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Originally Posted by barryem
With the new Kindles with touchscreens you have two page turn options, tapping and swiping. If you tap then you're correct. You tap the right side to page forward and the left to page back. If you swipe then it doesn't matter where you swipe. The direction of the swipe determines the direction of the page turn.
Swiping takes only a very small movement and I often swipe with a thumb while holding the Kindle. I can and do swipe with either thumb, depending on how I'm holding it. I do find it easier to use a finger from my other hand most of the time but that's me. I do both at various times.
When I bought my first touch screen Kindle, the original Touch, I had a Kindle 3 also and I was sure I'd hate the touch screen but I made up my mind to use it excusively for a full week before deciding. That left me plenty of time to return it, which I expected to do.
Sure enough, at the end of the week I hated the touch screen and I got out my K3 and called Amazon about returning the Touch. But that day, trying to get used to the page buttons again and trying not to send myself to the next page with a twitch before I was ready, changed my mind. I called Amazon and kept the Touch and about a month later I sold my Kindle 3. That once graceful device had somehow magically transformed into a clumsy and awkward and overly large and heavy PITA.
I have a friend with a Kindle 3 and I help her with it at times and every time I do I wonder why she doesn't upgrade. She's perfectly happy with it but I really don't know why. I've offered to lend her my spare Paperwhite to let her try it out but she isn't interested. Nice to know there's someone somewhere who's more stubborn than I am. 
I'm not expecting to change your mind but if you do want to try the touchscreen Kindles you have a month to return it, no questions asked. Amazon is real good about that.
Barry |
Thanks for the explanation, I didn't know about swiping.
You could be correct. I spent a year thinking about getting a kindle, I love the joy of physical books. After all my research and getting used to Calibre and loading my first book it took me about 30 minutes to fall in love with the kindle.
However I just don't feel ready for touch screens yet. Maybe I am just stubborn