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Originally Posted by Mikou
when I change the font size (S,M,L) the text reflows
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It doesn't, actually. When you compile an input text into IMP format, it calculates pagebreaks based on the font settings you or the compiler set (usually XS/M or S/L, though I personally make my books in XL-only mode). When you toggle font size on the unit, it switches to the other preset font. It doesn't reflow. More to the point, the ETI-2 format is specifically 320x480. If you view an IMP in the PC viewing program, and expand that program's viewing window from its 320x480 default, the text doesn't change. It stays a small text window, and doesn't alter to the increase in space.
DaleDe has stated that what
could be done is to redefine the font size. The XL font I use has characters 15 pixels tall, which gives 17 lines per screen if I don't use headers. If you say "ETI-2 viewed at 600x800 defines XL as 25 pixels high," the pagebreaks would be the same for the precompiled ETI-2, and the physical appearance on a 6-inch screen would be almost identical to the current 5.6-inch one. If you stuck with XL as 15 pixels, you'd have a smaller font visually, and more lines per page.
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I would be thrilled if FW came up with an e-ink device of their own that incorporated features of the current ETI-2.
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If integral lighting is lost, I'd pass on e-ink. I'd favor an OLPC screen, myself. At 7.5 inches, it's larger than the usual 6.0-inch e-ink one, it's energy efficient, it has lighting, it's very sharp at 900x1200, it's sunlight-readable, and it can even do color. Yet it could still fit in a unit the size of the current ETI-2 (well, maybe a centimeter or so wider). On unit layout, I definitely want the current large next-page and prev-page buttons that can easily and securely be used one handed. If small physical buttons were added above, between, and below those on the double-wide left-bezel, they might be useful enough to replace the touchscreen icons, though touchscreen is useful enough for notes and such that it shouldn't be eliminated unless it makes for significant cost saving.