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03-23-2013, 09:41 AM | #16 | |
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How often do you need to go to the Home screen? I only ever do so when I finish a book and want to choose the next one, which is once every few days. Is making one additional tap every few days really something to cause irritation? |
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03-23-2013, 10:24 AM | #18 | |
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I know Harry that you like to keep your devices without hacks, but there are some interesting features that you could gain. |
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03-23-2013, 11:20 AM | #19 |
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03-23-2013, 11:35 AM | #20 | |
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A few of my favorites (anyone else feel free to chime in): Screensavers- change to personal pictures or make current reading cover JBPatch- enable hyphenations (!!!!!!), adjust margins, better use of dictionaries Collections Manager- much more in-depth control of collections KUAL- you would need to read the list (a lot of things), most important to me is BackDoorLock to stop automatic/unwanted updates You get the idea |
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03-23-2013, 11:45 AM | #21 |
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I find that I'm using roughly the same gesture to turn the page on my PW as on the K3 - I just reach a bit further past the bezel to tap the screen with mr right thumb.
I installed the jailbreak for one reason only... To be able to use the collections manager. I'm not sure I'd have bothered if Amazon hadn't broken the collections manager in calibre. I did also reduce the margins so more of the screen is being used, but that's just gravy for me. |
03-23-2013, 12:11 PM | #22 |
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It took me a little while though not that long. I hadn't had a touch screen reader before, only the K3, so it was a slight learning curve. What took me a while to figure out was the drop down TOC feature. How much pressure and how applied to move up and down along it.
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03-23-2013, 03:54 PM | #23 | |
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So, a short right-to-left swipe with your left thumb in the left part of the screen would bring you forward nonetheless =) |
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03-23-2013, 04:49 PM | #24 |
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I prefer the physical buttons on my kindle 3 to the touch buttons.
Apart from the left/right hand issues, one other thing that is annoying about touch controls for page turning is that I can't easily wipe away dust or smudges on the screen without the page turning. |
03-23-2013, 05:12 PM | #25 | |
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03-23-2013, 06:05 PM | #27 | |
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Do you have a PW? If swiping to turn pages does not work for you than it might be some problem with your device, you should contact the support. Directional swiping is very relevant and very functional on the PW, to turn pages you can either use directional swiping or well positioned tap =)
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03-23-2013, 06:16 PM | #28 |
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BugA is correct, directional swiping works very well on the PW and is irrelevant where on the screen you do it. Taps have specific zones. (I still prefer buttons )
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03-23-2013, 06:24 PM | #29 |
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I do not miss the buttons at all. The tap/swipe options are far more organic and feel more natural. I could see if you were holding the book by the edge and wanted an edge button but I'm not sure that I would use it.
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03-23-2013, 06:41 PM | #30 |
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BugA does seem to be right. But swiping from left to right... takes you backward! I just thought it was going backward because I was tapping the left page back zone with my thumb. It seems counterintuitive to me to sweep right and go left, and vice versa, but in practice it's very easy to get accustomed to.
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