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I still miss the hardware page turn buttons that were present on the Kindle 4. I got the Voyage, which has the kinda-buttonish thingies with vibration feedback,

by jwr 9y ago

I still miss the hardware page turn buttons that were present on the Kindle 4. I got the Voyage, which has the kinda-buttonish thingies with vibration feedback, and these are nowhere as nice and reliable as physical buttons were. Sadly, it seems I am the minority. Most people prefer no buttons (but ooh look how beautiful the device is as I take it out of the box the first time). Even worse, most people seem to prefer tedious manual scrolling over page turns (slide the text up with your finger, carefully watching as not to scroll too far, and then try to find your place in the text again). I think these fads will pass, though, and we will eventually regain our collective sanity.

KevanM 9y ago
I agree, the hardware buttons were perfect and then touch screen ruined the whole experience for me. They recognised this as a luxury people would pay for by reintroducing them to the awful looking Oasis.
- majormajor 9y ago
  "Awful looking" is a curious complaint about the Oasis because the unbalanced look actually makes it a wonderful in-hand experience, IMO. It's my favorite Kindle to read on in bed - whether lying on my side or on my back - ever because of that nice big side with those nice buttons.
mantas 9y ago
Totally with you there. I’d buy Kindle with proper hardware button and ability to lock screen from extra interaction in no time. I do hope this fad is coming to the end. Point in case - Garmin cycling computers are back to buttons.
- kemayo 9y ago
  You can totally get that now. Oasis 2 lets you disable the touchscreen: http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/12/14/heres-how-to-disable-the-touchscreen-on-kindle-oasis-2/ http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/12/14/heres-how-to-dis...
Singletoned 9y ago
I fully agree. I still have my Kindle with hardware buttons and look after it very carefully because I'm praying I don't have to switch at somepoint.
megaman22 9y ago
The best thing about the first Kindle I had - second generation, maybe? - was that it had the physical forward and back paddle buttons on both sides in just the right place for it to be comfortable to hit with your thumb. Touch screen just sucks for an e-reader, the way all of the ones I've ever used since function, because you can only read right-handed with it, if you want to use just one hand. You're have to either tap on the right side of the screen to advance the pages, or worse, have to try doing a swiping motion that all too often gets misinterpreted as a tap.
Super_Jambo 9y ago
I and several friends are buying old kindle 4s so we don't have to deal with the modern ones (which largely seem designed to be little tablets allowing Amazon to advertise more at you).

by jwr 9y ago

KevanM 9y ago

I agree, the hardware buttons were perfect and then touch screen ruined the whole experience for me. They recognised this as a luxury people would pay for by reintroducing them to the awful looking Oasis.

majormajor 9y ago
"Awful looking" is a curious complaint about the Oasis because the unbalanced look actually makes it a wonderful in-hand experience, IMO. It's my favorite Kindle to read on in bed - whether lying on my side or on my back - ever because of that nice big side with those nice buttons.

mantas 9y ago

Totally with you there. I’d buy Kindle with proper hardware button and ability to lock screen from extra interaction in no time. I do hope this fad is coming to the end. Point in case - Garmin cycling computers are back to buttons.

kemayo 9y ago
You can totally get that now. Oasis 2 lets you disable the touchscreen: http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/12/14/heres-how-to-disable-the-touchscreen-on-kindle-oasis-2/ http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/12/14/heres-how-to-dis...

Singletoned 9y ago

I fully agree. I still have my Kindle with hardware buttons and look after it very carefully because I'm praying I don't have to switch at somepoint.

megaman22 9y ago

The best thing about the first Kindle I had - second generation, maybe? - was that it had the physical forward and back paddle buttons on both sides in just the right place for it to be comfortable to hit with your thumb. Touch screen just sucks for an e-reader, the way all of the ones I've ever used since function, because you can only read right-handed with it, if you want to use just one hand. You're have to either tap on the right side of the screen to advance the pages, or worse, have to try doing a swiping motion that all too often gets misinterpreted as a tap.

Super_Jambo 9y ago

I and several friends are buying old kindle 4s so we don't have to deal with the modern ones (which largely seem designed to be little tablets allowing Amazon to advertise more at you).