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Originally Posted by Harmon
...So my overall conclusion is that there is NO situation in which buttons are actually superior to touch; generally, it's the other way around. There is one situation in which they might be equal, namely, smaller EBRs but only for pageturning. However, for most people, I think that 95% of the time spent reading involves (1) the 6 inch EBRs, (2) using the pageturning function, and (3) holding the EBR rather than positioning it on some kind of stand. In this situation, well placed buttons seem to be as good as touch, and the whole thing probably boils down to
"when I'm kissin', the one I'm kissin',
She is the one girl for me.."
For this reason, it seems to me that the best implimentation of touch would include pageturn buttons on the smaller EBRs. Everything else would be touch, including the option of swiping for pageturns.
Incidentally, I don't think that there's much to chose between a physical or touch keyboard, in & of themselves. However, the advantage of a touch keyboard is that the EBR can be smaller while having the same screen dimensions.
As for the fingerprint issue, I'm sitting here looking at my 650, tilting it this way & that in the light, & I just don't see any. If I squint, I can pick up some very light smears that for practical purposes I don't see when I'm reading. And now that I know the smears are there, I don't feel any need to do anything about them - and I am usually a little compulsive about small things like that.
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Very well thought out post. I appreciate that.
