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MGlitch · 10-06-2019, 04:38 PM

Since page number issues have now invaded two threads not about page numbers I'm making this one.

Page numbers - tell you precisely where you are in a book

Percentages - tell you how far in a book you are in a book.

Nothing at all - ebooks don't have pages, the inclusion of page numbers is a call back to physical books. And in most casual use cases when reading you do not need to see either the page number, nor how far in you are. Having the info available in a pop up is thus best, especially with the inclusion of the progress bar giving you an easy to see rough estimate

Feel free to flush out the above.

10-06-2019, 04:38 PM	#1
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,855 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	Page Numbers, Percentage, or nothing at all Since page number issues have now invaded two threads not about page numbers I'm making this one. Page numbers - tell you precisely where you are in a book Percentages - tell you how far in a book you are in a book. Nothing at all - ebooks don't have pages, the inclusion of page numbers is a call back to physical books. And in most casual use cases when reading you do not need to see either the page number, nor how far in you are. Having the info available in a pop up is thus best, especially with the inclusion of the progress bar giving you an easy to see rough estimate Feel free to flush out the above.