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Originally Posted by ahi
Thanks, Zelda and JGray!
But how practical is it to have every in-dictionary word on a given page highlighted and selectable, without a touch-screen?
There can easily be as many as 200 words (or more) on a 6 inch page. What if I want to look up a word in the middle of that page? Am I to press the left or down button 100 times?
If it is a dictionary for rare and foreign terms, it ought to be more feasible, I suppose. But if it is a foreign language dictionary, or a general one, can it really be made viable without a touch-screen or a physical keyboard?
- Ahi
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this is why i think it's much easier to implement with a touchscreen, since you can just tap the word you want to look up (eb1150 method) or enter it via a keyboard (sony 700 search method) ; but :
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Originally Posted by jgray
Two dimensions, not one. Down to the line you want, over to the word, press OK.
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that's how it works on the cybook. somewhat more laborious, but still nothing near 200 keypresses to navigate to one word !