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Ergonomics of ereading
Hi,
I am not sure that it is the appropriate forum but I think that it would be useful if people would share their ebook reading experience from an ergonomics point of view (how convenient is to hold the device, to turn pages, to read standing, eating, whatever) since that to me is an important part of the reading experience - personally I do most of my pleasure reading reclining so that is another reason I find it hard to read books on pc/laptops with their sitting position, though I find it easy to work 8 hours a day in front of 5 screens.
Of the 2 devices I have, Ebookwise is the best for general reading since it gives you the solid feel you have with a book, you can hold it in the left hand and turn the pages also for a long time, and if you tire you can turn the pages upside down so you can use it with the right hand, the only annoying thing being that the page forward button becomes the lower one, and the page backward the upper one, while the stylus sits downward. The book access and navigation are great since you can move the stylus on the page line and the numbers flick in front of you and you can stop wherever you want.
On the go, or standing or even in bed the Nokia is very easy to use, though being so fragile you have to pay attention at holding it. I use it right handed cupping it in my hand since being right handed it comes naturally for more demanding tasks (say holding the Nokia as opposed to holding Ebookwise) to use that hand, but again you can turn the pages to hold it left handed, though the same annoying thing about buttons holds. Here you can actually customize your buttons for Fbreader but you have to do it each time, so I keep the regular settings. I have used the Nokia on my exercise treadmill, standing in line at the supermarket, walking... but less when eating since I have it to keep it closer to my eyes than it is convenient for eating. The Ebookwise is better to use when eating since you can hold it farther from the eyes.
Navigation and book access are ok, loading time is noticeable for bigger books (not instantaneous as for Ebk) and for the moment Fbreader has a navigation line that is not paginated so you have to estimate.
Liviu
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