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jswinden · 07-03-2012, 11:54 AM

So 4.1.0 is another infamous Amazon step backwards as far as FW. This is probably unintentional, though Amazon has been known to intentionally take away features. I've noticed a lot of sloppy coding bugs over the past year or so in K4, K5, and K6, so I wonder if Amazon has extended itself too thin as far as programmers. They really need to improve their FW and especially their FW updates which sometimes introduce more problems than they solve.

One issue that troubles me is that K3, K4, K5, and K6 FW interfaces are often NEEDLESSLY very divergent. I understand that a keyboard K works differently than a non-keyboard/non-touch K, and that both work differently than a K5 Touch, and that all of these work differently than a K6, and that all of these work differently than K apps. After all they have different hardware and many different OSes. But even so, Amazon needs to be more consistent in two major areas: Feature Sets and Menu Organization.

Looking at the various Kindles and apps it is obvious that the various developer teams don't communicate well with each other or coordinate features and menus. Whenever possible and within constraints all Kindles and apps should have the same basic feature sets and they should all have their menus organized in as similar a manner as possible. At present it certainly seems that each was designed by a totally independent team that had little interaction with the other teams.

07-03-2012, 11:54 AM	#6
jswinden Nameless Being	So 4.1.0 is another infamous Amazon step backwards as far as FW. This is probably unintentional, though Amazon has been known to intentionally take away features. I've noticed a lot of sloppy coding bugs over the past year or so in K4, K5, and K6, so I wonder if Amazon has extended itself too thin as far as programmers. They really need to improve their FW and especially their FW updates which sometimes introduce more problems than they solve. One issue that troubles me is that K3, K4, K5, and K6 FW interfaces are often NEEDLESSLY very divergent. I understand that a keyboard K works differently than a non-keyboard/non-touch K, and that both work differently than a K5 Touch, and that all of these work differently than a K6, and that all of these work differently than K apps. After all they have different hardware and many different OSes. But even so, Amazon needs to be more consistent in two major areas: Feature Sets and Menu Organization. Looking at the various Kindles and apps it is obvious that the various developer teams don't communicate well with each other or coordinate features and menus. Whenever possible and within constraints all Kindles and apps should have the same basic feature sets and they should all have their menus organized in as similar a manner as possible. At present it certainly seems that each was designed by a totally independent team that had little interaction with the other teams.