> I would use it for referencing not reading cover to cover. Exactly, we're talking about reference material, not a novel. I wouldn't read a novel in e-form, either. I doubt I would read in a train, either, because of the headache and nausea. :o)
> I always thought it was that enormous headache and feeling I was going to vommit that kept me from doing it. :P Come on, suck it up, and drive on! Seriously, there are always exceptions...I'm sure we could find somebody out there who gets headaches from reading printed literature, but find LCD reading relieving...no where we might find them, I don't know... :o) Rick -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:35 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Ordering WACK from Amazon I like to read on paper because I find I get less headaches and distractions when I take a "book" and begin to read it. If I were just reading something for reference then that is not a big deal at all on a computer. If I am going to read 500 pages of text then it becomes a big deal. Guess it all boils down to what Ibuy the books for. For the WACK, if it were available digitally I would buy it, in printed form I do not feel I have a strong enough need for it to really purchase it and that boils down to I would use it for referencing not reading cover to cover. As far as searching, since I have never really looked into eBooks, guess I just always assumed there was an easy interface for searching across multiple books all within one clean interface. I can not read things when riding on the train, is that me limiting my thinking process? I always thought it was that enormous headache and feeling I was going to vommit that kept me from doing it. :P On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:29:06 -0500, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > prefer it not be on a monitor screen but on paper > and printing out hundreds of pages > on my own printer does not sound like "fun". > > Still limiting your thinking to the "print" paradigm, > meaning reading from one source, pages in numbered > succession, and because of current presentation limitations, > preferring to read it printed on paper... > > > The searching is the only thing I would like about an eBook. > > What if you could search 50 references, including your own > homegrown sources on the same topic presented to you > all at once? > > A search across all materials on your system at once. > Isn't this what the Desktop Search craze is all about? > We just need to integrate purchased digital books into that mix.. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:48 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Ordering WACK from Amazon > > The searching is the only thing I would like about an eBook. I am > just one of those people that when reading something I prefer it not > be on a monitor screen but on paper and printing out hundreds of pages > on my own printer does not sound like "fun". > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200032 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
