Feature Request for BookDesigner

bingle · 03-28-2007, 01:29 PM

I've been playing around more with BookDesigner, which ever since the update allowing Reader format books, has been my ideal book-creation platform.

Well, *almost* ideal ;-) I've been looking at footnotes again. Currently, the notes feature works really well for books read in BookDesigner: you create a note and a link, and when you hover the mouse over the link, it pops up the note. That obviously doesn't happen on the Reader - instead, it creates a link which jumps you to the page with the note on it. Which is great! It works and allows for content with footnotes.... But I'm too picky ;-) What I'd really, really like is for BookDesigner to stick the footnote text at the bottom of the page that the link appears on during the pagination process. Essentially to make that page break earlier in order to fit the footnote text in below. This would make for smoother reading with fewer page turns.

This is just a minor complaint, really - as I said, the notes work as-is on the Reader. Also, this seems like it would be a pretty complicated feature to add, but I thought I might as well ask for the moon ;-)

HarryT · 03-28-2007, 01:37 PM

By all means add a new feature for footnotes, but please, please, PLEASE don't change the existing "note/link" system. It's a brilliant way of doing nice "Tables of Contents" and "hyperlinks" within a book!

igorsk · 03-28-2007, 02:53 PM

You can't really have page-bottom footnotes in LRF. It is reflowable, so you cannot just put footnote "three paragraphs below the superscript", as it will only work for a single zoom factor. And there is no tag "show footnote at the bottom of the current page".

bingle · 03-28-2007, 07:30 PM

Hmm. I suppose you're right, Igorsk, I wasn't thinking in terms of reflowable documents. How does BookDesigner do the chapter/page count footers in LRF? Is there only a single line for footers?

I suppose I'll have to live with my footnotes on a separate page...

03-28-2007, 01:29 PM	#1
bingle Addict Posts: 273 Karma: 499 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Device: Sony Reader	Feature Request for BookDesigner I've been playing around more with BookDesigner, which ever since the update allowing Reader format books, has been my ideal book-creation platform. Well, almost ideal ;-) I've been looking at footnotes again. Currently, the notes feature works really well for books read in BookDesigner: you create a note and a link, and when you hover the mouse over the link, it pops up the note. That obviously doesn't happen on the Reader - instead, it creates a link which jumps you to the page with the note on it. Which is great! It works and allows for content with footnotes.... But I'm too picky ;-) What I'd really, really like is for BookDesigner to stick the footnote text at the bottom of the page that the link appears on during the pagination process. Essentially to make that page break earlier in order to fit the footnote text in below. This would make for smoother reading with fewer page turns. This is just a minor complaint, really - as I said, the notes work as-is on the Reader. Also, this seems like it would be a pretty complicated feature to add, but I thought I might as well ask for the moon ;-)

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03-28-2007, 01:37 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	By all means add a new feature for footnotes, but please, please, PLEASE don't change the existing "note/link" system. It's a brilliant way of doing nice "Tables of Contents" and "hyperlinks" within a book!

03-28-2007, 02:53 PM	#3
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	You can't really have page-bottom footnotes in LRF. It is reflowable, so you cannot just put footnote "three paragraphs below the superscript", as it will only work for a single zoom factor. And there is no tag "show footnote at the bottom of the current page".

03-28-2007, 07:30 PM	#4
bingle Addict Posts: 273 Karma: 499 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Device: Sony Reader	Hmm. I suppose you're right, Igorsk, I wasn't thinking in terms of reflowable documents. How does BookDesigner do the chapter/page count footers in LRF? Is there only a single line for footers? I suppose I'll have to live with my footnotes on a separate page...

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