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Originally Posted by alexep
I agree that we should be able to customize the main screen a bit more (dismiss tiles that can't be dismissed, disabling reading life and whatnot) but I don't really see a point in not having your recent activities showing up on your screen since there's not much to do in an ereader anyway. And trust me, I usually HATE that recent activities trend everyone seems to be including in their systems or apps or whatever, like Amazon with their tablets and recently with their Kindle Android app, or Google with Google Books. But if you don't want Sketchpad there, dismiss it. You said it yourself, Sketchpad is impractical on a device like this. I've used it once and never again because it sucks. And then I dismissed the tile from my home screen and that was the end of it. It's an experimental feature anyway.
As far as the tiles UI goes, I'm a big fan, they look great. At least on the Aura, can't speak for the Glo. Same thing on responsiveness, everything works fine here on my Aura. In my opinion, the only thing in your post that qualifies as a failure is the brightness bar being moved from the bottom to the centre of the screen. That's annoying.
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Hi Alex, thank for your post and criticism.
I guess on the Aura with 1440 x 1080 pixels the tiles look much better, but the ugliness on the Glo is not a problem for me.
What would have been a killer feature though is to be able to not only dismiss but also fix a book to the home screen. Now when you open books they go to the homescreen and others disappear. What if I want one or a few books to remain there? That's my main gripe, no control, no options. And I read you agree on that.
I understand that some things that I call failures are not failures to everyone.
It all depends what we do on our machine. Again it comes down to having options.
But to say you see only one failure? Doesn't having to press two brightness icons instead of one mean a step back? Well, as an UI designer steps back for me equal failure.
Many people suffer from RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury), neck and shoulder pain, etc.. and all these clicks, swipes and presses are becoming more and more an health issue than people realize in this electronic world.
Recent activities on these gadgets is a step back from favorites or shortcuts because now the gadget decides what you see instead of you. As a result you have to constantly dismiss stuff from your screen. For me this equals failure but I understand others might like it.
Going to bed now, good night.
Mike