11-02-2012, 07:34 PM | #916 |
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Stylus shape option in new pdf reader not working (as far as I can see).
Many thanks for the update. I have not yet played much with it, but it a priori feels nice.
Btw, as far as I can see, in the new pdf reader (and not in the old one), the stylus always produces the same thickness (quite thin actually) regardless of the selected shape. |
11-02-2012, 10:32 PM | #917 |
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Thank you very much for the update.
Is there any way how to rename bookmarks in pdf document? Right now each is just the beginning of the first line and it would be nice if we can rename it Could we also modify the sets of icons on the toolbar? Right now I can see only the 4 options - none, general, zooming and annotation - but it would be nice if we can customize it. Is it possible to reassign some of the buttons, like the joystick? I would prefer if it would have the same function like before - left and right would turn the pages. When doing sketching in pdf file, it does not matter what thickness of the line I choose it always reverts to shape 3 - medium thickness. Is there some way how to change it? It works with the old pdf reader, when selected in preferred applications, but then the toolbar also changes to the old style Thank you, PV Das |
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11-03-2012, 12:24 AM | #919 | |
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Thanks for the clarifications I will play with them and get back if I have any more questions However these should be more intuitive because as the menu is arranged you can not say that it is very clear what is the relationship between modes and their submodes (by just looking at these) The incompatible submodes should be greyed when the main mode is slelected, (just an idea) |
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11-03-2012, 03:10 AM | #920 |
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11-03-2012, 04:19 AM | #921 | |
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-- I like it as it is now. Solution might be like this. If the viewport is the size of page or bigger, then left/right turns page. If one sees only part of screen, then it moves view port. If it is possible to detect long press of left/right then long press might turn page in any situation. I am not sure about functionality up/down. Zoom is fine, but panning viewport would be also fine... It seems to me, that once apropriate zoom is set it is not needed anymore and moving of viewport would be more handy. Solution might be to have possibility to switch the functionality, for example using zoom icon on toolbar. When pressed, up/down zooms, if off it moves viewport. It is not easy to develop a good user interface.... |
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11-03-2012, 09:10 AM | #922 | |
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The section of that bar that shows you where you are in the document (reading progress? ) is too big anyway. To be honest with you that is useless, a current page number and the total number of pages will have the same effect. We already have a "go to page" via the joystick so that progress bar at the bottom of the screen is a waste of space in my opinion. That should be entirely a "quick ribbon" bar as it is today in MS Office, where you can add whatever buttons you like. Having that sort of solution will cover once and for ever all the possible needs of any possible user |
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11-03-2012, 09:36 AM | #923 |
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Hi Booxtor
There is one small problem with the icon that shows the current reading mode. If you change the reading mode from Page Mode to Scrolling Mode the change is not reflected by the icon on the tool bar. |
11-03-2012, 02:32 PM | #924 | |
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I agree that there might be also < > at the ends to turn a page. I was many times tempted to ask for this feature, but decided not to ask. The thing is that Onyx has different devices. Some with buttons, some with touch screen and some pen enabled. I guess to make consistent interface all things should be do-able and user friendly (to some extent) only using buttons. All extra touch screen/pen enabled features should be a "bonus" to already good interface. |
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Having the content button also helps with jumping when reading. The use of that bar is, as you also use it, just to randomly browse the document, especially since you do not have much control to jump to a specific page. |
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11-03-2012, 03:41 PM | #926 |
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@Booxtor: please ignore the request to change the default colour for highlighting to yellow. (I think the current one is a sort of grey.
After moving the document on the desktop it is possible to use Adobe Acrobat to select all the highlights and to change their colour with one click. The programmers can focus on something more useful, this is "nice to have". thanks PF |
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The main reason, I didn't ask for < > icons is, that it would make slider shorter and so navigation using it coarser... I tell you, it is not easy to make a good interface that suits most users. |
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11-03-2012, 04:51 PM | #928 | |
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If the elements of the bar can be customized then it can have any buttons as the user wants |
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11-03-2012, 08:16 PM | #929 | |
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11-04-2012, 02:54 PM | #930 |
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Sure, I am not against it.
I do not know Qt, so I do not know how difficult it would be and if it is possible at all. But, what could be done is possibility to remove/add < > and/or page slider and modify number of tools in toolbar according to given setup. It is 4 combinations (just toolbar, TB+< >, TB + slider, TB + slider + < >). If nothing, more could be done (because of possible limitations by Qt) at least more tools could be placed on toolbar and so higher possibility that there is the one needed. Instead of user definable toolbar (which might be rather difficult to programm) self learning toolbar could be made (if Qt allows it). Toolbar would show last n used tools and their placement would be according to frequcency of usage (e.g. the most often used the most left, the least used the most right). It would have to be tested in real life, but it seems to me it could work quite well. There would be last n used tools. If the tool is not there, one has to go to normal menu, but since then it will be on toolbar. And also the placement of icons should not float too much as it is used on usage statistics. If the freeze/unfreeze function would be added, one could temporarily prevent toolbar from selflearning by selecting freeze. Reconfiguring toolbar might be done when unfreeze is selected. But anyway. Current toolbar is a big step towards good workflow. |
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