[BobLenx]

Dump the Dead Authors and copy over my own photos to be used instead - and part of a normal firmware upgrade from Amazon, not some third-party app or hack. Should be simple as can be - they create a SCREENSAVERS folder on the Kindle and tell us to copy our photos there. When the Kindle goes into sleep mode it looks to see if there are any photos there, if yes then use them, if empty then show the dead authors. This issue has generated more complaints from users over the years than any other, why not just fix it? And yeah it is no big deal, but since they can display photos, users now want to use their own photos. Tell us the dimensions we need, and if we install a photo that doesn't meet the requirements then ignore it.

AND NOW FOR MY PET PEEVE:

I have read the endless arguments regarding locations vs ISBN page numbers vs the percentage figure - and yes I understand the need of maybe 8% of us to have actual page numbers linked to an ISBN edition for classes or reference. And yes I understand the argument about locations being a clear way for two or more people to get to the same approximate section in an ebook.

But lets face it, in a digital reading environment like the Kindle, the ONLY thing that makes sense is SCREENS - what screen am I on out of how many screens in the entire ebook (based up my current font settings). How obvious can that be? After all that is how a physical book works. Certainly this is true for over 90% of what most of us are reading on our Kindles - novels. If Amazon truly wants to make reading on the Kindle as close to reading a physical book as possible, then it is a no brainer - SCREENS should be the standard - not locations not ISBN pages and not percentage.

Yes I know changing the font settings will alter the screen count, but big deal, you simply have new screen numbers to track your progress. I don't know about anyone else, but I have been using ereaders for nearly four years now and I have NEVER EVER EVER changed the font size. I found what is comfortable for me and leave it there. And in those four years I have never had to get someone else to go to the same "page" or "location" I was on to discuss a book we are both reading - we simply discuss the book.

So lets put in a settings option that lets you select what the user wants displayed at the bottom of each screen - and please make SCREENS one of those options. And make the MENU button show us the other figures available - location, ISBN page, percentage.

UPDATE: I sent Amazon feedback on the 3.1 upgrade expressing my feelings on having a screen count added to 3.1 or to a future upgrade or if not possible then to the next generation Kindle. If you feel the same way, let them know.