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Old 09-27-2010, 04:10 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by jlmwrite View Post
Wow -- last night I thought I stood alone wanting better collection management and/or a bookshelf view. I'm very glad to hear that other folks share my view.

I still think the K3 hardware is amazing. It's just that the user interface is... um, less than optimal. Too bad some of the true techie Kindle users out there can't come up with some alternate programming! (Which, of course, the next minor software upgrade would completely obliterate.)
At one point in time, Bezos was interviewed saying that they wouldn't add a folder or tag system because it might confuse folks. The argument against this was that people didn't have to use the folder/tag system that was implemented so not implenting one was punishing the folks who wanted one. I was surprised when Collections was released because it meant someone fought a serious battle with Bezos and his supporters.

Hopefully it will improve over time. I am hoping that once they figure out that the help desk isn't getting swamped with calls from folks who can't find their books because of the collections they will make it a bit more elegant.

I would love to have sub-collections so I can have author specific folders in specific collections. Right now I am thrilled that I have collections of any sort since I didn't have them for the first two years I owned my Kindle.
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