WaltC
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« Reply #25 on: May 22, 2009, 10:13:03 AM » |
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Walt - love your avatar - and title "resident grump" altho I do know a few others on kindleboards that would probably fit better  Thanks-- lots of fangs & something you'd think twice about poking a stick at-- you mean there's worse things around than that? Great location, by the way. It seems like a great place to be though I haven't been to that part of MX-- I hope the limonadas are good. |
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« Reply #26 on: May 22, 2009, 10:26:41 AM » |
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artsandhistoryfan
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« Reply #27 on: May 22, 2009, 11:03:36 AM » |
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There COULD be some truth to this particular rumor because the person ('s') prides him/herself on knowing things in connection with "Lab 126" that does the development work on the Kindles and seems extremely bitter over the Kindle 1 being so razzed for its 'retro' appearance and insists that it is more ergonomically sound and just despises the K2.
Sounds like a disgruntled former staffer who was partly responsible for that design and who now takes pride in knowing anyone still at the Lab. The thinking of that person is very rigid and s/he is always predicting dire consequences if your treatment of the Kindle isn't pure enough (you add things to it).
I don't find 's' nearly as irritating as that forever heavily-rolling ball of negative energy ('S') who loves to denigrate 's' with all kinds of ad hominum super attacks, including saying that 's' is unware of how ill s/he is. I consider that beyond the pale and customer service should stop that. 'S' talks about his jobless situation and so he has nothing better to do, he says, then sit there on the forums - but that negative force is hard to take. One can disagree with the thoughts on the Kindle but this is really far too personal, and the reason for it is transparent.
It isn't typical of those forums, which I enjoy -- lots of good people there.
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Greg Banks
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« Reply #28 on: May 22, 2009, 11:34:29 AM » |
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I just think it's disingenuous for him to "pride" himself/herself on knowing anything when you've deservedly earned your reputation in an entire community as one who intentionally spreads rumor and gossip just to stir up trouble. If this person suddenly wants to start spreading truths, how about apologizing for all the mess he/she started first?
It's always possible the folder rumor is true, and it even sounds plausible. But if I had a reputation for lying, I'd address that first before I started asserting that this particular thing was true.
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Ann in Arlington
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« Reply #29 on: May 22, 2009, 11:59:44 AM » |
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Anyone know the story of the "boy who cried 'wolf'". yeah. . . . .I think maybe that applies.  I was on a softball team once and this one guy didn't hit very well; the sort for whom the opposing team calls "outfield in" when he comes up to bat. One time he connected smack in the sweet spot of the bat and ended up with an inside-the-park home run. The outfield was a little too far in. . . of course our whole team was really excited for him but his only response was, "well, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while." Here's hoping this squirrel has found an actual nut. . . . . |
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« Reply #30 on: May 22, 2009, 01:01:07 PM » |
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... but his only response was, "well, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while." The initials for the nut searcher are interesting! Here's hoping this squirrel has found an actual nut. . . . .
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akpak
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« Reply #31 on: May 22, 2009, 04:12:59 PM » |
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On reflection, I think I'd rather have tags than folders. That way a given book could be sorted both by "read" or "unread" status, and also tagged by author or subject. Boo to folders! Yay to tags! The ability to archive stuff is great, but only works on books from Amazon. I have a lot of books from *ahem* other sources as well, and my only option to keep my number of screens down is to delete them after reading  Since the Kindle *can* hold so much, I kind of want it to. The lack of any organization precludes it for me. |
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« Reply #32 on: May 22, 2009, 04:54:51 PM » |
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I would like tagged books too. I can not reach the archive via WN so keep most items on Kindle
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koolmnbv
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« Reply #33 on: May 23, 2009, 01:07:01 PM » |
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Anyone know the story of the "boy who cried 'wolf'". yeah. . . . .I think maybe that applies. I was on a softball team once and this one guy didn't hit very well; the sort for whom the opposing team calls "outfield in" when he comes up to bat. One time he connected smack in the sweet spot of the bat and ended up with an inside-the-park home run. The outfield was a little too far in. . . of course our whole team was really excited for him but his only response was, "well, even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while." Here's hoping this squirrel has found an actual nut. . . . . I agree, that's what Im hoping happens here! |
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« Reply #34 on: May 24, 2009, 02:47:39 AM » |
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I agree, that's what Im hoping happens here!
But if we get those folders, and they're called 'groupings'... it'll be an indication that the squirrel was not totally blind :-) |
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« Reply #35 on: May 24, 2009, 02:01:48 PM » |
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On reflection, I think I'd rather have tags than folders. That way a given book could be sorted both by "read" or "unread" status, and also tagged by author or subject.
Boo to folders! Yay to tags!
Yup, me too. I've long advocated tags here instead of folders. In lieu of that I tend sort by most recent and then try to keep the things I'm most interested in within the first couple of pages (out of the 49 pages I currently have.) |
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« Reply #36 on: May 24, 2009, 04:20:46 PM » |
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The initials for the nut searcher are interesting!
:-)
Forgive my ignorance, but what makes his initials interesting? |
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« Reply #37 on: May 24, 2009, 04:36:33 PM » |
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The initials are actually smc. (simple mind control?)
