New firmware

cvkemp · 09-02-2009, 10:32 AM

Just downloaded and installed the new firmware for the EzReader. Robert thank your guys this is a great start. The zoom is a lot better and the keyboard lock and unlock is working.

Thanks

Chuck

HarryT · 09-02-2009, 10:38 AM

Does it now support hyperlinks in ePub files?

cvkemp · 09-02-2009, 11:21 AM

Sorry I have not checked that the PDFs that I have I created and they do not have links.
charles

slm · 09-02-2009, 11:24 AM

It does not provide access to hyperlinks. (The menu system has not changed.)

cvkemp · 09-02-2009, 03:01 PM

Robert B
If an answer is possible how is it going with the ereader SKU.

Chuck

JSWolf · 09-02-2009, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slm

It does not provide access to hyperlinks. (The menu system has not changed.)

That's annoying.

Does the ADE page number on the right side of the screen get larger with ePub when you change the font size? This was a bug before. I'm wondering if it still is.

cvkemp · 09-02-2009, 04:03 PM

The page numbers are not getting larger.

chuck

JSWolf · 09-02-2009, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvkemp

The page numbers are not getting larger.

chuck

That's one bug fixed. Now for the other one that makes some book not nice to read.

Hellmark · 09-02-2009, 08:02 PM

Let's start pestering Robert till the hyperlink issue is fixed. It's an issue I want resolved before I buy one.

Robertb · 09-02-2009, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's annoying.

Does the ADE page number on the right side of the screen get larger with ePub when you change the font size? This was a bug before. I'm wondering if it still is.

The factory is not done. Another part of the upgrade is still coming.

Chiron · 09-02-2009, 09:18 PM

Err, where are you people seeing this new firmware? Is for the 5" PP or the 6"? Would the new PP be fully updated or do we need to update after we receive it?

Robertb · 09-02-2009, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellmark

Let's start pestering Robert till the hyperlink issue is fixed. It's an issue I want resolved before I buy one.

I know! I know! I cannot fly to China and beat them into doing it. I will again restress that Hyperlink is right up there with the Second Coming of Christ in importance to Americans. Jesus... what an impatient bunch.

Can someone, maybe Mr. Penquin with the hat, please again write out in lay terms what hyperlink does. I don't fully understand and maybe they do not fully understand. Be kind and nice, please, and just explain in a post what it does and why it is so critical! I will copy the post and taatoo it onto some buttocks.

griffonwing · 09-02-2009, 09:31 PM

That's our Robertb.. Mr Tact!

JSWolf · 09-02-2009, 09:32 PM

Hyperlinks are links in the ePub that allow internal ToC and endnotes.

Without them, some eBooks are worthless. The Discworld series of eBooks makes extensive use of endnotes and without being able to jump to them, the books are not as good.

HarryT's Haggard anthologies make use of on internal ToC that cannot be used without the ability to have hyperlinks.

A hyperlink is a click here, go there type of link that links to another part of the ePub. And without this working, ADE is virtually a mess (IMHO).

What I want to know is who botched ADE and let this rather serious bug get past certification and is that person still working for whichever company he/she works for?

GA Russell · 09-02-2009, 09:33 PM

Robert, the hyperlink takes you immediately to the end of the chapter where the endnote (like a footnote except a footnote is at the bottom of the page and the endnotes are collected at the end of the chapter) is located.

Personally, I almost never read the endnotes while I'm reading the text. I read the chapter, and then read all the endnotes at once to see if any are interesting. But I agree that the hyperlink would be a good thing to have.

09-02-2009, 10:32 AM	#1
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,431 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	New firmware Just downloaded and installed the new firmware for the EzReader. Robert thank your guys this is a great start. The zoom is a lot better and the keyboard lock and unlock is working. Thanks Chuck

09-02-2009, 09:32 PM	#14
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,782 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Hyperlinks are links in the ePub that allow internal ToC and endnotes. Without them, some eBooks are worthless. The Discworld series of eBooks makes extensive use of endnotes and without being able to jump to them, the books are not as good. HarryT's Haggard anthologies make use of on internal ToC that cannot be used without the ability to have hyperlinks. A hyperlink is a click here, go there type of link that links to another part of the ePub. And without this working, ADE is virtually a mess (IMHO). What I want to know is who botched ADE and let this rather serious bug get past certification and is that person still working for whichever company he/she works for? Last edited by JSWolf; 09-02-2009 at 09:35 PM.

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09-02-2009, 11:24 AM	#4
slm Fool Posts: 499 Karma: 4660650 Join Date: Feb 2003 Device: Kindle: Voyage,PW1,KOA, Kobo: Clara Colour, Nook GLP, Pocketbook verse	It does not provide access to hyperlinks. (The menu system has not changed.)

09-02-2009, 03:01 PM	#5
cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,431 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	Robert B If an answer is possible how is it going with the ereader SKU. Chuck

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cvkemp Loving life Posts: 1,431 Karma: 7991496 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Device: PaperWhite 6 SE, Fire HD8	The page numbers are not getting larger. chuck

09-02-2009, 08:02 PM	#9
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	Let's start pestering Robert till the hyperlink issue is fixed. It's an issue I want resolved before I buy one.

09-02-2009, 09:18 PM	#11
Chiron Fantasy & SciFi Reader Posts: 183 Karma: 262 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Device: Astak EZ Reader Pocket Pro	Err, where are you people seeing this new firmware? Is for the 5" PP or the 6"? Would the new PP be fully updated or do we need to update after we receive it?

09-02-2009, 09:31 PM	#13
griffonwing Suave Swabby, Savvy? Posts: 1,602 Karma: 520350 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Harrison, ARrrr, USA - southern Ozark mountains Device: Slate Blue PEZ (Astak Pocket Pro), CVSCX-9300 Quad-band watch phone	That's our Robertb.. Mr Tact!

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GA Russell Ticats/Als, Riders/Lions Posts: 7,717 Karma: 31487351 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: Paperwhite, Kindles 10 & 4 and jetBook Lite	Robert, the hyperlink takes you immediately to the end of the chapter where the endnote (like a footnote except a footnote is at the bottom of the page and the endnotes are collected at the end of the chapter) is located. Personally, I almost never read the endnotes while I'm reading the text. I read the chapter, and then read all the endnotes at once to see if any are interesting. But I agree that the hyperlink would be a good thing to have.