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Originally Posted by DizzC
Agree totally with all the points you brought up except for the Sleep mode page. I have seen several people remark that a full screen picture should be displayed instead but I personally enjoy the look as is. Am I alone in this?  |
It's more about the wasted whitespace and extra information that don't really add a whole lot to the experience. I like the simple approach of the Nook and Kindle of having a full-screen image, with a small overlay telling me what I need to know. I feel something like this would work:
- Full screen display of the cover (although using something other than ADE's cover page rendering would be nice, the Nook does this).
- At the bottom, have an overlay, say black border producing a little bit of white space for black text.Similar to the header area when you have the menu up while reading.
- In this area you can put information for the user. "Slide and Release Power to Wake Your Kobo" and possibly even the % read if people like that. I don't really care either way.
The point is that the space wasted makes it feel less like a book, especially in situations where it's using ADE's engine to render the cover page into a fixed 800x600 block.