iLiad possible feature? 'back' button in iPDF viewer

zerospinboson · 05-17-2008, 12:42 PM

ever since i got my iLiad i've been reading a newspaper with it, and while it works reasonably well, the feature i'm really missing is a 'back' button for the iPDF viewer..
as you might imagine, the newspaper (a PDF) is set up in such a way that it first has about 20 pages with the links and short introductions to the articles themselves, and the actual articles are appended to it..
Which is all well and good (you can click the links with the stylus and go there fairly reliably).. but after you've read the article the only way you can return to the index is by clicking one of the links in the top frame of the pdf, and that returns you to the first page of whichever part of the paper you clicked to view.
Most parts have more than 1 page worth of 'indexed' links+article heads, though, and having to return to the first page of the index is fairly annoying, so i was wondering if it was possible to define some sort of back button/feature in either the main viewer or a replacement one.

does anyone have a clue as to how doable it is to implement this?
thanks in advance

daudi · 05-17-2008, 03:21 PM

Unless I have misunderstood, there is a back button (and a forward button): those arrows between the pan button and the pen select button.

yokos · 05-17-2008, 03:25 PM

ipdf has got the feature you describe already.

If you don't have arrow icons in the ipdf toolbar, your iLiad has got an old firmware.

Edit I: [Oh, I was a bit late. When I clicked the "new reply" button, daudi's answer where not there.]
Edit II:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILiad Firmware V2.11 wiki

PDF Viewer
* Back and Forward Buttons: Easily navigate through PDF documents using hyper links via the back and forward button.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/ILiad_Firmware_V2.11
Software release of v2.11 was 09/26/2007; current firmware is 2.12.

05-17-2008, 12:42 PM	#1
zerospinboson "Assume a can opener..." Posts: 755 Karma: 1942109 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Local Cluster Device: iLiad v2, DR1000	possible feature? 'back' button in iPDF viewer ever since i got my iLiad i've been reading a newspaper with it, and while it works reasonably well, the feature i'm really missing is a 'back' button for the iPDF viewer.. as you might imagine, the newspaper (a PDF) is set up in such a way that it first has about 20 pages with the links and short introductions to the articles themselves, and the actual articles are appended to it.. Which is all well and good (you can click the links with the stylus and go there fairly reliably).. but after you've read the article the only way you can return to the index is by clicking one of the links in the top frame of the pdf, and that returns you to the first page of whichever part of the paper you clicked to view. Most parts have more than 1 page worth of 'indexed' links+article heads, though, and having to return to the first page of the index is fairly annoying, so i was wondering if it was possible to define some sort of back button/feature in either the main viewer or a replacement one. does anyone have a clue as to how doable it is to implement this? thanks in advance

05-17-2008, 03:21 PM	#2
daudi Addict Posts: 281 Karma: 904 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Kent, UK Device: iRex iLiad, Psion 5MX, nokia n800	Unless I have misunderstood, there is a back button (and a forward button): those arrows between the pan button and the pen select button. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by daudi; 05-17-2008 at 03:30 PM.

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