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Pomtroll · 05-04-2011, 11:45 AM

In reading posts here I find some people prefer the buttons to turn pages & some the touch screen. Which do you prefer?

I love the touch screen & only do a short flick with my thumb in the lower corner of my 350. I don't do a full swipe across the page. I find this easiest for me.

Angst · 05-04-2011, 11:50 AM

I generally use the buttons. The exception is when I want to go back 10-15 pages. Then the swipe and hold, speed page turn, is very handy.

SeaBookGuy · 05-04-2011, 12:01 PM

These days, I hold the unit in my left hand, so prefer to comfortably position my left thumb on the FORWARD button. If I have to go backwards for some reason, then I'll flick the screen forward (down) with my right thumb to return to where I was.

Poppaea · 05-04-2011, 01:05 PM

Right hand hold and thumb flick.

Asawi · 05-04-2011, 01:22 PM

Today I'm holding it my left hand, thumb on forward button.

Tomorrow I might do it differently. That's part of what I like, to be able to do it whatever feels best at the moment.

Ripplinger · 05-04-2011, 01:24 PM

I use the touch screen only to turn pages. I find it annoying when I have to use the buttons for some menus, like paging through multiple images. I don't have any one way of holding it, depends on where and how I'm sitting, from just resting on my knees without holding it at all, one hand, either hand, to holding it in both hands while on public transportation so it doesn't get bumped out of my grip. It's equally easy to brush either my left or right thumb for a slight movement on the screen to flip the pages.

ardeegee · 05-04-2011, 01:48 PM

Hold in left hand, use buttons. The grip and page change movements have changed little since the days of reading on a PDA.

vulcan_girl · 05-04-2011, 03:17 PM

Right hand, thumb swipe.

dordale · 05-04-2011, 04:31 PM

About half the time I use the buttons and about half the time I swipe the screen. Just depends on my mood and how I happen to be holding my reader.

issybird · 05-04-2011, 05:01 PM

I'm ambilextrous, too. Thinking about it, I realized that if I'm doing something like eating or drinking, I hold my 350 in my left hand and use the button. Otherwise, I tend to hold it in the hand next to the light source. I thumbswipe when reading right-handed, button when reading left-handed.

elemenoP · 05-04-2011, 05:45 PM

ambilextrous, I love it! Me too. Sometimes the button, sometimes the swipe. I love to have both options.

eP

elemenoP · 05-04-2011, 05:46 PM

But maybe ambidigitous?

eP

05-04-2011, 11:45 AM	#1
Pomtroll Guru Posts: 822 Karma: 1341819 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota USA Device: Sony 350, Sony T1, Kindle Touch, Kindle PW1	Curious In reading posts here I find some people prefer the buttons to turn pages & some the touch screen. Which do you prefer? I love the touch screen & only do a short flick with my thumb in the lower corner of my 350. I don't do a full swipe across the page. I find this easiest for me.

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05-04-2011, 11:50 AM	#2
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,819 Karma: 50921712 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	I generally use the buttons. The exception is when I want to go back 10-15 pages. Then the swipe and hold, speed page turn, is very handy.

05-04-2011, 12:01 PM	#3
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,015 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	These days, I hold the unit in my left hand, so prefer to comfortably position my left thumb on the FORWARD button. If I have to go backwards for some reason, then I'll flick the screen forward (down) with my right thumb to return to where I was.

05-04-2011, 01:05 PM	#4
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,536 Karma: 19491715 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra 2	Right hand hold and thumb flick.

05-04-2011, 01:22 PM	#5
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,462 Karma: 2731820 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	Today I'm holding it my left hand, thumb on forward button. Tomorrow I might do it differently. That's part of what I like, to be able to do it whatever feels best at the moment.

05-04-2011, 01:24 PM	#6
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I use the touch screen only to turn pages. I find it annoying when I have to use the buttons for some menus, like paging through multiple images. I don't have any one way of holding it, depends on where and how I'm sitting, from just resting on my knees without holding it at all, one hand, either hand, to holding it in both hands while on public transportation so it doesn't get bumped out of my grip. It's equally easy to brush either my left or right thumb for a slight movement on the screen to flip the pages.

05-04-2011, 01:48 PM	#7
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	Hold in left hand, use buttons. The grip and page change movements have changed little since the days of reading on a PDA.

05-04-2011, 03:17 PM	#8
vulcan_girl Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 1010345 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: PRS 350	Right hand, thumb swipe.

05-04-2011, 04:31 PM	#9
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	About half the time I use the buttons and about half the time I swipe the screen. Just depends on my mood and how I happen to be holding my reader.

05-04-2011, 05:01 PM	#10
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,205 Karma: 222235366 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	I'm ambilextrous, too. Thinking about it, I realized that if I'm doing something like eating or drinking, I hold my 350 in my left hand and use the button. Otherwise, I tend to hold it in the hand next to the light source. I thumbswipe when reading right-handed, button when reading left-handed.

05-04-2011, 05:45 PM	#11
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	ambilextrous, I love it! Me too. Sometimes the button, sometimes the swipe. I love to have both options. eP

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05-04-2011, 05:46 PM	#12
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	But maybe ambidigitous? eP