Current book's cover as screen saver - Page 2

Kenneth_irl · 02-05-2011, 12:37 PM

Yes of course, it would be a very cool option to have. It should be done completely automatically, though.

I actually wonder why such an feature haven't made it out at release. But the Kindle firmware team does seem rather unproductive compared to how much hacking/mod people/teams are able to put out. But I guess that more features also means more bugs, or maybe they're just not interrested in expanding the current version, leaving more features to the next version = more reason to buy it.

CWatkinsNash · 02-05-2011, 02:14 PM

I didn't vote because I'm neither in favor nor against the idea. I've already got the screensaver hack, and right now I've got an image from a cemetery photo shoot I did in November. I've got some others waiting to be converted and put on the Kindle, I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm just happy to be rid of the Dead Authors Showcase that it came with. Some of the others it came with (the birds, and the illuminated manuscript page) were nice and I might put them back into rotation later.

I've come to realize that the screensaver really does only three things - to tell me when my Kindle is asleep, to have my contact info show in the sleep state, and for other people to look at. In other words, I'm not as excited about having custom SS as I thought I would be, so add me to the "meh" list.

Kenneth_irl · 02-05-2011, 03:14 PM

@ CWatkinsNash

You could also have it display mantras ?

CWatkinsNash · 02-05-2011, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

@ CWatkinsNash

You could also have it display mantras ?

I used to have my screensaver on my work laptop display, "If you can see this, you haven't done anything for 15 minutes." Hmm... gives me an idea... I might be contributing to the screensaver thread in a bit.

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02-05-2011, 12:37 PM	#16
Kenneth_irl Addict Posts: 212 Karma: 55934 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 + Paperwhite 7th gen	Yes of course, it would be a very cool option to have. It should be done completely automatically, though. I actually wonder why such an feature haven't made it out at release. But the Kindle firmware team does seem rather unproductive compared to how much hacking/mod people/teams are able to put out. But I guess that more features also means more bugs, or maybe they're just not interrested in expanding the current version, leaving more features to the next version = more reason to buy it. Last edited by Kenneth_irl; 02-05-2011 at 12:46 PM.

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02-05-2011, 02:14 PM	#17
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite 2021, Fire HD 8+, Fire HD 10+, Lenovo Tab P12	I didn't vote because I'm neither in favor nor against the idea. I've already got the screensaver hack, and right now I've got an image from a cemetery photo shoot I did in November. I've got some others waiting to be converted and put on the Kindle, I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm just happy to be rid of the Dead Authors Showcase that it came with. Some of the others it came with (the birds, and the illuminated manuscript page) were nice and I might put them back into rotation later. I've come to realize that the screensaver really does only three things - to tell me when my Kindle is asleep, to have my contact info show in the sleep state, and for other people to look at. In other words, I'm not as excited about having custom SS as I thought I would be, so add me to the "meh" list.

02-05-2011, 03:14 PM	#18
Kenneth_irl Addict Posts: 212 Karma: 55934 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 + Paperwhite 7th gen	@ CWatkinsNash You could also have it display mantras ?

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