10-21-2010, 11:03 AM | #16 | |
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10-21-2010, 12:47 PM | #17 |
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Just installed this update onto my Acer 1825PT convertable laptop and gave it a whirl.
In laptop mode it is a great improvement on the previous version, but it really comes alive with the laptop in tablet mode. With FF in full-screen and the TOC closed down reading a book using the touch-screen is a joy, just tap the side of the screen and the page changes instantly. There is still room for improvement, could do with a progress meter of some form, maybe also a button to press to toggle FF's full-screen mode (saves having to open it up into laptop mode just to press F11), a digital clock would also be nice especially with FF in full-screen. The reading panel has come along in leaps and bounds but the library panel could do with a bit of effort to improve it though. It's not bad but can't realy handle large collections. |
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10-25-2010, 05:11 AM | #19 | ||
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My focus was always on the reading panel and I wanted to keep the library panel as simple as possible. But I understand that it might be good, if you could group books if you have a lot. I'll think about it. |
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10-25-2010, 05:16 AM | #20 | |
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Please let me understand, what do you mean exactly by "multi-column transition seemed a little rough at first"? |
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10-25-2010, 10:47 AM | #21 | ||
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I'm glad you are working on the "progress meter" and "F11", this will make life alot easier for users. Another thing that might be worth looking at is having a button to toggle (hide/unhide) the TOC. The reason I mention this is that when using a mouse, clicking on the bar is pretty easy but trying to do this by touching the screen is next to impossible (especially if you have a capacitive touch-screen and have to use your finger instead of a stylus). I have to plug in a mouse every time I need to hide or show the TOC. This can get a bit frustrating at time. Shame about the clock but it can be a useful feature, it certainly is a big gripe with Sony ereader users when they go from an older reader to one of the newers one as Sony have removed the clock. Alot of people add 3rd-party firmware just to get this back. I'm not sure about an addon as when FF is in full-screen, you wont see the clock. If you do implement an "F11" button then I suppose I could alway press it so I can see the system tray clock instead. Quote:
I've only loaded about 100 books into EPUBReader so far and it is manageble, but if I loaded my entire collection then a straight list would not be easy to manage it (I've got a few thousand books in all). Options to browse by tags or authors could help or some kind of virtual folder support could be useful. |
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