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Originally Posted by goaspy
Too bad the poll doesn't have checkboxes  I have two answers: I hold and operate the Kindle with one hand (either one), and the Sony with two hands, the left to hold it, the right to operate it. |
Good point. Well, perhaps I should have opted for multi-choice, rather than mutually exclusive options. At least this thread has got people thinking and talking about the design of polls, if not readers!
Clearly designers of readers have to make some difficult choices, based to some extent on assumptions about the way they will be used. For example, keyboards could be
split, to improve their ergonomics.
I remember responding to a query about the placement of the buttons on the Sony PRS-650. The question was why the page-turning buttons are located on the left. My guess was that the designer(s) assumed the majority of users would turn pages by swiping the touch-screen, and hence positioned the magnification and options buttons on the right.