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Originally Posted by ahi
I don't think you understand LDBoblo's position, DrMoze.
His dissatisfaction with eInk is due to entirely simple, objective reasons. Primarily: poor resolution, poor refresh rate, poor quality eBooks.
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Problem is that there are folks who really do believe the 150-200ppi displays are high-resolution. They are in a sense...but the contrast is low enough that font rendering often does more harm than good at small sizes.
Refresh rate keeps getting denied as important because it is always arbitrarily compared to turning a page manually, which is just complete tosh in the first place. Quickly skimming a newspaper is just a nightmare, as is going through just about any kind of literature other than novels.
As far as quality of the books...people are going to ultimately pull out the argument that the content itself is what matters, and presentation must then be irrelevant (we've seen that before already in other threads). Of course, if I had spent hundreds of dollars on the Kindle 1 or the Iliad or used a program like Calibre, I would have probably convinced myself of the same thing. Just seems a little ironic that people would pay the premium for the screen, and then reject quality text presentation.
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He probably frequents an eBook site because he owns a liseuse, and therefore has a stake in the developments of liseuses and the eBook market. And I, for one, hope he will continue to do so and continue to contribute... it's good now and then to have some counterbalance to those who have all-encompassing blind-spots when it comes to the flaws of eInk and ePub.
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I guess we can reasonably expect that a technology-adopter community would mostly be made up of high-fiving and back-patting. In such environments, harsh criticism is unwelcome even when agreeable. Sad thing is, quite a lot of people agree with my sentiments, albeit more passively and with less matter-of-fact language. Perhaps a minority still, but what would one expect from a community that is strongly grounded in purchase justification and confirmation bias?
Ebooks are a fantastic concept. There's still significant potential waiting to be unlocked (of course that was said in the 70s, 80s, and 90s of electronic books too), and I'm a fan of the possibility. I have a practical use for my reader due to where I live (space and book availability are both serious issues), and I also have significant interest in diversified ebook devices that can handle periodicals and journals easily. They don't do these things well at all yet. It's not wrong to point this out...and even if I do it a dozen times in every thread, it will still only be a tiny contribution compared to the blind praise that is showered upon these toys.