Do you want buttons?

[Apache]

I don't hate all buttons. I do like my shirts to have them.
Apache

[ApK]

Yes, buttons like my KK or the Voyage, not like my Sony prs-350.
I like a touch screen for lots of stuff, but not for turning pages.

[teija]

I am so used to touch/swipe that I don't think I could get used to buttons again.
Having said that, hubby LOVES buttons and won't be without them, so our house would have one vote for "yes" and one for "no"...

[Barty]

Nope. I'm fine with tapping.

But I get why other people like buttons. I hope they'll continue to have a choice.

[NickyWithNook]

I've gotten very used to swiping. I don't know if I'd use them at this point if I had them, though I understand why people would want them.

[tomsem]

I'm fine with swiping or tapping. But if someone were to lend me a Voyage for a few days, maybe I'd find I actually prefer buttons.

[dixieknits]

I mostly use my Kindle 4 with buttons, it's easier to operate. I prefer buttons.

[rootandroid]

I voted "Yes" which in my preference i like to have it.

[crane3]

I voted for buttons. With the original Nook, I found that the buttons are more positive(?) it page turning; with the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, the home button also activate more positive.

"More positive" means that I don't have to touch/press the screen multiple times to get a reaction; sometimes a "hard" press does what I wanted to do (on a capacitive screen!). There are times that the screen hides the 3 buttons & trying to get them to show up is "trying". Of course, sometimes I don't believe that I touch the tablet screen yet but there's a screen/page change on the tablet.

My recent renewal of my driver's license also told me that buttons are better as DMV had used touch terminals for a person to do the test; luckily, the test wasn't timed as I cursed a few times trying to the get test screen to do the mark on my answer touch on several questions.

Maybe there is something about my body as I decided to go cotton clothing after seeing a 2-3 inch spark between my car key & the car's keyhole when going to unlock the car door. I was also subject to getting static shocks when touching the old Marchant metal calculators (comptrometers(sp?))

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by crane3

My recent renewal of my driver's license also told me that buttons are better as DMV had used touch terminals for a person to do the test; luckily, the test wasn't timed as I cursed a few times trying to the get test screen to do the mark on my answer touch on several questions.

Maybe there is something about my body as I decided to go cotton clothing after seeing a 2-3 inch spark between my car key & the car's keyhole when going to unlock the car door. I was also subject to getting static shocks when touching the old Marchant metal calculators (comptrometers(sp?))

You must be my twin, capacitive touch and I just don't play nice together for the same reasons. I'm someone that no one wants to touch in the wintertime because they'll get zapped. I swapped out all my wall switch covers to wood or ceramic to keep me from getting zapped every time I use a wall switch, but the metal screws would still get me. You'd see a little spark arc between the screw heads and my finger, I wouldn't even have to touch the screws. I found plastic screws at Amazon and at least now I can use wall switches without getting zapped. Until I forget myself at someone else's house at least. Someone once told me I need to be locked up in a Faraday cage.

At least I've never gotten zapped by a reader, but that's why I won't ever buy a reader with capacitive touch, it has to be infrared and that works well for me. And I prefer no buttons, but as long as they were unobtrusive and not in a position where I'd be accidentally hitting them, I could live with them. But they'd basically be decorations, I wouldn't use them if given a choice.

[pickyaxe]

note: I did not read this thread.

My answer is yes, with one caveat: they have to be properly designed. No more than one button on each side of the device, not likely to accidentally trigger yet not requiring significant amounts of force.

I have found that reading in a "full screen mode" with very little margins is my preferred way of reading, despite initially resisting it, but a lack of physical buttons discourage this efficient method of reading: your hands end up covering some of the text.

[ApK]

Originally Posted by pickyaxe

No more than one button on each side of the device,

Two buttons per side, one for page forward, one for page back, configurable for the most ergonomic one handed operation.

[frquixote]

Yes, I need real buttons. I don't like swiping at all after using various Sony devices for years. I was going to replace my Sony T-2 with a new Kindle and went to Best Buy to look at the PW and Voyage just yesterday. I found the swiping to be inconsistent on both devices and, even when set to "low" to maximize the sensitivity of the hepatic buttons, found the buttons required too much pressure to effect a page turn. Worse still, with the Sony I get effective tactile feedback, but didn't get the same from the Voyage.

I'm a bit disappointed because I currently buy all my books from Amazon and free them for use on my Sony reader. At some point that solution will stop working, either because the Sony gives up the ghost or because Amazon figures out how to lock their books more effectively.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by frquixote

Yes, I need real buttons. I don't like swiping at all after using various Sony devices for years. I was going to replace my Sony T-2 with a new Kindle and went to Best Buy to look at the PW and Voyage just yesterday. I found the swiping to be inconsistent on both devices and, even when set to "low" to maximize the sensitivity of the hepatic buttons, found the buttons required too much pressure to effect a page turn. Worse still, with the Sony I get effective tactile feedback, but didn't get the same from the Voyage.

I'm a bit disappointed because I currently buy all my books from Amazon and free them for use on my Sony reader. At some point that solution will stop working, either because the Sony gives up the ghost or because Amazon figures out how to lock their books more effectively.

Swiping isn't required on Kindles, and as you have found, can be inconsistent. All that is required to turn the page is a light touch on the screen.

Shari

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by shalym

Swiping isn't required on Kindles

Except in one place: the home screen. The only way to turn pages in your library (unless you have a Voyage, or an old Kindle with hardware buttons) is with a swipe. As you say, though, when you're actually reading a book, you can use either a tap or a swipe; both work.