Re: ereaders
"martin trotter ha4mnu-gM/[email protected] [GtD_Palm]" <[email protected]> Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:08:15 +0000
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--001a113cd57cdfd33f050a9744c3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a kindle 3 keyboard and that is buttons only no touch. I dont know if any of the manufacturers are non touch. Maybe someone else can answer that. Martin On 19 December 2014 at 18:45, Catherine McFarland [email protected] [GtD_Palm] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've never had trouble reading on my Palm. In fact, I prefer it. I like > being able to set the font size and have set it so that I can see it > comfortably and yet still have enough text on the screen to read. > > I also like being able to "turn the page" simply by hitting the button. I > just read with my thumb lightly resting on the button and twitch it when = I > want to change the page. I think the swipe method used by eReaders is > stupid. They are just trying to replicate a paper book reading experience > for the people who think paper books are superior. But I read too fast to > want to wait while the screen flashes to the next page and, as I said, it > is easier to twitch on a button than to take your hand off the unit to > swipe the screen. /rant off=E2=80=8B, can you tell this is a pet peeve? 8= ~) > > Unfortunately, the point is moot. Without the means to sync, I won't be > able to add books to my TX and I've already read the ones on there now. I > haven't had a chance to check the link someone posted yesterday; I'll do > that this weekend. It would be great to be able to get my computer to tal= k > to my Palm. > > Catherine > > The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so > certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts. -- Bertrand > Russell > > >=20 > --=20 E&OE GMail crawls every so often on my internet connection :( --001a113cd57cdfd33f050a9744c3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/htm= l4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> =20 <body style=3D"background-color: #fff;"> <span style=3D"display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-mlmsg" style=3D"position:relative;"> <div id=3D"ygrp-msg" style=3D"z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id=3D"ygrp-text" > =20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20=20=20=20=20 <p><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>I have a kindle 3 keyboard and tha= t is buttons only no touch.<br><br></div>I dont know if any of the manufact= urers are non touch.<br></div>Maybe someone else can answer that.<br><br></= div>Martin<br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e">On 19 December 2014 at 18:45, Catherine McFarland <a href=3D"mailto:cath= [email protected]">[email protected]</a> [GtD_Palm] <sp= an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_b= lank">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left:1px #ccc solid;"> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 <div> <br><br> <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:comic sa= ns ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fo= nt-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;">I've never had tro= uble reading on my Palm. In fact, I prefer it. I like being able to set the= font size and have set it so that I can see it comfortably and yet still h= ave enough text on the screen to read.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" st= yle=3D"font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br></div><di= v class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;fon= t-size:small;">I also like being able to "turn the page" simply b= y hitting the button. I just read with my thumb lightly resting on the butt= on and twitch it when I want to change the page. I think the swipe method u= sed by eReaders is stupid. They are just trying to replicate a paper book r= eading experience for the people who think paper books are superior. But I = read too fast to want to wait while the screen flashes to the next page and= , as I said, it is easier to twitch on a button than to=C2=A0take your hand= off the unit to swipe the screen. /rant off=E2=80=8B, can you tell this is= a pet peeve? 8~)</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:co= mic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_defa= ult" style=3D"font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;">Unfort= unately, the point is moot. Without the means to sync, I won't be able = to add books to my TX and I've already read the ones on there now. I ha= ven't had a chance to check the link someone posted yesterday; I'll= do that this weekend. It would be great to be able to get my computer to t= alk to my Palm.</div><br clear=3D"all"></div><div><div><div><font face=3D"c= omic sans ms,sans-serif">Catherine</font></div><div><font face=3D"comic san= s ms,sans-serif">=C2=A0</font></div><div><font face=3D"comic sans ms,sans-s= erif">The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are alway= s so certain of themselves, but wiser people are full of doubts. -- Bertran= d Russell</font></div></div></div> </div> <br> <br> <div width=3D"1" style=3D"color:white;"></div> </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br><div class=3D"gma= il_signature">E&OE GMail crawls every so often on my internet connectio= n :(</div> </div> </p> </div> =20=20=20=20=20 <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style=3D"color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> =20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20=20 =20=20 =20 =20=20=20=20 <div style=3D"clear:both"> </div> <div id=3D"fromDMARC" style=3D"margin-top: 10px;"> <hr style=3D"height:2px ; border-width:0; 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