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Originally Posted by CCDMan
Whether or not it is "professional" is just another opinion of how it looks - that is to say whether it was designed "right" or "wrong". Still entirely a matter of opinion and nothing more. Since everyone has a different opinion and no one can be called an "expert" on aesthetics, this seems to be a pointless discussion.
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Let me reframe my comment in terms of adoption rate: (1) the overwhelming online consensus is that it's ugly ("it's really not that ugly" is the most common praise), (2) that consensus is extremely likely to mirror that of prospective buyers, (3) the fact that the Kindle's industrial design is criticized so frequently and vociferously (with Dvorak nowhere in sight!) makes appealing to absolutes in aesthetics irrelevant, (4) an unattractive product is less likely to sell than an attractive or even bland one, (5) the Kindle's advantages over existing E Ink readers will have to be that much more compelling to compensate for its design disadvantages.
I'm not arguing that the Kindle won't sell (entirely) on the basis of how it looks; just that it's going to be a harder sell.
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If one does not like it, don't buy it. If one does like it, buy it. It will only live or die by sales, not by our forum opinions on appearance.
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Even in the unlikely event that the Kindle winds up selling in droves, discussing the design flaws of the current version may indirectly influence improvements in the next version.