Thread: IF you could design the user interface for the next Kobo Firmware
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Old 06-12-2013, 11:14 PM   #146
davidfor
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
From what I've seen in the database, there seems to be information stored on reading position in a chapter plus what looks like a set of time stamps. Nothing to do with the Adobe or Access code but a place to store statistics. The phrase "overkill" comes to mind.
For epubs, the reading position is stored in two parts. One part is the current file or TOC entry. The other is pointer to the current place in the file. The pointer appears to be a walk of the HTML/XML structure. For the book I am reading, I have:

Code:
OEBPS/Text/Chapter09.xhtml#point(/1/4/26/1:0)
Each number represent a count of tags at that level of nesting. The <body> is the fourth tag and I am 26 paragraphs into the chapter. That count includes the <hx> tag for the chapter title. The last two numbers represent the number of characters into the paragraph. I haven't checked this for a while, but looking at it now, it might be recording the last paragraph and character on the screen.

When you were last reading the book is recorded. This is used to decide which books are on the old style home screen and the order in library. The tiled home screen uses data from another table.

Is that more information than anyone wanted to know?
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