Dagon said:
I'm sure this has been asked before, but do you people really read that much outside in broad daylight that this is a huge issue?
I read a fair amount but approximately 0.6% of my reading time is spent in direct sunlight. Where are you reading outside, and why? I'm interested.
It's not just a problem outdoors.
This is precisely the same problem with laptops these days. Whoever had the 'brilliant' idea to make laptop screens glossy owes everyone a huge apology. Why there's such a hardon for glossy screens among manufacturers is beyond me. I guess there's a technical/cost issue.
But it's annoying as hell. On a default brightness level I frequently have problems with glare with my laptop indoors. The only way to resolve it is to pump brightness up to the max, which drains the battery rather quickly. At a default 'plugged out' level of brightness it's often not comfortably viewable indoors.
I saw recently someone at Westfield in London trying to orientate his laptop in order to actually just read the screen, and the contortions he was getting himself into were hilarious. He eventually backed into a stand with mannequins on it.