[vi-kindle] Some Thoughts on the New Kindle for PC with Accessibility Plugin
- From: Craig Werner <craig_werner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:24:12 -0400
Greetings, everyone.
It appears that there is no "Archived Items" command anymore. In the
"Go To" menu, the "Home" and "Archived" commands have been replaced by
the "Library" command. This means that there is no longer a way of
displaying only the items on the home page. All of the items are
spoken. Actually, my sighted wife tells me the screen contains
downloaded items, all items, and archived items, but these cannot easily
be distinguished from each other. If one highlights an item and goes to
the "File" menu, an already downloaded item will have the "Download"
option disabled. If one goes to an archived item and then to the "File"
menu, the "remove from device" item will be disabled since we're dealing
with an archived item. This scenario will take some getting used to.
Unfortunately, the "Help" file hasn't kept apace with these changes. It
still mentions the "Home" and "Archive" commands of "Control-alt-H" and
"Control-alt-A," which don't seem to work anymore.
I'm not sure, but I think the "search" command of "Control-F" is broken
in the new version. I can't search for text and pull up matches as I
could in the older version.
I hope a user who has been able to download the new version will chime
in with her/his thoughts. Maybe my software is misbehaving, or maybe I
have misunderstood the new look. All in all, though, I'm rather
disappointed that the help file and the actual command structure are out
of synch. If the "Search" command is really broken, this is a major
disappointment.
I'm sorry for the rather unclear syntax. It's late, and I'm not
functioning well. I wanted to get some thoughts down in the hopes of
possibly helping others. I hope I haven't confused folks instead.Craig
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