Likebook Alita

[parkher]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

My new toy - i cannot say anything, i will receive it in january.

I am looking forward to hearing from you how it handles the default reading app in Alita/Ares.
With my toy, which also has the joystick-like configuration of arrow keys around the OK button - the arrow keys do not work for page turning in Alita/Ares, but they do work with Onyx Boox Note's default reading app.
They do work with Alita/Ares, though. They work in Cool Reader, for example. But not in the default reading app. I need to use sound volume-/volume+ to turn pages in the default reader.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by parkher

I am looking forward to hearing from you how it handles the default reading app in Alita/Ares.

I also have an Onyx Poke Pro and of course I will also test the device with it in the default reading app.

[parkher]

In the meantime, I was playing a bit more with my toy and Alita.
Perhaps somebody is thinking about getting this toy, so here is what I found out so far.

There is nothing left to play with the default reader app, but I was experimenting with Cool Reader. So I was able to use both left and right mouse buttons (the red protruding buttons) as next page / previous page buttons. They are very conveniently placed to be used for this purpose. Also a tap on the touch pad turns pages then. But the mouse pointer shows up and stays on the screen for approximately 3 seconds after the page is turned. No big deal, because it shows up in the middle of the screen (or wherever you left it), and does not affect reading at the top of the page. And then it is gone. Interesting - I was able to reconfigure the right mouse button as a key action, but the left mouse button - as a tap zone action of the central tap zone. And it has consequences - read on!
In addition to that, I was able to use some more buttons on the toy for anything I wanted, including for next page: Escape, Menu (I think it is Menu), Back, 8 (F9/*) buttons. But not Home button. OK button and Enter only make the mouse cursor to appear. As posted earlier, all four arrows keys are working in CR and volume-/volume+ keys are working as well. Volume Mute key actually mutes the sound.
Also, double click and long press are working and can be configured for different actions, so 3 times more working buttons on the toy (if you use it not for actions but as a keyboard to enter text - then all the keys are working, not sure about some multimedia keys, though). Long press - you can hold the key pressed until the action occurs, then release it. But you must be careful with double click, if the pause between clicks is too big, you will get a single click twice. So, for example, you may have next page and previous page on the same button. Click once - next page, click twice - previous page. Or click and hold until you visually see the page turned back - previous page. Etc.
However, funny thing - the left mouse button - which is reconfigured not as a key action but as a tap zone action. So, because of that it has only two key actions (for the tap zone), not three. The third one is global.
I have the secondary action configured as double tap, and for selecting words / going to the dictionary I use the long tap.
So, the left mouse button works on a single click, on a double click, and - as should be expected - the long press causes a word to be selected and GoldenDict opened.
In principle you can press OK, get the cursor on the screen, move it to a word with touch pad and then press and hold the left mouse button to get it translated.
But moving the cursor with precision to a desired word on an e-ink screen is pretty tricky. Also, you should not accidentally make a tap on the touch screen (an action! - unless you define it as no action) while dragging the cursor.
But it works. If you really want to use the dictionary without swaying your Alita in the gooseneck holder.

[mbrisco]

The promised Android 8 update is vaporware. The promised September passed, then they promised October, then November, then end of year, and now it's January and nothing.

[mitra1]

Originally Posted by mbrisco

The promised Android 8 update is vaporware. The promised September passed, then they promised October, then November, then end of year, and now it's January and nothing.

I have mailed to boyue, their answer is that update is ad april and last ianuary there is new Ui

There seem to be a new update available for some devices but not Alita? (Already the latest version 1.1.5)

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Merithyn

There seem to be a new update available for some devices but not Alita? (Already the latest version 1.1.5)

You should wait!

[mitra1]

Arrived to my device the update 2,2,0 but the erase is very bad! (boyue has replaced your erase with onyx erase)

[Zeat]

Originally Posted by mitra1

Arrived to my device the update 2,2,0 but the erase is very bad! (boyue has replaced your erase with onyx erase)

Is it available to Alita? How bad is the eraser?

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Zeat

Is it available to Alita? How bad is the eraser?

there are 3 possibilities in notes:
- all
- circle around erases all in it
- touch a line erases this line

In pdf are 2 possibilities - circle is missing

[mitra1]

for my taste, yes.
I love the possibility to erase parts of line not entire line. now is impossible or erase entire line or nothing. The software is similar with onyx boox tablet

[shak3800]

Guys yesterday i got a message regarding the update of the 700mb. I chose download later. Today when i check it says there isnt a new update. Is tjis normal? Have they reverted the new update?

[mbrisco]

Sheez, the battery life on this thing is terrible. I can leave my nearly decade-old Paperwhite running KOReader on standby for a couple of days without losing even 1% battery, while this thing chugs nearly 5% in a single night on standby. Battery is also consumed at about 1% every 45 seconds when taking notes or typing. Hilariously bad

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by mbrisco

Sheez, the battery life on this thing is terrible. I can leave my nearly decade-old Paperwhite running KOReader on standby for a couple of days without losing even 1% battery, while this thing chugs nearly 5% in a single night on standby. Battery is also consumed at about 1% every 45 seconds when taking notes or typing. Hilariously bad

There are a lot of performance differences

[shak3800]

I cant download the latest update. I dont get the notification anymore. Is there a direct link to the zip?