I actually want this new Kindle function wasn’t damaged

I used to be so excited when my Kindle Colorsoft received the newest Kindle Software program replace, as each it and the 12th Generation Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition received a useful new function: double-tap to web page flip. Although my muscle reminiscence nonetheless had me tapping the display screen as a rule, simply the flexibility to show the web page by double-tapping on the machine itself (a faucet on the aspect or on the again works) was intriguing, and it made the machine really feel only a bit extra customizable.

Nonetheless, after deliberately attempting to make use of the function for a short while, I really went again to tapping the display screen full-time. This is why.

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Unintended faucets are a ache, and you’ll’t return

You are going to need to faucet the display screen in the event you by chance advance

Getting the cling of faucets takes a minute and even as soon as I received 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 result of a cat in my lap (it occurs extra typically 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 may solely advance utilizing this technique, backing up means it’s a must to contact the display screen once more, which meant shifting how I used to be holding the machine 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 conventional means.

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It solely goes in a single path, and there isn’t any strategy to faucet to pick out

Although I used to be primarily desirous about utilizing this new function to learn, it will also be used to navigate menus, sub-menus, and the Kindle bookstore. Nonetheless, in observe, it is very irritating to make use of double-tap on this space. It will possibly 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 strategy to double faucet to make a choice, so at greatest, you will be utilizing a mixture of double-tapping and contact controls, which is totally counter-intuitive to say the least.

Sadly, regardless that I favored that this new function was rolled out, I ended up shortly turning it off, because the unintended web page turns and lack of ability to shortly return made this extra of a nuisance than it was price. As a way to flip this function off, merely go into your Settings, choose Gadget Choices, after which toggle the function off. Maybe one other replace will make this extra of a usable function, however proper now, I am unable to say I’ve gotten nearly any sensible use out of it, which is a disgrace.

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