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Old 07-02-2015, 10:16 PM   #136
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hi, the only reason i have to keep repeating myself over and over again is because it is ignorant not to respond when someone comments regardless if i agree with them or not, i will always reply, if you read one of my comments from yesterday i did try and draw a line in the sand on this topic those where my exact words, but unfortunately people like you have to keep drawing it out by offering your opinions and while ever you do i will keep on with the LARGE BLOCKS OF TEXT, btw if you hate to say it then you wouldn't have done so, thank you and goodbye.

best wishes koboy.
If you make a post with your opinion on a forum, any forum, it is for the purpose to encourage others to also comment on the topic stating their opinion. You obviously don't like that others have their own opinion on the topic that differs from yours and it's evident from your posts. To say that someone with a differing opinion is "drawing it out by offering your opinions" which in turn in the cause of your long blocks of text is very narrow-minded. If you didn't want others to state their opinions, you should have not posted on a public forum.

As to the long blocks of text... many of us have done it at times depending on the topic. But the big difference is that it's broken up into paragraphs with punctuation, proper capital letters, etc. Reading a long block of poorly constructed run-on thoughts in one huge section honestly makes my eyes bleed and I generally just skim over the text, often I just ignore it all. Add in the all caps which is generally considered yelling and a lot of people end up passing it up without reading it.

That's all that PeterT was trying to point out trying to make your visits here more enjoyable for you and everyone you interact with on the forums. Take the advice or not.

And it might be a good idea if you consider that maybe your way isn't always the best way for everyone else and respect that other people will have differing opinions than you that are just as valid as yours. Although I agree with you generally on the topic of wanting all electronics to have batteries capable of being replaced by the consumer, but I'll just avoid buying any pricy electronics without that option and not waste time ranting about it.
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Old 07-02-2015, 10:40 PM   #137
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If you make a post with your opinion on a forum, any forum, it is for the purpose to encourage others to also comment on the topic stating their opinion. You obviously don't like that others have their own opinion on the topic that differs from yours and it's evident from your posts. To say that someone with a differing opinion is "drawing it out by offering your opinions" which in turn in the cause of your long blocks of text is very narrow-minded. If you didn't want others to state their opinions, you should have not posted on a public forum.

As to the long blocks of text... many of us have done it at times depending on the topic. But the big difference is that it's broken up into paragraphs with punctuation, proper capital letters, etc. Reading a long block of poorly constructed run-on thoughts in one huge section honestly makes my eyes bleed and I generally just skim over the text, often I just ignore it all. Add in the all caps which is generally considered yelling and a lot of people end up passing it up without reading it.

That's all that PeterT was trying to point out trying to make your visits here more enjoyable for you and everyone you interact with on the forums. Take the advice or not.

And it might be a good idea if you consider that maybe your way isn't always the best way for everyone else and respect that other people will have differing opinions than you that are just as valid as yours. Although I agree with you generally on the topic of wanting all electronics to have batteries capable of being replaced by the consumer, but I'll just avoid buying any pricy electronics without that option and not waste time ranting about it.
hi, how many more times do i have to say let's agree to disagree? i respect the right and the opinions of everyone on this forum or another forum for that matter even if i don't agree with them myself, but i feel i'm not being given the same right in return, perhaps i'm wrong maybe maybe not, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.

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Old 07-03-2015, 01:31 AM   #138
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hi, how many more times do i have to say let's agree to disagree? i respect the right and the opinions of everyone on this forum or another forum for that matter even if i don't agree with them myself, but i feel i'm not being given the same right in return, perhaps i'm wrong maybe maybe not, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.
Except you're not giving others that treatment. By telling others 'Ok I've decided to draw a line in the sand, stop replying' you're acting as though you were a mod or an admin. You can draw a line in the sand on any debate you like, but it's only going to apply to you. If others choose to continue the debate, or even add to it then that is their prerogative. You do not need to reply, it doesn't reflect anything on you aside from that you've said all you have to say on the subject. You'll note my initial post about this subject was not addressed to a specific user, rather it used the informal group 'you', to encompass all those who were stating that electronics must come with user replaceable batteries.

I'd also point out that if we all followed the idea of always replying when someone replied to us no debate would ever end because by replying and stating you were done you would then require everyone else to reply and say they were done which in turn would make you have to reply and so on.

Some advice you gave Peter applies, if you don't want to read any more in this topic, then don't.

No one is trying to say you are wrong. There really is no right or wrong in this sort of debate, because it's all about opinion and by their nature an opinion can't be right or wrong*.


