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Originally Posted by djgreedo
Y I can't imagine anyone asserting that it is easier to use the clicky buttons to visit a footnote link halfway down the page than simply touching the little superscript number with your finger.
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I sure can. If the little superscript number can't be hit accurately the first time, every-time, then even the Kindle's 5 way would be better.
If hitting the screen looks up a word or starts a highlight, or turns the page by accident, there's no plus at all.
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Anything that involves the buttons on the Kindle is truly tedious (besides page turns). Give me a view of my book covers in a grid where I can touch the book I want to open.
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I disagree. One, while I do think touch could make things less tedious in many cases, I have no need to waste screen real estate or time looking at cover pictures. I can look up the covers if I need to see a picture. The Kindle's text list and search capability makes finding a book far faster and easier than on, say, my PRS-350. I hate that 'cover flow' type stuff.
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I agree that I'd rather type on a physical keyboard, but I find I rarely type more than a single word for a search or a book/author title, and I only do that one in a blue moon. For me personally I can handle the compromise of an on-screen keyboard.
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The keyboard is one true all or nothing proposition. Unlike features like audio, browsers, touch, which cn all be ignored if you don't want to use them, the mere presence of keyboard is great if you want it, but can only screw up the form factor of the device if you don't.
That's going to be hard to address if a good number of customers are on each side of the keyboard issue.
I wonder if Amazon will consider this in their next move.