Fwd: Alertbox: Kindle 2 Usability Review

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From: alertbox@nngroup.com (Jakob Nielsen)
Date: March 9, 2009 7:10:00 AM PDT
To: "Alertbox Announcement List" <alertbox@laser.sparklist.com>
Subject: Alertbox: Kindle 2 Usability Review
Reply-To: bounce-alertbox-12688226@laser.sparklist.com

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for March 9 is now online at:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/kindle-usability-review.html

Summary:
Amazon's new e-book reader offers print-level readability and
shines for reading fiction, but it has awkward interaction design and
poor support for non-linear content.
   
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We are working on a new whitepaper on designing for "Enterprise 2.0",
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