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Originally Posted by alex_d
I am so frustrated by the very premise of this thread, that... just.... UGH
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Sorry 'bout that, alex_d, I didn't mean to cause any hard feelings with the question, just to get an idea of what's desired by folks. Besides, we're always looking for stuff to talk about.
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Originally Posted by alex_d
There's no reason all of those things can't be included. There's no reason that you can't make a great interface using the 20 buttons available that has options and settings and lets you do and view everything you like while not showing you anything you don't want.
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Actually, there are probably any number of reasons, I figured out a while back that just because I can't figure out a reason doesn't mean there isn't one (I'm just
not that clever
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For my part, I'd rather have an 'imperfect' device now, than watch them chase the 'perfect' one forever and eternity. That's a moving target.
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Originally Posted by alex_d
Why can't this device be more like a computer? Why does it have to be dumbed down to the point where even illiterate people can use it?
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Well, the obvious answer is that it's
not a computer. And I, for one, don't want it to be!
If I was happy with reading on a computer (laptop, pda, tablet), I wouldn't have looked twice at a Reader. Its simplicity and straightforwardness are things I value about it. Could it do more? Sure it could, but it'd be mostly bragware for me, personally. Some basic searching functions would be useful to me on occasion, but the lack isn't really a deal breaker for me.
The idea of the poll was to get a look at what folks
mean when they say they want to 'search' (just the term by itself isn't really informative) that's all.