what do you prefer: encoding or handwriting?

for me i will prefer to encode rather than to handwriting,it because its more presentable if we use to encode and aside from that its more faster to make a sentence or a paragraph when we encode rather than in writing,so i always prefer to encode and not to hand writing.

That depends on the situation. Mostly whether I have a device I can use for encoding (laptop) or not. Encoding via PDA or smarthphone is too tedious a task so I do it only when I need a digital copy of what I write. I think school lecture notes with diagrams and pictures and such will be hard to encode digitally - that's why I suppose notebooks and pens in schools will never be really gone in the next decade (besides, more than 80% of the world's students still don't have the luxury of their own laptop). Article-writing is definitely best done digitally encoded using a word processor with undo,delete,copy, paste functions (and a handy thesaurus and spell/grammar-checker too). From time to time I still write letters and journal entries with my trusty pen. I wouldn't be forced to buy a digital post-it note: there's still something about the feel of pen and ink on bright sticky post-it notes I leave all over the office cubicle and fridge :p

I think I can type faster than writing by hand but, I still do practice my hand writing, particularly, my cursive hand writing since I still do get to use it every now and then, it would be nice if others could still understand my hand writing even if I don't write too much compared to when I was still a student. Yes, encoding is much more easier and efficient, especially when it concerns documents that really needs to be presentable and readable yet, I always try to keep both my of that in check so that if any situation calls for it, I am not hesitant and always ready.

when i have a full inspiration .i will write a handwriting.but when i'm studying.it's sure that i will choose the former.but my task is encoding.laugh.....

Encoding. I really don't find myself writing these days anymore, except when I have to make manual withdrawals in my bank, going into legal transactions, doing the family budget or teaching my toddler how to write. We are currently living in a world of technology when most transactions are already automated. We rarely write anything on paper at work anymore except when I have to put on my signature on my vacation leave form. LOL