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Old 02-01-2024, 04:28 PM   #28
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by Karellen View Post
I struggle to understand why it is so hard for vendors to show accurate page counts on an ereader.

And by page counts I mean "screen pages" not some made up page count with a vague connection to a pbook.

The screen size is fixed and known. The xhtml page for that chapter is known. Why is it so hard to calculate how many screen flips to view that entire chapter, instead of the "screen flip 3 times to increase page number" method.

My experience with the Libra 2 is that the longer the chapter, the more screen flips to increase page number. The shorter the chapter, and pages are skipped - you suddenly jump from 1 of 3 to 3 of 3, with page 2 not existing.
With ADE page numbers, page 50 is page 50 on any size screen, margins, line-height, and font. With 1 screen = 1 page, page 50 is very depended on your settings. So if we are reading the same copy of an eBook, I can say to go to page 50, you can go to the same page.

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