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02-21-2020, 09:39 AM | #47 | |
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02-21-2020, 10:56 AM | #48 | |
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If I read your post quite carefully it looks like what really happened is that you found some code perhaps just commented out or is unused that suggests these title cover and contrast setting options. Would that be about right? The firmware doesn't actually support these features. Maybe down the road an update will and again maybe not. I don't know how many times I have coded a class or a function and then never used it because I found a better way to do it or just abandoned the whole idea. A huge grain of salt really needs to be taken here. |
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I don't know when or if these features will be activated. |
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02-21-2020, 11:09 AM | #50 | |
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02-21-2020, 11:10 AM | #51 | |
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02-21-2020, 12:13 PM | #52 |
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The post is not misleading at all. It's not jhowell's fault that we have all gotten over-excited about the possibilities.
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02-21-2020, 12:13 PM | #53 |
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02-21-2020, 12:16 PM | #54 |
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Anyway, hopefully all the buzz created thus far will nudge amazon to actually activate these features pronto!
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02-21-2020, 12:22 PM | #55 |
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How can a post that is not the least bit misleading be highly misleading?
jhowell's posts are among the very highest signal to noise ratio posts at mobileread. The referenced post is no exception to that and I am glad it got posted. |
02-21-2020, 12:23 PM | #56 |
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I did notice that Goodereader's story based on my post eliminated my disclaimer, making it appear that these features are all going to be made available in the current firmware release. I believe that Amazon is likely to release these features at some point, but it make take another firmware release or two for them to work all of the bugs out. |
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02-22-2020, 08:04 AM | #59 |
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Kindle need insider preview program like w10.
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No, because that only exists because MS ditched the QA dept. Also they ignore feedback of broken stuff when it suits them. That's really a marketing / bean counter / crowd sourced solution rather than proper testing.
Also there isn't any sensible criterion for joining. Mostly MS Fans and many are only wanting extra new features rather than being representative of the user base or qualified to test. W10 is the worst OS ever from MS for rolling out stuff to the public that doesn't work, disables drivers, deletes files etc. |
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