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My wife got the RM1 then the RM2, as she is very organized and takes lots of notes. She absolutely loved it except for one thing -- the swipe motion to flip for

My wife got the RM1 then the RM2, as she is very organized and takes lots of notes. She absolutely loved it except for one thing -- the swipe motion to flip forward and backwards was terrible for her. She would try 10 times to get it to finally recognize what she was asking for. So if she wanted to flip forward a few pages to find something, it could take 30-50 swipes. It is sitting in a drawer now. If anyone else had this experienced and figured out how to make it work, let me know.

gyomu 1y ago
So sad when something that could be fixed with a few lines of code/a pref toggle if the software were open entirely kills an otherwise great product experience for someone.
- eviks 1y ago
  Indeed, the poor design of poor extensibility strikes again...
lastdong 1y ago
I don’t experience the same level of recognition issues, but I do find flipping through pages quite tiresome. After reading other comments here, it seems clear that the navigation of the e-reader needs significant improvement. I submitted some feedback about this in one of their previous feedback surveys. Perhaps this Hacker News discussion will lead to some user experience improvements.
- nvarsj 1y ago
  They should, since these comments killed all desire I had to own one!
- fladrif 1y ago
  I'm not sure if you've used their scroll feature, but if you swipe up from the bottom with a single finger you bring up a scroll bar over all pages with a small preview for the current selected page. It works pretty well for <50 pages
nimos 1y ago
Mine goes somewhat unused because of this (although definitely less than 10 swipes per try). If I was to buy another ereader I'd want at a minimum physical buttons for forward/back.
JohnKemeny 1y ago
Could it be caused by dry skin?
Aeolun 1y ago
I have this problem but it’s mostly when I try to flick quickly. If I deliberately drag my finger over the page it generally works.

gyomu 1y ago

So sad when something that could be fixed with a few lines of code/a pref toggle if the software were open entirely kills an otherwise great product experience for someone.

eviks 1y ago
Indeed, the poor design of poor extensibility strikes again...

lastdong 1y ago

I don’t experience the same level of recognition issues, but I do find flipping through pages quite tiresome. After reading other comments here, it seems clear that the navigation of the e-reader needs significant improvement. I submitted some feedback about this in one of their previous feedback surveys. Perhaps this Hacker News discussion will lead to some user experience improvements.

nvarsj 1y ago
They should, since these comments killed all desire I had to own one!
fladrif 1y ago
I'm not sure if you've used their scroll feature, but if you swipe up from the bottom with a single finger you bring up a scroll bar over all pages with a small preview for the current selected page. It works pretty well for <50 pages

nimos 1y ago

Mine goes somewhat unused because of this (although definitely less than 10 swipes per try). If I was to buy another ereader I'd want at a minimum physical buttons for forward/back.

JohnKemeny 1y ago

Could it be caused by dry skin?

Aeolun 1y ago

I have this problem but it’s mostly when I try to flick quickly. If I deliberately drag my finger over the page it generally works.