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View Poll Results: What color should the bezels of an ereader be? | |||
Black | 71 | 56.80% | |
Gray | 17 | 13.60% | |
White | 27 | 21.60% | |
Gold | 3 | 2.40% | |
Silver | 3 | 2.40% | |
Yellow | 2 | 1.60% | |
Orange | 4 | 3.20% | |
Red | 8 | 6.40% | |
Green | 6 | 4.80% | |
Blue | 11 | 8.80% | |
Pink | 3 | 2.40% | |
Purple | 5 | 4.00% | |
Beige | 2 | 1.60% | |
Multicolored | 7 | 5.60% | |
Something else | 1 | 0.80% | |
I don't care | 23 | 18.40% | |
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11-26-2023, 01:47 PM | #61 |
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11-26-2023, 02:46 PM | #62 |
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11-26-2023, 03:30 PM | #63 |
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The expanded bezel on one edge is usually to accommodate the screen ribbon. Historically the ribbon and larger edge was at the bottom but larger panels seem to have it at the side. A larger panel is harder to hold if the side is skinny. The Elipsa has no buttons and larger bezel at one side.
I think there has been ereaders with buttons on the edge. |
11-26-2023, 03:36 PM | #64 |
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Personally I don't much care where the buttons are, as long as they're there. But at least one bezel must be wide enough to hold the device comfortably. I'm nearsighted and always hold my ereader in my hand when reading; I can't read with it on a table or on my lap, it would be too far from my eyes. So I need that bezel.
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11-26-2023, 04:40 PM | #65 |
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Do people who have devices with asymmetric bezel/buttons invert the reader when switching hands?
I've found auto-rotate to be more annoying than useful as I sometimes read on my side. |
11-26-2023, 04:52 PM | #66 |
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I always do. I like having a dedicated grip area and would probably not buy a symmetrical reader for that reason.
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11-26-2023, 05:09 PM | #67 | |
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I've been using 6" readers for a decade and I'm still unsure of the optimal way to hold/stand up a reader. I'm still experimenting with my latest. |
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11-26-2023, 06:02 PM | #68 |
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11-26-2023, 06:04 PM | #69 | |
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11-26-2023, 11:16 PM | #70 |
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I read on my side a lot, and do swap hands/turn over from time to time. I find that simply setting it to Portrait mode, and leaving auto rotate on, means I have no unintended flips.
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11-27-2023, 02:07 AM | #71 |
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Yes, I also enabled portrait lock so I don't get unintended landscape rotations.
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11-27-2023, 12:57 PM | #72 | |
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It's been a while since I've read reclining (another situation where the Voyage is less awkward than the Oasis). My worst reclining reading experience is when I use the kindle app on the nookHD. It ignores the OS rotation lock and displays comics upside down. |
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