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Old 01-27-2021, 10:20 AM   #136
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My extended home feed menu has now shown up
Curious, what does it look like?
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:33 AM   #137
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To get the new features activated, does WiFi need to be left on?
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:38 AM   #138
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To get the new features activated, does WiFi need to be left on?
I have been turning Wi-fi more than normal because of the January reading challenge, so perhaps that triggered it finally. It definitely still took time to show up, though, as it did the past 2 days but I have turned on Wi-fi every day this month, and several times in December.
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Old 01-27-2021, 10:41 AM   #139
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Curious, what does it look like?
You cannot tell it is there until you start scrolling, then it keeps reloading different pages if this makes sense. It looks the same as before, but with more recommended sections. So the top had my library and reading lists as normal, and the bottom of the screen has recommended for you. I scroll down, then it loads: "Based on your reading", Quick Reads, Discover Your Next Read. Scroll down again, Upcoming Releases, Page Turners, Expand Your Reading Horizon. Scroll down again, Mystery and Thrillers in KU (this applies to me so it may change based on others reading habits), Books from Goodreads friends, and Best Sellers in Kindle Store. Scroll down again, "More like _______ (book I just read), Popular this Month, More like ______ (another book I just read)
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Old 01-27-2021, 11:19 AM   #140
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You cannot tell it is there until you start scrolling, then it keeps reloading different pages if this makes sense. It looks the same as before, but with more recommended sections. So the top had my library and reading lists as normal, and the bottom of the screen has recommended for you. I scroll down, then it loads: "Based on your reading", Quick Reads, Discover Your Next Read. Scroll down again, Upcoming Releases, Page Turners, Expand Your Reading Horizon. Scroll down again, Mystery and Thrillers in KU (this applies to me so it may change based on others reading habits), Books from Goodreads friends, and Best Sellers in Kindle Store. Scroll down again, "More like _______ (book I just read), Popular this Month, More like ______ (another book I just read)
Thanks! Sounds like it wouldn't be useful to me.
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Old 01-27-2021, 11:44 AM   #141
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Thanks! Sounds like it wouldn't be useful to me.
Sheesh, who wants more ads and recommendations. Totally useless for me too. But then, my homescreen is disabled anyway.

Sadly, I cannot even recall when was the last time a Kindle update was truly useful. More and more pointless stuff in recent years. Or the stuff you can't use for sideloaded books. Much more of this and I might not even buy any more Kindles in the future.
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My extended home feed menu has now shown up
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Old 01-27-2021, 12:17 PM   #143
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Sheesh, who wants more ads and recommendations. Totally useless for me too. But then, my homescreen is disabled anyway.

Sadly, I cannot even recall when was the last time a Kindle update was truly useful. More and more pointless stuff in recent years. Or the stuff you can't use for sideloaded books. Much more of this and I might not even buy any more Kindles in the future.
I like the soft-touch backs and the rounded corners/edges of the Paperwhites plus the option for 32GB (for manga) on PW4 without needing to do surgery.

With that said, the only feature that's lacking on my current PW is warm light. I'm not about to give up my jailbreak for that so likely no new Kindles for me, either.

I have a Kobo Libra H2O which is nice but the low 8GB storage makes it way too limited for manga.
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Looks like I have Extended Home Feed also. Before there were basically only 2 ‘pages’ you could scroll; now there are 5.

I’ll still keep this turned off, but the one thing I like about it is the ‘page up’ and ‘page down’ icons that let you scroll without swiping. I wish they would add these to Library and Store listings: scroll by swipe is not very predictable, sometimes it scrolls in the opposite direction than intended, and other times an item in the list is accidentally opened instead of scrolling, which is rather annoying.
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one thing I like about it is the ‘page up’ and ‘page down’ icons that let you scroll without swiping. I wish they would add these to Library and Store listings: scroll by swipe is not very predictable, sometimes it scrolls in the opposite direction than intended, and other times an item in the list is accidentally opened instead of scrolling, which is rather annoying.
Agreed. E-ink doesn't really do smooth scrolling well.
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Old 01-27-2021, 01:20 PM   #146
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Sheesh, who wants more ads and recommendations. Totally useless for me too. But then, my homescreen is disabled anyway.

Sadly, I cannot even recall when was the last time a Kindle update was truly useful. More and more pointless stuff in recent years. Or the stuff you can't use for sideloaded books. Much more of this and I might not even buy any more Kindles in the future.
I am a rare person who likes browsing recommended books, so I like the change, but I agree that if this isn't your thing, it's not going to do anything for you.
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Old 01-27-2021, 01:28 PM   #147
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I am a rare person who likes browsing recommended books, so I like the change, but I agree that if this isn't your thing, it's not going to do anything for you.
I do occasionally browse them on the Amazon webpage, but not on an eink Kindle. Therefore any recs on my Kindles are just annoyances.
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Old 01-30-2021, 12:06 PM   #148
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well, extended home screen has arrived at my Kindle (newest gen), too, by now.

I didn't check daily but noticed today. No Group in Series option though would really love that one.
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well, extended home screen has arrived at my Kindle (newest gen), too, by now.

I didn't check daily but noticed today. No Group in Series option though would really love that one.
Have you enabled series in the settings
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Old 01-30-2021, 12:55 PM   #150
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Have you enabled series in the settings
I would love to. if it was there

(and yes, I do know where it is supposed to be, checked that earlier here in the thread )
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