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Old 02-01-2012, 10:12 AM   #11
Elfwreck
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The elephant in the room is portability. If you want portability, then the screen is going to be smaller. All we need on a small screen is footnotes that allow one line of text and the rest footnotes.
I can deal with a third of the screen dedicated to footnotes, even on a 5" screen. Could deal with either always setting aside that space (in a given book, not for books that don't have them), or setting it aside on pages that have footnotes--and long footnotes could continue between pages, just like they do on some paper publications.

I could deal with endnotes instead, if the software had an easy click-and-back function; I think sorting out footnotes will be easier to program. Non-linear navigability is very limited in ereaders, and that's as much a hardware problem as software.

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There is no free lunch for power either. If you want video, it will take up battery power, hence a larger device or more frequent charges.
I don't want video. Or rather, I don't want the drain that'd come with video. Color would be nice, but not if it means giving up battery life.

I could switch to a more versatile device if they figured out how to keep at least one of my key features--portability and battery life--without sacrificing ease of use and durability. (Not that eink readers are particularly durable now, but I wouldn't want to deal with anything more fragile.)
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