Thanks for the reply all. It's good to see your reactions here! I understand that not many people (nobody really?) agree with me, but it permits to precise my thoughts^^
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
E-ink isn't quite there yet, but will soon be. And every new technologies has some drawbacks. When people switched from horses to cars they had difficulties to fill up the tank. And stone or clay tablets are a lot more durable than books! You can always find something.
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I know, it's the beginning. But I have already heard the same promises for some time and I don't really see the future e-ink as it was expected at the start (only bigger screen, bigger HDD, more colors). I remember the first report by the media 10 years ago and when I was myself speaking about that to others at this moment...
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If flipping through the pages is that important to you, then get an LCD reader or stick with paper for another year or so.
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What do you mean by LCD reader? I've already got that and you can't flip through pages more than on an e-ink reader.
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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
Been trolling much lately? I'm sure there are other dead horses that could do with a little flogging.
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I wish I was trolling. It's only my genuine feelings. You can see that I am on this forum (not posting very often but reading that very regularly) for a long time now.
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Originally Posted by jehane
My ereader is for linear reading.
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Due to my field, my books are mostly used not for recreational but for professional purposes. I think it's sad that the ereaders are still limited to this role and no tech companies/engineers is targeting a professional use.
I explain myself :Of course I use the research function. But, using that in a professional fields, it's rare that you're searching for ONE word or group of words. It's more an idea that you are searching, a particular argument. If I was looking for the word "biological evolution" in my books for example, I would have maybe 30 iterations of the word before finding my chapter of interest !
I understand the argument of the "look over" function when you search a word using the internal dictionary of the ereader (I already used that myself). But it's only fast and easy only if your book and dictionary are in the ereader.
Otherwise, you have to type the word, letter after letter...