Thing I want B&N to change in the firmware:
1) Add "goto page #"
2) Give me an option to name bookmarks
3) Folders!
4) Merge books in My Documents and B&N Library into single display
5) Allow cover flow for all ebooks, including sideloaded content
6) When not in a book, use the forward/back buttons for menu navigation.
7) Move audiobook and music content into separate playlists (and support user playlists)
7a) Support bookmarking of audiobooks.
8) Allow addition/selection of alternate and/or foreign language dictionaries.
9) Fix bug where bookmarks and current place are lost for sideloaded content when new content is added.
10) Store font and font size settings book-by-book so I don't have to reset them whenever I switch between books.
11) Move the CANCEL button on the virtual keyboard into a place where it is less likely to be hit by mistake, or at least give me an "are you sure" option.
12) Allow ebook deletion from on-device
13) All kinds of "sync/work with your home pc" features too numerous to list.
Things I like as they are:
Finger-swipe page turning (what needs improving are the instructions on how to make this work -- have your finger moving before you touch the screen, touch lightly and sweep briskly -- I have near 100% success by swiping my thumb starting on the white, right-hand border, down across the darkened screen in a 45 degree arc to the bottom white border. )
PDF display. For text (and that I what I want to see on my ebook reader, not graphics) the reflow mode is, in my opinion, the best going. It appears that the font size needs to be set to Medium or larger to enable reflow.
Last edited by LessPaul; 01-18-2010 at 09:25 AM.
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