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Make Corrections Easy

Users don't mind recognition errors as much as they mind the effort required to correct the errors. A good pen model focuses on making corrections as easy and fast as possible.

An error in recognition should never have unpleasant consequences. For example, misrecognizing an undo gesture wastes the user's time. When in doubt, prompt for confirmation and make confirmation easy pics/PENAPI00090001.gif say, with an extra-large OK button. The extra step will annoy the user less than having to recover from the error.

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