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I do read short stories in a different way. I don't burry myself in them like in big novels or triologies. And when I start reading a short story I already know it is a short story. It won't take three full days to finish it. I'm not constantly trying to calculate if all the different story lines should be wraped up in the next 13 pages or 15.2 minutes. For me that takes all the fun out of reading. An important part of the reading experience is, for me, that the author brings me at a certain pace to a certain place/time/situation. And also suprises me if possible. If I want to know everything in advance, I would write my own book. That is why I don't care about pagenumbers. |
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07-30-2008, 03:58 AM | #32 |
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Knowing the length of what you are reading doesn't need to change the way you enjoy your reading, but it could read the "how and when" you read it. If you know the story (book/chapter/whatever) is close to the end, you may wish to finish it before going to bed, but if you know there are still some hundred "pages" left, you may prefer browsing a magazine in the dentist's waiting room instead of carrying the Cybook.
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07-30-2008, 05:17 AM | #33 |
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When making my own books I usually keep the different novel/works of the same author in the same mobi file (since the Cybook lacks folder support). Since each novel will then be for instance 1/10 of the total length, the progress bar is useless (in addition to the progress bar not working on files with more than ~3k pages). I therefore often use the Internet to check how many pages the book I am currently reading on my Cybook has. This also goes for books I purchase where the mobi file consist of more than one novel (eg Paul Auster’s New York Trilogy).
There might be different opinions on how a page number function should be made, but the current state of affairs is definitely an embarrassment for the software industry. Possible better solutions includes any combination of: - absolute page numbers embedded in the markup of each book, like suggested by Adobe - percentages with decimals (only gives relative position) - page number based on current rendering - page numbers based on fixed amount of text/bytes on each page (An on/off of feature, like with the current pagometer could be provided for the like of Ortep, who as I understand prefers to have sex in the dark ;-) |
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I don't need page numbers. When page numbers are visible I won't use them. They also won't bother me. I already know that a short story is short. Why check it every 30 seconds? The only thing I'm trying to say is that page numbers are not something everybody is dying for. To me there are more important things like beter library structure/search function and programmable keys. Oh and I do need light when I read |
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07-30-2008, 06:21 AM | #35 |
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Yea, I need light/page numbers.
There might be other needs as well, but when it comes to future SW updates on my Cybook, page numbers are high on the list. Page numbers is also helpful when reading articles from compendiums and similar. The length of short stories varies as well (After the Race vs The Dead in Dubliners). Ortep, thanks for letting us know that you do not need page numbers. |
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What you need in this situation is a good Table of Content. That works the same a hyperlink. You don't care what ip address it is pointing to, but click on it and it will bring you there. Not fake page numbers that have absolutely no relation with a precise spot in the contents of a book. Last edited by Ortep; 07-30-2008 at 07:35 AM. |
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To me it is the best of both world and simple to implement. Last edited by Ortep; 07-30-2008 at 08:37 AM. |
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There are a LOT of people out there who don't understand percentages. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true, sadly .
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Percentages are *easy*
From a fruit basket you take 30% of the oranges, 20% of the apples, 40% of the strawberries and 20% of the grapes and you have 110% of the fruits |
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While this method would need to be part of the format specification of the relevant format (Adobe has suggested it as an addition to .epub), the other approaches would not need to be part of the specification. The progress bar is better than nothing but it is not accurate enough when navigation smaller portions of larger texts. |
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