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« Reply #38 on: May 24, 2009, 04:58:47 PM » |
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Touchee..nice one, although I still hope that there's a chance that he (or she) is right.
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« Reply #39 on: May 24, 2009, 05:31:59 PM » |
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...out of the 49 pages I currently have...
mwb - that is very impressive! |
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« Reply #40 on: May 24, 2009, 09:09:42 PM » |
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Forgive my ignorance, but what makes his initials interesting?
The nut searcher, in Anne's case, was 'blind squirrel' ;-) |
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« Reply #41 on: May 24, 2009, 09:20:02 PM » |
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Yup, me too. I've long advocated tags here instead of folders.
In lieu of that I tend sort by most recent and then try to keep the things I'm most interested in within the first couple of pages (out of the 49 pages I currently have.)
After watching a thread with 'lg' and with Bufo Calvin and with a request from someone that the workaround recommended by both of them be findable somewhere, I made an entry for that 'tag' workaround. It had been recommended by Amazon's Customer Service Representatives in writing in their own topic-thread at the Amazon forum. I've seen 'lg' propose it and I think she's here too, no? Anyway, the write-up explaining how it works (as written by Customer Service, after seeing posts by lg and bufo, and with a couple of comments from me) is at http://tinyurl.com/folder-tags Many here are familiar with the idea, but there are new members all the time. |
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Susan in VA
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« Reply #42 on: May 24, 2009, 09:24:49 PM » |
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- Can you imagine trying to work on a PC without having folder support? It can be done-- give us long enough file names & everyone could cobble something together. Long, long ago in early DOS days they didn't have folders. It didn't take them long to figure out that they needed to add it & if they hadn't DOS/Windows would have not survived to this day.
Maybe not, but there were DOS directories and subdirectories and sub-subdirectories, which worked pretty well for organizing stuff... and surely whatever software the Kindle uses is more advanced than that was!! |
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« Reply #43 on: May 24, 2009, 09:50:51 PM » |
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The nut searcher, in Anne's case, was 'blind squirrel'
;-)
Oops, sorry, not following the thread too closely I guess.
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koolmnbv
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« Reply #44 on: May 24, 2009, 09:54:44 PM » |
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But if we get those folders, and they're called 'groupings'... it'll be an indication that
the squirrel was not totally blind :-)
Yes exactly!! I'm hoping the 'squirrel' has at least a small amount of vision!! |
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koolmnbv
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« Reply #45 on: May 24, 2009, 10:05:13 PM » |
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After watching a thread with 'lg' and with Bufo Calvin and with a request from someone that the workaround recommended by both of them be findable somewhere, I made an entry for that 'tag' workaround. It had been recommended by Amazon's Customer Service Representatives in writing in their own topic-thread at the Amazon forum. I've seen 'lg' propose it and I think she's here too, no? Anyway, the write-up explaining how it works (as written by Customer Service, after seeing posts by lg and bufo, and with a couple of comments from me) is at http://tinyurl.com/folder-tags Many here are familiar with the idea, but there are new members all the time. I like this workaround for tags, and I'm glad they came up with it because something is better than nothing! My main thing is I'd like to cut down on some of my homepage screens and with tags I still have all the books laying there on all the pages taking up homescreens. With folders It could be cut down to only a few screens with several different category folders. Then within all the folders could be specialized tags...thats my dream organization method anyway....maybe someday! But for now thank you so much for this workaround! |
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« Reply #46 on: May 24, 2009, 10:32:15 PM » |
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I like this workaround for tags, and I'm glad they came up with it because something is better than nothing!
My main thing is I'd like to cut down on some of my homepage screens and with tags I still have all the books laying there on all the pages taking up homescreens. With folders It could be cut down to only a few screens with several different category folders. Then within all the folders could be specialized tags...thats my dream organization method anyway....maybe someday! ...
You said exactly what I was feeling! I'd love to have a top 'root' page of only a few categories and then go wherever I want (similar to how Amazon store manages and shows us their categories :-) You'd think they do understand the need but just haven't allocated the time or resources. On the other hand, refinements like this don't make the news and stimulate sales. It's always got to be new and 'revolutionary' to bring in the $. I sure hope blind squirrel is close to the truth this time. |
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« Reply #47 on: May 24, 2009, 11:06:21 PM » |
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I agree with koolmnbv, I'd like to have a few folders on my home page, at least 'subscriptions', 'music/Audible' 'personal docs' and then use tags within at the very least. I feel that most computer users have become used to the idea of 'nested' folders and I tend compartmentalize in that way as well (since DOS as a matter of fact.) I would prefer this way over five pages of books with the too few options that there are now to organize them.
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« Reply #48 on: May 25, 2009, 07:58:30 AM » |
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On the other hand, refinements like this don't make the news and stimulate sales. It's always got to be new and 'revolutionary' to bring in the $.
If they offered folders (under whatever name) as an upgrade, and charged for the upgrade like any other computer software, I'm sure many of us would be willing to pay for that convenience. |
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koolmnbv
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« Reply #49 on: May 25, 2009, 09:10:41 AM » |
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If they offered folders (under whatever name) as an upgrade, and charged for the upgrade like any other computer software, I'm sure many of us would be willing to pay for that convenience.
I'm In! How much?? Do they want paypal or can I just use one click??? LOL |
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