyph system for coffeeshop mode. It's a font that converts the English alphabet into a compact dot notation.
Never got around to becoming fluent in it, but I'd like to someday.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240418032751/https://dotsies.o...
efskap4 days ago
Very cool, like <input type="password"> except with whitespace so you retain a vague sense of the wordshapes :) I could honestly see myself using this in a coffeeshop for the compromise between privacy and feedback.
rpastuszakop3 days ago
Thanks! I use it all the time. Someone on lobste.rs mentioned Redacted Script (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Redacted+Script) and I'm considering building something similar, even if just for fun, but for the entire first unicode plane, since otherwise the characters wouldn't get masked.
landgenoot4 days ago
Reminds me of dotsies [1]. However the goal of dotsies to keep it still readable and use less space.
What are the odds someone in a coffee shop is able to read dotsies as well?
rpastuszakop3 days ago
Ah, the original site is dead but I found this: https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/dotsies.htm
The way dotsies stack remind me a little bit of Cistercian Numerals (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cistercian_numerals)
I am thinking about adding a little semi-hidden "Toy box" option with little experiments, incl. generative art/playthings like drawing vines during typing or a spacial writing system.
(I'm very hesitant to do that since I want to keep Ensō as distraction free as possible)
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bouyaveman64 days ago
Thanks for the sharing, installed and ready to try for my next coffeeshop session
rpastuszakop3 days ago
Let me know how it goes! I'm in bug bashing mode atm