Thread: So What would YOU change about the Kindle ?
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:07 PM   #120
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Originally Posted by DaveSp View Post
I'd like to be able to selectively enable/disable the side buttons - because of the way I tend to hold the Kindle, I'd like to disable the buttons on the left side so I don't keep changing pages accidentally.

Dave
that was the entire reason Amazon went to inwardly activating buttons on the K2/DX versions. The original Kindle had even larger buttons on the sides that activated toward the outer edge, the K2/DX changed to buttons which activated with inward presses. This pretty much eliminated the whole accidental page changes while holding the reader. In fact the reason I never grabbed a K3 was because of this change, I know how I hold the reader and no way just making those buttons smaller but now again activating on outward presses will make it any better than my old K1. So if this is an issue for you, I suggest considering finding a K2/K2i because it's all but a non-issue. I don't see them ever spending their precious system RAM (where the device's embedded code and firmware lives) on the code to customize the side buttons in any way, unfortunately.

Now since I am betting the K4 is going to have a touch screen, I mean Amazon did buy that small touch screen company last year for just this purpose. Well, I am assuming that was why they bought the company anyway. but once this comes the side buttons might go away. That is unless the touch screen can be turned off to conserve power. Either way I also suspect we might see a return of the K2 style button activation when pressed in an inward fashion.
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