Tips for using your device...

markiehill · 07-21-2006, 03:48 PM

Okay i know this is beta software and thats cool, however one question perplexes me, how does anybody manage to read a book on the device when you cannot store your last position for your next session.

In my HTML viewer it shows my whole document as page 1 , and i have to keep scrolling down the whole document every time i start my illiad.

So tips for us newbies from you three week old vets might save time in getting our heads around some of the oddities of this fantastic bit of kit.

Mark

dehein2 · 07-21-2006, 03:58 PM

i have a question too, is normal that loading pages takes so long - especially when scolling html?

b_k · 07-21-2006, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dehein2

i have a question too, is normal that loading pages takes so long - especially when scolling html?

there seem to be 2 problems:
e-ink itself, the display is not made for fast updates. If i got it right, it can do a full refresh in 1 second and a fast refresh in 0.5 seconds. The second problem is, that as far as i understand it, every display page (=everything that has to appear on the display) has to be converted to a bitmap, and after that the display is updated with the generated bitmap. (the device is just 400 MHz, try loading a big picture (~500-600kb) on a 800 MHz PC and you will see, why it updates slow.)

Everyone knowing that better correct me if i got something wrong please.

vvoi666 · 07-21-2006, 04:21 PM

at this time html is not the best choice (the viewer does not support pages, yet). you may want to convert your files to pdf. there is a dedicated thread for this.

deadite66 · 07-21-2006, 04:29 PM

hopefully mobipocket will take the hint, it's pretty good with html and pdb's

Sischa · 07-21-2006, 05:23 PM

Since i got my ilead last week i read every free minute ... i love it. But i never use the html reader, i don't think its usefull without "pageview".

I use the pdf viewer and i create a empty jpg file named "bookmark" in the same directory where my books are stored. After i finish reading i open bookmark.jpg note down my book and page number and i am done. Next time i have just to check bookmark1.jpg for the pagenumber.

Good enough for the moment ... *has to go back to reading* :-)

Riocaz · 07-21-2006, 06:36 PM

I do something slightly different.

When I get the html I add a table of contents to the beginning with hyperlinks to the start of each chapter. Then I just remember what chapter I was up to.

07-21-2006, 03:48 PM	#1
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	Tips for using your device... Okay i know this is beta software and thats cool, however one question perplexes me, how does anybody manage to read a book on the device when you cannot store your last position for your next session. In my HTML viewer it shows my whole document as page 1 , and i have to keep scrolling down the whole document every time i start my illiad. So tips for us newbies from you three week old vets might save time in getting our heads around some of the oddities of this fantastic bit of kit. Mark

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07-21-2006, 03:58 PM	#2
dehein2 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006	i have a question too, is normal that loading pages takes so long - especially when scolling html?

07-21-2006, 04:21 PM	#4
vvoi666 Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 29 Join Date: May 2006	at this time html is not the best choice (the viewer does not support pages, yet). you may want to convert your files to pdf. there is a dedicated thread for this.

07-21-2006, 04:29 PM	#5
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	hopefully mobipocket will take the hint, it's pretty good with html and pdb's

07-21-2006, 05:23 PM	#6
Sischa Evangelist Posts: 428 Karma: 2370 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Device: Nokia 770, Ilead, Cybook G3, Kindle DX, Kindle 2, iPad, Kindle 3, PW	Since i got my ilead last week i read every free minute ... i love it. But i never use the html reader, i don't think its usefull without "pageview". I use the pdf viewer and i create a empty jpg file named "bookmark" in the same directory where my books are stored. After i finish reading i open bookmark.jpg note down my book and page number and i am done. Next time i have just to check bookmark1.jpg for the pagenumber. Good enough for the moment ... has to go back to reading :-)

07-21-2006, 06:36 PM	#7
Riocaz Fulfilled but not by iRex Posts: 932 Karma: 286846 Join Date: May 2006 Location: London Device: Far too many	I do something slightly different. When I get the html I add a table of contents to the beginning with hyperlinks to the start of each chapter. Then I just remember what chapter I was up to.

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