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Re: Are you debating the elimination of printed docs? (An idea.. .)
Subject:Re: Are you debating the elimination of printed docs? (An idea.. .) From:"Tristan Bishop" <claritydocs -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 7 Jan 2000 10:52:50 -0800
Martha J Davidson wrote "I don't think paper books will be obsolete until I
can put post-its on e-book pages I want to refer back to later, or until I
can jot notes in the margins."
Tristan writes:
I would bet that your requirements aren't far away. If one can write on a
Palm Pilot screen, why couldn't you write on an e-book screen, in the margin
with your information in maybe a different color or font?
I also predict e-books will have extensive book marking and post-it type
features. It seems inevitable.
