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torginus • today at 9:01 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Personally no. I've been reading a lot on LCD screens (PDAs if you know what those were), way back before eInk existed.

First, eInk used to be glossy, and not backlit which sucked, since you needed a light source to illuminate it well enough, but not so much that it shone on the screen and caused weird reflections.

After they added backlight, it became much better, but I'm not sure how it's better than an LCD (I dont think it is).

The only thing that sucks both about the iPad and most ereaders is the lack of physical buttons to flip pages, which makes 1 handed operation clumsy at best.


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prometheus1992 • today at 11:14 PM

>>The only thing that sucks both about the iPad and most ereaders is the lack of physical buttons to flip pages, which makes 1 handed operation clumsy at best

I was just thinking about this yesterday; to have either a voice controlled flipper or an eye tracker where i lock and blink at the bottom right corner to flip or something like it; but couldn't figure out the battery drain that these systems will cause to have the models always on.

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