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I have now used the new software.
When the new Paperwhites went on sale, I asked Amazon to credit the difference to my account since it has been less than thirty days from my purchase. They told me to return the one I have and buy a new one at sale price, so I purchased a second one.
I was hoping the second one would have the old user interface like my first one does but it has the new interface. After using it, I like it less in real life than I thought I would from the pictures.
In the pictures it looked like the control panel with the lighting feature covered three quarters of the screen. When I adjust the light, I am looking at the background and the text in the book, and slide it up and down a few notches to see what level looks best. From the pictures, I thought the bottom of the page is visible but it is not. Mesh markings come up at the bottom to meet the control panel that comes down from the top. The entire page is covered with the control panel that has the light level setting.
After trying to set the light level, I come back into the book and am not happy with the light level and have to try it again.
I hate this so much.
Sometimes I jump around in a book and tried that. The only way I was able to get back to where I started from was setting a book mark or noting the page I was on. With the old interface it was always easy to get back to my place.
I liked searches better with the old interface. After doing a search, I could select a result and go to it and then go back to the search results and choose another to go to. Now, once you go to a result, the only option is to jump to the next one, going back and seeing all the results is gone.
The software is buggy. It totally froze after setting a bookmark. When it started working again, it started flipping pages on its own.
I don’t understand why Amazon made the changes they did and hope future updates make the interface enjoyable to use again.
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