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spedinfargo · 06-04-2011, 02:59 PM

Here is my list so far. Feel free to reply to this thread and I'll update the original post.

- You can't select a hyphenated word that spans two lines. This means that you can't look it up in the dictionary. Workaround: temporarily change the font settings to force the word to not be hyphenated.

- Can't open the dictionary and type in a word to look up. Can only touch a word on the screen and look it up in the dictionary.

- Ghosting due to page performing full flash every six page turns. I personally do NOT see this when reading. The only place it seems to turn up for me is when shopping, browsing library, etc. Note: This is more prevalent in direct sunlight. May be able to be fixed or tweaked by B&N in a firmware update.

- I miss the "back" button from the Nook Original with respect to following links. This is especially a problem when navigating newspapers, etc. downloaded from Calibre recipes. For short footnotes, this is not a problem, but if you're 3 pages into a 10 page article and want to get back to your TOC, it's a pain. Note: on the first page after a link there is a "back" button at the top of the page. This goes away after the first page turn.

- While browsing library or shopping, if there is a paged list (1 of 14), you should be able to wrap around with the page buttons (go back from page 1 to page 14, go forward from page 14 to page 1).

- Any time there is a close button (while shopping or when hitting the "more" button while reading, having to click in the upper-right is awkward and not very one-hand friendly. Would be nice if the side buttons could also dismiss.

- The main menu (home, library, shop, search, settings) should also include a "reading now" button. When I go into the Settings menu when reading a book, I can't get back to what I'm reading without going to "home" and then "reading now" (ok, that's pretty picky). Note: The open book icon that appears on the top left corner of any screen takes you back to the last book you were reading.

- Should be settings to turn off page turns by touching or swiping.

- Should be a setting to turn off "swipe to unlock"

- Basic file management would be nice (delete, rename, move).

- No support of multi-level Table of Contents.

- Side-loaded books cannot use sharing functions.

- Syncing of Last Page Read is not consistent with other Nook devices and apps. Lots of improvements could be made here.

Updated 2011-06-05

06-04-2011, 02:59 PM	#1
spedinfargo Groupie Posts: 155 Karma: 106422 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	Nook STR: Issues, Bugs, Annoyances, and Petty Quibbles Here is my list so far. Feel free to reply to this thread and I'll update the original post. - You can't select a hyphenated word that spans two lines. This means that you can't look it up in the dictionary. Workaround: temporarily change the font settings to force the word to not be hyphenated. - Can't open the dictionary and type in a word to look up. Can only touch a word on the screen and look it up in the dictionary. - Ghosting due to page performing full flash every six page turns. I personally do NOT see this when reading. The only place it seems to turn up for me is when shopping, browsing library, etc. Note: This is more prevalent in direct sunlight. May be able to be fixed or tweaked by B&N in a firmware update. - I miss the "back" button from the Nook Original with respect to following links. This is especially a problem when navigating newspapers, etc. downloaded from Calibre recipes. For short footnotes, this is not a problem, but if you're 3 pages into a 10 page article and want to get back to your TOC, it's a pain. Note: on the first page after a link there is a "back" button at the top of the page. This goes away after the first page turn. - While browsing library or shopping, if there is a paged list (1 of 14), you should be able to wrap around with the page buttons (go back from page 1 to page 14, go forward from page 14 to page 1). - Any time there is a close button (while shopping or when hitting the "more" button while reading, having to click in the upper-right is awkward and not very one-hand friendly. Would be nice if the side buttons could also dismiss. - The main menu (home, library, shop, search, settings) should also include a "reading now" button. When I go into the Settings menu when reading a book, I can't get back to what I'm reading without going to "home" and then "reading now" (ok, that's pretty picky). Note: The open book icon that appears on the top left corner of any screen takes you back to the last book you were reading. - Should be settings to turn off page turns by touching or swiping. - Should be a setting to turn off "swipe to unlock" - Basic file management would be nice (delete, rename, move). - No support of multi-level Table of Contents. - Side-loaded books cannot use sharing functions. - Syncing of Last Page Read is not consistent with other Nook devices and apps. Lots of improvements could be made here. Updated 2011-06-05 Last edited by spedinfargo; 06-07-2011 at 04:29 PM.