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I guess, but the behavior I have with books wasn't learned (outside of the obvious in learning to read, use a ToC, look up an index, etc.). Flipping back to a
by nirvdrum 15y ago
I guess, but the behavior I have with books wasn't learned (outside of the obvious in learning to read, use a ToC, look up an index, etc.). Flipping back to a previous section is just a natural behavior -- it's flipping through a stack of anything. There's no analog in ebook devices. Perhaps there could be one, but it'd have to be a learned behavior, not a natural one, and thus will always feel unnatural.
- SatvikBeri 15y agoPersonally I don't think learned behaviors have to be unnatural. Writing and driving are learned behaviors which feel completely natural to a lot of people. In fact, writing is an interesting example because many people say that they can think perfectly while writing by hand, but not while typing. But the ones I know who have been typing since they were extremely young, or have just been typing for a long time, often say they can think perfectly while typing. I have actually noticed the transition in myself-5 years ago it was very hard to think deeply while typing, today it's completely natural. An e-book searching system doesn't need to be nearly as complex as typing. For example, you could theoretically have a little scrollbar that you drag your finger across and can easily anywhere from the beginning to the end of the book. In just a couple weeks I imagine this would be totally natural behavior.