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primbs · 03-15-2009, 03:44 PM

Here are two reviews of ebooks from Jacob Nielsen.

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980726.html
1998

"Electronic text should not mimic the old medium and its linear ways. Page turning remains a bad interface, even when it can be done more conveniently than by clicking the mouse on a "next page" button. It is an insufficient goal to make computerized text as fast as print: we need to improve on the past, not simply match it."

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/kindle...ty-review.html
2008

"Amazon's new e-book reader offers print-level readability and shines for reading fiction, but it has awkward interaction design and poor support for non-linear content."

03-15-2009, 03:44 PM	#166
primbs Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007	Here are two reviews of ebooks from Jacob Nielsen. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980726.html 1998 "Electronic text should not mimic the old medium and its linear ways. Page turning remains a bad interface, even when it can be done more conveniently than by clicking the mouse on a "next page" button. It is an insufficient goal to make computerized text as fast as print: we need to improve on the past, not simply match it." http://www.useit.com/alertbox/kindle...ty-review.html 2008 "Amazon's new e-book reader offers print-level readability and shines for reading fiction, but it has awkward interaction design and poor support for non-linear content."