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Participant in EBONI hardware evaluation

The number and diversity of situations in which ebooks can be read can be constrained when devices are delicate, fragile or costly. Most devices used in EBONI's evaluations were criticised for being too fragile and thereby restricting usage. Rubber edges and hard covers can help with this aspect of ebook design.


22.1 Devices should be made robust via hard covers and rubber edges

Figure 20

Figure 22. Robust device: Franklin's eBookMan

Franklin's eBookMan has rubber corners and a plastic flip cover (not shown in this picture).

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