Units
destined for mediators have special requirements. While units sent between
friends and colleagues may indulge in idiosyncratic cracking and screen relay
mechanisms, morphing even into puzzles and hoaxes, a major priority for units
used for pleas is simplicity. Ease of access and clarity.
These
disc models emphasize this essential feature more than most. Slight increases
in presure around the rim will cause the disc to open and illumine ts screen
which is either recessed like the slate green or swelling upwards mimicking
soft plasticine gels as in the scarlet model.
One
screen is all this model needs. A tap of a finger reveals the next screenfill
of data. If the unit receives no tap after a lapse of time it will query,
offering to present its remaining data and other assistance.
Data
displayed on a metallic finish screen will appear incised, that on a gel to
be floating on the surface or submerged.
These
2 models possess the hover lid which rises and moves to the side or away from
the user and holds that relative position until asked to close by a finger
tap.
All
units are responsive to touch and to spoken commands except for a few very
early models seldom used for pleas because of this limitation.
A
slide model, with lensing effects which can be emphasized to swell any images
contained in the plea into spherical holograms focused above and to 1 side
of the screen so that they augment other data without demanding a separate
run sequence.
A
multiscreen modification. Some contain 8, 10, or even 12 satellite screens
which extrude from the main screen and from each other and on several levels.
These adjunct screens can be totally detached from the main unit if desired.
Translucency
does not hamper communication. Screen bases alter to suit the data type they
are presenting and can, when requested, make further refinenments such as
altering colors and luminosity or offsetting ambient effects, sharpening images
or audio, and in the case of the latter, adjusting frequencies and amplification
and damping or increasing noise.
This
model divides. A fullsized secondary segment extrudes and scales up as a finger
and thumb press its 2 opposing buttons. The screen changes screenfill by scrolling
or stack exchange on voice command.
The
Sharpie is another simplified extrusion model shown here with translucent
polymer screens. Each screen comes to the fore and presents its contents when
tapped. Each can hold a stack of screenloads which it reveals on command.
Mediators
are seats of patience and understanding yet they are members of our species.
Trying them unnecessarily must cast a negative aura about the plea.
An
early disc, now in the possession of a collector, is adeptly customized with
4 access buttons resembling rod probes. Pressing them simulates movement through
a gelatinous substance and extrudes a number of screens according to the number
and sequence of rods moved.
It's
frequently used for pleas because it's highly streamlined. Here are some presently
favored schemes:
The
Sharpie's shape proclaims speed. Senders are of course aware of this play
upon their need; the model has set records in the quarterly contests.
But
that doesn't explain its popularity completely.
It
has been proposed that the color schemes most subtlely influence prospective
buyers. Sharpie fabricators have allowed spontaneous materials analyses. None
of these have revealed any unlawful practices.
Certain
rival fabricators remain unconvinced.
One
has sworn to locate substances she feels are secreted within the primary fabricators.
It can also adhere to a presentation schedule following a sequencing and interval
which has been verbally requested or programmed in with the dataload.