*If and only if it's actually an opinion, stating facts as opinions does not make them opinions.
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Old 07-03-2015, 03:27 AM   #139
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So, uh, they abandoned the flat screen because of them little squares, huh?
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Old 07-03-2015, 06:10 AM   #140
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Odd tho.

I recently bought a Aura cause I like the idea of a totally flat, tablet like screen. My wife has my old Glo (I say old, I bought it a month ago to replace a Touch and it was brand new reduced stock so she's lucked out as well - I paid half price for it).

I like the screen. I dont have a problem with it. I don't see any scratches or the ilk.

I switched off the pinch to zoom as I have sausage fingers, and it sometimes clashed with the two finger light swipe.

But all in all its a good reader, so the only think I can think of is economically, the capacitive screen didn't really offer a significant boost that a normal IR screen did
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Old 07-03-2015, 08:49 AM   #141
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Except you're not giving others that treatment. By telling others 'Ok I've decided to draw a line in the sand, stop replying' you're acting as though you were a mod or an admin. You can draw a line in the sand on any debate you like, but it's only going to apply to you. If others choose to continue the debate, or even add to it then that is their prerogative. You do not need to reply, it doesn't reflect anything on you aside from that you've said all you have to say on the subject. You'll note my initial post about this subject was not addressed to a specific user, rather it used the informal group 'you', to encompass all those who were stating that electronics must come with user replaceable batteries.

I'd also point out that if we all followed the idea of always replying when someone replied to us no debate would ever end because by replying and stating you were done you would then require everyone else to reply and say they were done which in turn would make you have to reply and so on.

Some advice you gave Peter applies, if you don't want to read any more in this topic, then don't.

No one is trying to say you are wrong. There really is no right or wrong in this sort of debate, because it's all about opinion and by their nature an opinion can't be right or wrong*.


*If and only if it's actually an opinion, stating facts as opinions does not make them opinions.
hi, i appreciate the points you made, thanks for your response.

best wishes koboy.

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Old 07-04-2015, 01:58 AM   #142
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Old 07-04-2015, 03:21 AM   #143
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I have an H2O which I'm generally happy with by my reading is split 50/50 between fiction and non-fiction and non-fiction books tend to have a lot of endnotes. Unfortunately the IR screens make it practically impossible to select an endnote properly when it is buried in with the rest of the text. It just drives me bonkers. Another problem I have had is that with a couple of books, when I finally manage to get to the endnotes and try to go back to the previous page, it instead takes me back to the book library and I have to open the book and search for the page that I was on myself. It's a huge pain in the butt. I've noticed it with a couple books on my H2O and I thought it was just a book issue but I tried one of the same books on my Aura and it works fine. Are endnotes broken with the H2O?
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:01 AM   #144
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... Are endnotes broken with the H2O?
For me, end notes in epubs are frustrating. On the other hand, for kepubs (converted thru calibre), they work great (I have no problem activating the end note, no matter how small it is.)
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:02 AM   #145
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More a software issue than a touchscreen issue.
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:44 AM   #146
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I have an H2O which I'm generally happy with by my reading is split 50/50 between fiction and non-fiction and non-fiction books tend to have a lot of endnotes. Unfortunately the IR screens make it practically impossible to select an endnote properly when it is buried in with the rest of the text. It just drives me bonkers. Another problem I have had is that with a couple of books, when I finally manage to get to the endnotes and try to go back to the previous page, it instead takes me back to the book library and I have to open the book and search for the page that I was on myself. It's a huge pain in the butt. I've noticed it with a couple books on my H2O and I thought it was just a book issue but I tried one of the same books on my Aura and it works fine. Are endnotes broken with the H2O?
I don't have an H2O, but here is my experience.

I generally read non-fiction on my Kindle Voyage, but I just tried one on my Glo HD, and the foot note selection was not a problem. I got a pop up with "foot note preview" and "see more" at the bottom of the pop up. After selecting "see more" I was able to go back to the proper place in the book with no problem.
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Old 07-04-2015, 08:19 AM   #147
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Yes that is better I would agree. I just downloaded the book from Kobo (rather than using a side-loaded version) but the kepub cuts off the right side of the page! What the hell?
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Old 07-04-2015, 08:41 AM   #148
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@Canuck_in_Japan: Do you have the full screen reading option enabled (if I remember correctly it's a line in the config file)? If so, try disabling it and see if that makes a difference.
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Old 07-04-2015, 08:46 AM   #149
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Old 07-04-2015, 09:10 AM   #150
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hi, @Canuck_in_Japan: If you have full screen turned on but you want to disable it, go into reading settings and where it says page layout tick the show header and footer box, i hope this helps.

best wishes koboy.

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