I read the first WACK I bought probably cover to the middle of the book, maybe even more than that. WACKs after that were just for reference, last one I maybe looked into three times since LiveDocs and Google offer me mostly anything I need anyway. Other reference books I buy, I typically read cover to cover.
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:53:28 -0500, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would use it for referencing > not reading cover to cover. > > Exactly, we're talking about reference material, not a novel. > I wouldn't read a novel in e-form, either. I doubt I would > read in a train, either, because of the headache and nausea. :o) > > > I always thought it was that enormous headache and > feeling I was going to vommit that kept me from doing it. :P > > Come on, suck it up, and drive on! > > Seriously, there are always exceptions...I'm sure we could > find somebody out there who gets headaches from reading > printed literature, but find LCD reading relieving...no where > we might find them, I don't know... :o) > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Ordering WACK from Amazon > > I like to read on paper because I find I get less headaches and > distractions when I take a "book" and begin to read it. If I were > just reading something for reference then that is not a big deal at > all on a computer. If I am going to read 500 pages of text then it > becomes a big deal. Guess it all boils down to what Ibuy the books > for. For the WACK, if it were available digitally I would buy it, in > printed form I do not feel I have a strong enough need for it to > really purchase it and that boils down to I would use it for > referencing not reading cover to cover. > > As far as searching, since I have never really looked into eBooks, > guess I just always assumed there was an easy interface for searching > across multiple books all within one clean interface. > > I can not read things when riding on the train, is that me limiting my > thinking process? I always thought it was that enormous headache and > feeling I was going to vommit that kept me from doing it. :P > > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 13:29:06 -0500, Rick Faircloth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > prefer it not be on a monitor screen but on paper > > and printing out hundreds of pages > > on my own printer does not sound like "fun". > > > > Still limiting your thinking to the "print" paradigm, > > meaning reading from one source, pages in numbered > > succession, and because of current presentation limitations, > > preferring to read it printed on paper... > > > > > The searching is the only thing I would like about an eBook. > > > > What if you could search 50 references, including your own > > homegrown sources on the same topic presented to you > > all at once? > > > > A search across all materials on your system at once. > > Isn't this what the Desktop Search craze is all about? > > We just need to integrate purchased digital books into that mix.. > > > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aaron Rouse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:48 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Ordering WACK from Amazon > > > > The searching is the only thing I would like about an eBook. I am > > just one of those people that when reading something I prefer it not > > be on a monitor screen but on paper and printing out hundreds of pages > > on my own printer does not sound like "fun". > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200033 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
