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gudzik · 08-31-2015, 02:37 PM

Hi everybody!

I’ve just updated my PW2 to 5.6.5 firmware version. To say I’m disappointed is to say nothing. I read mainly foreign literature and that’s why I use the word translation almost with every book including technical literature. This is the primary feature for me. After the update the popup window with word’s meaning looks just terrible.

The first thing is that they’ve truncated the popup window area. Now the window can show only 8 rows from the dictionary. The previous version was 50% higher. The second is that they disabled the ability to open dictionary in case when selected word was not found in the dictionary. Sometimes it is useful to open the dictionary manually in case when the software didn't manage to find the translation automatically. For example in case of verbs that are used in simple past tense or for separable verbs in German.

So, is there any way to rollback the firmware update from 5.6.5 to previous version? Because I cry every time I look at new translation popup.

Maybe, there is also an email address I can use to write to Kindle development team to ask they at least return the ability to open dictionary manually?

08-31-2015, 02:37 PM	#1
gudzik Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2015 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Downgrade Kindle Paperwhite from 5.6.5 to previous version Hi everybody! I’ve just updated my PW2 to 5.6.5 firmware version. To say I’m disappointed is to say nothing. I read mainly foreign literature and that’s why I use the word translation almost with every book including technical literature. This is the primary feature for me. After the update the popup window with word’s meaning looks just terrible. The first thing is that they’ve truncated the popup window area. Now the window can show only 8 rows from the dictionary. The previous version was 50% higher. The second is that they disabled the ability to open dictionary in case when selected word was not found in the dictionary. Sometimes it is useful to open the dictionary manually in case when the software didn't manage to find the translation automatically. For example in case of verbs that are used in simple past tense or for separable verbs in German. So, is there any way to rollback the firmware update from 5.6.5 to previous version? Because I cry every time I look at new translation popup. Maybe, there is also an email address I can use to write to Kindle development team to ask they at least return the ability to open dictionary manually?