Touch Nook STR: Issues, Bugs, Annoyances, and Petty Quibbles

[afv011]

Originally Posted by spedinfargo

- The main menu (home, library, shop, search, settings) should also include a "reading now" button. When I go into the Settings menu when reading a book, I can't get back to what I'm reading without going to "home" and then "reading now" (ok, that's pretty picky).

There is a button on the status bar (looks like a book) to go back to the book you are reading, similar to the nookColor.

[boswd]

I heard it wont run my bath water Nor will it start my car. Worthless but maybe in the next update?

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by afv011

There is a button on the status bar (looks like a book) to go back to the book you are reading, similar to the nookColor.

Another good tip is that you can swipe left on the status bar (like near the battery icon) as a "back button" to return to previous activities. It took people awhile to figure out this short-cut on the NC, and it is very useful. However, it's actually documented in the STR manual.

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

I would expect them to use similar templates for both the NC & STR for user convenience but was hoping they'd make a few updates of common complaints. They also probably haven't fixed my irritation with the lack of multi-level TOC on the NC. I assume the STR has this issue as well.

Oh yeah, I forgot about that! Fortunately the multi-level TOC works in the Nook for Android app, but it looks terrible. I would like to see level two headings indented to the left a bit of the level 1 headings. Currently it shows a single hypen in front of level 1 headings and a double hyphen in front of level 2 headings. They look like this:

-Level 1 Heading
--Level 2 Heading
--Level 2 Heading
--Level 2 Heading
-Level 1 Heading
--Level 2 Heading
--Level 2 Heading
--Level 2 Heading

Looks like a crappy text file. You would think a huge book store could do a better job than this. It should look like this:

Level 1 Heading
   Level 2 Heading
   Level 2 Heading
   Level 2 Heading
Level 1 Heading
   Level 2 Heading
   Level 2 Heading
   Level 2 Heading

[SCION]

Checked out the demo again and the same bug from the Color carried over.

Once you select text, you're unable to drag the cursor to the left to select additional text. Haven't confirmed it on mine yet.

[jersysman]

Here's a quibble. Before you have someone (employee) help potential customers with a device, make sure that they are somewhat trained on the device. I went and tried out the Nook Touch today at my B&N store. For the life of me I could not find the buttons. So I asked the employee who was trying to sell it to me where the buttons were. He told me that this was a pure touchscreen and it didn't have any buttons. At about the same time, I figured out where the were and showed the clerk. I told him that indeed it did and this was one of the big selling points. Then I commenced to show the clerk how to use the buttons. How they can be changed at the user's discretion, etc. They should pay me!

Just train your employees, B&N! You might make more sales.

[Zoshka]

I did a demo today too, and wasn't really blown away by it. The physical page turn buttons take too much pressure to depress, but I've been used to the easy turns on the Kindle 3. Then I checked out a clearance Sony PRS-950 at Best Buy for $199, more real estate, good build, but I didn't realize it doesn't do tap page turns, only swipe and buttons. Then I found the Kobo Touch isn't being sold in the US until at least July 30, even my Nook Touch might even arrive by then. Oh the eink woes, can't anyone make a truly great device? I guess I'll have to wait for Amazon's answer to touch, although I fear they're focusing more on their tablet now.

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by Zoshka

I did a demo today too, and wasn't really blown away by it. The physical page turn buttons take too much pressure to depress, but I've been used to the easy turns on the Kindle 3. Then I checked out a clearance Sony PRS-950 at Best Buy for $199, more real estate, good build, but I didn't realize it doesn't do tap page turns, only swipe and buttons. Then I found the Kobo Touch isn't being sold in the US until at least July 30, even my Nook Touch might even arrive by then. Oh the eink woes, can't anyone make a truly great device? I guess I'll have to wait for Amazon's answer to touch, although I fear they're focusing more on their tablet now.

I love the Touch. I just would have preferred if the guy trying to sell it to me had a little more knowledge about it. I changed the page three ways. I swiped, tapped, and push the button. IMO I think that the page turning is covered on it.

[Oogami]

One bug that I noticed which is really annoying, if I'm reading a book off of the SD card, plug the USB reader to my computer. Transfer some files, unmount the Nook and SD card reader and then unplug the USB cable.

About 50% of the time, it will blank the books I have listed in "My Shelves" I've had to repopulate those shelves like 3 times now.

The work around is to not have a book loaded that's from an SD card when you plug the USB cable in to sync. I usually have it on the home page or the Library page.

Just FYI for those who read a lot from their SD cards.

[Poppaea]

Originally Posted by HarryT

There's really no reason not to expect a reasonable file management system on an eInk device. Many do have them: Bookeen, Pocketbook, and BeBook/Onyx among them. On all these devices you can create and delete folders, copy, move, and delete files, etc. It's always slightly irritated me that the "big name" devices don't provide these facilities. The Kindle and Sony allow you to delete files, but that's it.

This is not quite right. Sony does allow you to create new collections on the device.

Collections --->Options ---> New Collection

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

This is not quite right. Sony does allow you to create new collections on the device.

Collections --->Options ---> New Collection

True, and so does the Kindle. But I'd make a distinction between collections and file management. Collections are simply tags in a database; they aren't manipulating files, which is why I didn't mention them.

[SCION]

Originally Posted by SCION

Checked out the demo again and the same bug from the Color carried over.

Once you select text, you're unable to drag the cursor to the left to select additional text. Haven't confirmed it on mine yet.

Confirmed.

[umaxtuk]

I don't like the limit on sideloading content

[anamardoll]

Originally Posted by Zoshka

5) Reader awards section--my reading has fallen off with all the tablet temptations (cue cackling angry birds), this takes me back to third grade, getting gold stars for finishing books, and all the reading achievement stats would give me motivation, I hope.

I seriously chewed my lip over a Kobo. I finally decided not to buy, but it was a HUGE temptation. And the Reader Awards was 100% of the drive. I don't know why, but I just LOVE the idea. It's like it stimulates my Pokemon gene.

It's also a really clever way of tracking reading habits, which I really really really like the idea of. But I just couldn't plunk down for a "no-button" device. Ah well.

[EldRick]

Once you select text, you're unable to drag the cursor to the left to select additional text.

And on mine, it locked up the Touch entirely, after I tried to page-turn to get rid of the selection. Had to do a full power-off reset.