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Originally Posted by SpiderMatt
I pretty much agree with everything said here. I really expected the LCD screen to be more useful and less complex. They need to simplify it and find better uses for it. If I want to look up a word, why use the LCD screen to navigate the eink screen? There should be a way to look up a word right on the LCD display. It's faster and you don't need to leave the book. Also, I don't know if the display nook had a dictionary on it or not, but the one word I looked up (orthopedist) didn't come up with a definition.
I can verify PDF searching, though. In one of the menus there were a couple PDF files. I think they were user guides or something. I was able to do the same sort of linear searching I mentioned above through the PDF document. I think the nook is going to frustrate more customers than the Kindle. As a techie, I'm usually willing to sacrifice some simplicity for extra desired features, but I don't see the extra features of the nook as all the useful yet.
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I think part of the problem with the bottom LCD display is that it's rather small. If you use it to display information to the user down there while also relying on it for user input you're limiting the available space. That said, there are lots of situations where the user would benefit much more from the faster refresh you get with an LCD over more screen real estate. Your dictionary example is one. You only need one small line for you to see what you're typing real time. You don't loose too much in the way of keyboard size but you get a much faster response.
I'm also really hoping they simplify the navigation. I too had issues with it being overly complicated.