Bought a Reader on Friday and I have an issue

Aybara · 04-30-2007, 12:52 AM

When will I overcome the urge to try and navigate by touching the screen?

All my eBook reading prior to this was on a Palm or PocketPC device. And I keep getting the urge to touch the numbers along the sides and such.

I catch myself doing this a lot.

Did anyone else have that urge?

flumbo · 04-30-2007, 03:14 AM

I was doing that constantly for the first week. All my ereading for the previous 10 years was on palms and ppc.

You'll get over it but still miss it.

HarryT · 04-30-2007, 03:30 AM

I wasn't, because, although my previous Reading was on a Pocket PC, using "uBook" (GREAT bookreader!), its book "navigation" was all done through the Pocket PC's buttons rather the screen, hence no temptation

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Alexander Turcic · 04-30-2007, 06:03 AM

And here I thought I was the only one...

Took me a few days to learn to stop touching the screen.

DougFNJ · 04-30-2007, 08:07 AM

Thats where the Blackberry came in handy

I had to fight that urge constantly when I got my Blackberry. By the time I got the Reader, the urge was gone.

Bob Russell · 04-30-2007, 10:54 AM

Yep, same problem here! I haven't done it in quite a while, but I'm sure I'll do it again.

It's kind of like using my badge to enter my workplace. We had outside badge readers for years. Now they are inside the outer set of doors and the old outside reader is only for handicap access. But as I walk up to the building, if I have something else on my mind, I still automatically swipe the outside badge reader. I do this frequently and never seem to learn.

It "invites" me to swipe my badge, just like the Reader invites me to touch the screen menus. Or like a first baseman holding his glove out after the infielder scoops up a ground ball. (Yep, I've thrown to first base because of that, to my own humiliation, when I should have thrown to second base!)

Hmmm. Sometimes I really have to wonder if a level of intelligence actually does reside within my head!

04-30-2007, 12:52 AM	#1
Aybara Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Phoenix, AZ Device: Kindle 2	Bought a Reader on Friday and I have an issue When will I overcome the urge to try and navigate by touching the screen? All my eBook reading prior to this was on a Palm or PocketPC device. And I keep getting the urge to touch the numbers along the sides and such. I catch myself doing this a lot. Did anyone else have that urge?

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04-30-2007, 03:14 AM	#2
flumbo I got nothin... Posts: 127 Karma: 302 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hawaii	I was doing that constantly for the first week. All my ereading for the previous 10 years was on palms and ppc. You'll get over it but still miss it.

04-30-2007, 03:30 AM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I wasn't, because, although my previous Reading was on a Pocket PC, using "uBook" (GREAT bookreader!), its book "navigation" was all done through the Pocket PC's buttons rather the screen, hence no temptation .

04-30-2007, 06:03 AM	#4
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,170 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	And here I thought I was the only one... Took me a few days to learn to stop touching the screen.

04-30-2007, 08:07 AM	#5
DougFNJ Avid Reader Posts: 273 Karma: 1332 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature, 2TB iPad Pro 11”	Thats where the Blackberry came in handy I had to fight that urge constantly when I got my Blackberry. By the time I got the Reader, the urge was gone.

04-30-2007, 10:54 AM	#6
Bob Russell Recovering Gadget Addict Posts: 5,381 Karma: 676161 Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Device: iPad	Yep, same problem here! I haven't done it in quite a while, but I'm sure I'll do it again. It's kind of like using my badge to enter my workplace. We had outside badge readers for years. Now they are inside the outer set of doors and the old outside reader is only for handicap access. But as I walk up to the building, if I have something else on my mind, I still automatically swipe the outside badge reader. I do this frequently and never seem to learn. It "invites" me to swipe my badge, just like the Reader invites me to touch the screen menus. Or like a first baseman holding his glove out after the infielder scoops up a ground ball. (Yep, I've thrown to first base because of that, to my own humiliation, when I should have thrown to second base!) Hmmm. Sometimes I really have to wonder if a level of intelligence actually does reside within my head!

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