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BobLenx · 02-13-2011, 07:13 PM

Be sure to let Amazon know your feelings about 3.1. If you want locations back at the bottom you have to let them know that, not just leave messages in forums tho their staff do read some of them. I have 3.1 and like the speedier page turns, and the new layout for newspapers and magazines. The rest of it doesn't interest me much.

I never have understood the mania for page numbers. I mean what maybe 8% of those of us reading on Kindles actually NEED page number for classes or for references in articles we write about books or for comparisons with other readers - in which case I think locations is the superior approach. And the page numbers are not going to be there for all the books we buy from Amazon and not for any of the freebies we get from other sources. I don't get it.

Everyone is expressing their opinion as to what they like best - page numbers, locations, percentage or the bottom progress bar. Of the ones available I only use the percentage. If Amazon wanted to make ME happy they would show SCREEN numbers - what screen I am on out of how many screens in the book based on the font options I am using. (I never change fonts on my Kindle.) And they would modify the settings screen to add a feature to let me select what scheme I wanted to appear at the bottom while reading a book.

02-13-2011, 07:13 PM	#183
BobLenx Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 308 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony505 K2 K3	Be sure to let Amazon know your feelings about 3.1. If you want locations back at the bottom you have to let them know that, not just leave messages in forums tho their staff do read some of them. I have 3.1 and like the speedier page turns, and the new layout for newspapers and magazines. The rest of it doesn't interest me much. I never have understood the mania for page numbers. I mean what maybe 8% of those of us reading on Kindles actually NEED page number for classes or for references in articles we write about books or for comparisons with other readers - in which case I think locations is the superior approach. And the page numbers are not going to be there for all the books we buy from Amazon and not for any of the freebies we get from other sources. I don't get it. Everyone is expressing their opinion as to what they like best - page numbers, locations, percentage or the bottom progress bar. Of the ones available I only use the percentage. If Amazon wanted to make ME happy they would show SCREEN numbers - what screen I am on out of how many screens in the book based on the font options I am using. (I never change fonts on my Kindle.) And they would modify the settings screen to add a feature to let me select what scheme I wanted to appear at the bottom while reading a book. Last edited by BobLenx; 02-13-2011 at 09:07 PM.