Do you dislike the new Kindle homepage Amazon is forcing on us in February 2016?

[Conan46]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I don't like it, but as I don't use wifi on my Voyage, I won't be getting the update. Yes I know it can be turned off, but as I understand, there are other changes, such as to List View, that I would also dislike.

The new home screen is eerily reminiscent of the Nook Simple Touch home screen. Some have said it is a more modern look, well the NST had that home screen back in what, 2011?

It is funny, but that is exactly what I thought when I saw it. And I navigate away from it quickly on my nook to either my collections or library.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by Atunah

Like everyone else said. Its optional. Turn it off if you don't like it. I like it, so there.

I actually always had recommendations turned off before this update and I also bought out of ads. But this new home page doesn't work like the old recs for me. It uses my own book interest to show that stuff. I control really what comes up. My goodreads shelf, my goodreads friends, my samples, my amazon wishlist. Its all my stuff in one place. And the recommendations through goodreads, when that rotating row comes up? Based on books I rated on goodreads so based on what I actually like.

I don't know what it would show if you don't use goodreads or have amazon wishlists or any samples. No clue. But for me, I happen to like it. The old view is still there, just a swipe or button press away.

Best of all, as usual amazon makes most stuff like that optional. So those that like it can use it and those that don't can turn it off. Nobody gets to decide for the other group what should or shouldn't be offered after its there.

I have actually found a few reads already since the new home view since its uses my own ratings. I don't even bother browsing on amazon anymore because of all the scammy and mis-categorized stuff. This actually works for me.

Great point that the information is more personalized and not as random as the special offers. I do like the quick access to my Samples, Goodreads Want to Read and Amazon Wish List. If I want to see them, then I go to the Settings menu and select My Reading Lists.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Dusky Rose

I prefer the Collections view, Grid settings.

What does this look like? I haven't used collections on a Kindle in years. Any links to screen shots or pictures?

[shamanNS]

@booklover6: On fw 5.6.5 Collection View looks basically just like a normal "sorted by recent" cover view, but collection are listed first followed by books that are not part of any collection. So you can for example clean up your (and have smaller number of pages to scroll) Home page/ cover view by having just one collection "read" and all the other books. So if you have like 100 read books on your Kindle and 15 to be read you have only like 3 pages / 16 cover ("read" collection + 15 books) instead of 100/6 pages of covers you would get with regular cover view sorted by recents.

[booklover6]

@shamanNS: thanks, sounds like the same as it was before cloud collections. (That's when I quit using collections on kindles).

[Dusky Rose]

Originally Posted by shamanNS

@booklover6: On fw 5.6.5 Collection View looks basically just like a normal "sorted by recent" cover view, but collection are listed first followed by books that are not part of any collection.

Yeah, the screen first shows folder covers, six to a page, with the books not sorted afterwards, by cover.

Once you go into collections you get book covers, with a small banner in the upper corner that says "New" or gives a percentage of the story read.

I have only six collections on it, then remove the book I'm reading so it's outside the folders. That way I can find it quickly.

List view is the same as it always was, just the different font.

[TheFattie]

I only like the reading lists…but you can't actually add books to it. I wish there was a favorites list.

I have sent an email to Amazon, but I was suggestive.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by TheFattie

I only like the reading lists…but you can't actually add books to it. I wish there was a favorites list.

I have sent an email to Amazon, but I was suggestive.

You can add books to it...it uses your wish lists that you create on Amazon. So if you want to create a "favorites" list, then just create that wishlist, and it will show up on your homepage.

Shari

[TheFattie]

Originally Posted by shalym

You can add books to it...it uses your wish lists that you create on Amazon. So if you want to create a "favorites" list, then just create that wishlist, and it will show up on your homepage.
Shari

Thanks!

[willaful]

Does anyone know how to tweak the settings for the new Voyage update so that it displays books and collections the way it previously did? Currently, I can only see either everything on the Kindle whether or not it's in a collection or just my collections. I really liked the previous view, which showed both my collections (books I wanted tidied out of the way) plus all the books I hadn't put into collections. (Library books I'm currently reading.)

I find it bizarre that they've changed this to be more like one of the most annoying facets of the Nook Touch...

[jhowell]

To get what I believe you want select: "downloaded" on the left, "all items" in the middle drop down, and "collection" in the right drop down.

[willaful]

Originally Posted by jhowell

To get what I believe you want select: "downloaded" on the left, "all items" in the middle drop down, and "collection" in the right drop down.

That's it! Thank you so much. It was dreadfully untidy

[RadicalxEdward]

I kinda get what the OP is saying. I've been hoping for a while that Amazon would revamp the style of the OS. I'm used to stuff from apple where they always have one eye on design and the other on functionality (even if i don't always like the design, it's still better than most other companies) and the kindle interface is just so bland. You can still have ease of use and good looks in one.

I got my hopes up with the tiny screenshot i got in my email for the Feb update with more covers on the homepage and whatnot, but then I come to find out only one is from my library. The rest are pretty much junk (to me). I rarely (if ever) buy books through amazon and rarely use goodreads since nobody else i know reads much and the few that do don't use the service. So having a third of my homescreen UI taken up by that really doesn't help me much. Rather than turn the whole homescreen thing off, I'd rather just be able to have different, more useful content in those sections. But I guess I'm not an average consumer. Maybe the kindle just needs more personalization options in general.


On another note, have any of you guys had trouble updating and keeping your jailbreaks? My OTA update hasn't happened and I was going to manually update, but i thought i should find out about this issue first (and see how people were liking the update)

[RadicalxEdward]

Oh, I also don't think there should be ANY flat out ads once you've PAID to remove advertising. I love that they offer a discount on the upfront cost of the kindle and that you can pay to remove the ads down the line, but once you do, you shouldn't be stuck with blatant advertising (or having to disable multiple other features of the homepage just to avoid that one bit of ad space)

[Josieb1]

I liked it at first but after a few weeks I got fed up as everytime I added a new book to my library the large tile changed to the new book, it didn't stay on the book I was actually reading. I liked the update as it made my Voyage look more like my Kobo but it's a waste of time so I've turned it off.