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Marseille · 02-13-2010, 01:05 AM

Impressions: The deeper the menus get, the more I'd like to see the ability to assign keys to menu functions. Since I use Rhodium Keyboard controller, I don't really care what key is assigned since once one is assigned, I can mess with it using that, but a button assignment option like WinMo Media Player has for various functions could be cool tool.

Distant Future (We're talking flying cars future) Dreams: I love reading on my smartphone, and it may forever be my main reading device. But once Pixel Qi or tech similar to it hits the right tablet, I'll want to do a little reading on both, and I'll want my tablet to know where I left off on my smartphone and vice versa.

This might shouldn't concern you at all, since I imagine my ideal tablet might have Windows 7. On the off chance it has WinMo7 though, it would be awesome if Freda could reach and touch itself... err, it's other self, and sync page turns across devices the way whispernet does across kindle and kindle for iPhone.

Personally, I'd love it if that syncing were cloud based, so that instead of having to grab both devices, BT toggle both, press buttons, wait, etc, the one I'm reading would, upon my closing a book or leaving the app, check wifi, toggle on if necessary, drop off a labeled (tags, subject lines, filenames, whatever) data point at a nice open reliable service like one of Google's many outlets, and then upon opening my other Freda it would connect to, say, Google Docs, or Google Reader or GMail for said data point, grab the change, and open where I left off.

I know you've got other more basic stuff on your mind, just planting a seed for the future.

Bug: I haven't upgraded to the version you sent out on 2/07, but in the version from January 25th, switching to the Night preset leaves me unable to bring up the menu at all, which means I can't change the preset or exit the application. When trying to repeat the issue, I switched to windowed mode, it returned to full screen upon choosing the preset (not sure if that part is by design or not). The only way I could get out was to launch another application (care of Rhodium KB controller hotkeys) where I could access the start menu, settings and shut it down in task manager. Fortunately when Freda reopened it didn't automatically reopen the last book (is that part of a safety feature? I have it set to reopen the last book I read, and it does normally. If so, it's genius.), so I could change my preset back before opening a book, and the menu worked again.

02-13-2010, 01:05 AM	#184
Marseille Guru Posts: 687 Karma: 5700000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: kindle	Impressions: The deeper the menus get, the more I'd like to see the ability to assign keys to menu functions. Since I use Rhodium Keyboard controller, I don't really care what key is assigned since once one is assigned, I can mess with it using that, but a button assignment option like WinMo Media Player has for various functions could be cool tool. Distant Future (We're talking flying cars future) Dreams: I love reading on my smartphone, and it may forever be my main reading device. But once Pixel Qi or tech similar to it hits the right tablet, I'll want to do a little reading on both, and I'll want my tablet to know where I left off on my smartphone and vice versa. This might shouldn't concern you at all, since I imagine my ideal tablet might have Windows 7. On the off chance it has WinMo7 though, it would be awesome if Freda could reach and touch itself... err, it's other self, and sync page turns across devices the way whispernet does across kindle and kindle for iPhone. Personally, I'd love it if that syncing were cloud based, so that instead of having to grab both devices, BT toggle both, press buttons, wait, etc, the one I'm reading would, upon my closing a book or leaving the app, check wifi, toggle on if necessary, drop off a labeled (tags, subject lines, filenames, whatever) data point at a nice open reliable service like one of Google's many outlets, and then upon opening my other Freda it would connect to, say, Google Docs, or Google Reader or GMail for said data point, grab the change, and open where I left off. I know you've got other more basic stuff on your mind, just planting a seed for the future. Bug: I haven't upgraded to the version you sent out on 2/07, but in the version from January 25th, switching to the Night preset leaves me unable to bring up the menu at all, which means I can't change the preset or exit the application. When trying to repeat the issue, I switched to windowed mode, it returned to full screen upon choosing the preset (not sure if that part is by design or not). The only way I could get out was to launch another application (care of Rhodium KB controller hotkeys) where I could access the start menu, settings and shut it down in task manager. Fortunately when Freda reopened it didn't automatically reopen the last book (is that part of a safety feature? I have it set to reopen the last book I read, and it does normally. If so, it's genius.), so I could change my preset back before opening a book, and the menu worked again.