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Old 09-20-2013, 10:29 AM   #1
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Where's the clock when reading a book?

I hope I explain this properly so here goes. Before the last upgrade, when I was reading a book, there was a clock in the upper left hand corner. I don't see that anymore. If I touch the middle of the screen and the status bar comes up - the clock is there, but not once the status bar goes away.

Is it possible to have the clock visible again in the upper left hand corner? Is this a setting I need to fix? Not a big deal, I just really liked it. It helps especially when I am reading at night - I can just glance up and know what time it is.

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Old 09-20-2013, 11:20 AM   #2
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Go to device (not Marvin) settings, find Marvin and turn 'show clock while reading' on.
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Old 09-20-2013, 11:42 AM   #3
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Go to device (not Marvin) settings, find Marvin and turn 'show clock while reading' on.
AWESOMENESS!!!! Thanks Kris - knew it was something simple!
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Old 09-20-2013, 04:03 PM   #4
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Old 09-20-2013, 10:44 PM   #5
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Didn't work on the iPhone version I have it turned on in settings but it still doesn't show up all the time like it does on the iPad/Mini version.
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Did not even knew that trick ! Really nice !! One more reason for me to love that App... Thanks !
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Didn't work on the iPhone version I have it turned on in settings but it still doesn't show up all the time like it does on the iPad/Mini version.
Works for me on iPhone 5. Shows clock upper left corner.
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Works for me on iPhone 5. Shows clock upper left corner.
Same here on iPhone 4. Just close your book, then re-open it, and the clock should appear in the top-left corner.

Note: Marvin also has an internal timer, but I've been unable to use it so far.

Seeing the clock all the time in Marvin would make me nervous, so to time my reading in Marvin, and to alert me when to stop, I've been using the superb external Chronology app.
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@Shykat - You must leave and go back in the book. If you're still not seeing it it could be that you have headers and footers disabled. See this for help: http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/61406930262
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Old 09-21-2013, 07:00 PM   #10
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I found it I had to leave the book and re-enter. Now I just have to figure out how to make it not show military time... though I probably will just leave it that way since I honestly use military time at work and have no trouble with it.

I love having the clock where I can see it while reading!
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It ain't "military time" , at least not for those of us in Europe, or else that would make us a "military continent". As far as I know, Great Britain is the only country in Europe not to use the 24-hour format. (Like the US may be among 4 or 5 countries of the world, and the only "first world" country, not to use the metric system.)

That said, I agree the time indicator should be customisable. I think Kris said there was not enough space there to include the pm or am indicator, which is why you're seeing "military time".

However, I think there's an easy fix for that: simply display the 12-hour clock (for those Marvin users who prefer it) without the am/pm indicator. Because: is any Marvin user ever going to confuse 6 am with 6 pm, 3 pm with 3 am while reading a book in Marvin? I don't think so... In that particular spot of the user interface, the am/pm thingy does not seem strictly necessary.

For a related GitHub issue, see here.
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Old 09-21-2013, 10:14 PM   #12
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I found it I had to leave the book and re-enter. Now I just have to figure out how to make it not show military time... though I probably will just leave it that way since I honestly use military time at work and have no trouble with it.

I love having the clock where I can see it while reading!
Shykat--can you let me know if you figure out how to change the time from a military setting! thanks.
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Military time works just fine for me since it's what I use at work. For me, I'll just stick with it.
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Military time works just fine for me since it's what I use at work. For me, I'll just stick with it.
Why? just go into your iPad's General Settings (not Marvin's) and turn off the 24hour format.
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