Saw this link first via John Gruber’s Daring Fireball and it just about sums up the Kindle 2 for me:
The design has too many bells and whistles and not enough elegance to be a truly great device.
So says Greg Raiz, who has some excellent ideas about how to make the Kindle better, but on one point I’d go a step further.
Greg says,Â
No menu/wifi/battery indicator. It’s a book. Tap the screen to see menu/status info/options.
But I think, if you’re going to have a touch screen, get rid of all except the power button. Instead, tap either side of the screen to turn pages, just like the iPhone’s Stanza app.
Read the whole post here:Â Kindle Design – Still Sucks | Greg’s Head.