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Originally Posted by Robertb
This THREAD needs to ramp up again.
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Yes!
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Originally Posted by Robertb
I would like to invite you to tell me what you wish for both short term and long term.
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Let me dream and wish a litle ....
Software-wise:
- folders support, *folders support* *
FOLDERS SUPPORT*
- make an indication at the book list level where in the book I am. Currently I have quite a few books loaded up. I would like to see at the first glance where in the book I am. I want to see if the book is not yet started, finished or if I am somewhere at the first 15% of the book. It should be quite cheap software-development-time-wise to assign one of 10 icons (representing position in the book from 0% to 100%) to the book when you leave the book.
- let the user load his own font. Make a tool (preferably something that works on Windows, Linux and OS X) available to the user to make his own version of the font heavily hinted to fit to the screen pixel grid. Have a look at the sans-serif font at the Sony Reader PRS500. Almost perfect IMHO.
- include a plain text support as a supported format. Let the user assign his preferred font type, font size, first line indent and paragraph spacing for plain text files (as an option for the reading software, not on per-book basis).
Hardware wise:
Most of the readers can turn screen 90 degrees. Why not 180? This way you make just one set of comfortable page turning buttons at one side and if you want to switch from left handed page turning to right handed you simply turn screen 2x 90 degrees. This should be much cheaper than including page turning buttons on all four edges of the screen
Make an extremely sturdy unit as an option. You can have the same screen, PCB, and other parts for the "pretty" unit and "sturdy & ugly" one. Something like super rugerized military type PDA I saw the other day. Massive UGLY rubber coated ribbed aluminum cast
Something like this:
http://www.industcomputing.com/PDFs/...ilitaryPDA.pdf
http://www.amrel.com/federal_militar...ugged_pda.html
http://www.ruggedized-solutions.com/ruggadized_pda.php
(One can dream. Right?)
When designing reader make 4 threaded holes in the 4 corners of the reader so I could screw the reader to any type of sturdy home-made case. Or at least make a beveled hole through the reader in each corner. This way you can prepare ground for all kinds of covers to attach to the reader. One of the worst cover attachment systems is on Sony PRS-500. It works quite well with standard cover but it is impossible to make a cover that would hold the reader in the same way as original.
I would like to make a cover for my reader out of 8mm thick lexan sheet so I could just throw the reader into my bag, suitcase or rucksack without the fear of crushing it. And please do not tell me about the "Crush resistant faux leather cover". Phew! A faux leather cover can not provide resistance against crushing comparable to a metal case or 8 mm thick lexan sheet.