Marco.org: Hot zones
If you’re reading this, there’s a better-than-average chance that you own an iPad. Have you tried to show it to someone extremely nontechnical, like that parent or grandparent who has never really used computers, or those friends who are always scared of technology because their computers always…
One thing I’ve noticed is that with iBooks, I’ve tended to touch the screen on accident several times with my right thumb, and getting back a page I’ll end up doing with my left index finger, and by swiping rather than tapping. It’s sensitive, it’s true.
I’ve also found myself endlessly distracted by the page-turn animation, where I’ve found that I’ve stopped reading and am just looking at the animation of the page as I drag it across the screen. I definitely would have been farther along reading my book in a Kindle by now, but that interaction is just so much fun. Where does “delight” cross the line? It’s distracting, but fun.
