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patrickt · 07-04-2015, 06:08 PM

I fully understand those who say they simply like buttons. Fine. That's what the argument is for buttons. Some people like them. There aren't enough of those people to keep Kindle and Nook and Kobo making ereaders with buttons.

Remember when cell phones had anywhere from 20 to 100 buttons. OMG, they're gone. My cell phone has two: a power switch and a toggle to move things up and down. Everything else is, gasp, touch screen.

I do miss wandering around used-book stores and inhaling the heady aroma of mildew and cat pee. As far as I can tell my Kindle has no odor. Wait. Maybe some would be happier with the Kindle Voyage if the aroma of mildew and cat pee were was embedded. Maybe it's a demographic for an after-market cover for the Voyage. It might help Jeff's vision of making the Kindle more like reading a book.

07-04-2015, 06:08 PM	#65
patrickt Wizard Posts: 1,221 Karma: 8381518 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oaxaca, Mexico Device: Paperwhite 4 X 2	I fully understand those who say they simply like buttons. Fine. That's what the argument is for buttons. Some people like them. There aren't enough of those people to keep Kindle and Nook and Kobo making ereaders with buttons. Remember when cell phones had anywhere from 20 to 100 buttons. OMG, they're gone. My cell phone has two: a power switch and a toggle to move things up and down. Everything else is, gasp, touch screen. I do miss wandering around used-book stores and inhaling the heady aroma of mildew and cat pee. As far as I can tell my Kindle has no odor. Wait. Maybe some would be happier with the Kindle Voyage if the aroma of mildew and cat pee were was embedded. Maybe it's a demographic for an after-market cover for the Voyage. It might help Jeff's vision of making the Kindle more like reading a book.