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JerryEF · 02-25-2009, 09:44 AM

Ok now, I am going to get REALLY picky...

I am right handed and always hold my Kindle in my left hand. I always hold my PDA in my left hand. I normally hold my cellphone in my left hand (except when texting). I normally hold pbooks in my left hand. Kindle has the page turning paddles on the left side.

I normally read newspapers / magazines on my Kindle while eating breakfast and lunch. Reading with the left hand and eating/drinking with the right seems like a natural. So why is the 5-way controller (Kindle K2) on the right side (or the scroll wheel on the K1)? With the new newspaper interface on the K2, you must operate the 5-way controller (right hand) to move from article to article. On the K1 you need to press the scroll wheel to select an article. It would seem to make more sense to have the control on the left side. It takes two hands to navigate the daily periodicals --- or I must learn to eat with my left hand.

Is there some deep ergonomic reason for this? Or am I just weird?

Picky, but luvin my Kindle...

02-25-2009, 09:44 AM	#1
JerryEF Senior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 50 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: DellX51v / Amazon Kindle	How do you hold your Kindle when reading? Ok now, I am going to get REALLY picky... I am right handed and always hold my Kindle in my left hand. I always hold my PDA in my left hand. I normally hold my cellphone in my left hand (except when texting). I normally hold pbooks in my left hand. Kindle has the page turning paddles on the left side. I normally read newspapers / magazines on my Kindle while eating breakfast and lunch. Reading with the left hand and eating/drinking with the right seems like a natural. So why is the 5-way controller (Kindle K2) on the right side (or the scroll wheel on the K1)? With the new newspaper interface on the K2, you must operate the 5-way controller (right hand) to move from article to article. On the K1 you need to press the scroll wheel to select an article. It would seem to make more sense to have the control on the left side. It takes two hands to navigate the daily periodicals --- or I must learn to eat with my left hand. Is there some deep ergonomic reason for this? Or am I just weird? Picky, but luvin my Kindle...