3 things that would make Kindle Touch better

[thomass]

Originally Posted by twowheels

Who's lying? .

oups, sorry for that.

Actually I did look at to Kindle but I read newspaper. There is a "progress" bar when you read an article on a newspaper (created by Calibre, at least )

But when you read a mobi or pdf there is not a progress bar.

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by thomass

oups, sorry for that.

Had my hopes up... dashed. :-)

I wonder how much I ACTUALLY use the progress bar and if I'll miss it when/if I upgrade.

[JSWolf]

1 thing that would make the Kindle Touch better is proper documentation on the KF8 format when compiled.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

1 thing that would make the Kindle Touch better is proper documentation on the KF8 format when compiled.

Agreed. Amazon's documentation on mobi7 and KF8 is gawd awful. For example, I've got no clue as to how to add page numbers to a book. I don't need to do that at the moment, but I would like to know. I think the greatest flaw in Amazon's thought pattern is that they assume most people will use an application like Microsoft Word to create their books. Yuk! I wouldn't use Word to create an eBook if my life depended on it. At any rate, they assume we will use an application like Word so they don't go into much detail about the formatting.

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Sorry - all the books I've bought from Amazon are bought, not free. But I honestly don't recall there being one book that I've bought in the last year that hasn't had page numbers.

There are plenty that don't have them, even new books, that have print editions, and even those published by Amazon:

The Hangman's Daughter

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by route66

I love my kindle it has brought me much joy and wisdom! There are a few things that it doesn't do however that I think would make it even better.

1. Page numbers - so I can have a more accurate idea of how much reading I've accomplished.

2. A function that allows you to highlight words you don't know the definition of and localises them all to the same place along with their definition so you can find a list of all the words you want to learn on one page.

3. The capacity to generate some sort of recommended reading list based on the books mentioned in the book you are reading. Often I'll read a book and the author will mention other books and instead of writing them down or highlighting them it would be so much better for there to be a way of adding books you are interested in to some sort of list.

For #2 you could go to the Full Definition and highlight the word there (in the dictionary itself). Your list of Notes and Highlights for the dictionary could then comprise your 'learning' list. When viewing the dictionary 'Notes and Marks', you'll want to set the 'Show..' option to 'Your Notes and Marks' or 'Your Highlights', or you'll see all of the 'Popular highlights' as well (who knew the dictionaries had Popular Highlights?).

As for #3, Kindle Touch is a bit of a regression from Kindle Keyboard. On the latter, I believe, you could highlight a phrase (e.g. a book title or author) and then search Kindle Store (or Google, or My Items). But those options are gone from KT, at least until we can compel Amazon to restore them. This would let you jump to the book description in Kindle Store and add it to your wish list or download a sample to keep track of it. I should think that at least the ability to launch a search of Kindle Store by such means is something Amazon would have a strong interest in providing since it makes it convenient to buy ebooks.

Along the lines of #1 I would like to see some 'chapter reading progress' status, perhaps when you activate the menus/options. '12 page turns left in chapter' or something of that nature. I often want to get to the end of a chapter before stepping away from my reading, and want some idea of how long that will take. What I usually do is note the current location, jump to the beginning of the next chapter (swipe up), note that location, and mentally compute an offset which gives me a rough idea, then use Back to jump back to where I'm at. But it is not very intuitive. I just want to know how many times I need to turn the page to get to the end of the chapter. Not 'real pages', not Locations, but 'Kindle pages'.

[gers1978]

In a premium product (£169 for my KT3G vs £89 for my K4NT) I'd like at least the same functionality, i.e. chapter markers on the progress bar!

[gers1978]

I emailed Amazon's Kindle feedback team about the lack of chapter markers, here's their repsonse (I encourage everyone to email them about this issue):

"I totally understand your concern about the visual indicators as the progress bar while reading a Kindle content on your Kindle Touch.

While I understand this is inconvenient for you, I’ll personally include my interest to get a new update that displays the progress bar back again letting you know where chapters finish and also while reading a Kindle content on your Kindle Touch. I've also forwarded your suggestions to the Kindle Development Team and have specially requested to look into this feature for you.

It is always important for our Development Team to hear how customers react to all aspects. Your valuable feedback will help us improve your Kindle experience and we're glad you took time to write to us.

The Kindle Development Team along with the Kindle Technical Team is currently reviewing your suggestions about getting this feature, as we want to give our customers a fine and efficient Kindle experience and make it user friendly.

One of our aims at Amazon.com is to provide a convenient and efficient service to our customers.

Thanks for your patience and co-operation in this regard and for helping us make it better."

[LovesMacs]

I wish the Kindle Touch had more typefaces.