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Originally Posted by slayda
Robert,
I've wondered why the EZ Reader (and the Sony PRS-500 for that matter) put the "next page" button (the set on the left of the reader) on the top and the "previous page" button on the bottom. Since (at least in English & many other western languages - maybe all of them) we read "left to right" starting at the top of the page and prodeeding to the bottom.
My instinct to go to the next page is the "bottom button". That seems more logical to me. Yes, I know I can teach myself to do it the other way (at least that's what I keep telling myself when I hit the wrong button) but it still just seems backward to me.
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Dear Slayda:
Three possible explanations:
1. When you are in the horizontal reading mode, it then makes a little sense to do them that way.
2. When I first came to my job everyone kept saying "page up" instead of "page forward". Maybe it is like "Word Up" instead of "Next Word". Seems that many people associate "up" with forward which is a "positive".
3. 95% of the eBook Readers (at least) are made in Asia and they read right to left.
Robert B