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jswinden · 01-28-2011, 12:23 AM

I'm disappointed in the 1.1 update. The two things that should have made the NC better for me either don't work or they suck.

(1) Some claim the brightness level can be dimmed lower than before. I suspect they are seeing what they want to see, not the reality. As far as I can see the lowest brightness level for reading ePubs is exactly the same as before--I see no appreciable difference. It is still way too bright. The only time it gets dim enough for my taste is about one second before it goes into sleep mode. If they can have it dim that low just prior to sleep mode they can have it go that low during reading.

(2) The pinch to zoom feature if extremely bad. It makes the web page look like it is having a seizure--the page jumps about and the zoom goes in and out before eventually settling down on a level that I did not select. But then again, the stock browser is so bad I rarely use it anyway. Even the B&N website won't display correctly in the NC browser. How ridiculous is that?

Hopefully the other changes will help you folks out, but none were of any help to me.

01-28-2011, 12:23 AM	#20
jswinden Nameless Being	I'm disappointed in the 1.1 update. The two things that should have made the NC better for me either don't work or they suck. (1) Some claim the brightness level can be dimmed lower than before. I suspect they are seeing what they want to see, not the reality. As far as I can see the lowest brightness level for reading ePubs is exactly the same as before--I see no appreciable difference. It is still way too bright. The only time it gets dim enough for my taste is about one second before it goes into sleep mode. If they can have it dim that low just prior to sleep mode they can have it go that low during reading. (2) The pinch to zoom feature if extremely bad. It makes the web page look like it is having a seizure--the page jumps about and the zoom goes in and out before eventually settling down on a level that I did not select. But then again, the stock browser is so bad I rarely use it anyway. Even the B&N website won't display correctly in the NC browser. How ridiculous is that? Hopefully the other changes will help you folks out, but none were of any help to me.