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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Of course if one just reads popular skim through and throw away mass-market paperback novels then ones tastes are probably of a limited nature anyway, so greyscale E Ink is satisfactory;
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Wow. Is an appropriate come-back that the grown-up books I read are of the variety that
wouldn't benefit from high-res colour photos?
Jokes aside, I think I can summarise your post this way: right tool for the job. Lots of scientific literature contain graphs and diagrams that are easier to present and read in colour, along with page layouts that benefit from larger screens. In most of the illustrated non-fiction I've read, though, colour or large displays doesn't really bring any advantages to the table, and I surely hope E-Ink isn't going anywhere any time soon. Although I've only tried a lighted reader for a short time, I know a frontlight will be a benefit to my usage pattern.
Most importantly, though, you need to accept that other people might have different preferences from yours. Even if you seem to feel strongly about your preferences, that doesn't invalidate those of others. Feel free to choose the latest point'n'drool iDevice as a matter of preference, I'll stick to my E-Ink device for reading.
And now, back to our scheduled laments about the lack of frontlight on the new readers