![]() When you lift your finger, a space is added automatically. Lift your finger when you finish the word. Slide your finger across the letters of the word you want to type. Tap or click the location where you want to type. To turn on the on-screen keyboard, flip the screen of your Chromebook over its hinge. It won’t work if you’ve turned on the keyboard in the Accessibility settings menu. Note: This feature only works on devices that support tablet mode, and only for the US English keyboard. So even if I can offload those to a display that reduces my eye strain just a few hours a day, I think it’s worth it.You can enter words by sliding your finger from letter to letter. That ranges from reading on websites, reviewing JavaScript documentation, and writing code, to name a few text-only activities. And during a good chunk of those hours, I’m looking at simple text. I stare at my Chromebook screen for hours every day. However, I did edit my photos on the Chromebook’s internal display. I wrote this entire blog post in the browser on the Boox Mira, for example. You’ll only appreciate it for certain Chromebook activities. ![]() It’s a limited device and it’s expensive compared to a traditional display. ![]() Would I recommend that anyone looking to add an external monitor to their Chromebook spend $799 for the Boox Mira? Definitely not. Note that this is the default font for GitHub code I’ll be looking into adjusting fonts for some of my apps as I continue to use this monitor. This is just a test sample of editing some code on the GitHub website. I’d take a video, but honestly, the lag is likely in the nanoseconds range. While my typed characters didn’t appear in what I’d call “real-time” compared to my Chromebook alone, they show up with barely a noticeable lag. My fear was that there would be too much input lag using a Chromebook and E Ink monitor. I’m still learning what the optimal brightness, screen mode, and contrast levels are best for me, but I think that document looks pretty good. I didn’t create or edit one, but I did look at some old Docs I have stored up in Google Drive. Of course, another likely use case for a Chromebook and E Ink monitor is Google Docs. I’ll give up some clarity if the screen is easier on my tired, old eyes. Here’s an image of this site on the E Ink monitor after I used my finger to scroll down a little and used a pinch-and-zoom. No, the text may not be as crisp as that on my Chromebook. And even with the lower refresh rate, the Boox Mira is pretty capable. That means I’ll be doing some reading and some writing. This is a secondary display for me, so I can spend less time looking at a backlit LCD panel. And I’m fine with that I didn’t even try to watch anything on YouTube, for example. That means they’re not at all good for watching videos. If you’ve seen any E Ink devices in the past, you’ve probably seen that they have low refresh rates. So it’s sipping juice from my Chromebook there’s no power brick for or battery in the display. Because it’s an E Ink monitor, it only uses power when the screen changes. It appeared in my ChromeOS settings like any other display would. To use the Boox Mira, I just connected it to one of the USB Type-C ports on the Acer Chromebook Spin 714 that I recently bought. Or you can use the 75mm x 75mm VESA mount on the back to attach it to a monitor stand. Also included is a built-in cover that doubles as a stand. The display has a backlight and you can set it to warm color levels to help reduce eyestrain. Both a USB Type-C cable and an HDMI to mini-HDMI cable are included. There are a pair of USB Type-C ports and a mini-HDMI port. The eye-friendly paperlike display has a resolution of 2200 x 1650 and supports capacitive touch. It retails for $799 although I paid $100 less than that. And for coding, which is the main reason I bought it.Īfter reading reviews and scouring for deals, I bought the 13.3-inch Boox Mira E Ink display. However, it’s great for reading and typing. No, I wouldn’t want to use a Chromebook and E Ink monitor for every activity. I plan to use it with both my PC and my Chromebooks, but I’ll focus on the latter aspect here. On a whim last week, I bought an E Ink monitor to use as an extended display.
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