Thread: Kindle firmware version 5.10.3
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Old 02-16-2019, 11:39 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by ArthurianLegends View Post
Downloaded the new update and every-time there is a software update, I am underwhelmed.
There is much that is left to be desired in the kindle interface, and I refuse to upgrade my current e-reader to an ipad-priced Oasis until they at least provide:

1) Immersive reading (something any phone can do)
2) Scrolling
3) Get rid of the utterly inaccurate time left reading in a chapter or book to the more usable pages remaining; what is the hold up here, really? Time left in chapter can be reset but even then I have to be careful not to flick through pages on the screen so as not to muck their estimates.
4) It wouldn't hurt for kindle developers to take a look at the options that apps such as Marvin & Maple offer in terms of font options and margins etc., or hire those developers outright.
5) Get rid of the greyed out update kindle and make it where the device can detect new software when I wish it, not when Amazon decides much later to send it to me (if at all).

Sorry, if this sounds like a rant, but I have been a kindle user since the kindle keyboard days, and perhaps loved the kindle touch the most (the text was richer on the screen than the faded out screens I see in the latest models now in best buy). I thought by now, all these features would have been in place.
Different people have very different priorities, of course. I couldn't care less about immersive reading (don't do audiobooks), scrolling (would hate it on a dedicated reader), time left vs pages left (don't and wouldn't use either one), more margin options (the default ones are perfect for me), more update options (don't care). The only serious gripe I had with Kindles was the lack of font weight adjustment and the inability to install custom fonts. Both wishes have been fulfilled and I'm perfectly satisfied with the Kindle interface now.

As to faded out screens, I use a custom font with the boldness level 1 on my Oasis and while the Voyage font is perhaps a little bit darker, the Oasis is far from faded out. YMMV, of course. Still, it wouldn't hurt for the screens not to fade further in the future models.
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