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Originally Posted by HarryT
You don't honestly think that there's no folder view because Bookeen couldn't implement one, do you, or that it's just a coincidence that no eBook reader (other than the iLiad, which is rather a different type of device) has them?
The reason that folders aren't supported is almost without doubt because the market research that these companies do shows them that the typical "non-expert" user gets confused by folders, and loses things put in them.
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I can't buy the fact that folders are too complex for any Cybook user. They are a basic feature of any OS. And as for people losing things in them, the default library mode could show books from all subfolders (as is now done) and an option allowed for viewing only the current folder.
Anyway, I'd rather see support for a tag or reading list system. The Mobipocket software on the desktop and PDA's has them, and I actually find them to be more useful than folders, as I can have a book appear in more than one list simultaneously (this would work with folders if links were supported, but that
is more complex for the typical user).
But I'll welcome any improved means of dealing with larger libraries.