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Originally Posted by alex_d
Developer resources definately aren't a reason. It would take one person one week to implement a search that has all of the features listed at the top.
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That assumes they
had one person who spent one week during the software development stage sitting on his thumb instead of implementing a search function.
What I was trying to point out is that that probably was
not the case.
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Originally Posted by alex_d
The only reason that Sony might have is a disgusting view that dumbing down an already simple function will help it sell more Readers.
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I decline to decide that just because I can't come up with reason other than premeditated malice, that there
is no other reason. In this case, however, we're actually discussing a valid reason, that may or may not be anywhere near the truth of what went on.
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Originally Posted by alex_d
Do you agree with that? Would YOU prefer that?
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Before we get to the question of whether I agree with your view of their reasoning, we have to answer the question of whether I agree with your conclusion as to what that reasoning was in the first place. I think it's pretty well established that I don't.
Please understand, I'm not saying you're wrong, it's entirely possible that Sony's specific goal was to make the Reader so simple that a developmentally challenged hamster could operate it, and all the normal folks who wanted one could just suffer the lacks, I just don't see that as the most
compelling scenerio, that's all.
My point is that none of us was there (unless you have a confession you'd like to make
), we have no idea what drove this particular decision, and assuming that it was malicious is just a good way to raise the blood pressure. (I prefer bacon for that purpose
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Originally Posted by TadW
I agree... something like a "go to page x" feature would be nice. And it's probably not too difficult if they find an intuitive way for user input.
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You mean like clicking the center part of the jogstick to bring up a menu and using the 1-0 buttons to enter the page number? Yeah, that could work.