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bingle · 10-11-2006, 03:24 PM

As far as the software/firmware on the Reader itself goes, I only have two improvements: heirarchical file browsing, and the ability to input a page number to jump to (using the numbered buttons).

The Connect software, on the other hand, has a ton of improvements that need to be made. One I can think of is better metadata support, including the abilty to edit metadata and ideally to setup regexp-like patterns for extracting metadata from file names. Another would be a built-in format converter, with the ability to create an LRF file from HTML, Word, LIT (Yeah, right), RTF and PDF. Then the interface just needs to be cleaned up a ton... I'm sure there's a lot more, I come up with a new feature request each time I use the software.

This just proves that Sony's strength is producing solid hardware, not software. (Says the software guy working for Sony ;-))

10-11-2006, 03:24 PM	#32
bingle Addict Posts: 273 Karma: 499 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Device: Sony Reader	As far as the software/firmware on the Reader itself goes, I only have two improvements: heirarchical file browsing, and the ability to input a page number to jump to (using the numbered buttons). The Connect software, on the other hand, has a ton of improvements that need to be made. One I can think of is better metadata support, including the abilty to edit metadata and ideally to setup regexp-like patterns for extracting metadata from file names. Another would be a built-in format converter, with the ability to create an LRF file from HTML, Word, LIT (Yeah, right), RTF and PDF. Then the interface just needs to be cleaned up a ton... I'm sure there's a lot more, I come up with a new feature request each time I use the software. This just proves that Sony's strength is producing solid hardware, not software. (Says the software guy working for Sony ;-)) Last edited by bingle; 10-11-2006 at 03:25 PM. Reason: typo