Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy
Personally, I've got a NAS RAID array on my home LAN that has my eBook archive on it. That's where I really want the hierarchical structure. I typically only keep eBooks I'm currently reading, or expect to read next, on my device at any one time. When I'm done reading I delete it from the device. I do store them in a hierarchical structure on the device too, but I don't keep enough eBooks on it where that would really be necessary. A sortable list would be fine with me.
|
So even though you are fine with the "average Joe" user approach (no hierarchy), you organize your files on a "nas raid array" at home. Do you see a contradiction here?
Seriously, I was hoping for a semi-decent upgrade for the iLiad. Not a device with a flat folder structure and no annotation support
forthcoming. And no, my iliad still works fine, but I'm not going to be recommending that device to anyone, given that there's no longer any support for it, nor very much by way of an active development community.
I've got at least 100 journal articles for 4-5 different courses I'm taking on it at any given time.. Without a way to sort these hierarchically.. Well.
Anyway, why does the world only consist of "average joes" and "
the power users"? Seriously. A device with annotation support is meant for a slightly different audience than a device without it. People who don't annotate can get by without a pen just fine, so why would they want to buy a "penabled" wacom device? What's the added value there?
And similarly, people who annotate and write on stuff a lot probably have 1. more files, and 2. a desire for more sorting options.
I am entirely unable to connect a bunch of platitudes about "what joe sixpack wants" together in such a way that this makes sense to me.
Quote:
|
where a specific design may make sense for a high end user or the business market, but a simpler one would be a better idea for general consumers.
|
A simpler device=a device without wacom tablet functionality. A more complex device used to be the iLiad, but that's no longer supported, or the DR1000, but the battery life there still seems to be something of a joke unless you are using it in an office, with a power cord. All Irex keeps doing is alienating their potential customers, who are willing to shell out that €150 more for extra functionality. Why tell them that they're really just "average joes" who want no folder hierarchies?