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Originally Posted by ivar
I dont understand why they lost ability to go next/previous chapter swiping up/down.
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That was never a Kindle feature. With some other reading apps (KOReader maybe?), yes.
Swipe up from bottom edge (about an inch) reveals a scroll control with chapter navigation buttons. It's been that way for a long time (since Page View was introduced).
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With the Android/Fire Kindle app, Collections view is restricted to Grid (thumbnail) view, but once you open a collection you can choose either Grid or List. They could add that option to Kindle too, and keep 'cross platform consistency' (which seems to be a goal with some of these UI changes).
But Kindle for iOS doesn't have this feature. And it has no Sort options (apart from manually dragging the thumbnails into the desired order). It's been this way for a long time.
Conversely, you can apply Filters when viewing a Collection on Kindle. You cannot do that with the apps for Android or iOS (not even ALL | DOWNLOADED toggle that Kindles had before it became a Filter option).
I'm all for more consistency across platforms. If it were up to me I would take the Android implementation and add ability to filter, and make Kindle/iOS/Android (eventually Windows/macOS) have the same collections look and feel.
That said, I barely use Collections myself: they are okay for some use cases, but aren't very flexible, or scalable. I think that's true for most reading platforms (e.g. Apple Books has a very similar implementation). No use complaining about it.
If you want or need more flexibility and scalability in 'organizing', Pocketbook (and I'm guessing Kobo) might be a better choice.
PocketBook, for example, pays attention to Series, Genre metadata and to file system folders. Calibre can manage the metadata.