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bob_ninja · 11-08-2007, 11:02 PM

I only tried a single HTML page and got an error, so didn't really use it much. Thus I jumped to a TXT file from Gutenberg library.

The very first aspect of TXT mode that jumps at you are the margins. They are about 7 mm horizontal and 9 mm vertical empty space!!! For such a small screen they are very generous indeed. I didn't find a way to get rid of them and don't understand why are they so big. They'll probably reduce their size and/or offer no margins mode in a future update.

As said before this mode offers font selection that enables you to customize text to suit any need. Also bookmarks are great and simple to use. However landscape mode is missing and font selection is light (2 font families only). I found the default Verdana to be great, so haven't tried any others yet.

At the bottom is a progress bar without any page numbers. However I can select "Go To Page" command that displays 967 pages. Again odd that page numbers wouldn't be displayed at the bottom as expected.

Navigation via buttons and menus is simple, so won't repeat what was said before. However, there are couple of odd commands. For instance "Start reading" appear to jump to the 1st page, while I thought it means close the menu and go back to reading at current location. Now menu is displayed using the middle button which then becomes Enter key. So if you press it again to close the menu you actually select the highlighted command. Instead you have to use the side small button to close menu WITHOUT selecting any menu commands. Something to lookout for.

Otherwise even without a manual using the controls was easy and natural.

TXT mode is very good and functional. Once they get rid of huge margins it will be prefect. The line breaks that were mention in other discussions are there. Now they didn't bother me too much, except that once again some space is wasted due to premature line termination. Thus between big margins and short lines I did have to scroll a lot. I do wonder if landscape mode might help as line length might better match wider screen in landscape mode. Anyway even smaller margins will fix this minor annoyance.

11-08-2007, 11:02 PM	#2
bob_ninja Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 582 Join Date: Aug 2006 Device: Zire71	I only tried a single HTML page and got an error, so didn't really use it much. Thus I jumped to a TXT file from Gutenberg library. The very first aspect of TXT mode that jumps at you are the margins. They are about 7 mm horizontal and 9 mm vertical empty space!!! For such a small screen they are very generous indeed. I didn't find a way to get rid of them and don't understand why are they so big. They'll probably reduce their size and/or offer no margins mode in a future update. As said before this mode offers font selection that enables you to customize text to suit any need. Also bookmarks are great and simple to use. However landscape mode is missing and font selection is light (2 font families only). I found the default Verdana to be great, so haven't tried any others yet. At the bottom is a progress bar without any page numbers. However I can select "Go To Page" command that displays 967 pages. Again odd that page numbers wouldn't be displayed at the bottom as expected. Navigation via buttons and menus is simple, so won't repeat what was said before. However, there are couple of odd commands. For instance "Start reading" appear to jump to the 1st page, while I thought it means close the menu and go back to reading at current location. Now menu is displayed using the middle button which then becomes Enter key. So if you press it again to close the menu you actually select the highlighted command. Instead you have to use the side small button to close menu WITHOUT selecting any menu commands. Something to lookout for. Otherwise even without a manual using the controls was easy and natural. TXT mode is very good and functional. Once they get rid of huge margins it will be prefect. The line breaks that were mention in other discussions are there. Now they didn't bother me too much, except that once again some space is wasted due to premature line termination. Thus between big margins and short lines I did have to scroll a lot. I do wonder if landscape mode might help as line length might better match wider screen in landscape mode. Anyway even smaller margins will fix this minor annoyance.