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Old 02-12-2009, 10:38 PM   #31
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Me too The only tricky part is sometimes there is ten pages of publishers info.

I just finished a bundle - that was tricky. I had to bookmark my page when I started a book, go to table of contents, find when the next book started, then go back to the bookmark.

It was so worth it though. I'm loving bundles
I love bundles also and do the same thing!
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Old 02-12-2009, 10:42 PM   #32
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:09 AM   #33
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You do have a visual representation of how far you have to go, though. There is a series of dots along the bottom like a progress bar. They darken as you go along.
Yes, I've noticed
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:34 AM   #34
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The progress indicator also shows structural marks within content such as chapters, articles, or bookmarks.
For me this would be the best feature of the kindle 2. knowing how far I have until the next chapter.
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Old 02-13-2009, 10:18 AM   #35
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For me this would be the best feature of the kindle 2. knowing how far I have until the next chapter.
I agree, though none of the photos in that leaked manual showed anything that I could see which indicated how far until the next chapter. I'd love to see what this looks like.
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:50 PM   #36
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Yes, I've noticed
I probably should have multiquoted. It was more in reponse to tompe who you were responding to.

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I think the K2 method looks optimal for MobiPocket books. You get the total length so you can calibrate your estimate of how long a book takes to read, you get percentage you have read so you can pace your reading if you need to finish before a specific day and you get a font independent reference if you need it. And you have a numerical value for the percentage so if you as me like to say that you should read 50 pages before doing something else you can do that now but use for example read 5% instead.
It seemed he may not realize that rather than doing the math, you can just look at the dots.
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I hope that port that to K1 firmware. What I'd also like to see is little hash marks along the bar for chapters.
Absolutely!!! This issue causes me more aggravation than I think any other single issue!
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Old 02-14-2009, 06:59 AM   #38
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The K1 provides the book size (final "location") in the "go to" menu, and the current location(s) on the screen. It doesn't display the percentage, but the info is there for you.
I assume you meant the Cybook. If you read 5 books and change between them it is very hard to remember the length of each book if you have bothered to look it up. So I would say that it does not work for me in the same way as it would if the total length was always visible.
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Old 02-14-2009, 07:03 AM   #39
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It seemed he may not realize that rather than doing the math, you can just look at the dots.
Eh, what is the resolution of the dots? If you want to know if you have read 120 or 150 pages of 2000 how do you use the dots for this?
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Eh, what is the resolution of the dots? If you want to know if you have read 120 or 150 pages of 2000 how do you use the dots for this?
You don't.

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Eh, what is the resolution of the dots? If you want to know if you have read 120 or 150 pages of 2000 how do you use the dots for this?
I'm curious, under what sort of circumstances does this occur? Are these reading assignments for work or school? Don't they usually assign by chapters?
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Eh, what is the resolution of the dots? If you want to know if you have read 120 or 150 pages of 2000 how do you use the dots for this?
It's more an indicator or percentage. Each dot is 2%.
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Old 02-14-2009, 07:35 PM   #43
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I like the percentage better than the dots, but the dots have never bugged me. I do think it would be nice to have some sort of indicator of chapter locations tho. I would find that much more useful than the percentage number.
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With the dots, I have a general idea of how far I am, thought I probably would like a more accurate percentage. I always like to know how many pages I have left in a regular book. Chapter marks would be really cool.
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I'm curious, under what sort of circumstances does this occur? Are these reading assignments for work or school? Don't they usually assign by chapters?
As I wrote above. I for example sometimes want to read 50 or 100 pages in a book each day since I want to finish by a specific date. And as has been discussed in another thread it is a question of creating the perception of progress. And a numerical value is much better for this than a progress bar with very little visible change.

My point was that Amazon has done a very good design in the K2 and all other manufacturer of readers should look at it and imitate it.
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