Kindle e-book reader for the Mac

Amazon recently released the Kindle e-book reader application for Mac OS X.  Though this application is almost identical to the iPhone app, it does have some differences.

  • The Mac screen real estate makes it much easier to use for visually impaired people.  The screen size allows the user to use larger fonts and not have to zoom in and lose context.
  • The mouse interaction to turn pages is not quite right.  This function is too sensitive, especially with a magic mouse.  It is easier to use the keyboard enter key to go to the next page.
  • There is no speech-to-text in the Mac app.  This is perhaps the largest disappointment of all.
  • There does not appear to be any way to add notes or bookmarks.
  • There does not appear to be any way to see the book index.

All in all, this is a great starting point for this application.  I hope the missing items are added in the near future.

Saturday, March 20th, 2010 Uncategorized

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