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Originally Posted by pwalker8
I suspect when they were first designing it, they thought that everyone would only have a hand full of books on the device at a time. While certainly some people work that way, I prefer to load all their books on the device so they can read whatever strikes their fancy at the time.
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I think that perhaps they didn't suspect anything but originally programmed it simply in order to see what sorts of suggestions/complaints/desires came forth from early adopters.
They may have thought (I realize I may be giving them far more credit than they deserve, but what they heck, it's a terrific product, so they obviously know what they're doing) that if they made things more complicated (allowing collections on memory cards, incorporating folder views, user-configurable controls, etc) that they might end up changing those to accommodate suggestions and improvements. Those changes might have left those who got into the original configurations complaining about how what had formerly worked was now broken. This way, without any such complications originally, as they add them they can more accurately reflect the desires of the installed user base and not antagonize people by changing what wasn't broken to begin with.