Monday, March 09, 2009

Jakob Nielsen vs. Kindle 2

Usability guru and world-class quibbler goes after the Kindle2 with his latest newsletter.

His take:
11 years ago, I wrote that electronic books were a bad idea. Has Kindle 2 changed my mind?
Yes.

The two factors that convinced me were (a) equal-to-print readability and (b) multi-device integration.

It's no rave review, to be sure - but he points out some definite advances as well as avenues for print killing functionality.

Books aren't going to die, but its becoming increasingly likely our grandkids will think of books as another way to read.

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