07-03-2015, 08:03 AM | #16 |
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The only Kindle I've had break from usage was a Kindle Keyboard. The page turn button on the right gave up. I've not had the tap-to-turn business fail from use. As for the tapping not always registering, that's true. But, the mechanical buttons didn't always register, either. That's why my Keyboard broke.
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07-03-2015, 09:28 AM | #17 |
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I swore up and down that I would never buy/use a reader that didn't have physical page turn buttons. I stomped my feet. I didn't want a touch screen. It would get all smudged. I was an a-hole to anybody who didn't recognize the superiority of the physical button (and the inherent grunge-factor of the touch screen). I LOVED those buttons.
Or so I thought. I don't miss--or even think about--them any more. I picked up my old kindle and couldn't even imagine why I was so in love with those buttons. Silly buttons. Oh, and the touch-screen really is ridonkulously smudged up. I just don't see them any more unless I make it a point to (though I did religiously clean it at first). It's a post-button world. I no longer fight it. |
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07-03-2015, 09:53 AM | #18 |
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The new novelty is open android ereaders.
With page turn buttons. The next novelty? Probably Win10 ereaders with Calibre pre-installed and customized. |
07-03-2015, 10:10 AM | #19 |
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I prefer to read in bed 1 handed. The Astak (jinke V5) has a jog wheel on the right edge that I use 98% of the time for page turns. When I use the K4NT, I run inverted display as the forward button is in the wrong place Forward under Index finger (same finger I turned paper books with), TOP LOCATION, Lab126, not side. In addition, I need to now use a CASE because they made the button motion towards the back and I need a gripping point. As you get older, you lose some fine motor skills (I never had them). Precision tap, swipes, pinches are difficult (I can't even do the gnip-whatever) for me. The first thing I had to do on my Touchpad Laptop, was turn OFF tapping (99% false activations), and I carry a travel mouse in the bag for use where there is enough surface. I am not alone. These short sighted manufacturers are aiming to disenfranchise many seniors whose eyesight is still good enough to read books. Bring back the page turn buttons. You are saving less than $1 ( simple Satellite/cable box remote wholesales for under $2 in bulk. it has lots of buttons) |
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It depends on the overall design of the device, I think.
I never minded the page turn buttons on my Sony PRS-300, and since I occasionally still use it, I still don't. And while you could use buttons on the 350, the design wasn't optimised for it. Since then I've used a 1st gen Kindle Fire and now, a Lenovo Android tablet, and neither are particularly good at using the volume buttons for page turning. The buttons are out of the way and not well positioned for use as a page turning device. It's EASIER to use a screen swipe on them. On a practical note, if a button mechanism doesn't exist, it can't break and require service. (After sale service is a major expense for tech mfgrs). |
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07-03-2015, 12:03 PM | #24 |
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My Sony PRS-T1 has both buttons and swipe-to-turn. I like having both options. For reading one-handed in portrait mode, I use the buttons, as it's more comfortable. For reading in landscape mode, I use the swipe feature as my thumb doesn't reach the buttons in that orientation.
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07-03-2015, 12:45 PM | #26 |
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My, oh, my, whatever happened to manual tyhpewriters? I liked the clickety-clack and being able to hit the keys with six pounds of pressure. And whatever happened to typsetting with lead slugs? Ah, the good ole days. And inkwells? How long has been been since you were able to write with ink dipped from an inkwell? And, I really miss crank starters on cars. There was a very tactile experience especially if the choke wasn't set properly and the crank kicked back. Ah, yes, the good old days. And why have a lighted screen. Candles work and are so romantic.
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I guess I'm spoiled by the Nook Simple Tough. It has both buttons and a touchscreen. I tend to hold the reader in the bottom, left corner. It is very convenient and comfortable to use the page turn button to go forward and tap the left side of the screen to go back. Tap zones and swiping won't make up for that. I'm not a Luddite. When my NST gives up the ghost, I'll buy a new reader and adapt. But I seriously doubt I will come to see the new experience as 'better.' Not without some Winston Smith 'He loved Big Brother' conversion therapy. |
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07-03-2015, 12:56 PM | #29 |
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I don't get oily residue on my H2O screen. I don't tap, I swipe. By swiping, there is less chance to leave a noticeable fingerprint on the screen. Stop tapping and get swiping.
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