I actually want this new Kindle characteristic was...

I used to be so excited when my Kindle Colorsoft bought the most recent Kindle Software program replace, as each it and the 12th Generation Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition bought a useful new characteristic: double-tap to web page flip. Although my muscle reminiscence nonetheless had me tapping the display most of the time, simply the power to show the web page by double-tapping on the system itself (a faucet on the facet or on the again works) was intriguing, and it made the system really feel only a bit extra customizable.

Nonetheless, after deliberately making an attempt to make use of the characteristic for a short while, I truly went again to tapping the display full-time. This is why.

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Unintentional faucets are a ache, and you may’t return

You are going to need to faucet the display for those who by chance advance

Getting the hold of faucets takes a minute and even as soon as I bought the rhythm of tapping the again of my Kindle to show the web page, I nonetheless discovered myself by chance advancing once I did not wish to, particularly once I moved unexpectedly as a consequence of a cat in my lap (it occurs extra usually than you assume), or sneezed (it is allergy season, okay?) or simply tapped absentmindedly whereas studying.

That would not be such an annoyance, however as a result of you’ll be able to solely advance utilizing this technique, backing up means you must contact the display once more, which meant shifting how I used to be holding the system typically. And sadly, these unintended web page turns occurred with sufficient frequency that I simply finally gave up on tapping the again of my unit and returned to the traditional manner.

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It solely goes in a single path, and there is not any solution to faucet to pick out

Although I used to be primarily taken with utilizing this new characteristic to learn, it will also be used to navigate menus, sub-menus, and the Kindle bookstore. Nonetheless, in follow, it is very irritating to make use of double-tap on this space. It might solely be used to scroll down a web page, and if you wish to return up — maybe after studying a abstract within the bookstore — you will have to make use of the touchscreen once more. There’s additionally no solution to double faucet to make a choice, so at finest, you will be utilizing a mix of double-tapping and contact controls, which is totally counter-intuitive to say the least.

Sadly, although I preferred that this new characteristic was rolled out, I ended up shortly turning it off, because the unintended web page turns and incapacity to shortly return made this extra of a nuisance than it was price. In an effort to flip this characteristic off, merely go into your Settings, choose Gadget Choices, after which toggle the characteristic off. Maybe one other replace will make this extra of a usable characteristic, however proper now, I can not say I’ve gotten virtually any sensible use out of it, which is a disgrace.

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