3 ms·
I don't understand why, at least on the non-ad banner versions, why Amazon doesn't allow people to load their own images for use as screensavers. B&N allows thi
by RexRollman 15y ago
I don't understand why, at least on the non-ad banner versions, why Amazon doesn't allow people to load their own images for use as screensavers. B&N allows this with the Nook and I think that it's pretty cool.
- joebadmo 15y agoYeah, there are quite a few options that seem like they should be native, but I had to hack the device to get. Custom screen savers is one. Another is force left-justify on everything.
- RexRollman 15y agoI didn't realize the Kindle could be hacked to do that. Good to know.
- joebadmo 15y agoThere are entire forums and blogs dedicated to it: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128704 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128704
- ConstantineXVI 15y agoProbably because they don't see it necessary. Amazon seems to see any actions that aren't directly related to: - Buy book - Read book as a waste of space and another thing that could go wrong.
- brown9-2 15y agoI would pay a few dollars extra for this feature on my Kindle 3. Or at least for an update to add some new images to the cycle.
- smackfu 15y agoIs the quality good enough? It seems like 9 out of 10 people make their screensaver their SO or kids. If the average use case is going to have people going "ugh, this screen is terrible", it's probably not a good idea.
- RexRollman 15y agoThe guy who I know who has a Nook STR uses black and white comic art for his screen savers. They look pretty cool.
- smackfu 15y agoOh yeah, I've definitely seen people who have nice screensavers. My point was that people who naively put photos on without preprocessing, reducing color depth, etc, would probably be disappointed.