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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
Why is having location numbers displayed at the bottom of the screen any more distracting than having page numbers printed at the bottom of the page in a printed book?
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You clearly don't "get it", and more power to you for not having an issue with it. Unlike a page number at the bottom of a book, the location number ranges have no meaning to a human brain. None. Zero. Zilch. Page numbers in conjunction with knowing how many in your book on the other hand do have a purpose - be it to judge how far through the book you are, how many pages left to finish, estimate in your mind how long before you are done with a book or whatever. Don't even try to say that location 8372-8496 tells you anything at all towards that. The % does which is great, I am stoked that is there. It is having the meaningless location numbers visible that grates.
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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
Like Pushka, I just don't get all the angst over this, and would suggest it is simply a case of being used to one, and not yet used to the other.
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You can "suggest" what you like, however I can tell you for a fact I will never ever come to think of a location as any kind of useful piece of information.
I've attempted to express my pov so I'm not going to harp on about it yet again. Some disagree, I'm happy for you it doesn't bother you. For myself and my parents, I am trying to show them the joys of reading a book on a screen. Extraneous garbage that adds no value to the reading experience detracts from that imho.