Amazon and DRM changes

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Buttonless ereaders were a fad.

I hope you are wrong.

[ownedbycats]

My Aura HD had no buttons except the power switch. So many thumbprints on the screen.

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

My Aura HD had no buttons except the power switch. So many thumbprints on the screen.

You can fix that. Use a finger instead. No more thumbprints.

[ZodWallop]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Buttonless ereaders were a fad.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I hope you are wrong.

Why? I'm making due using the Clara for reading in bed, but I OFTEN wish for page turn buttons so I could hold the reader and turn pages with one hand.

[haertig]

I still what my bluetooth enabled device - a ring of something - where I can just move/flip/twist/whatever my hand to turn the page. Could even turn the page with the hand that is not holding the ereader.

[Ma'am-I-Am]

I started out with a Kindle Keyboard and still use a PW2. I like that a mere twitch of my thumb will turn the page. If I have to go back a page, I have to lift my left hand - the effort is exhausting! - and turn the page back. Not to mention the inconvenience of needing to put down my beverage or sustenance of choice.
Watching The Husband read is a bit of an amusing and eye-rolling experience for real. He likes to put his free arm down as he reads, then lifts it, makes a pointy finger, and *pock* taps the screen to turn the page. Every few seconds...*pock*...

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

My Aura HD had no buttons except the power switch. So many thumbprints on the screen.

My Aura H2O has no page turn buttons. No fingerprints on the screen. What causes fingerprints is the captivate layer that gets fingerprints. So if companies went back to IR, we'd have a lot less fingerprints.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Why? I'm making due using the Clara for reading in bed, but I OFTEN wish for page turn buttons so I could hold the reader and turn pages with one hand.

I've a Libra 2 and I can sit in bed and hold it with one hand and still be able to turn the page without using any buttons and that includes paging back.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

My Aura H2O has no page turn buttons. No fingerprints on the screen. What causes fingerprints is the captivate layer that gets fingerprints. So if companies went back to IR, we'd have a lot less fingerprints.

Nope. I had a basic Kindle with an IR screen years ago. I could see fingerprints perfectly well.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

That is why it is called automatic updates. If you turn it off, you can see in your library which books have an update available. And update manually each individual book.

I like how Amazon does it. With Kobo, you have to contact customer service to get them to reset your book. It's nice that any of vendors give you access to updates if you want them. With physical books you'd just have to buy another copy.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by NullNix

Yeah, but if I was satisfied holding a cover all the time I wouldn't have bothered with an Oasis in the first place: the cover hides the contoured spine and the contoured spine is 50% of the reason the Oasis exists. (The other 50% is the buttons. )

The spine is because of some weird obsession with making devices as thin as possible and still having to put a battery in there. For me it actually makes it harder to hold. I ended up putting a PopSocket on mine. I'm glad Kobo dropped that part when mimicking the Oasis design.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Buttonless ereaders were a fad.

eta: Now if buttons on both sides would come back in fashion, I'd be happy.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

eta: Now if buttons on both sides would come back in fashion, I'd be happy.

But the Kobo works either way up?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Quoth

But the Kobo works either way up?

Yes, but it's awkward to have to turn it around every time you change hands.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by issybird

Yes, but it's awkward to have to turn it around every time you change hands.

Personally I prefer it to the oblong shape, which has never felt quite comfortable to hold for me. The Oasis spine didn't bother me either, but the metal back did. I'm glad Kobo didn't adopt that, but I would have liked if they had kept the Libra 1 shape, instead of making the back of the Sage and Libra 2 completely flat (plus the Libra 2 is noticeably thicker). The Libra 1 was ergonomically perfect for me, more so than the Oasis. Unfortunately its screen was not particularly good, so I sold it after buying the Sage and the Libra 2.