12-24-2012, 01:35 AM | #226 |
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I just noticed that the new feature in firmware 2.3.1 that allows adjusting the margins in epubs that couldn't be adjusted before is not as useful as I first thought -- it only allows margin size to be increased, not reduced. Great for books where the text runs right up to the bezel, but no use for for books that have the margins fixed too wide.
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12-24-2012, 02:32 AM | #228 | |
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You might also want to remember that Kobo still seems to use the Adobe Reader Mobile code for epub books which also limits their ability to modify the ebooks appearance though it allows them to easily offer the ability to download and read Adobe DRMed library books. You win some, you lose some. Regards, David |
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12-24-2012, 02:43 AM | #229 |
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One of the ereaders I've used does allow overriding the epub's margins. This did strange things to the display of one IBM publication where the images shift to the left margin while the captions are centered since they used different styles for centering. This type of behaviour is one of the reasons for my preference for mucking with the epub's styling using external tools such as Sigil or Calibre. As for the decision by Adobe with ADE/ARM to allow margin:auto to be interpreted as margin:0, well, EXPLETIVE DELETED! You might want to check out Liz Castro's Pigs, Gourds and Wiki site for some interesting reading about epubs and the joys of different implementations. Regards, David Last edited by DNSB; 12-24-2012 at 10:03 AM. Reason: Ms. Castro might appreciate having her name correctly spelled... |
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12-24-2012, 03:45 PM | #233 |
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Strangely the margins now work in both directions on my Mini when they didn't with 2.15
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12-24-2012, 04:01 PM | #234 | |
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Margins everywhere and nary a word to read...
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12-24-2012, 05:29 PM | #235 | |
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I am sure you are right, but I will tell you my experience for what it is worth. Set margin in first book I read and it worked. Never worked again on next 27 books and I tried. After upgrading to 2.3.1 margin changing worked on all four books I tried it on. All epubs, all converted with calibre (I like my books formatted a certain way) all with calibre margins settings in page setup as 4.0 points. Next time I add on a book, I will convert with 24 pt margins and see what happens. Helen |
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12-24-2012, 07:22 PM | #236 |
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Still getting the multiple shelf issue, even with the new software. Just FYI for whoever's tracking that.
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Toast-wide.epub has my usual margin settings while Toast-narrow.epub has the margins set to a minimum of 25pt (some of the special items use narrower margins). As I said earlier, most books use minimal margins but you run into the odd one that uses wide margins, some for valid reasons, some for reasons that I can't grok. Regards, David Last edited by DNSB; 12-24-2012 at 07:30 PM. Reason: Corrected a typo |
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12-24-2012, 09:43 PM | #238 |
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No. That's an ancient bug - been around since at least May '11 (as has the bad widow/orphan handling). ie, for as long as I've had my Kobo Touch.
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12-24-2012, 11:29 PM | #239 | |
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Margins on both books can be changed by the same amount as far as I can determine. Toast_narrow starts (smallest margin setting on Kobo) almost at the edge of screen and can be adjusted in about an inch. Toast_wide starts about 3/4 of an inch from the edge of the screen and can be also adjusted in about an inch. Both can be adjusted in either direction. This seems like normal behavior to me, although it might be nice if there was a negative as well as positive adjustment, or maybe not. As an aside, I have not experienced the wrong page problems, or the bookmark problems, and my Mini has not crashed or frozen since the 2.3.1 update. Used to crash and/or freeze totally (had to reset) at least once a week. Helen |
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On my Glo measuring from the left edge of the screen to the H in "Highly flammable.", I got the following results. Margin slider fully to the left: Toast-narrow has a 2mm margin Toast-wide has a 17mm margin Margin slider fully to the right: Toast-narrow has a 16mm margin Toast-wide has a 31mm wide margin This is using the font size my tired old eyes find comfortable. At the lowest font size settings, the margins on Toast-wide go from 6mm to 20mm which is about the same 14mm change. The bug in 2.3.1 that I found annoying was the once in a while switch to the smallest font size when paging to a new chapter which seems be one of those bugs that hit only a few people. 2.3.2 hasn't shown that behaviour as yet. There are still some nits such as the TOC issues but overall, I'm quite happy with my Glo. Regards, David |
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