tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19674199.post2597518012250774254..comments2023-10-20T14:28:00.004+01:00Comments on The World Behind the Glass: The NOOKcolor has a problemBill McDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14386603092286490506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19674199.post-71093251399119430972011-02-18T05:24:55.842+00:002011-02-18T05:24:55.842+00:00And perhaps you should learn to comprehend what yo...And perhaps you should learn to comprehend what you read before commenting on it. I suggest the SRI readers used in elementary school...they helped me learn to read and comprehend when I was just starting out, at age 6. Also, correct English writing requires a comma between the words tub and fool, neither of which should be capitalized in your comment. That would have been covered in sixth grade. Perhaps you missed it.<br /><br />I do not use the Nook. I read in the tub with my iPad which does not mind the occasional wet finger on its screen. My post pointed out that my wife uses the Nook. And yes, she does read in the tub just as I do. Many people do and why should we not expect our next generation reading technology to deal with normal household environments at least as well as the current paper and ink technology?<br /><br />Certainly, I don't expect to be able to immerse my e-reader fully... After all, it is not a watch, and even paper books and magazines suffer somewhat if dunked. But they are still legible and can actually be read, albeit not as pleasantly.<br /><br />So I do not think it unreasonable that my ereader should function normally if i just touch it with a moist finger. And, as I said, my iPad does. It is not unreasonable to think any device might be touched with wet fingers in a home. The fact that I was able to discombobulate several Nooks at the store with just the condensation off a cold cup means a lot of Texas Nooks will encounter moist fingers.<br /><br />As a software designer, I also find it disturbing that such an event should send the software into a barely interruptable loop. I can understand that moist fingers might cause misinterpreted signals, but why should that send the software into a loop that long outlasts the moisture on the screen. This is poor design at both a hardware and a software level.Bill McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386603092286490506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19674199.post-30249037525059904262011-02-17T23:16:31.223+00:002011-02-17T23:16:31.223+00:00Perhaps you shouldn't use an eReader in the Tu...Perhaps you shouldn't use an eReader in the Tub Fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com