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KenJackson · 12-05-2010, 03:03 AM

I was delighted to find that Red Hat Linux has it's documentation available in epub format. I downloaded several to my PRS650. They look good, but they're awful to read.

For one thing, regardless of what font size I choose from XS to XXL, the text is always displayed in the same tiny size.

Sometimes it takes over 10 seconds to change pages. I thought maybe the reader had developed a problem until I went back to different books and confirmed there was no problem with other books. The time to changes pages is sporadic, so I'm not certain if I'm imagining it, but it seems like the pages change slightly faster when I have text size S selected, even though they look identical to other sizes.

The table of contents is missing or blank on my reader, though it's quite visible and useful on the HTML version on the site.

Finally, it seems like the battery indicator dropped faster than it had been, so I wonder if the reader is wrestling with this document so much that it's using more power.

One specific document I was looking at is the Virtualization Guide.

Has anyone experienced anything similar?

12-05-2010, 03:03 AM	#1
KenJackson Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 112042 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Maryland, USA Device: Sony PRS-650	These epubs make my PRS650 very slow I was delighted to find that Red Hat Linux has it's documentation available in epub format. I downloaded several to my PRS650. They look good, but they're awful to read. For one thing, regardless of what font size I choose from XS to XXL, the text is always displayed in the same tiny size. Sometimes it takes over 10 seconds to change pages. I thought maybe the reader had developed a problem until I went back to different books and confirmed there was no problem with other books. The time to changes pages is sporadic, so I'm not certain if I'm imagining it, but it seems like the pages change slightly faster when I have text size S selected, even though they look identical to other sizes. The table of contents is missing or blank on my reader, though it's quite visible and useful on the HTML version on the site. Finally, it seems like the battery indicator dropped faster than it had been, so I wonder if the reader is wrestling with this document so much that it's using more power. One specific document I was looking at is the Virtualization Guide. Has anyone experienced anything similar?