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Old 02-27-2011, 11:07 AM   #3
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Device: Nook Simple Touch, iPad 3, Kindle 4B
I loaded 20g. Here a a few quick observations.

The fonts have been changed from Bitstream Vera to DejaVu. I don't notice any difference between the two.

Ebooks can be sorted by author or by title. If like me your books are arranged in folders by author this would not be used, but it is a great feature if you don't use folders.

When I first loaded a book using the new firmware absolutely nothing appeared on the screen. I had to manually select a font size before the book was displayed. I tried this several times after turning the reader of and on again. After playing with it for a while this behavior stopped.

The Zoom rate now shows point sizes instead of percentages. It also shows how the fonts will appear with the letters ABCabc displayed in each font size. The font sizes are 12, 16, 18, 20, 24, 32 and 40. The jump between 12 and 16 is huge -- I wish they would add a 14.

There is a new hyperlink setting. If the book displays hyperlinks (such as the contents page of a magazine) you can use the direction buttons to highlight a hyperliink and jump to it with the OK button.

The right and left direction buttons now can turn pages of ePub books (finally!).

This firmware update adds some great new features but I wonder why it acted so peculiarly when I first used it.

Last edited by PodPeople; 02-27-2011 at 08:21 PM.
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