tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post3822852482870846782..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Kindle News: Kindle Paperwhite Software Update v5.3.0 - Includes Opt out of Recommended Content plus access to Settings from a Book Menu. The Kindle in China soon? Paperwhite in Japan price-matched to Kobo.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-10213350955755273832012-12-17T07:17:14.204-08:002012-12-17T07:17:14.204-08:00Nice! I like the new features.Nice! I like the new features.Notes email archivinghttp://www.jatheon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-50206250987314348782012-11-19T06:02:20.345-08:002012-11-19T06:02:20.345-08:00Duck,
Press Menu and choose:
1. Settings
2. Choose...Duck,<br />Press Menu and choose:<br />1. Settings<br />2. Choose Device Options<br />3. Personalize your Kindle<br />4. Recommended Content<br /><br />By default, it's On, so you can just tap it to turn it Off...<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-62605180836864667702012-11-17T08:08:09.026-08:002012-11-17T08:08:09.026-08:00how do you turn off the recommended content?how do you turn off the recommended content?Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11907048926109587854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-53263237034701482712012-11-12T18:42:58.345-08:002012-11-12T18:42:58.345-08:00Tom, agree w/ everything you point out. I do enjo...Tom, agree w/ everything you point out. I do enjoy the swipe down/up for my periodicals and glad they kept them there but do miss them in books though I saw evidence that many were perplexed by suddenly winding up somewhere else without warning or explanation. Your recommendation would work.<br /><br /> Mantano's Brightness thing is a bit like KFire's top bar accessibility of brightness and my Samsung's quick-settings one for brightness. <br /> <br /> With the Paperwhite I tend to keep brightness at 14 or 15 for both day or night so I don't touch it much anymore. <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-21012352958584602142012-11-12T18:09:59.273-08:002012-11-12T18:09:59.273-08:00The leading theory seems to be that they removed i...The leading theory seems to be that they removed it because too many people complained when they accidentally invoked the chapter navigation gesture when trying to turn the page. Len Edgerly I think mentioned his wife was one of those folks who found it 'surprising' or off-putting in terms of using the touch interface. (With Periodicals the gesture still is available to jump to next/previous article.)<br /><br />Personally I think they have thrown out the baby with the bathwater. By all means turn it off by default, but let people switch it back on in reading preferences. And I can think of several other touch gestures that would be useful (e.g. adjusting screen brightness without menu, quick bookmark navigation, etc.). I did send a note to kindle-feedback about this long before the update. <br /><br />Mantano Reader, my favorite reading app on Android, has user-configurable gestures: swipe left/right/up/down, tap left/right/top/bottom/center, and has a 'brightness' gesture. There are a couple of dozen functions you can assign.Tom Semplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05127272649086914117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-3859807654333438672012-11-08T15:16:52.245-08:002012-11-08T15:16:52.245-08:00MikeTeeVee, thanks for your own experience. Yes. ...MikeTeeVee, thanks for your own experience. Yes. I did switch to List View but I enjoy the covers (for the ones I bought).<br /><br /> For the Kindle Fire HD, recommendations for me were/are apropos and specifically geared to one book (centered in my carousel) that I bought. <br />Those do tend to be interesting to me.<br /><br /> For some reason, the Paperwhite ones were in genres I'd never bought in (knowingly) and I even had lots of recommendations for children's books and I've maybe taken one, ever, free, so I could describe it in the blog.<br /><br /> Great to have the option, for sure.<br /><br /> Re Special offers, I actually enjoy those (so far).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-4295196142917134982012-11-08T11:32:04.421-08:002012-11-08T11:32:04.421-08:00Before this update, it was apparently possible to ...Before this update, it was apparently possible to hide the recommendations by using parental controls (or switching to list view) but a more direct solution is still nice.<br /><br />I personally don't mind the recommendations, partly because they're only shown on the first page, and partly because I found a book or two of interest.MikeTeeVeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-63056440034823024192012-11-08T08:31:30.247-08:002012-11-08T08:31:30.247-08:00Wish I did, Carmen. I wonder what makes it appare...Wish I did, Carmen. I wonder what makes it apparently more difficult for this model. Did you let kindle-feedback@amazon.com know? When enough people request things, it seems to help put added focus on them. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-74081311589259968552012-11-08T06:19:32.177-08:002012-11-08T06:19:32.177-08:00Any word on whether Amazon plans to restore the ne...Any word on whether Amazon plans to restore the next chapter/last chapter function that the Kindle Touch has available on the up and down page swipe? I miss it with the Paperwhite!Carmen Webster Buxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516485172937482027noreply@blogger.com