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chexmix · 12-20-2014, 06:06 PM

Hi Folks --

I really do hate to say it after everything that's happened, but so far my experience with the M96 has made me feel much like I've always imagined a very old person with a distrust of technology might feel when forced to use a computer: "how do I make this thing do what I want?"

Because the behavior of the interface (on my unit anyway) seems totally unpredictable. The first time, clicking on a particular icon will open up a menu of options ... the next time poking on the same damned icon will take me back to a page in a book I never planned to open ... the third time it might be back to opening a menu of options or it will do some undetermined third thing I may have done four pokes of the stylus ago. Meanwhile the screen does a lot of flashing and the displays of PDF texts I've so far managed to see are very un-contrast-y and hard to read.

I know this is supposed to be Android, but I'm having a difficult time relating this Android to the Android that's on my Samsung tablet. I can find the Play Store, at least. There's that. I managed to install Moon+ Reader.

Does this wackiness perhaps have to do with calibration of the stylus? I tried doing this calibration, and the screen became unresponsive. I reverted somehow using the navigational buttons, but I suppose if my stylus was uncalibrated before, it now is uncalibrated again.

This cannot be how this device is supposed to function.

A couple of specific questions and then I will stalk off wishing for a comprehensive User's Manual:

1. When I have a file open in Oreader (or Neoreader, which I guess is or is not very similar/the same thing), how do I reliably bring up a Close/Exit menu for the application? Because I have scoured the screen with my admittedly older eyes, poked everywhere with the stylus and have found nothing. The Home Screen still insists I am reading some story by Rudyard Kipling that I never intended to open.

2. Are there options for what the Home Screen displays other than the one that has "Currently Reading" and "Recently Added"? Because those are not of particular interest to me. I'd rather have a Home Screen that feels like a ... Home Screen. This one is pretty dull.

Thanks, sorry for griping.

/Glenn

12-20-2014, 06:06 PM	#1
chexmix Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 1000010 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Arlington, MA USA Device: Kindle 1, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), Onyx Boox M96	My M96 seems to be insane Hi Folks -- I really do hate to say it after everything that's happened, but so far my experience with the M96 has made me feel much like I've always imagined a very old person with a distrust of technology might feel when forced to use a computer: "how do I make this thing do what I want?" Because the behavior of the interface (on my unit anyway) seems totally unpredictable. The first time, clicking on a particular icon will open up a menu of options ... the next time poking on the same damned icon will take me back to a page in a book I never planned to open ... the third time it might be back to opening a menu of options or it will do some undetermined third thing I may have done four pokes of the stylus ago. Meanwhile the screen does a lot of flashing and the displays of PDF texts I've so far managed to see are very un-contrast-y and hard to read. I know this is supposed to be Android, but I'm having a difficult time relating this Android to the Android that's on my Samsung tablet. I can find the Play Store, at least. There's that. I managed to install Moon+ Reader. Does this wackiness perhaps have to do with calibration of the stylus? I tried doing this calibration, and the screen became unresponsive. I reverted somehow using the navigational buttons, but I suppose if my stylus was uncalibrated before, it now is uncalibrated again. This cannot be how this device is supposed to function. A couple of specific questions and then I will stalk off wishing for a comprehensive User's Manual: 1. When I have a file open in Oreader (or Neoreader, which I guess is or is not very similar/the same thing), how do I reliably bring up a Close/Exit menu for the application? Because I have scoured the screen with my admittedly older eyes, poked everywhere with the stylus and have found nothing. The Home Screen still insists I am reading some story by Rudyard Kipling that I never intended to open. 2. Are there options for what the Home Screen displays other than the one that has "Currently Reading" and "Recently Added"? Because those are not of particular interest to me. I'd rather have a Home Screen that feels like a ... Home Screen. This one is pretty dull. Thanks, sorry for griping. /Glenn