Casey LissWhoever designed this Kindle — and put the power button on the bottom — is not a believer in the load-bearing pinky.
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Jason HowlinNor do they use exercise equipment that has a ledge to put your ebook on.
Daniel Silva@caseyliss I remember hearing Jason Snell talk about that a while back and was like “how bad can it be?”
Anyways I now have a Kobo Libra Color.
Dane Deasy@caseyliss I really don’t understand why it’s not on the top right corner
Hector Correa@caseyliss reading this on my phone and my eyes immediately went to my pinky and sure enough, load bearing pinky! 🤣
Matt Bonney@caseyliss hot take: Kindles are more comfortable to use if you rotate the UI to landscape
Jelly@caseyliss i got a popsocket for mine and it's been SO necessary
Paul@caseyliss Get @marcoarment. to print you one of these https://www.printables.com/model/109906-amazon-kindle-grip - it has made holding my kindle much more comfortabe.
BenRiceM@caseyliss I know it’ll never happen but I want Apple to make a nice e-reader
tj usiyan@BenRiceM @caseyliss I just want the folks at reMarkable to believe that it could be an excellent e reader instead of a decent one
ronmccoy@caseyliss Their biggest design mistake for me was eliminating the page forward/page back buttons. They were perfectly placed to rest my thumb on page forward and never have to move it to turn pages. I'm still using my 5 year old Oasis and will until it bites the dust. When it does, I'll be looking at Kindle alternatives unless they've brought back a model with buttons.
Julián Gustavo Gómez@caseyliss i complain about this literally every single time i read on my Kindle (which is my main way of reading.) it's infuriating that they placed the power button exactly where i put my pinky.
mdavis@caseyliss Yes yes yes exactly OMG! I thought it was just me.
I like my Kindle naked, but I found that putting one of those back covers on it adds just enough extra plastic around the power button to make it harder to press accidentally.
Also: Jailbreaking it and using the KOReader has been a joy compared to the stock Kindle reader. Recommended! (@snazzyq did the same in a recent video about the latest Trmnl advancements)
Andrew@caseyliss I am 100% with you. Thought I was the only one bothered by this.
@caseyliss At this point I'm not even sure how you are meant to hold it
galonsky@caseyliss that thing loves turning itself on inside bags too