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ghostwheel · 02-13-2017, 11:06 PM

I received my boox max today! Very exciting! Delivery was really painless from germany.
I've been using android for a long time, and had many tablets (LE1700, DR1000, Note 10.1 2014). But I'm a newbie with the max. Here are a few comments and questions.
I installed firmware 1.8.1

I installed Dropbox (ver 7.2.8), squid and xodo. Dropbox works fairly well. squid and xodo are not useable. I think the problem is that they do not recognise the pen as a pen.

1. Is it possible to have the statusbar always visible? Because there is no 'home' key, I haven't figured how to exit an app (such as dropbox) other than back,back,back,... Is there a better way? With the statusbar visible it would be possible.

2. When I open a file from dropbox with “open with…”, and chose neo 2, and then add annotations to the file, and at the end “export”, the file does not seem to be updated in Dropbox. I think the problem is that when I export, “-Exported” is added to the file name. Is it somehow possible to edit the exported name? Or not have “-Exported” added?
A related question is how to specify WHERE the file is exported. The export location is shown, but for files from dropbox, that is quite useless. (it is something like /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropnox.android/files/uXXXXX/scratch/directory…/file/filename)

3. The icons in file manager and many other places are MUCH too big. The screen is 13.3 inches!!! It has a resolution of 1600x1200, and yet the browser only shows 20 icons at once??? In list mode only 7! My laptop has a smaller screen, but can display hundreds of icons. Even dropbox shows a list of 21 files on the boox max. I think the reason is that the file manager does not use DPI to decide on how big the icons should be drawn, but dropbox does. Is it somehow possible to shrink the icons/text?
Notice that when starting settings from the regular home screen, icons are huge, and little text is displayed,but starting from the settings app in the applications screen, text is the right size.

4. How sturdy is the screen? I've see the sony being abused. Is it the same? Does it have glass added?

5. Is it possible to copy/paste in the Note app?

02-13-2017, 11:06 PM	#759
ghostwheel Zealot Posts: 133 Karma: 93 Join Date: May 2006 Device: DBoox Max,Galaxy note 10.1 & 3,LE1700 tablet,sony PRS-500,iRex DR1000S	It's here!!! I received my boox max today! Very exciting! Delivery was really painless from germany. I've been using android for a long time, and had many tablets (LE1700, DR1000, Note 10.1 2014). But I'm a newbie with the max. Here are a few comments and questions. I installed firmware 1.8.1 I installed Dropbox (ver 7.2.8), squid and xodo. Dropbox works fairly well. squid and xodo are not useable. I think the problem is that they do not recognise the pen as a pen. 1. Is it possible to have the statusbar always visible? Because there is no 'home' key, I haven't figured how to exit an app (such as dropbox) other than back,back,back,... Is there a better way? With the statusbar visible it would be possible. 2. When I open a file from dropbox with “open with…”, and chose neo 2, and then add annotations to the file, and at the end “export”, the file does not seem to be updated in Dropbox. I think the problem is that when I export, “-Exported” is added to the file name. Is it somehow possible to edit the exported name? Or not have “-Exported” added? A related question is how to specify WHERE the file is exported. The export location is shown, but for files from dropbox, that is quite useless. (it is something like /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.dropnox.android/files/uXXXXX/scratch/directory…/file/filename) 3. The icons in file manager and many other places are MUCH too big. The screen is 13.3 inches!!! It has a resolution of 1600x1200, and yet the browser only shows 20 icons at once??? In list mode only 7! My laptop has a smaller screen, but can display hundreds of icons. Even dropbox shows a list of 21 files on the boox max. I think the reason is that the file manager does not use DPI to decide on how big the icons should be drawn, but dropbox does. Is it somehow possible to shrink the icons/text? Notice that when starting settings from the regular home screen, icons are huge, and little text is displayed,but starting from the settings app in the applications screen, text is the right size. 4. How sturdy is the screen? I've see the sony being abused. Is it the same? Does it have glass added? 5. Is it possible to copy/paste in the Note app? Last edited by ghostwheel; 02-14-2017 at 02:53 AM.