Reading Wikipedia on Kindle?

[AthenaAtDelphi]

Originally Posted by Papi

I thought there was a more straight-forward way to use it, (...)

In fact there is , wel sort of straightforward .

1. when reading an ebook :
- press the Menu button
- select Search This Book
- type the word in the Search bar
- press the right button on the 5-way controller 5 times to select wikipedia

2. from the Home screen :
- press the Menu button
- select Search
- type the word in the Search bar
- select search wikipedia

[Papi]

Originally Posted by AthenaAtDelphi

In fact there is , wel sort of straightforward .

1. when reading an ebook :
- press the Menu button
- select Search This Book
- type the word in the Search bar
- press the right button on the 5-way controller 5 times to select wikipedia

That opens the "regular" Web Browser or they have another interface ? And to return to the book, you have to go through the home menu ?

I think they could improve that by proposing to search wikipedia for words highlighted or for the word next to the cursor, that would avoid to have to type it.

[Papi]

I'm reading the Kindle manual right now because I may buy it, and I see step 1 & 2 are not necessary :
"One other way of accessing Web Browser is to type in a word anytime from Home or any book, blog, newspaper, personal document, or magazine you happen to be reading. When you begin typing, a search box will pop up at the bottom of the screen, and you can use the 5-way controller to navigate to the right and select "google" or "wikipedia" from the menu to search those sites directly for the word you typed."

[AthenaAtDelphi]

Originally Posted by Papi

That opens the "regular" Web Browser or they have another interface ? And to return to the book, you have to go through the home menu ?

Yes , that opens the 'regular' web browser and accesses the mobile version of the wikipedia site (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/) .

To return to the ebook you only have to press the Back button .
Piece of cake .

[AthenaAtDelphi]

Originally Posted by Papi

I'm reading the Kindle manual right now because I may buy it, and I see step 1 & 2 are not necessary (...)

I completely forgot about that !


Thanks for reminding me .

[Papi]

Originally Posted by AthenaAtDelphi

To return to the ebook you only have to press the Back button .
Piece of cake .

OK, well it's indeed pretty straightforward then