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Originally Posted by notimp
Hyphens are grammar - not a patentable feature exclusive - I don't care if the meaning "largely stays the same even without them" - I care about aspects like readability.
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The enhanced typesetting features tied to KFX (automatic hyphenation, kerning and ligatures) are typography, not grammar. With print books typography was handled by the publisher. With e-books it is handled by the reading device in conjunction with publisher provided instructions. Typography is not the book! Even with print books the typography varies significantly between editions of the same book and no one complains.
Amazon has changed things so that the books they sell can be rendered with a bit better typography than sideloaded books. This provides a slightly increased incentive for Kindle owners to purchase their books from Amazon, but it in no way makes sideloaded books any less readable than they have always been.
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Originally Posted by notimp
Yet some of you are still asking questions, trying to wrap their heads around the issue. And every single action (maybe despite your recent premise of "bringing the best screensavers to Kindle users, open source can deliver"), trying to change the functionality of closed systems is inherently political to begin with.
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What is your obsession with screen savers? Does it bother you are people are willing to spend their time working on functionality of interest to them when it isn't important to you?
It is very annoying when someone tries to step in and make themselves the leader of a group. Especially when it is a volunteer group with diverse interests that don't align with yours. Don't try to tell us what our priorities should be and how we should spend our time.
If you want to take action then YOU should take action. If you need to code and can't then learn to do so.