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NatCh · 04-17-2007, 07:58 PM

I agree that it's not a big deal for most folks, who only deal with a book or two at a time, but it's still pretty much a no-brainer to provide a hierarchical file system -- I mean everything has a hierarchical file system -- there are even refrigerators with them these days!

While the flat file system may not be a problem for most folks (and it doesn't affect me all that often), it's still pretty astounding that they settled for a file system that actually dissuades folks from carrying more than a dozen or so books at a time -- they advertise that you it has room for ~90 books, so they must have expected folks to carry more than a few. I just don't get it.

Maybe there is some arcane hardware/software peculiarity that makes this difficult, but I still don't get it.

04-17-2007, 07:58 PM	#11
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I agree that it's not a big deal for most folks, who only deal with a book or two at a time, but it's still pretty much a no-brainer to provide a hierarchical file system -- I mean everything has a hierarchical file system -- there are even refrigerators with them these days! While the flat file system may not be a problem for most folks (and it doesn't affect me all that often), it's still pretty astounding that they settled for a file system that actually dissuades folks from carrying more than a dozen or so books at a time -- they advertise that you it has room for ~90 books, so they must have expected folks to carry more than a few. I just don't get it. Maybe there is some arcane hardware/software peculiarity that makes this difficult, but I still don't get it.