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I've used the Kindle app ever since it launched, and have followed this fiasco. The trouble for someone like me is I would rather purchase my content from Amaz

I've used the Kindle app ever since it launched, and have followed this fiasco. The trouble for someone like me is I would rather purchase my content from Amazon since I can read it on any device, not just an apple device. p.s. Do you know how I would go about recommending someone add the ability to have green or amber text on the black background?

nevir 8y ago
> p.s. Do you know how I would go about recommending someone add the ability to have green or amber text on the black background? If you're on Android: 1. go to Settings -> Info -> About 2. Draw a lowercase h on the screen (anywhere), and you'll see a "special color mode enabled", and should get amber on black. another letter gives you green on black, but I forget which :( . There's a bunch of hidden color combinations there :) I'm not sure that exists on iOS, though --- For requesting it: help & feedback -> contact us -> give feedback is your best bet. I'm out of touch w/ the Kindle team, but at least several years ago many of the devs would obsessively read customer feedback (that wasn't deemed sensitive/PII)
- bmsleight_ 8y ago
  Wow - could not find any other details about this (my google skills are poor?) Great tip. Any idea some where to to find the other hidden combinations ?
  - nevir 8y ago
    I don't think it's actually been advertised anywhere - welcome to a very small group of cool kids ;)
    - gnicholas 8y ago
      This is the coolest easter egg I have heard about in a bigco mobile app.
gnicholas 8y ago
This is possible in the iOS app that I built [1], which accesses your Kindle library through the Kindle Cloud Reader web app and injects a javascript that allows advanced coloring options. This is used primarily to enable our line-wrapping color gradients, which facilitate visual tracking, but you can also add colors without the gradients. Here are some screenshots of green/black [2] and amber(ish)/black [3]. The app is free to download and this feature has a free trial so you can see how it works. You can also use our Chrome/Firefox/Brave extension [4] for reading on the computer. Unfortunately we cannot build a similar tool for Android, as Amazon blocks the Kindle Cloud Reader on all Android devices (including the Kindle Fire). 1: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?m... 2: https://imgur.com/a/nFzLNIs https://imgur.com/a/nFzLNIs 3: https://imgur.com/a/52kEvi5 https://imgur.com/a/52kEvi5 4: https://www.beelinereader.com https://www.beelinereader.com

nevir 8y ago

> p.s. Do you know how I would go about recommending someone add the ability to have green or amber text on the black background? If you're on Android: 1. go to Settings -> Info -> About 2. Draw a lowercase h on the screen (anywhere), and you'll see a "special color mode enabled", and should get amber on black. another letter gives you green on black, but I forget which :( . There's a bunch of hidden color combinations there :) I'm not sure that exists on iOS, though --- For requesting it: help & feedback -> contact us -> give feedback is your best bet. I'm out of touch w/ the Kindle team, but at least several years ago many of the devs would obsessively read customer feedback (that wasn't deemed sensitive/PII)

bmsleight_ 8y ago
Wow - could not find any other details about this (my google skills are poor?) Great tip. Any idea some where to to find the other hidden combinations ?
- nevir 8y ago
  I don't think it's actually been advertised anywhere - welcome to a very small group of cool kids ;)
  - gnicholas 8y ago
    This is the coolest easter egg I have heard about in a bigco mobile app.

gnicholas 8y ago

This is possible in the iOS app that I built [1], which accesses your Kindle library through the Kindle Cloud Reader web app and injects a javascript that allows advanced coloring options. This is used primarily to enable our line-wrapping color gradients, which facilitate visual tracking, but you can also add colors without the gradients. Here are some screenshots of green/black [2] and amber(ish)/black [3]. The app is free to download and this feature has a free trial so you can see how it works. You can also use our Chrome/Firefox/Brave extension [4] for reading on the computer. Unfortunately we cannot build a similar tool for Android, as Amazon blocks the Kindle Cloud Reader on all Android devices (including the Kindle Fire). 1: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beeline-reader/id938026867?m... 2: https://imgur.com/a/nFzLNIs https://imgur.com/a/nFzLNIs 3: https://imgur.com/a/52kEvi5 https://imgur.com/a/52kEvi5 4: https://www.beelinereader.com https://www.beelinereader.com