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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Maybe off topic... But if "some dude" can hack the hyphenation stuff onto the Kindle, then why doesn't Amazon? Maybe because they want it either for all languages, or none?
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I don't know. They actually do have the foundation for hyphenation in the firmware, they just don't use it - and the hyphenation patch closes that hole.
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Is it possible to only install the working parts of JBPatch?
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Strictly speaking, all parts are working (otherwise they wouldn't be released
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Still, I don't feel like rooting / jailbreaking the kindle for one or two extra features, even though I do so with Android phones as soon as can be because it gains tons of functions there.
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For me, the single most useful patch is the hyphenation one, and would be reason enough to jailbreak. It really makes a
huge difference to the appearance and readability, especially for languages which tend to contain long words, such as german - where the default layout is a total eyesore. Unfortunately, hyphenation only works for .azw/.mobi files, because KF8 files are rendered by a native application, not in Java.
Anyway, below is an example of the hyphenation in action.