eReaders with the best/least clunky UI?

[Metaright]

I currently use a Kindle Keyboard, and while it still works perfectly, I think the UI is a little slow and clunky. Navigating several pages of books/categories takes longer than I would like.

I never see that much information about the UI of ereaders, so I have a few questions:

1. Which ereader would you say has the best UI?
2. Does the PocketBook Touch Lux 3 have an acceptable UI? What about the Kindle Oasis? These are the two I'm mostly looking at.

Preferably, the ereader I get will have physical page-turn buttons, which is why I've narrowed my search down to those two. But if some touch-only reader blows them away regarding usability, I may get it instead.

Thanks!

[barryem]

Personally I prefer the recent Kindle UI to others. It's very different from your Kindle Keyboard. It doesn't have buttons although the Oasis does. I have the Voyage and it has Page Press, which lets you press a certain area to turn pages. That's not capacative. It takes pressure so it's much like a button.

I don't use Page Press although I have to admit it works very well. I just swipe to turn pages. That's just like what I always did with paper books so it's very intuitive.

Barry

[Zetmolm]

It's perhaps not so much the UI that is slow, it's the E Ink display that does not respond as fast as the screens of tablets or computers. Of course there are differences between readers, for example because some have a better processor than others, and the responsiveness of the firmware as such may vary, but you may experience all E Ink readers as slow and chunky.

I have a PocketBook Touch Lux 2 (so not a 3), and for me the speed of the UI is quite acceptable. But I do not have a Kindle to compare it with.

[kacir]

Originally Posted by Metaright

2. Does the PocketBook Touch Lux 3 have an acceptable UI?

Yes.
Not as fantastic as previous generations of PocketBooks had, but still better than most other e-ink readers out there IMHO.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Zetmolm

It's perhaps not so much the UI that is slow, it's the E Ink display that does not respond as fast as the screens of tablets or computers.

That is of course true, but it's worth noting that the latest generation of eInk screens have refresh time that are enormously faster than those of the early devices such as the OP's Kindle Keyboard.

[barryem]

I think all e-ink readers turn pages as fast or faster than you're likely to turn the page on a paper book. I can't really see this as much of a problem.

I remember in the early days of high fidelity music there was a lot of hullabaloo about the slight imperfections of this system or that speaker and there was much discussion about the fine points and to those of us who focused on the music they all seemed perfect.

I think it's kind of the same thing with ereaders. It becomes a thing to look for the edge this one has over that one but a lot of people just enjoy the books they read with them and couldn't care less. The fact is they're all excellent. There really aren't many bad ones or even mediocre ones.

Barry