My biggest complaint with the kindle (post beige / side buttons era) is the black plastic. If i read in the sun for 20-30 minutes the device begins to get very hot. After 40 minutes the heat starts to cause performance and display problems. Using a towel or newspaper helps but it screws with the mechanics of holding the device and turning pages.
Voyage to Nowhere: The Amazon Kindle Story
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#152It's not for the faint of heart, given the inaccessible brick-ness of the Kindle and its long, nerve-racking reboot time, but you can jailbreak your device and install KUAL (app launcher) and KOReader. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203326 https://github.com/koreader/koreader ePub and PDF support, text reflow/cropping/reformatting (great for papers!), plethora of options from contrast to margins, c…
I got a Kindle Touch, jailbreak isn't supported on it and they don't think they'll be able to do it anytime soon.
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#153One thing I always wanted out of the Kindle (not the Fire / Tablets) is a web browser that actually works. Maybe not every page would work, but at least some would, the internet has a bad habit of not being backwards compatible so maybe there is this at fault sadly. A guy can dream I suppose.
The web browser works decent for me. I mostly use it for gmail and reddit, which both have mobile versions that are pretty stable.
If you have trouble with a site, try turning off javascript temporarily and turning on article mode after it loads.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree with this post, but not with regards to the Kindle, but more Amazon as an entity. Also, perfect timing to read this article, after just purchasing a Kindle Paperwhite and having it for a few weeks now. As a casual reader, I find the Kindle Paperwhite as the perfect medium for my reading needs. I can hold it in one hand, I can read it any time of the day with adjustable brightness, and the e-ink is very clear…
Exactly, Amazon understands and targets the majority , and they wind up very satisfied. This article lost me at "you’ll find hundreds and hundreds of people asking, begging for Amazon to change this." Ooh, hundreds! Amazon has manufactured at least 10 million kindles by now.
I think Steve Jobs would say that by making a product beautiful enough to satisfy enthusiasts, you'll satisfy millions of consumers as well. They probably can't put their finger on exactly what makes it better, it just feels good.
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#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
> The justification notion, I would argue that the typical user may not notice it as much as the hardcore reader. The fact of the matter is it impacts all readers, whether they recognize it or not, and there is a reason the printing industry generally doesn't do it.
I'm confused by this -- looking through my physical books now, I'm hard-pressed to find any that aren't fully justified.
And none of them even have a dark mode! So no sense in worrying about that....
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#156" Since Amazon hasnt updated anything about their typography since 2009 I wouldn’t hold my breath." That is actually not true - http://www.onemanandhisblog.com/archives/2015/01/bookerly_am... Oh and this - "Speaking of highlights: Amazon has no graceful option to update books. Updating a book, in Amazon’s world, is the digital equivalent of handing you a new book, then burning your old one. Hope you didn’t have any n…
I'd suspect that the notes issue might be true when you're updating a side-loaded book (or possibly even one that you've uploaded to Documents, since the only way to update those is to delete them and upload a new version).
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#157Amazon, please hire this person and pay them whatever they ask.
As this user states, these issues are easily googleable and well known already. They could read the amazon reviews page for the kindle to learn these specific gripes. What they need is not someone now who sees the problems with the product (believe me, they know the problems), but someone who sees all these problems as it's being created and people who are able to produce reliable code that fixes it now. The cow has…
My biggest problem is that they're actively preventing jailbreaking. If I could jailbreak my Kindle Touch, most of my problems would go away.
I filled out a 15 minute survey shortly after buying one, and noted that in the comments issue. The more people who do something like that, the more likely Amazon will decide to allow user "hacks".
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#158To be fair, I find it much easier to fall asleep after using my Kindle Paperwhite than I do with an iPad. But, virtually every aspect of the Kindle ecosystem user experience is an experience in mediocrity. In some respects, I feel like the company is like what you'd get if you crossed the worst aspects of Microsoft and Google. (And apologies to my friends who work at Amazon, but let's be honest: you're all going to q…
While there are plenty of mediocre aspects of the Kindle ecosystem, there are plenty of excellent ones as well. For example: 1. Return policy. Amazon has the best ebook return policy in the business. It seems essentially the same as their physical book policy. The last time I checked, Google Play was next-best (7 days no-questions-asked, regardless of jurisdiction) and everyone else grudgingly had a return policy whe…
Eh, I use both the Nook and Kindle apps for my iPad -- daily -- and Nook is just as good. It's the hardware. If i wanted to buy an e-reader, i wouldn't want to invest in B&N hardware.
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#159It's not for the faint of heart, given the inaccessible brick-ness of the Kindle and its long, nerve-racking reboot time, but you can jailbreak your device and install KUAL (app launcher) and KOReader. http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203326 https://github.com/koreader/koreader ePub and PDF support, text reflow/cropping/reformatting (great for papers!), plethora of options from contrast to margins, c…
I got a Kindle Touch, jailbreak isn't supported on it and they don't think they'll be able to do it anytime soon.
There's an entire wiki page on hacking the Kindle Touch.
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_Hacking
It depends on your firmware version.
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#160Earlier quoted context omitted.
A bit of google will find https://kaiweber.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/ragged-right-or-ju... containing numerous links to academic papers showing lower test scores with right justification. I don't know if the author cherry picked only the articles favoring the authors opinion. (edited to add, also try googling for the topic and "Dyslexia" where the conclusions seem fairly non-controversial and realize dyslexia is a spe…
> This is aside from the fairly obvious aesthetic argument that looking at ugly things (like right justified text) inherently lowers your quality of life. If ugly line endings even make your list of "things in my life that could be going better," you're living a pretty charmed life. :)
Ah but stuffing my house with original paintings by the dutch masters would be somewhat expensive, compared to what boils down to a fairly obvious very small software bug fix. That's the truly interesting part, the ratio of effort to improve vs results of improvement.
(edit to add, its like living in an area plagued by vandalism)