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I don't spend any appreciable amount of time browsing, rearranging, cataloguing, or creating a new dewey decimal system. I expect my software to do all of that for me! (Admission: I did spend some time initially updating metadata, including cover art but calibre made that a no-brainer.) With about 600 e-books (give or take the last 20 or so I purchased after getting my K3 earlier this week), I'm not gonna spend a lot of time renaming everything with obscure symbols so they'll sort properly.
When I've bought or otherwise acquired a dozen new books at a time, it's tough to decide what to read next. A bookshelf view would make my life SO much easier. Cover art thumbnails would make that even better. I'm glad the plain-jane menu works for some folks, but it makes me sad that such a great device has so few options. You know, when I go to B&N or to Borders to kill a couple of hours, I browse rather randomly instead of starting in the "A"s and going down the rows. Heck, the tables piled with the latest fiction are an adventure for me.
How about this compromise: give us, the end user, the option to have all the whizz-bang eye candy with folders and other good stuff or the ability to choose a plain menu with a flat directory structure.
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