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IR is used because its cheap. if it were good then tabs would have used them instead but perhaps eink will not be able to get any advantage from a capacitive owing to its own slowiness and with the help of 64mb ram well it may be that printed page turns take same time but the point is it do not provide any progressive tactile feedback or animation in case of eink page turning or changing windows creates irritation, when i am turning paper paper something is happening right? so that time is bearable. in this forum i have seen some people who swipe before reaching end of the page so by the time they reach end page turn can begin. Last edited by webroot; 08-07-2015 at 08:35 PM. |
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Kindles use capacitive touch (I bought one because it was super cheap on sale and figured it would pay for itself for the free books available, I don't actually use it to read on), so if capacitive touch works better for you, buy a Kindle. I'll be pretty SOL if the day ever comes when all readers use capacitive touch, options are always good to have to satisfy everyone's needs. I'll buy a few spare infrared touch of my favorite reader at the time when that day comes. Quote:
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Mildew, deteriorating glue, dust, other people's tobacco (library books)... ugh. The only books that smell good to me are some of my old leather-bound ones, and they're fairly rare these days.
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All of my Kindles, as well as my Onyx T68 were faster than the Aura HD. Shari |
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Yes, the Kindle is slightly faster for me, but you're talking less than a second to turn the page, how much faster does one need it to be for reading? Last edited by Ripplinger; 08-08-2015 at 01:40 PM. |
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I would just like to point out that the mass market paperback (mmpb) has a significantly smaller font size than the mmpbs of the other books in the series. It's actually one of the longer novels. Word count is 350-400k, making it Brothers Karamazov length. I'm currently reading the Bonehunters which is roughly the same length as Memories of Ice. In mmpb format it is close to 1300 pages long.
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In any event, whatever you have heard, IR vs. capacitive has always been about registering screen contact vs. registering actual finger contact. e.g. capacitive touch does not trigger when a piece of clothing brushes the screen. Quote:
Capacitive touch has advantages over IR touch... because it has fewer false positives. P.S. A number of ereaders use capacitive touch, not IR. That actually makes some people (like Ripplinger) angry. P.P.S. Try 256 MB RAM. But what does RAM have to do with capacitive touch? DO you have any facts at all? Quote:
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I've personally found the Kobo H2O to be the best of both worlds for me, because it detects clothing brushes as possible accidental water on the screen (and puts up a dialogue) rather than as page turns. |
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I am simply saying, if we are going to be listing arguments in favor of using capacitive touch, then I know what a reasonable argument sounds like -- and it isn't "the screen is actually responsive to attempts to get it to do stuff". |
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The obvious problem with your tradition is the requirement to use chopsticks. I can't see such a movement getting very far... As a matter of professional curiosity, do you know of any chopsticks that incorporate a stylus, for working with capacitive touch screens? |
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