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Originally Posted by Abisha
Additional evidence that Sony haphazardly bolted the 350/650 firmware onto the 950 can be found in the 'compressed' option menus. I could see the necessity on the 350 and 650 with the smaller screens, but on the 7" screen of the 950 to have compressed menu features such as burying "Bookmarks" and "Table of Contents" in sub-menus absolutely inexcusable.
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Abisha, you raise a very interesting observation. I hadn't really thought of it that way. I thought the menu structure is compressed because they have added so many new features to the 950 that they had to bury some items. I also wonder if there are software programming guidelines about user interface that dictates the menu structure. Like too many items would overwhelm the average user? And, I would expect them to keep some commonality amongst the various models.
Just some thoughts of my own. I will use the Options Menu when you are reading a book as an example. Both my 900 and 950 have 11 items at the main Options menu. It's just that they are different items. To create a bookmark on my 900 you had to select Create/Edit Notes. On the 950 it is in the main menu which I thought was a happy improvement. Also you can double-tap the upper right-corner on a page as a shortcut. On my 900, Table of Contents is on the main menu. I agree that I was annoyed that it is now buried in the "Go to" submenu. However, "Go to" mirrors my Kindle 3 software so I can see why they organized it that way.