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osnova · 10-09-2010, 03:23 PM

A very patient customer has come across a bug with the Kindle 3 search function. It took him and me the whole Saturday morning to find what is going wrong. I've reported it to Amazon and will let you know what they say.

Here is how it goes.

If you put my new paragraphed KJV (the one that reverts to the old DVJ) file in any Kindle 3 (it's been verified on three different Kindle 3's) and set the font size to the third position from the left, searches for "jn.14", "ac.14" (without quotes; there could be others) will lead to the wrong place -- Exodus 27 even thought the correct search result is shown in the search results window. If you make the font of any other size (not the third from the left), then the search works correctly. There is nothing in Exodus 27 to cause the wrong search result. If you search for "jn.15" or even "jn.14.1" then searches work correctly even when the font size is the offending third from the left.

I am baffled as to why font size affects the search results. I am concerned that the search results are not reliable, especially given that there is no evident reason. Please, if you come across similar font-size-related anomalies, report them to me.

Curiously, another "anomaly" with the Bible happened to another Bible publisher recently:
http://isv.org/anomaly/index.htm

Update:

I have since found a similar wrong-search destination with another book with the fourth from the left font size.

Amazon has told me that they are looking into it.

So, if you come across search issues try to change the font size.

10-09-2010, 03:23 PM	#155
osnova Kindler of the Flame Posts: 582 Karma: 646016 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: US of A Device: K DX,3,KT,KP,KF, KFHD; Nook C, PRS600, iPad, Xoom, N900, N810, Zaurus	A very patient customer has come across a bug with the Kindle 3 search function. It took him and me the whole Saturday morning to find what is going wrong. I've reported it to Amazon and will let you know what they say. Here is how it goes. If you put my new paragraphed KJV (the one that reverts to the old DVJ) file in any Kindle 3 (it's been verified on three different Kindle 3's) and set the font size to the third position from the left, searches for "jn.14", "ac.14" (without quotes; there could be others) will lead to the wrong place -- Exodus 27 even thought the correct search result is shown in the search results window. If you make the font of any other size (not the third from the left), then the search works correctly. There is nothing in Exodus 27 to cause the wrong search result. If you search for "jn.15" or even "jn.14.1" then searches work correctly even when the font size is the offending third from the left. I am baffled as to why font size affects the search results. I am concerned that the search results are not reliable, especially given that there is no evident reason. Please, if you come across similar font-size-related anomalies, report them to me. Curiously, another "anomaly" with the Bible happened to another Bible publisher recently: http://isv.org/anomaly/index.htm Update: I have since found a similar wrong-search destination with another book with the fourth from the left font size. Amazon has told me that they are looking into it. So, if you come across search issues try to change the font size. Last edited by osnova; 02-18-2011 at 03:20 AM.