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Originally Posted by faithbw
I don't really get the smell argument (unless it's an old book) but I can see how people like the touch of books. When I sometimes read on my iPod touch, some apps have a page curl that is suppose to mimic a real page turn. While it's cute it's never going to be a real page turn. Plus, the fact that iBooks and some other reading apps have those page swipes indicates to me that the makers of those apps probably realize that in order to get some readers into e-Reading, they will have to make e-Reading feel as close to reading a paper book as possible.
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Yeah... pretty much like making the first automobiles look as much like horse-drawn carriages as possible. Look how far we've come.
The whole "look, feel, smell" thing is wasted on me. On-screen page turns are just plain silly... like those light bulbs that flicker like candle-flames. Let's just read the document, and try not to pretend we're doing it the way our grandparents did it. Welcome to the 21st century, guys.