[wonderose]

In Calibre Viewer, I really like using the "Pages from paper edition" option to display the page numbers of the printed book. However, my experience with it has not been entirely positive. For instance, if I start on page 105 and scroll back to page 102, the page number stubbornly remains at 105, and even if I click into the text, the number does not change. Page 102, therefore, stays page 105.

This, at least, has been my experience with the "Pages from paper edition" option. As I see it, the decision to display the printed book's page numbers only outside the main text comes with significant drawbacks—most notably, a lack of responsiveness and, more importantly, a lack of accuracy.

Of course, it is perfectly fine to have aesthetic considerations. However, in my opinion, the user should ultimately be able to decide how they want to use the software. And in my case, accuracy is key. I need to know precisely when one page ends and another begins for my work. The current implementation is certainly good, but not quite good enough for academic use. The age-old discipline of footnotes demands meticulous precision when it comes to page numbers.

Therefore, my suggestion would be to discreetly offer users the option to display page numbers within the main text as well—an additional, less elegant option. After all, not everyone reads aesthetically; some read in an entirely unaesthetic way, simply for the sake of footnotes.