People LOVE ink and Notepad was never about taking notes. Windows Tablet PC Edition's Journal is the first real notes-like notes done on a computer. Creating notes with Microsoft's digital ink is the first real credible attempt at making it possible to forget that its a computer and focus on capturing your thoughts, or whatever people take notes for.
About 4 weeks ago
Loren proposed " Open Source Journal-like project" with an open file format . Many folks thought that it was a good idea with lots of potential. I confess i had previously thought that it would help if there was a way to get at the internals of Windows Journal.
Bryan Flamig thought it was a crazy idea, and Peter was sure it was an almost silly idea. I suggested doing an ink editing framework that would spawn all manner of ink editing applications. on the second day of this month I set up a workspace at gotdotnet after several names for the project were suggested and we were on our way with 8 volunteers signing up almost instantly. Today we started development after a final R1 Feature freeze development Team meeting last night. The initial initiative will focus on a componetized ink editing application and control to be released by the end of the week. That is the subject of this blog.