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Patricius · 04-14-2015, 10:23 AM

After days of reading, I've come up with some suggestions for GUI:

1. Two touches instead of three:
Frequently used functions like highlight and annotation could be placed in the first layer of the long-press menu, as a language learner, one page might has 1~2 highlights, and as far as I know, less screen refresh, less power consumption.

2. Book darts on header ( upper edge ) for bookmarks:
We use book darts or dog-ears on a real book when we want quick references. The current GUI makes this a formidable task when I need to switch between bookmarks: tap -> menu -> annotations -> flipping and searching -> finally tap on the bookmark.
Instead, many book darts shown on the top sorted and tagged with their page numbers should be excellent.

All of these shouldn't be a problem if the screen is reacting to touches promptly, which is not. And as a programmer, I wonder is there any official opensource repos of their firmware for H2O?

04-14-2015, 10:23 AM	#1183
Patricius Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 86 Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Taiwan, Taipei Device: Kobo Aura H2O	After days of reading, I've come up with some suggestions for GUI: 1. Two touches instead of three: Frequently used functions like highlight and annotation could be placed in the first layer of the long-press menu, as a language learner, one page might has 1~2 highlights, and as far as I know, less screen refresh, less power consumption. 2. Book darts on header ( upper edge ) for bookmarks: We use book darts or dog-ears on a real book when we want quick references. The current GUI makes this a formidable task when I need to switch between bookmarks: tap -> menu -> annotations -> flipping and searching -> finally tap on the bookmark. Instead, many book darts shown on the top sorted and tagged with their page numbers should be excellent. All of these shouldn't be a problem if the screen is reacting to touches promptly, which is not. And as a programmer, I wonder is there any official opensource repos of their firmware for H2O? Last edited by Patricius; 04-18-2015 at 02:27 AM.