[DaleDe]

An email generated on 4/13/2009

Here are a couple more suggestions. User options/preferences are always
good to have. The defaults can be set for a simple user interface and
the options provide the power that experienced users want.

1. The left/right, top/bottom margins should be specifiable by the user
for ePUB, PDB, Mobi, TXT, etc. formats. This allows the user to
configure the look that they want. Some want a border around the text
while others want the maximum text on a page to reduce the page turns
and number of pages.

2. ePUB currently splits images if they appear too near the bottom of
the page. This should be configurable allowing the user can choose to
push the full image to the next page where it can be displayed in full when in portrait mode. In some eBooks it is very important to be able to see the full image at once. (This is in addition to the previously requested choice of viewing eBook images in the image viewer at full size)

I continue to use the product and gain more experience which leads to more ideas.

A second email on 4/13 said:

Sorry for the extra post but I have identified a few more things.

1. book marks seem to store only the page number, however if the font size is changed by zooming from 1 to 2 then then page numbers change and the bookmarks go to the wrong place. (The was tested on a PalmDOC file but other formats are effected as well.) Either the bookmark needs to reference a binary place in the file so that it will go there no matter what or the font size has to saved as well and then when you jump to the book mark the font will change to the size it was when you saved it. I prefer the first solution (save the binary location of the top of the page).

2. While reading a PDF I noticed that the typographic ligature fi was missing in the text on this reader. I had identified the need to support special characters in the ePUB in an earlier memo but it turns out that PDF can have problems also. This is due to Adobe using typographic ligatures. fi and fl are pretty common but ff and ft can also be encountered. (by typographic ligature I mean a reverse ligature where the characters are moved further apart rather than closer together like they are in ae.)

3. Here is one on the carrying case: If you read a lot in landscape you will notice that the unit tends to slip out of the case. It needs to be more secure. This is particularly bothersome for PDF files that can often only be read in landscape and even then you have to have good eyes.