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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I think it has a lot to do with what type of user you are. If you like to keep your entire library on your reader and constantly fiddle with the folders/collections/tags (whatever your device uses) to perfect your organizational master-plan--and are constantly doing dictionary lookups, or lots of highlighting/note taking, or occasionally using the browser to check your email... then sure, you're probably going to see an advantage for touch menu-navigation.
But if you are a "buy book, read book, buy another book, read another book" kind of user--who never has more than a handful of books on their device at any time--then that touch-screen navigation starts to look less like an advantage and more like over-kill... one more thing that could go wrong.
Throw in the fact that many have been raised to believe that touching a screen of any kind with anything other than a soft, non-abrasive cleaning cloth is an offense against God and Nature... and you have battle-lines. These taboos are harder to get over than you might think.
So I think the issue boils down to the difference between those who just want to read--plain and simple; and those who want to read and play a little. I'm sure the former group is small enough that they can be safely ignored in the evolution (or extinction) of the dedicated ereader... and that's kind of sad.
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I think this has a lot to do with the preferences.
Another important topic is how computers have always been conceived (hardware - software: link); it's impossible to replace the mouse function with a touch screen.
Why?
Because a mouse allows you move over things while not selecting them, while most touchscreen's hardware and software interpret the "touching" of the screen as a selective action (analogy to the double click of a mouse).
There isn't also a "hold function" (as holding left click with a mouse) nor a difference as "Left click" (selection) and "Right click" (options of selected object).
I'm not saying that touch screen isn't going to be the next predominant technology (I believe it will be in most situations), but there are many things (image and video editing as an example) it can't do better than a regular keyboard and mouse.