Sony PRS-600 and live footnotes

stygian · 09-18-2009, 02:55 PM

I would like to read the Peavar and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace by Tolstoy, which is available at the Sony ebook store. A large portion of the book is in French, and I will have to consult the footnotes in this particular translation. On the Kindle, it would be painful to browse with the 5-way control for the footnotes, often multiple times per page. For the Sony PRS-600, does one simply click with a finger or the stylus on the footnote? And is the process fairly painless?

Seventh Son · 09-18-2009, 03:57 PM

If there's a link, then yes. You can easily go back to last page by using History.

dordale · 09-18-2009, 03:57 PM

As long as the book is formatted properly--that's how it!d work.

dordale

FlyFree · 11-11-2009, 01:03 AM

I find the footnotes to be very easy - just one click with stylus will display the footnote. I was bit confused how to get back to the main body of text - but History takes you back. This involves THREE clicks though! One click forward - three clicks back.

In the books I have purchased , footnotes are functional. But I wonder about Word documents and other formats that you would upload yourself....wonder is those footnotes would function properly....?

Bitgod · 01-13-2010, 08:50 PM

Yes! I'd totally kill for a way to go back from a footnote to where I left off without having to do options>history>tap left button>close history. It's killing me while reading Bill Simmons' Book of Basketball, where he's got like 3 footnotes per screen. I could live with it if I could leave the History mode turned on and still click on footnotes, but footnotes won't work until I turn the history off. Guess I'll make that a feature request to Sony.

Actually what I'd really rather have is a gesture for history. Like swiping up to go back a page in history, that'd be my best option.

HarryT · 01-14-2010, 06:43 AM

Count yourself lucky that the Reader has a "history" facility at all. Many devices don't!

09-18-2009, 02:55 PM	#1
stygian Member Posts: 12 Karma: 12 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: kindle 2, sony prs-600 (prospective)	Sony PRS-600 and live footnotes I would like to read the Peavar and Volokhonsky translation of War and Peace by Tolstoy, which is available at the Sony ebook store. A large portion of the book is in French, and I will have to consult the footnotes in this particular translation. On the Kindle, it would be painful to browse with the 5-way control for the footnotes, often multiple times per page. For the Sony PRS-600, does one simply click with a finger or the stylus on the footnote? And is the process fairly painless?

01-13-2010, 08:50 PM	#5
Bitgod Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sacramento Device: iPad / PRS-600 / iPhone 3G	Yes! I'd totally kill for a way to go back from a footnote to where I left off without having to do options>history>tap left button>close history. It's killing me while reading Bill Simmons' Book of Basketball, where he's got like 3 footnotes per screen. I could live with it if I could leave the History mode turned on and still click on footnotes, but footnotes won't work until I turn the history off. Guess I'll make that a feature request to Sony. Actually what I'd really rather have is a gesture for history. Like swiping up to go back a page in history, that'd be my best option. Last edited by Bitgod; 01-13-2010 at 09:01 PM.

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09-18-2009, 03:57 PM	#2
Seventh Son lurker Posts: 123 Karma: 356 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: EU Device: I should probably stop	If there's a link, then yes. You can easily go back to last page by using History.

09-18-2009, 03:57 PM	#3
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	As long as the book is formatted properly--that's how it!d work. dordale

11-11-2009, 01:03 AM	#4
FlyFree Bookworm Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Switzerland Device: Sony PRS600	I find the footnotes to be very easy - just one click with stylus will display the footnote. I was bit confused how to get back to the main body of text - but History takes you back. This involves THREE clicks though! One click forward - three clicks back. In the books I have purchased , footnotes are functional. But I wonder about Word documents and other formats that you would upload yourself....wonder is those footnotes would function properly....?

01-14-2010, 06:43 AM	#6
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Count yourself lucky that the Reader has a "history" facility at all. Many devices don't!