PRS-650 Standby screen suggestion

mediax · 12-14-2010, 07:54 AM

Just a suggestion for anyone hacking the PRS-650 to consider - I have no idea how difficult/practical/impossible it would be to implement.

I really miss seeing the cover of the book I'm reading. The PRS-650 standby screen gives an opportunity to remedy this by using the cover image of the book currently being read as the standby screen image. Personally, I'm surprised Sony didn't implement this (at least, as a user option).

I've mentioned this in another thread and got a couple of enthusiastic responses, so I don't think I'm the only person who would like this feature.

I know my limitations, and my programming skills aren't up to tackling this myself! I hope someone might find it a sufficiently interesting challenge to give it a go.

kartu · 12-17-2010, 01:15 PM

Not sure if there is a mechanism to subscribe to "Issues", but in case there is:
http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/issues/detail?id=24

mediax · 12-20-2010, 05:53 PM

Now I'm excited !

dpierron · 03-16-2011, 07:05 AM

ditto !

12-14-2010, 07:54 AM	#1
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	Standby screen suggestion Just a suggestion for anyone hacking the PRS-650 to consider - I have no idea how difficult/practical/impossible it would be to implement. I really miss seeing the cover of the book I'm reading. The PRS-650 standby screen gives an opportunity to remedy this by using the cover image of the book currently being read as the standby screen image. Personally, I'm surprised Sony didn't implement this (at least, as a user option). I've mentioned this in another thread and got a couple of enthusiastic responses, so I don't think I'm the only person who would like this feature. I know my limitations, and my programming skills aren't up to tackling this myself! I hope someone might find it a sufficiently interesting challenge to give it a go.

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12-17-2010, 01:15 PM	#2
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	Not sure if there is a mechanism to subscribe to "Issues", but in case there is: http://code.google.com/p/prs-plus/issues/detail?id=24

12-20-2010, 05:53 PM	#3
mediax Readaholic Posts: 255 Karma: 1058454 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Swindon, UK Device: Sony PRS-T2 (previously 505 and 650)	Now I'm excited !

03-16-2011, 07:05 AM	#4
dpierron calibre2opds guru Posts: 533 Karma: 8792 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Metz, France Device: iPhone, iPad, PRS-650	ditto !

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