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Originally Posted by zmix
Notes / Dictionary access:
I find the dictionary implementation a bit confusing. I am used to my Sony reader, where you simply double-click on a word and the dictionary appears with the definition of that word. In the Era you have to select the dictionary first and it occupies the lower part of the screen while displaying the confusing message “Select word for translation”. In this state is is impossible to select a word in the lower 1/3 of the screen. As a user, my goal is to understand the meaning of a word in the book, I find the number of steps required to do this in the Era frustrating.
Highlighting text is equally frustrating. On the Sony reader, you double-click and then drag your finger or stylus to highlight a section of text, you are then given the option to look it up in the dictionary or save it as a Note. On the Era, I find that I have to press the Menu/Power button, select “Note” then try to highlight the text.
It would solve both of these issues and just be very nice if “double-click” gestures were supported for the Dictionary and Notes functions. This would eliminate many unnecessary interruptions in the reading experience.
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You have 2 options to open the dictionary:
- If you use it occasionally, long press on the word and then on the dictionary icon in the pop-up menu.
- If you use the dictionary constantly, you have the option to open it from the reading menu and enter the so-called "dictionary mode", in which you only have to click on the word to open the dictionary. It is used in combination with the page turning keys, as pressing the touch screen will always open the dictionary, and you cannot perform any other action on the screen. The dictionary mode remains active as long as you exit the definition box by touching the screen, and closes permanently if you exit by pressing the exit icon or by pressing a key that has a function activated in the reading menu.
Regarding the notes, it is more or less the same. The occasional mode is to long press on a word and drag over the area you want to underline, and then click on the pencil icon in the pop-up menu.