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Old Yesterday, 01:56 PM   #1
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I always thought it would be cool if someone made an ereader with a physical slider on it along the edge that you could slide up and down to quickly flip through a book.
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Existed in 1989. Tapping at 1/3rd down the edge would open at 1/3rd. Sliding was possible to flip.

A physical slider would soon fail.

You can kind of do it on Kobo if you tap and slide on the progress bar.
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I don't want to touch the screen. I want a slider or a knob.
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A touch strip on the bezel will work. A physical slider will wear out or get clogged.
A knob on a rotary encoder can be long life if it works like a mouse wheel.
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First Pocketbook Inkpad has a touch based slider on top that adjust backlight brightness. I always wondered why nobody did something similar for turning pages.
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First Pocketbook Inkpad has a touch based slider on top that adjust backlight brightness. I always wondered why nobody did something similar for turning pages.
I think some Onyx devices will adjust brightness by up and down sliding on the left side of the screen.

Sliding along the bottom edge to flip through books is annoying. You flip through a book by going down the right side with your thumb. An ereader should be able to mimic that behavior.
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I think some Onyx devices will adjust brightness by up and down sliding on the left side of the screen.

Sliding along the bottom edge to flip through books is annoying. You flip through a book by going down the right side with your thumb. An ereader should be able to mimic that behavior.
Kobo will adjust the light be sliding up/down on the left side of the screen next to the bezel.

But as to what you want, it doesn't exist and never will. You will have to touch the screen to do some things even if there are buttons.
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Kobo will adjust the light be sliding up/down on the left side of the screen next to the bezel.

But as to what you want, it doesn't exist and never will. You will have to touch the screen to do some things even if there are buttons.
Given my choice, I would never want to touch the screen for anything. But that ship has sailed.
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