Comments on: The UX of a printed book vs the Kindle http://charux.com/2009/07/29/the-ux-of-a-printed-book-the-kindle/ Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve http://charux.com/2009/07/29/the-ux-of-a-printed-book-the-kindle/#comment-7 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:49:26 +0000 http://charux.com/?p=30#comment-7 Another dimension to consider “Fidelity vs. Convenience” – similar to (but not the same as)the Speed vs Safety dimension that we talked about around the car example.

In this example, you might compare a coffee table book with huge, full-color pictures at the full end of fidelity, while the Kindle, with thousands of books in a device with the ability to download more on demand, is really a device largely of convenience.

It might not work 100% in your model, but I thought I’d point it out since I ran across it …

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/08/fidelity-vs-convenience.html

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