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pilotbob · 01-23-2007, 10:18 AM

Hi all,

As a new Sony Reader owner I was happy to find this web site. Happy to hear I'm not the only one that can't read PDF's well on my reader.

Anyway, I just wanted to comment on a few of the suggestions that were made for the reader software updates. As a developer (not on the Sony reader) perhaps I can provide some insite into a few issues.

First, the clock. Without commenting on the merit of the idea it probably isn't technically possible for a firmware update to implement a clock. The hardware would already have to include a clock chip. I doubt it does, so I would expect you won't see a clock on the current hardware.

Second, on the text input/search issues. While it could probably/possibly be done, it will be very slow. My understanding with the eInk display is that you can not do inplace screen updates. Every time something on the screen changes the entire display must be updated. This is why arrowing from link to link or through the menus is so slow. So, a virtual keyboard with an indicator to move from letter to letter would be very slow.

I do like many of the other suggestions made.

What I would suggest is that a Wiki topic is created so a nice formated list of suggestions could be created and people could add to the list as needed. This is much easier than readding hundreds of messages to see if you are going to repeat a suggestion.

BOb

EDIT: Opps... I see that this already exists:

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Sony_Reader_Wishlist

01-23-2007, 10:18 AM	#179
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Hi all, As a new Sony Reader owner I was happy to find this web site. Happy to hear I'm not the only one that can't read PDF's well on my reader. Anyway, I just wanted to comment on a few of the suggestions that were made for the reader software updates. As a developer (not on the Sony reader) perhaps I can provide some insite into a few issues. First, the clock. Without commenting on the merit of the idea it probably isn't technically possible for a firmware update to implement a clock. The hardware would already have to include a clock chip. I doubt it does, so I would expect you won't see a clock on the current hardware. Second, on the text input/search issues. While it could probably/possibly be done, it will be very slow. My understanding with the eInk display is that you can not do inplace screen updates. Every time something on the screen changes the entire display must be updated. This is why arrowing from link to link or through the menus is so slow. So, a virtual keyboard with an indicator to move from letter to letter would be very slow. I do like many of the other suggestions made. What I would suggest is that a Wiki topic is created so a nice formated list of suggestions could be created and people could add to the list as needed. This is much easier than readding hundreds of messages to see if you are going to repeat a suggestion. BOb EDIT: Opps... I see that this already exists: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Sony_Reader_Wishlist Last edited by pilotbob; 01-23-2007 at 12:00 PM.