Calculator benchmark

[robve]

(08-15-2021 01:13 PM)C.Ret Wrote:  Score 93 keystrokes and screentouches.

Very nice!! The HP Prime is well designed and engineered.

A touchscreen obviously offers a huge advantage with spreadsheets though.

I had considered and briefly tried the spreadsheet app on Voyage 200, but quickly realized it didn't reduce the keystroke effort at all. Navigation takes longer with the cursor keys. Entering a value takes 7 or 8 keystrokes (Up/Down Enter 1.28 Enter). Editing a value in a cell takes more effort too, e.g. to change it to half its value takes 5 keystrokes (Enter Right / 2 Enter), same to double its value. And it's worse with the Casio fx-CG50 spreadsheet.

Sadly, the Excel Android app isn't as good as the HP Prime Spreadsheet for this exercise. My Android device (Gemini) isn't a calculator, so it wouldn't count anyway.

- Rob