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Originally Posted by FranciscoB
One feature I would like to have in my Kindle is to be able to set the language of a book (either through metadata, or manually -- I don't care), and then have a language specific dictionary used according a book's language.
I alternate between books in English and French, and find it a nuisance to manually set the dictionary every time I need "the other dictionary".
A smarter and more functional TOC navigation would also be welcome.
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Yes to both suggestions, the TOC especially.
Note that properly formatted Kindle content is supposed to have 2 TOCs:
- the HTML TOC found at the beginning of most books that resembles that found in print books. This is where MENU/Go To../Table of Contents takes you, but it can be a number of pages long and tedious to navigate, and while doing so you are in danger of losing your 'furthest read' position.
- the NCX TOC that defines navigation points with in the book (accessed with right/left joystick). This is a hierarchical structure, and is identical to the one used in ePub format when you click on the reader's TOC button. Many older books in the Kindle store don't have one of these.
I'd like to see a button that pops up a window with the NCX TOC (say 'ALT+T'), listing all section/chapter labels, and with the current section highlighted, and representing hierarchy if one is defined. Simple up/down would allow navigation to another section (scrolling automatically if necessary), and you could also enable type-through to filter the item list down for more efficient selection of the desired section.
It is interesting to note that the Kindle Previewer application (a free app Amazon provides to people preparing Kindle content) does have such a function in it, as seen in the screenshots below (taken after the 'NCX View' button is clicked). (one has hierarchy, one is flat)