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Fain · 08-10-2007, 02:32 PM

I've been traveling alot the last week and using my Reader very extensively.

I find the Mod diabloNL made for me works perfect for all my needs.
However, I did mod it as was suggested in the thread JSWolf linked to here, to make it so history was performed by holding and page turns retained by taps.
This was working well, save for one annoying problem holding for history sometimes didn't work and you got a page turn back instead, which added to history... which added to frustration.

Then I noticed something with increased use of the Reader.
I used the round silver button alot to do page forward, but rarely for page back.
And in most cases, wouldn't hitting history back perform as page back anyways?
So, I did this.

<boolean key="0x31" do="doLeft"/>
<boolean key="0x31-hold" do="doPrevious"/>
<boolean key="0x30" do="doNext"/>
<boolean key="0x30-hold" do="doRight"/>

Basically this translates as:

Round Silver Key Left - History Back
Round Silver Key Hold Left - Page Turn Back
Round Silver Key Right - Page Turn Forward
Round Silver Key Hold Right - History Forward

I find that the history Forward command was rarely used, in most cases I use History to recover from accidentally pressing the number keys and thus having the Reader jump hundreds of pages away from the last page I was on.

Keep in mind History is of course also retained in the Menu Option for the book, tapping menu once will bring you to the menu, where you can then select history with key 6

Just sharing my experience here. As always, great work diabloNL.

08-10-2007, 02:32 PM	#13
Fain Member Posts: 18 Karma: 18 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Sony PRS500	I've been traveling alot the last week and using my Reader very extensively. I find the Mod diabloNL made for me works perfect for all my needs. However, I did mod it as was suggested in the thread JSWolf linked to here, to make it so history was performed by holding and page turns retained by taps. This was working well, save for one annoying problem holding for history sometimes didn't work and you got a page turn back instead, which added to history... which added to frustration. Then I noticed something with increased use of the Reader. I used the round silver button alot to do page forward, but rarely for page back. And in most cases, wouldn't hitting history back perform as page back anyways? So, I did this. <boolean key="0x31" do="doLeft"/> <boolean key="0x31-hold" do="doPrevious"/> <boolean key="0x30" do="doNext"/> <boolean key="0x30-hold" do="doRight"/> Basically this translates as: Round Silver Key Left - History Back Round Silver Key Hold Left - Page Turn Back Round Silver Key Right - Page Turn Forward Round Silver Key Hold Right - History Forward I find that the history Forward command was rarely used, in most cases I use History to recover from accidentally pressing the number keys and thus having the Reader jump hundreds of pages away from the last page I was on. Keep in mind History is of course also retained in the Menu Option for the book, tapping menu once will bring you to the menu, where you can then select history with key 6 Just sharing my experience here. As always, great work diabloNL.