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Originally Posted by jhowell
I examined firmware 5.12.4 and it has a number of changes related to the user interface update known internally as Kindle++. I assume that it what is being referenced by the above "What's New" item.
Here are some interesting things I found. I don't know when or if these features will be activated.
- Options to control features like "Popular Highlights", "Word Wise", and "PinYin" moved to the Aa menu.
- Contrast setting with 5 choices: -2, -1, 0, 1, 2
- "Set the cover of the title you are reading to appear on your lock screen" (It's about time!)
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I think that this is a highly misleading post that has been rampantly reported on ebook sites (digital reader etc.), Reddit etc. over something that is essentially speculation.
If I read your post quite carefully it looks like what really happened is that you found some code perhaps just commented out or is unused that suggests these title cover and contrast setting options. Would that be about right?
The firmware doesn't actually support these features. Maybe down the road an update will and again maybe not.
I don't know how many times I have coded a class or a function and then never used it because I found a better way to do it or just abandoned the whole idea. A huge grain of salt really needs to be taken here.