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Old 04-09-2024, 09:40 PM   #389
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
I think that there is or was an ereader that does that. I think it added a notice that power is off. (Otherwise it could be confusing.)
Several ereaders offer the choice of sleep and power timeouts. And yes, you do get a notice on the sleep/power off screen.

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The UI for changing the timeout in the context of keeping the overall UI simple, clear, and uncluttered is not trivial, but it would have been trivial to have made yet another undocumented searchbar command while they agonized over whether and how to add it to the UI.
See the attached image for a UI sample.

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(At least some) kindle users have been requesting that for at least 15 years. They have given the reasons, but I guess you weren't paying attention. Just because an application is useless to you doesn't mean that it is useless.
Quite a few posters around here seem to be of the opinion that their opinion is the only one that counts.
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