Thought I'll stop cribbing about the terrible Kindle UI and see if I have any constructive suggestions. So, this weekend was spent wireframing my Kindle UI wishlist, so to speak.

1. Kindle Reader
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2. Starting with the Home page…
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3. Current UI: Home page, two display options
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4. Current UI: Home page, with menu expanded
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5. Nothing really amiss, is there?
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6. The display is
ugly and boring.
Current UI: Problems with the Home page
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7. The display is
ugly and boring.
If I change the display
to show the pretty
book covers, it takes
me longer to browse.
Current UI: Problems with the Home page
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8. The display is
ugly and boring.
If I change the display
to show the pretty
book covers, it takes
me longer to browse.
The menu options are
not grouped according
to tasks that I would
normally do at any
bookshelf display.
Current UI: Problems with the Home page
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9. The display is
ugly and boring.
If I change the display
to show the pretty
book covers, it takes
me longer to browse.
The menu options are
not grouped according
to tasks that I would
normally do at any
bookshelf display.
I miss looking at my entire bookshelf
and locating a book at a glance.

Current UI: Problems with the Home page
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10. Kindle UI re-design
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Suggested UI for the Home page

11. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe

12. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.

13. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.
Shows 3x more
books than list view
and 4x more books
than grid view.

14. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.
Shows 3x more
books than list view
and 4x more books
than grid view.
Bookmarks for
current reading
position. More visual
and intuitive than
percentages.

15. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.
Shows 3x more
books than list view
and 4x more books
than grid view.
Bookmarks for
current reading
position. More visual
and intuitive than
percentages.
Moving to a random
shelf is non-sequential.

16. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.
Shows 3x more
books than list view
and 4x more books
than grid view.
Bookmarks for
current reading
position. More visual
and intuitive than
percentages.
Menu options
rationalized according
to most common
reader tasks.
Moving to a random
shelf is non-sequential.

17. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Home page wireframe
Simulates a real
bookcase; looks
less ugly.
Shows 3x more
books than list view
and 4x more books
than grid view.
Bookmarks for
current reading
position. More visual
and intuitive than
percentages.
Moving to a random
shelf is non-sequential.
Menu options
rationalized according
to most common
reader tasks.

18. Moving on to a book-open page …
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19. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (reading)

20. Nothing really amiss, is there?
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21. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (reading)
Looks drab 

22. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (reading)
Looks drab 
To see how many
more pages left,
several taps
needed.

23. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (reading)
Looks drab 
To see how many
more pages left,
several taps
needed.
Cannot easily jump to a
random page if I get
bored reading this
page.

24. Kindle UI re-design
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Suggested UI for book-open page (reading)

25. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)

26. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)
Visual indication of
number of pages
each side of the
current page.

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Visual indication of
number of pages
each side of the
current page.
Just enough
information.
Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)

28. Kindle UI re-design
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Visual indication of
number of pages
each side of the
current page.
Just enough
information.
Tapping here lets
me peek at a
random page and
go there.
Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)

29. Kindle UI re-design
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Visual indication of
number of pages
each side of the
current page.
Just enough
information.
Option 1 wireframe:
Tap on a page to read
a snippet; tap on
snippet to go to that
page.
Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)
Tapping here lets
me peek at a
random page and
go there.

30. Kindle UI re-design
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Visual indication of
number of pages
each side of the
current page.
Just enough
information.
Option 2 wireframe:
Move the slider to
stop at a random page
to read a snippet; tap
on snippet to go to
that page.
Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (reading)
Tapping here lets
me peek at a
random page and
go there.

31. Exploring the menu on the book-open page…
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32. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (menu)

33. Nothing really amiss, is there?
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34. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI: Book open page (menu)
Too many menu options, not
grouped according to normal
reading tasks

35. Kindle UI re-design
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Suggested UI for book-open page (menu)

36. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (menu)

37. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (menu)
Menu options grouped
according to common reader
tasks.

38. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (menu)

39. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI: Book-open wireframe (menu)
Menu options grouped
according to common reader
tasks.

40. Kindle UI re-design
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Only so much got done in a day, so …

41. Kindle UI re-design
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Summary

42. Current UI
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43. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI

44. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI

45. Kindle UI re-design
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Current UI

46. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

47. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

48. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

49. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

50. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

51. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

52. Kindle UI re-design
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Proposed UI

53. Kindle UI re-design
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