You said, "Overall though, very nice app." Great! Thank you for your compliment. I hope as you dig deeper, you'll find more the app more satisfying. Don't forget to give the app a good rating and write a review on the App Store then!
Now, I'll answer your questions one by one.
If you long press on the left or right margin, the gesture is always ignored. If you also disable the tap gestures at the left/right margin, then you can safely rest your thumb there. However, if you long press on the text or image area, then some text or image may be selected. You can't disable this behavior.
1)
Check the Queue view, which is next to Websites. As a book is added to the download/import queue, the badge number associated with the Queue icon is incremented; as a book download is completed, the badge number is decremented. When the number is 0, no badge number is shown.
2) Page margins are fixed
3) If there are enough users who want system-wise (iBooks-like) brightness control, we may consider offering an option.
Anybody else wants this?
4) Turn on
"Auto-Open Last Book Read" in System Settings. Perhaps we should turn it on by default in the next release.
5) We'll play with the labels to see if it's possible to make it dimmer without losing readability under (almost) all themes (including background color and text color, etc.)
6) The credential dialog appears only once when your credential is requested the first time after connecting to a given OPDS server (including calibre with password protection) and your credential is correct. In case you want to type in a different password, or want to switch to a different account for the same server/website, the dialog gives you the chance to do so. Subsequently, the credential dialog will pop up again only if the supplied credential fails.
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Originally Posted by tbergman
It seems to be the Long Press that causes me problems. My thumb just naturally ends up resting on the page  Can that be disabled?
I've only been using the app for a little while so may have missed some features but here are a few things I've noticed that I'd like to see changed. Overall though, very nice app.
1) After downloading using OPDS, there's no confirmation. Has caused me to press the download button more than once.
2) There does not appear to be a way to adjust the margins.
3) I prefer the way Brightness works in Marvin where it actually affects the iPad brightness. I'm sure others prefer it the way it is. No big deal.
4) After exiting the app while reading, then going back in later, I end up on the library page, not in the book. This is extremely annoying. I have to find and then select the book I was reading.
5) The data at the edges, title, percent, chapter etc. are a little distracting. Perhaps they could be dimmer?
6) When connecting to an OPDS server (my caliber), I'm always asked to confirm the credentials. I'd rather be connected without the credential dialog if I've saved my creds.
Thanks for your consideration |
Attached is a screenshot of BookMaster CE's System Settings. See #4 above.