like i said, the requirements sound reasonable, and would probably make up a very interesting gadget, i just am not familiar with such a device avaiable, and i tried to supply the rationale behind why not.
also still i have some qualms with the notion of simultaneous wikipedia and dictionary referencing while reading a book - sounds very A.D.D. to me, and tab based navigation might better service a person actually trying to read... tom. 2009/12/17 Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> > Tom, > Do you have anything to say about the other requirements listed by me? > > The display size which I specified corresponds to an open book, in which > one can see two pages facing each other. > > I envisioned the use case of having to read a book while referring to > something else (such as a dictionary or the Wikipedia) at the same time. > > However, I can see your point - the above can be accomplished by > flipping windows. The eBook reader would be required to be able to open > more than one book simultaneously and have a GUI to switch from an open > book to another open book. > > --- Omer > > > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 09:30 +0200, Tom Goren wrote: > > what is this fantastic device you have invented? > > > > 14-15 by 9-10 inches display? > > > > most ebook readers are much much smaller. > > > > perhaps you should take a look at > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_e-book_readers - there is a big > > matrix there comparing all features of most devices on the market. > > > > also, i think there is some mistake in your basic notion about ebook > > readers given your feature wishlist - since all devices today are > > designed as book replacements, not laptop replacements (two windows > > displaying different content side by side does not sound like > > something an ebook must do in my opinion) - and thus their size and > > features are appropriately set. > > [... snipped ...] > > > > > 2009/12/16 geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> > > > > On Dec 16, 2009, at 9:40 PM, Omer Zak wrote: > > > > What does the collective wisdom of the Israeli Linux > > users know about the current crop of eBook readers? > > Any recommendations? > > > > Do the following requirements make sense? > > 1. Ability to display PDF files. > > 2. Full-fledged browser for displaying locally-cached > > HTML files. > > 3. Ability to display text files from the Gutenberg > > project. > > 4. Full Unicode (including BiDi handling) support. > > 5. Optional lighting, battery powered, for at least 12 > > hours (for reading at night when there is power > > outage). > > 6. Display dimensions: about 36 by 23 cm (14-15 by > > 9-10 inches), for convenient display of two book pages > > side by side. > > 7. Ability to display two windows, side by side, each > > one displaying different content. > > 8. Capacity: at least 10GB (enough to store the entire > > Hebrew Wikipedia). > > 9. WiFi connection (to download reading materials from > > a host PC). > > 10. Note: no requirement to read DRM-protected eBooks. > > Does there exist an eBook reader, which meets the > > above requirements? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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