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Originally Posted by kiwidude
Well I don't agree that you can "get used" to locations. They have no meaning whatsoever in terms of giving you information on how far through the book you are or how far to go. The only "use" they have is for someone who wants to tell you how many bytes or whatever you are through the book. They are a complete and utter nonsense
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OK, so if you have spent say, three hours and the kindle says you have read 25%, then surely this gives you exactly the info you need to know how much more of the book there is to read? This is way more helpful than page numbers, which, if I recall from DTB's, always appear at the bottom of the page. So why are they not distracting also? As for location numbers, I seem to be able to use them to get back to where I was reading if my page gets lost. Maybe they should be called bookmarkers or something. But whatever they are called, I have actually used them so they must mean something to my poor brain....
As for mothers coping with technology, my 85 year old mother frequently tells me she is x% into her book. She loves the kindle as it has allowed her to read again, and thanks to NiLuJe's work in making super fonts, she is wrapt.