New Multitasking feature for Onyx Boox. Wanna try it?

[Inemi]

Originally Posted by vvilmos

I have never seen a translated book having exactly the same pagination as the original. The probability should be << 1%.

I was thinking about epubs. With the same font and dimension, might work fine.

[Billi]

First, thank you very much.

Originally Posted by Booxtor

On "i" models in the Task Bar instead of an icon for Task Manager there is an empty place right to the Menu icon - click on it.

Reading pdf files I have lost the Taskbar. In FBReader it is there and usable, in pdf-Reader I can get into the menu by a long press on the screen and reach the multitasking feature from there, but no Taskbar.

Is this just mine device or a new feature or a bug?

[Ayla7]

Originally Posted by Billi

Reading pdf files I have lost the Taskbar.

I think it is because the full screen mode is enabled. Try to long press on the screen and clic "Exit full screen". Hope that helps!

[Billi]

Yes, it helped! Many thanks! But I have to change it for every pdf file anew now.

Booxtor, would it be possible to not automatically set it on "full screen mode" during the update?

[yayo]

Re-flashed my Firefox after toying with the Task Manager for a few hours. It's a great feature that I'm looking forward to putting to use but in the present beta state the software caused several freezes, and for some reason the standalone dictionary wouldn't want to "cooperate" when I tried to use it while a book was open in FBreader. There was no way to exit the dictionary and go back to the book. I'm waiting for an "official" build so I can start reading Tolkien in two-tree languages simulaneously.

[kteevee]

First of all, this is a great feature. It makes using my I62HD even more fun. Here's my feedback:

* As somebody already said: it would be nice if the reader returns to all opened document if you switch on.
* If from the taskmanager you close the document that is currently in view, it hangs.
* Also I opened two documents, closed the active one by using the 'normal' close button. It showed me the explorer. I opened taskmanger to go back to my first, and only open, document. Than it showed me my document but became unresponsive. I had to do a shutdown using the button.
* How hard is the limit of 4 documents. I understand that, especially on my 128MB reader, that there's a limit. But maybe 6 will do also..

[kteevee]

Also: if you close a document from the taskmanager that is not in view, it doens't stay on the active document but jumps back to the explorer.

[Buecherwurm92]

Originally Posted by Feher

A small bug on my m92 :-
Suppose documents A and B are open. After closing document B device returns to explorer. Now there are two ways to access document A :
1) via task manager icon in toolbar - device will hang in this case
2) clicking on its actual icon - device does not hang in this case and i can continue with my work

I see the same bug on my M92. Otherwise it works fine so far.

There's one major deception for me in the current implementation: when I connect my M92 to my computer for uploading new material, all open books are closed. Since I connect at least once per day, I can't really profit from the multitasking feature to keep some document permanently in quick access.

I suppose there is a good technical reason for closing all books before connecting via USB, but it should at least be possible to re-open all these books automatically in the end.

[Booxtor]

The feature has been changed. Please reinstall

What has been fixed:
1. Open PDF - open MT-window - select Explorer - in Explorer open MT-window - choose opened PDF - system hangs.
2. It is impossible to close DjVU task in Task Manager
3. When choosing "Explorer" in the multitasking-window, sometimes the screen is not fully refreshed (here only the upper left corner of the explorer is then displayed, while the rest still displays the PDF-page).

other fixes follow soon

[Kirith]

Originally Posted by Booxtor

The feature has been changed. Please reinstall

Did it. Thank you so much. Now, do not hang up.
But the error occurrence of two menus at once (which I described above) has not disappeared. But it corrected by either TM or switching to Djvu-document and remove it's menu manually.
In CoolReader this feature has not yet added ... Sorry ..

Сделал. Огромное спасибо. Теперь не виснет.
Но ошибка появления двух меню сразу (описанная мной выше) не исчезла. Но она исправляется: или выбрать TM или перейти на Djvu-документ и убрать его меню вручную.
В CoolReader эту функцию пока не добавили... Жаль..

[Defenderland]

Indeed, the above mentioned problems seem to be solved!

[acal1872]

Well done, Mr. Booxstor!

I have seen just one minor issue. I opened some assorted readers with two instances of the image reader (2 scribbles): after closing the last one opened I was not able to go back or close the first one. In detail:
1- I was in the explorer window after closing the second scribble
2- selecting the scribble in the task manager simply left me in explorer (after a screen refresh)
3- closing it in the task manager did nothing and then as in 2.

In any case, it is all very usable. Thanks again.

A.

[ljubavracar]

Booxtor,
Does this "multitasking update" works with BlackPearl edition?
May I try? Thanks

[por]

Thanks very much for this new feature Booxtor!

Unfortunately this doesn't work with peterx's scribbling app, which is the only solution for exporting annotations properly

[Booxtor]

Originally Posted by por

Thanks very much for this new feature Booxtor!

Unfortunately this doesn't work with peterx's scribbling app, which is the only solution for exporting annotations properly

It is not a big problem, I guess. I may need to ask peter'x for source codes of his app so we could implement supporting of MT in his program too.

@ljubavracar. I don't know if the MT will work in Boox editions sold by Artatech. Most likely yes, but you can just try it.