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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I primarily read PDFs, prefer the larger 8" screen size of my iLiad, and rarely (if ever) use the zoom feature. I'm not sure why you think that one would require the other, or why there wouldn't be any justification for it.
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Would you argue against having zoom on the larger DR1000? 90% of the features in Microsoft Word I don't use, but some part appeals to someone and that is one way Microsoft gets their product to sell.
Not all PDFs are legible at the DR800's 768x1024 resolution. When e-paper reaches 1200+ dpi, I may give up zoom and get a magnifying glass.
Panning and Zooming on an e-ink device is like accessing the internet on dial-up but it's better than not being able to read a document at all. I would want more intelligent zoom features than simple magnification percentage and panning (the less I need to scratch across the screen with the pen the better):
- Trim margins option to automatically not display margins. It's important that this work automatically and not require enabling after every page turn. And note that this is not a zoom level but a zoom option, so this can be used with other zoom modes such as Fit Width. Mighty as well shoot for the moon and have a tolerance slider so this function is not ruined by a small non-white elements like page numbers.
- Custom fit option where one can define a custom crop (perhaps by drawing a line from one corner to the other).
- Fit width for portrait or tall documents.
- Fit height for landscape or spreads.
- Lock zoom option to configure the page turn controls to either:
- Change page while maintain the current zoom settings, which is useful when using 'Custom Fit'
- Show the next section of the zoomed page instead of going to the next page and only have the page turn when viewing the edge of the document. My canon camera has this feature when viewing photos. I believe sony readers do this when viewing in landscape mode.