Good: Kindle For The Mac. Bad: Kindle For The Mac
Amazon very quietly released Kindle for the Mac (beta) yesterday. I think the reason they were so quiet about it is that it's a pretty poor first effort.
On the iPhone Kindle app, which has been available for a year, I can utilize fullscreen reading and modify the text color/background from one of three styles. Wouldn't you think I could do at least that much on the Mac version? Well, you can't. Seriously, they've had a year for this, and this is what we get? It looks like something Amazon slapped together over a weekend.
I love reading Kindle on the iPhone. As for the Mac, I'm glad Amazon took the step, but disappointed in the effort. It'll be hard to get immersed in a book when the trappings of a computer (menu bar, etc.) are all around you.
