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tomsem · 09-02-2010, 02:34 PM

The 5-way is a little tricky so far, at least when I try to use my thumb. My thumbnail is a little long (for guitar) and 'up' is a little hard to execute without hitting Menu. And 'down' tends to press Back also. Hope I develop a feel for it.

Speaking of unintended Back presses, wish there were a Forward button (or maybe Shift, Back or Alt, Back would do this). For example it would make it easier to jump back and forth between two locations or even two books. Also the browser would like a Forward button on the keyboard instead of one you had to navigate the cursor to.

Lack of number keys (or labels) doesn't bother me. Fingers aren't labelled either, but we use them to count with <g>.

Note that you can enter numbers with one finger as the ALT key 'sticks' for a second or so (as does the Shift key).

09-02-2010, 02:34 PM	#53
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,971 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	The 5-way is a little tricky so far, at least when I try to use my thumb. My thumbnail is a little long (for guitar) and 'up' is a little hard to execute without hitting Menu. And 'down' tends to press Back also. Hope I develop a feel for it. Speaking of unintended Back presses, wish there were a Forward button (or maybe Shift, Back or Alt, Back would do this). For example it would make it easier to jump back and forth between two locations or even two books. Also the browser would like a Forward button on the keyboard instead of one you had to navigate the cursor to. Lack of number keys (or labels) doesn't bother me. Fingers aren't labelled either, but we use them to count with <g>. Note that you can enter numbers with one finger as the ALT key 'sticks' for a second or so (as does the Shift key). Last edited by tomsem; 09-02-2010 at 02:37 PM.