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MacEachaidh · 09-04-2010, 06:02 AM

I asked iRiver about being able to get better zoom control in display of ePub books - either increase the number of levels beyond 3, or customise the size of font each level is set at. (I find that in most books, the smallest zoom setting results in type that is just a little too small, and the middle zoom is a bit too big. At the risk of sounding like Goldilocks, something in between would be just right!)

The tech bloke I was talking to (via e.mail) said he gets 5 zoom levels on ePubs. I've never seen this. Does anyone else get more than 3?

I didn't get a lot of detail from him, and there was a bit of a language divide, but I got enough to confirm he was using an EB01 (the first non-WiFi release of the Story) with the same firmware I have (1.71), so he should have been getting the same result I am. Nearest I could get from what he said was that "certain types" of DRM or markup coding in combination gave him the extra zoom levels, but he couldn't tell me any details. But he was adamant he gets 5 zoom levels on ePub documents.

Does anyone else here have any experience of this?

Does anyone know what he was referring to, or what might make the difference between 3 zoom levels and 5 in the way an ePub is displayed?

09-04-2010, 06:02 AM	#1
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	Number of zoom levels? I asked iRiver about being able to get better zoom control in display of ePub books - either increase the number of levels beyond 3, or customise the size of font each level is set at. (I find that in most books, the smallest zoom setting results in type that is just a little too small, and the middle zoom is a bit too big. At the risk of sounding like Goldilocks, something in between would be just right!) The tech bloke I was talking to (via e.mail) said he gets 5 zoom levels on ePubs. I've never seen this. Does anyone else get more than 3? I didn't get a lot of detail from him, and there was a bit of a language divide, but I got enough to confirm he was using an EB01 (the first non-WiFi release of the Story) with the same firmware I have (1.71), so he should have been getting the same result I am. Nearest I could get from what he said was that "certain types" of DRM or markup coding in combination gave him the extra zoom levels, but he couldn't tell me any details. But he was adamant he gets 5 zoom levels on ePub documents. Does anyone else here have any experience of this? Does anyone know what he was referring to, or what might make the difference between 3 zoom levels and 5 in the way an ePub is displayed?