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Originally Posted by Riocaz
The fact is she did make several factual errors. Which, in my opinion, invalidates most of her points.
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I don't see your "factual errors". I see she used an interesting style of writing, which is, by principle, somewhat inaccurate. But she's right in all of her points.
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
The on-off switch is clearly marked on-off. No documentation is needed for that. Just a basic grasp of reading.
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Wow. I guess a lot of people in this forum must be stupid then. Hey, I found it myself, too! Finally a proof I'm not stupid! Woo!
Back to the documentation: It is missing. I expected:
- Support telephone numbers (in case the device is DOA, which may happen, even if such is highly unlikely with iRex)
- A list of things supposed to be in the box (people in the UK were searching for the UK power plug that was missing in their boxes)
- How to charge, how to turn it on, how to turn it off
- Warranty statement (which is, up to my knowledge, not legally binding in electronic format)
Note that these things must be there before you charge the Iliad, start it and read the user documentation.
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
PDF is the most recognised format? That statement is laughable in itself. One of maybe. It's also laughable that people expect to be able to read a full page of a document sized for a4 on a device which is smaller than a5. Downright ridiculous in fact.
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Uh sorry I expected that too. Before buying, I printed some example A4 content to 8" and read it. So I figured I could read it on an 8" ebook, too. Which is obviously ridiculous, for obvious reasons, as everbody (but the stupid) must clearly see.
(Anybody else remembers the picture where you would click onto a column and it would zoom? Quick, quick, forget it! It never existed! Hush!)
Ah yes, about the PDF format: IIRC, most scientific papers are Postscript and/or PDF. Spiegel Online lets you download article in PDF. Commerical eBooks have a proprietary format or protocted PDF. Tech documentation you download is usually PDF. Even stolen ebooks in P2P systems are PDF. Ummm. Apparently, PDF is not the most recognized format. Let me think. Ah I know, you mean mp3, right? No wait, is it Word? Do I get three guesses? .xls?
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
When I buy something, I investigate to the extent of my ability. She is implying that she did the same. Yet I found my way here and she diddn't
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Some people have jobs, or a life. Read every forum to be found on the net? If I'd do that for every device I have to buy in my job, I'd probably been fired. No, "read everything" naturally has limitations, which are different for different people.
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
You've done it several times and franky it is really annoying downright rude.
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Agree. Must be my "use the same language as the opponent" attitude.
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
This comment is utterly pointless. yes we are, and ooh look the current firmware is (as I stated in my comments) in my opinion close to something that can be called final.
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Far away, IMO. But, naturally your view of what's needed to be "final" is the only possible one, and must be sufficient for everyone else.
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Originally Posted by Riocaz
My problem isn't that the review was critical, but that it was innaccurate, and failed to mention relevant information
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My problem with your review isn't that it's critical, but that it's innaccurate, and fails to mention relevant information.
For example, your endless repeating of how she can't be tech-savvy would be much more accurate if you had mentioned that "tech-savvy" appears in a paragraph that begins with "Moderator’s note:" and ends with "- David Rothman".