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Originally Posted by bobnelsonfr
... that leads to a somewhat negative thing... The ergonomics are dumb. Not "bad", just "dumb". A device this light cries out to be used one-handed. But... The Opus's layout is clearly of aesthetic origin, not usability origin. With a bit of effort, the Opus can be used one-handed, left hand or right... but the user must overcome the device's layout, rather than be encouraged by it. "Dumb."
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Different things appeal to different users, clearly. The placement of the page turn buttons is absolutely perfect for me.
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The Opus can handle several formats, but I have only loaded epub for the moment. One consequence is that I do not know how the device handles signets. Since I never use signets anyway, I don't care that epub doesn't manage them.
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Signets? What are signets?
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The Library is lousy. It is nothing more than a file-browser. It places titles beginning with "The" under "T", for example. When there are a thousand books on-board, this could get really unpleasant! I suppose I'll have to create a title/author index in epub format...
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Switch on folders in the library view, and put your books in folders; that's the key to managing it. Personally I use a folder per author, but there are many other ways to arrange it - eg by book category.
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Once, the Opus locked up for no apparent reason. Since the printed documentation is almost inexistent, and the internal epub doc was obviously inaccessible... I was not happy! I opened the battery cover, thinking to disconnect... and Eureka! A reset button. Problem solved.
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No need to use the reset button. Hold in the power button, and press and hold the "page back" button until the device reboots. This normally takes about 10s.
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There's no margin at all around the text. I suppose that this is because the screen is only 5", and Bookeen wanted to use that real estate to the maximum. I was bothered by the lack of margins... for about fifteen minutes.
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Margins are set by the book itself. For ePub files this is trivially changed by editing the CSS file.