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[Michael Wild <themiwi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Which, to be honest, is also a huge advantage. A feature, not a bug ;-) I'm
not saying that it should be the default, just an option.

Michael


On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Scott May <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  While I'm a huge fan of RPN, it's not at all familiar to almost
> everybody (except we engineering types).  It's why no-one ever borrows my
> calculator...
>
> Till later,
> Scott.
>
>
> On 04/03/13 19:45, Michael Wild wrote:
>
> Just a request from the side-line: please add a RPN mode, the way that HP
> calculators do it. Entering formulas that involve a lot of sub-expressions
> is just so much more natural when you can evaluate them separately, leave
> them on the stack and then process them further by popping them off the
> stack. E.g. the stationary example would then be entered as
>
> 1.05
> <ENTER>
> 5
> ×
> 10.00
> <ENTER>
> 7
> ×
> 28.79
> <ENTER>
> 8
> ×
> +
> +
>
> Essentially it's reading the formula "inside-out", much the way you do
> when you think about it. There's no need to remember to put the brackets in
> the right places, no need to plan ahead. The landscape view could display
> the expressions that lead up to this value on the stack, so it's easier to
> remember what it contains. Long expressions would need to be abbreviated,
> of course, but could be expanded/scrolled through by the user when tapped
> or swiped.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Calum K Pringle <
> calum.pringle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dalius, everyone, and good morning!
>>
>>  I guess you've all been looking at calculators over the weekend! I've
>> just caught up with my mail and we will go through these threads later
>> today. We'll answer these questions in a reply as soon as we can (promise).
>>
>>
>>  Calum Pringle
>> Interaction Designer
>>
>> Canonical Design Team
>> m: 0773 9317055
>> e: calum.pringle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>>  On 3 Mar 2013, at 14:08, Dalius wrote:
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>  On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Bruno Girin <brunogirin@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>  Now what you would do with 8 pairs of scissors is another question:
>>> Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume?
>>>
>> This or office administrator in (small) company.
>>
>>  Thanks for other ideas. We will definitely use something + I believe
>> designers are reading as well.
>>
>>  Regards,
>> Dalius
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