Re: Bill Hill on why the browser is the reader

But problematically, there are a lot of people who DON'T want to read
through a browser on either a PC, Mac or a PDA.  The various
problems/complaints I have heard have been:
 - Too much flicker
 - Too hard on the eyes because of contrast/lighting
 - Screen too small
 - Not portable enough (referencing laptops)

None of these are a problem for me.  I read on a browser constantly,
and for that matter from Adobe, MS Word, etc. and I never notice
flicker or contrast issues.  But for some reason there are people who
are insistent that the ebook platform be perfect.

I've read many an hour from a PDA, either Palm-based or MSWindows
based, while sitting in doctor's offices, airports and on flights. 
Got a great deal of enjoyment from it, too.  It was absolutely no more
strain on my eyes than reading from the N.Y. Times or the WSJ... in
fact, the WSJ print edition is HARDER on the eyes.

Tony Burton

--- In [email protected], "Brenna Lyons"
<brennalyons4168@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >  So at least someone at MS "gets it".
> >
> 
> Clapping. I only wrote an article on that subject two years ago. Glad
> someone on that side of the line finally understands it.
> 
> Brenna
> -- 
> http://www.brennalyons.com http://www.myspace.com/brennalyons
> All dreams have a meaning, even those that cannot possibly be true.
> Mollie hopes so, anyway.  Is she losing her mind or learning her
> destiny? FAIRY DREAMS -Mundania Press, LLC.
>




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