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If I have to get to a footnote halfway down the page I have to press the 5-way (or press and hold it) several times...down, then across to the correct work, then click to select. You're telling me that's as elegant as simply touching the link with a fingertip? I can understand if you prefer the clicky way, but to say it's easier boggles my mind. Even if the first word on the page is the one you want to click you are using twice the actions as touching the screen would need.
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I suspect this is a disconnect with precision.
I don't know if ALL Nook Colors are this way, but I've personally noticed that my NC screen is a little.... touchy. (No pun intended.) Sometimes it thinks I'm pressing a little higher or lower than *I* think I have. And anything around the edges of the screen (like, say, the BACK button after pressing a footnote) has to be pressed three or four times before it will register.
I use a touch screen phone (AT&T Captivate) ALL THE TIME without these issues, so I do think it's the Nook Color and not me.
So when APK says that key navigation can be better/easier/simpler than touch navigation, I suspect he's referring at least in part to screen quality.
A good touch screen can be a joy to navigate in the proper situations... a bad touch screen can be absolute frustration.