Thread: Can technology improve the reading experience?
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Old 02-04-2013, 06:48 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
Agree.


(*) Don't say that I'm discriminating or something; if you are reading this post, you are already not an average person anymore, and likely much more intelligent with regard to the usage of computers and technologies. I know many people in their 20's to 50's with good education and good jobs, who can not be described as being "dumb" or "stupid", but who are utterly inept at using any form of technology. If it has more than one button, it becomes difficult already, and if it involves a computer, their brain dies right when they sit down at it, and have to be told each individual action, like a child. And not only once: over and over again, because they just *can't get it*. If you teach them to copy/paste in Word, they will need to learn it all over again in Excel, and they can't understand that it also works with files, or entire folders. As long as eReading requires more actions than "download -> drop on reader", between any store and any brand of reader, it won't be ready for the big masses.

I still can't get that clock on the VCR to stop blinking 12:00

A small percentage of people enjoy reading. I myself, enjoy nothing better (well almost nothing ) then curling up with a good story. I believe its getting to be a smaller and smaller percentage.
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