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Old 07-12-2007, 12:05 PM   #10
Mambo
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Originally Posted by Robert Marquard View Post
Why is the design so bad? I saw two major problems. There needs to be a button in all four corners. You can see how the user struggles to hold the device with his left and hitting the button with his right.
The page turn animation is not only annoying, but a classic user interface goof. Emulating a non-computer UI on he computer is as silly as it can get. The User Interface Hall of Shame shows this for a VOIP program which gives a classic phone as UI on the screen. This is no different.
I agree, the whole thing is a stupid crap (sorry).

Since I have a tablet PC (slate) I don't need anything else. I can use the built in joystick to turn pages or the stylus. I can look up a word in the oxford concise dictionary in just 3 seconds by moving the slider with the stylus.

It works well so there is no need to invent GUIs.
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