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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
It seems like a lot of unnecessary complication and visual clutter imo. If someone has reading difficulties, would starting over from the top of a bookmarked page really be a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions for them?
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* It would be an entirely voluntary mode you could choose if you like, just like the speed-reading mode. Otherwise it would be turned off and invisible.
* If you lose your place thousands of times in one book, it can get very frustrating - even cause some to give up. Huge waste of time too. To the extent some end up with a B when they could have got an A. That's one side of the set of scales. On the other side is: a line on the page
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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
and the idea that there might be hundreds or even thousands (or even, quite frankly, DOZENS) of kids who actually USE KOReader at all seems even more improbable (to be polite).
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* Exactly: this is the argument I used to give those fools who wanted to bring in automobiles. I couldn't see anyone using them when they started suggesting the idea - so how is it going to get popular?!
Ever seen the movie Field of Dreams?
