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Old 10-03-2014, 07:37 PM   #646
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Originally Posted by seanwhat View Post
Or they could charge an extra $80 for a higher end kindle model which, among other premium features, includes extra font sets.

This is 2014 and they can't sort out simple software features like margins, fonts, hyphenation etc. even on their 'premium' model? Why? It's not like the software is in it's infancy, they're clearly aware of these issues, they're just choosing not to bother.

They're just... behind. Like a lot of people, I was hoping they'd have ironed these things in the new models, but instead they've been working on other software features which, although very good, aren't the simple things people were asking for.
This actually summarizes how I'm starting to feel about this device. These things aren't just hardware. They're hardware, software, and ecosystem. Amazon has, in my opinion, absolutely nailed 2 of those 3. To come up short in some ways on the third just feels wrong.

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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
I didn't find what Harry said to be pedantic. I did suspect, however, that evanft felt he'd already implied Harry's point -- that deeper margin controls were important to him but not necessarily to everyone -- and that people who read evanft's post probably inferred as much.
Pretty much this exactly. Also, the rest of your post is spot-on.

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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger View Post
And why exactly do we need to squeeze as much text on a page as possible? With current readers battery life or speed of a page turn should not be such an issue that it really matters.
Doesn't matter. Some people want more. Some people want less. Where's the harm in giving people the option?
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