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Originally Posted by At_Libitum

Well now, that certainly was a nice surprise Thanks a bunch for the free version on iPhone. I have been using the iPad app for some time and have been eagerly waiting for an iPhone version since that is where I do most of my reading on.

You're welcome.

Those of us that care enough to want to view how well it does with 'problem' cases will no doubt also have enough drive to have put together an eBook containing those problematic things to test against.

Yes. You can always try out a book, see that it's ok, add another one, and so on.

I did at least come to one conclusion, even before the free iPhone version. I do not like this switching between "Marvin's formatting" and "Publishers formatting" at all.

I might be misunderstanding. By default, Marvin opens books using Marvin's layout settings. You can optionally switch to publisher settings (you're not forced to choose) if you like and this is stored on a per book basis. I never, ever use publisher settings myself. I actually dislike it but many people asked for it (to be fair, it's also good for "debugging" badly formatted books).

why for instance can I change margins regardless of what 'mode' I am in, but cannot switch to a simple night mode?

Because, changing the margins doesn't affect the layout instructions (CSS) of the book and the colour settings do (M would have to override the publisher's instructions). Publisher settings only exist for very specific use cases (and some people seem to like it). I've never needed those cases and keep mine always turned off.

But Day/Night mode should not change anything other than reversing colors, yet to be able to use it I have to let go of publisher formatting.

It's a bit more complicated than that especially for books (e.g. programming books) that have things like syntax highlighting and coloured "info boxes".

why does Marvin ignore background color if a book happens to specify a white (or any color for that matter) background in CSS?

It shouldn't behave exactly like that. If you like you can PM me so we have a look at it.

With regards to the fact that it is not too clear that settings can scroll. A suggestion. Marvin is just about the only reader that uses a sort of popup/slide-in method for this.

Apart from the fact that it is made to match M's overall design aesthetic, some panels (especially) in the book are smaller to minimise thumb travel and favour one handed use. I expect iPhones to get larger.

Question: reporting perceived issues? This topic or separate one?

I'd prefer a separate one.