Thread: A Question for new Kindle Owners
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Old 11-25-2007, 02:57 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by zartemis View Post
Agreed -- for many of us (me included) this is our first experience with an e-ink device and the inherent slowness of screen refresh. Since there is no way to speed up the refresh, it's even more important for Amazon to streamline the software and require fewer selections to accomplish tasks -- the 'remove from kindle' click-chain is especially excruciating. There's just no way that e-ink web browser can be a truly satisfying experience, given the hardware limitations of the screen.

I can read OK with the smallest font and this helps make the slow screen refresh bearable (although I wish there were a font in between sizes 1 and 2, and that they didn't have so much blank space at the top and bottom of each page -- give me as much text as possible, don't waste it).
yes, it is an truly amazing display. and will be near-perfect when they speed it up.

i have like 20/200 vision with bifocals and even i can read (at a pinch) at size #1. that is a minor miracle right there!

but i find myself floating back and forth between #1 and #2 for the same reason you cite, to save on next-page presses. and i too wish there were a size in-between #1 and #2. and i find it nearly impossible to use the web browser on anything but these 2 sizes.

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