hi cheryl. thanks for the reminder. i'll keep growing with muscle
memory. change can be good.
even/especially for me!
stay well ... william
On 1/16/17, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would really encourage people to use their Kindle fires for getting books
and to use their kindle Fires for accessing the Amazon app store. There is
absolutely nothing wrong with using your computer; it's a great alternative
technique. But personally I don't want to be constantly dependent on one
piece of equipment in order to use another though I realize sometimes this
is necessary; for instance, were I to lose my hearing I really would need a
braille display's use for all my devices and with some devices this would be
just plain inadequate. Tapping on Books brings your books up and it is not
difficult to find your book and have it downloaded to your Fire once you get
used to it. Tapping on the app store does bring up the app store and while
the results of your search can be a bit confusing because of the extra
suggestions that also seem to get put in, it really is possible and not that
difficult once you get used to it. This is not at all meant as a put-down
for those who choose to continue to do all these things via computer; I'm
just saying that the Kindle really is a self-contained device on which you
can do all these things. Even if you continue to use the computer to get
apps and books to your Kindle, I really encourage you to at least develop
the skills for using your Kindle as a stand-alone device; you never know
when your computer may be down or you may be away from your computer and
really want to read a book or download an app. I am not trying to act
superior or belittle people who are using computers for these tasks; some of
these things are still slower and harder for me than using my computer might
be but I want to become proficient so that using the computer or Kindle
itself for these tasks will eventually become a matter of free choice and
not a matter of being bound to the computer because of difficulty using the
Kindle. This is just a thought, just an explanation of where I am coming
from; I'm not trying to start a war about computer use vs Kindle use for
accessing Kindle books and apps to be used on the Kindle. Everybody should
feel free to make choices and not be criticized for those choices. But the
Kindle really is a wonderful, accessible device and I believe that if I
struggle a bit now and learn to use it to its full I will be glad later to
have such freedom. I am not posting this in response to any particular post
on this list but just in response to all the posts from people saying they
are doing so many tasks on their computers related to the Kindle that really
can be done on the Kindle itself. But I admit openly that at first this may
be a frustrating and time-expensive process and I know there are issues;
some people just don't have the time to work with a new device; some people
really have physical issues that really make it difficult to use a touch
system. Although it does make the use of the Kindle bulkier so I am trying
not to use the keyboard with it a lot, I also do find that having the
keyboard option available for the Kindle is helpful. I also realize that the
availability and speed of wifi can be an issue that prompts using the
ethernet-connected computer instead. I hope everybody will take this post as
encouragement, as it is intended, and not as criticism of other people's
choices. I'm definitely not an expert and I do not blithely and with
lightning speed complete tasks on my Kindle so I totally understand people's
choices to use the computer instead when acquiring apps and getting books to
the Kindle. I just want to encourage people not to just continue going to
the computer for these tasks because it is easier. Remember that there was a
time when you were learning to use a computer and, while touch screens were
not an issue then, you may have struggled to learn that too.
--
Cheryl
May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to You, Lord,
my rock and my Redeemer.
(Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
