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Originally Posted by davidfor
But, they aren't that great for swapping back and forth between two or three places. If I want to look at the map at the front of a book, I find it hard to swap back and forwards in ebook.
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Wow, what a great idea!
Not only maps, but when I'm reading a play and go, "Wait, who is Chester?" and I need to see the dramatis personae.
So, I came up with a solution. (Erm, at least for me.)
I put in a "Swap" button that exchanges your current position with the top of the stack.
Ok, some users will want 12 presets and make it all more complicated.
For me this is enough.
Usage:
You're reading. You need to look at the dramatis personae.
You hit "Push" to save your place.
You hit "5" and "Go" because you thought that it was about page 5.
You were wrong, so you go back a few pages. You're at the DP.
You hit "Swap" and you are back where you were reading.
Later:
You read some more and need to see the DP.
You hit "Swap" and you're at the DP.
You hit "Swap" and you're back where you were.
(The first steps will be easier if you just "Push" at the DP when you start leafing through the first pages.)
Edit: This would work out great for footnotes too.
Let's say you have 10 pages of footnotes.
You set the first page as your swap.
Eventually, you find when swapping that your footnote is on the second page.
You just turn the page as usual, read the footnote and "Swap".
The next time you look for a footnote you'll already be on the second page.
This works out better than a fixed preset.