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Originally Posted by Neil
Amazon is getting very, very weird. Whch does seem to fit the overall milieu these days.
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Things change, old programmers move on, and are replaced with new ones, and these don't know where to pick up. Photoshop is in a similar limbo. It effectively didn't change since decades ago, all they do is add "AI" plugins every few months, that are clearly a completely separate projects. Core program is still infected with old bugs and legacy features.
I think that Kindle's software team is in a similar position. They're working on useless things like x-ray, at the same time, main reading interface has glaring issues. If you wish to open full dictionary while reading a book, you need to tap a button that opens a single window in the middle of the screen that then contains a single button that then opens dictionary. Convoluted and unnecessary. That same dictionary miraculously allows changing fonts, but as soon as you change them, it will also change fonts in the book that you're reading, and if you change fonts in the book it will reset dictionary fonts as well... Touch controlls are dated, only two touch areas to turn pages, no way to reverse forward and backwards areas for lefties...
It's not a bad product, software wise, but just a tinny bit of effort would improve it considerably.