In case it happens to help Mike or WilNL reproduce the issue, here's a screenshot of the annotation settings that I can reliably reproduce with.
The only thing I've changed with notable reduction in the probability of missing the first stroke is to uncheck the "Enable Touch Input in Stylus Mode" checkbox.
(Edit: replaced "check" with "uncheck" - oops.)
The only thing I've changed with notable reduction in the probability of missing the first stroke is to uncheck the "Enable Touch Input in Stylus Mode" checkbox.
(Edit: replaced "check" with "uncheck" - oops.)