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Old 07-27-2015, 03:43 AM   #57
eschwartz
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Originally Posted by howyoudoin View Post
Play the post, not the poster. The point matters more than whose opinion the point seems to align with. I do think JSWolf and HarryT are partisan on many such topics, and I don't really remember who's said what here but if he's said what I think he has, then he's right here, like it or not
Oh, he is no doubt right -- but I don't think people need to hear the partisan complaining anymore.

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E-readers are released once a year. In the context of that cycle and considering the fact that advanced typesetting is a major reason for some people to make the purchase of the latest model, it is reasonable for people to consider a delay of a month as something to crib about. It is extremely strange to see such aggressive responses in this thread to people airing their grievance. Being annoyed is human. Telling them that they shouldn't be annoyed is a counter-productive response, and IMO reflects on the defenders more than on the annoyed. Why is it important to some people that other people not crib about their frustration with Amazon? It feels like stepping into a forum dedicated to the cult of Apple, if you know what I mean. This is not the mobileread I knew a year back. The forum's become a lot more intolerant of late.
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Originally Posted by cerem0ny View Post
So true howyoudoin. I'm refusing to even post in the thread any more because of some of the mean spiritedness that just came out of nowhere. Totally caught me offguard lol. And to be quite honest, I don't even particularly care that this update is not here yet, it'll arrive when it arrives, I can wait, I just wanted a place to discuss the finer points of typography, fonts, the new engine etc. as theyre things I am keenly looking forward to and love playing around with. I love my kindle and most importantly I love my books, never expected to be attacked or to create such bad will here. Calm down people
Yep. I don't understand why people can't just leave it at "personally I don't care much about this update, sorry". People sometimes like different things...
But typography concerns have never been a mainstream concern of Kindle owners. Rest assured the things that most Kindle owners are concerned about become topics of loud disappointment when Amazon messes up, and nobody disapproves of those posts.
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