Comments on: Electronic Books–A Human Factors perspective http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/08/25/electronic-books-a-human-factors-perspective/ Not blaming the user since 2007! Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:04:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Results of long-term educational use of Kindle — the Human Factors Blog http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/08/25/electronic-books-a-human-factors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Results of long-term educational use of Kindle — the Human Factors Blog Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:25:28 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=169#comment-1135 [...] the device.  The results are not good.  The student’s comments sound vaguely familiar to my own experiences.  The Kindle is great as a pleasure book reader, but not so good for academic use.  One student [...] [...] the device.  The results are not good.  The student’s comments sound vaguely familiar to my own experiences.  The Kindle is great as a pleasure book reader, but not so good for academic use.  One student [...]

]]> By: Richard Pak http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/08/25/electronic-books-a-human-factors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Richard Pak Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:55:23 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=169#comment-158 As a final note, I probably could have been more constructive, but again, I've only had the device a week or so. I think minor issues I can live with but improving the note taking experience is the biggest issue for me. Some initial thoughts are to make the notes easily retrievable from the web (currently you have to connect via USB to retrieve notes). Maybe create a simple web service linked to Amazon that lets me retrieve the notes online. Second, I wish the notes contained more information about where the notes came from--possibly including a snippet of text from where the notes where taken. Finally, unrelated to the device, it would be nice if I could read purchased books from my desktop or laptop computer. As a final note, I probably could have been more constructive, but again, I’ve only had the device a week or so. I think minor issues I can live with but improving the note taking experience is the biggest issue for me. Some initial thoughts are to make the notes easily retrievable from the web (currently you have to connect via USB to retrieve notes). Maybe create a simple web service linked to Amazon that lets me retrieve the notes online. Second, I wish the notes contained more information about where the notes came from–possibly including a snippet of text from where the notes where taken. Finally, unrelated to the device, it would be nice if I could read purchased books from my desktop or laptop computer.

]]> By: Anne McLaughlin http://humanfactorsblog.org/2008/08/25/electronic-books-a-human-factors-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Anne McLaughlin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:30:38 +0000 http://humanfactorsblog.org/?p=169#comment-156 It looks amazingly clear. I agree about indices.. I depend on them. Usually the sub-headings in an index get me where I want to go. For example, I'm interested in working memory and aging, so I look up either one and the other is usually under there as well. Granted, that's not true for a bad index (or a bad search engine.) We'll make a killer index for ours. :) It looks amazingly clear.

I agree about indices.. I depend on them. Usually the sub-headings in an index get me where I want to go. For example, I’m interested in working memory and aging, so I look up either one and the other is usually under there as well.

Granted, that’s not true for a bad index (or a bad search engine.)

We’ll make a killer index for ours. :)

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