{"id":804,"date":"2010-03-18T21:17:42","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T04:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/?p=804"},"modified":"2010-03-18T21:17:42","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T04:17:42","slug":"kindle-for-mac-scores-low-on-usability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubinko.info\/blog\/2010\/03\/kindle-for-mac-scores-low-on-usability\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindle for Mac scores low on usability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s my first experience with Amazon’s new Kindle client for Mac: After digging up my password and logging in, I was presented with a bunch of books. I picked the last one I’d been reading. It downloaded slowly, without a progress bar, then dumped me on some page in the middle. Apparently my farthest-read location, but I honestly don’t remember.<\/p>\n

A cute little graphic on the screen said I could use my scroll wheel. I’m on a laptop, so I tried the two-finger drag–the equivalent gesture sans mouse… and flipped some dozens of pages in half a second. Now, hopelessly lost I searched for a ‘back’ button to no avail.\u00c2\u00a0 Perversely, there is a prominent ‘back’ button, but disabled. Mocking me.<\/p>\n

This feels rushed. I wonder what<\/a> could be pushing Amazon to release something so unfinished? -m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s my first experience with Amazon’s new Kindle client for Mac: After digging up my password and logging in, I was presented with a bunch of books. I picked the last one I’d been reading. It downloaded slowly, without a progress bar, then dumped me on some page in the middle. Apparently my farthest-read location,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[39,33,31],"tags":[1172,1168,954,1173,953,655,769],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-annoyance","category-apple","tag-amazon","tag-apple","tag-crap","tag-ebook","tag-ipad","tag-kindle","tag-usability"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t