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Originally Posted by khalleron
Having a standard 'page' across all of epub books means I can look at how many 'pages' there are in the book I'm reading and have a fair idea of how 'big' the book is, and thus pretty good idea of how long it would take me to read it. I know that a 200 page book is longer than a 150 page book, regardless of formatting. It's even more useful than the number of pages in a paper book, as that can vary by page size, font size, etc.
Having it be 'how many times I have to push this button' tells me nothing useful. I'm not even aware of pushing that button if I'm absorbed in a story. If I change the size of the font, the length of the book does not change.
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I think any numbering system works fairly well once you get used to it. If I look at my Kindle book and see that it has about 4,000 to 6,000 locations I know it's an average size book. Twice that and it's a big book. Easy enough.
With a paperback I can look at how thick it is and a glance will tell me if it has a lot of words on a page with a small font and narrow borders. Again, it's a decent ballpark estimate.
Moon+, which uses my preferred system, tells me how many screens I have left. That changes if I change font or margins but I hardly ever do that so it's a good guide. Still far from perfect.
It's a bit like changing from American measures to metric. I know how big an inch is, or any multiple of that. I can visualize it. But give me the size in meters or cm and it doesn't tell me a lot. If I had a reason I could get used to it and it would be as useful to me.
Barry