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Originally Posted by Quexos
Real books (paperbacks) have more 30 lines of text per page and are taller in proportion to readers so they can afford to have "wasted" space on top and bottom. The purpose of a bigger screen like the Aura is to get more text without having to miniaturize it to a point of almost unreadability. If anything, the bottom wasted space to indicate the page count should be made optional (or maybe some kind of floating window that appears for a second when turning a page). And that would make it feel like a real book I think. But removing now the top space when the bottom one is not available, only makes the Aura a Glo, the Glo a mini and the mini ...
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It is one of those changes that please some and annoy others I guess. Cheap paperbacks use a small font to save paper, hence money. But even the cheapest paperbacks have plenty of whitespace top and bottom, even though they could save even more money if they got rid of it. This is because it is more important for most people to have that whitespace there than to cram as much text as possible on to the page, it is not wasted space but an important part of the book's layout.
I agree there should be an option so everyone can have it the way they want, but for me this is an improvement not a backward step.