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Old 12-05-2009, 02:17 AM   #28
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
Categorization options will be helpful.

But for organizational purposes, folders would suck. If you wanted to have one book in more than one category, you'd have to put it in more than one folder, which would a) be an organizational nightmare, b) clog up your Kindle with duplicates, c) each copy would have its own notes, last spot read, i.e. it would screw up syncing via Whispernet.
But let's remember: Folders are there already, supported by the Kindle Operating System: Unix directories.

And I can use them right now.
In fact I have subfolders under the "documents" directory on my KindleDX, like "documents/books" and "documents/PDF". Even one more level down like "documents/PDF/Redbooks" and I have put my books and pdfs into those.
It's just that the Kindle *DISPLAYS* them all in a "flat" sequence.

So an important part of folder support is inherently there, already.

The display function *COULD* then work with "logical folders" and symbolic links. That way you could have have one book in several folders. But that's speculation...
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