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sirmaru, you should really start appreciating what others say more. You are simply wrong on this one, again.
It is trivial to test, create a collection on PW2 5.4.2, choose a book that is not on device... And the collection AND the book in the cloud will show (greyed a little) even in the Device mode. Which is crazy, really. |
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I'm not digging seeing my entire collection on the device. all I want really are the following
1) ability to put a permanent order for how I want books viewed so I can for instance put pages always first followed by location if pages is not available etc 2) ability to set wireless on default timer setting so I can say have wireless only by default go on for an hour (because I forget to turn it off after browsing kindle store because they have buried airplane mode in settings). 3) fix "go to" toc so I can actually read the titles of the chapters as opposed to stuff like... chapter 5 getting ready to upgrad.... chapter 6 configuring the networki.... 4) have collections show small (like in list view) even in cover view. Having giant "covers" for what are just folders offering no visual on the books inside makes no sense and to me that drives me nuts. Last edited by bluerfoot; 11-20-2013 at 02:02 PM. |
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The user should also not be forced to have wifi on to make collections additions/changes. At the very least it should be syncing after all the changes to the collection are made, not to the changes of each individual book. Simaru as a user who has very few collections, you should not assume that the process is workable as it is. For those of us who have large libraries with a large group of collections, this is not user manageable. |
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Same here, this is seriously pissing me off. I cannot work on my pw because I have to fix books and I am having trouble fixing books because it keeps autoupdating. I am about to set my antivirus software to block it so that it will not make any more changes. |
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I have turned on wifi on my PW2 but it hasn't found ANY update. Its currently shows v5.4 and "Update your Kindle" is greyed out. Hitting "sync and check for items" results in "no new items found".
I'm in the UK and my device is registered to my UK account. Anyone else in the same situation? Any ideas why Amazon are giving me the cold shoulder? |
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Here are a couple of screen captures showing how 5.4.2 displays Cloud only items greyed out in collections, whether you want to see them or not:
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5.4.2 fixes issue with connecting PW2 to Mac via USB cable
I just noticed that the FW 5.4.2 update has apparently fixed the issue with connecting PW2 to Mac via USB cable. This was not working before, well, not working like it should have.
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Here is the draft of what I plan to send in as feedback:
Hello: I am concerned with the usability of my paperwhite 2013 after the update to 5.4.2. This update to collections have made my paperwhite very cumbersome to use. 1. Forcing the user to leave the wifi on while creating and/or updating collections puts a strain on the device and the user. Especially for users who are either not in an area with wifi service or if the user has to pay for data usage. If this requirement must be on the device, can it please at least be changed to when the user is saving the collection, rather than on each individual book. Though it would be preferrable if this option is either turned off by default or give the user the option to turn it off/on at their discretion. 2. Displaying books that are in the cloud in the collections while in the device view is hard for users, especially those of us who have large libraries and large collections. If the user is in the device view, only those books that are on the device should be shown. 3. In previous versions of the collections feature a user used to be able to search specific terms and use that search result to be able to add/remove books from collections. This feature has been removed from the options, it would be most helpful if that feature could be added back. 4. Forcing every device registered to an account to see and control all collections is not very feasible for accounts with multiple users, or users with multiple devices. Or accounts with children, parents should not be forced to setup freetime in order to block their children from seeing and/or changing collections. Not many users want to see all their collections on all their devices. For example, my Fire HD is not my main device and I only keep a small select amount of books on it. I do not want nor need to scroll through 100 collections just to find my 5-10 books. Please rethink this and add an option for users to either choose which collections reside on particular devices, or add this feature to the cloud and let all books/collections be maintained there, not on the individual devices. 5. Most importantly, can an option be added that allows more sort options? Please, I would like to go back to using my paperwhite to read, not spend my time scrolling through pages and pages of collections and books to find something to read. |
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I have created an 'expurgated' version of jswinden's fine letter and sent it directly to Mr. Bezos. (Removed a few WTF's - though I echo your sentiment!)
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