Oeps - UI error (page numbers again) - Page 2

tompe · 07-03-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Olympus

So everybody is accepting the fact that:
a: the progressbarr doesn't give me the percentage but only a bar where I have even have to guess what percentage is represented
b: I own a multi dollar computer but still have to do the mathematics myself (thank god I (sort-of) learned those math-tables at elementry school - I can't imagine what an effort it whould be for the I-own-a-calculator-generation)

I WANT Pagenumber or a Percentage NUMBER on my screen, and GOTO that number being either page or percentage.

No, I think it is very bad. The thing I miss a lot is a sense of how long the "book" is that I am reading and how much I have read. Not having that destroys my reading experience of short stories.

But Bookeen seems to not have so many programmers and the ones they have have not impressed us with their competence.

pilotbob · 07-03-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Olympus

I wonder:
Do people that can easily accept this major flaw also earmark p-books?

Personally I never earmark my p-books but just glance at the pagenumber should I close my book when I don't have a bookmarker available. Good habits die hard ;-)

I never earmark books... I always use a book mark. The books last longer that way. I don't think I would be able to remember what page I last was on, espesially when reading several books.

BOb

delphidb96 · 07-03-2008, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tribble

And has anyone expirienced that page progress bar showing into the opposite direction, out of the page to the left? That happende to me.

And I agrree, we need pagenumbers. Even if it is to get just a feel for the "size" of the book.

Yep. Go over a certain "page-count" and that automatically happens. It's a 'boundary' error. Known bug. But clearly not yet fixed. I think it happens around a page-count of 2048 or higher. (Guess the creators never read "Atlas Shrugged".

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Derek

dordale · 07-03-2008, 02:06 PM

I don't have a cybook, but used to read MobiPocket books on my Palm and an ancient Franklin eBookMan. The page numbering system (or lack there of) in MobiPocket books is something that really irritated me. I do appreciate that the Sony Reader handles this aspect much better!

dordale

bwaldron · 07-03-2008, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olympus

So everybody is accepting the fact that:
a: the progressbarr doesn't give me the percentage but only a bar where I have even have to guess what percentage is represented
b: I own a multi dollar computer but still have to do the mathematics myself (thank god I (sort-of) learned those math-tables at elementry school - I can't imagine what an effort it whould be for the I-own-a-calculator-generation)

I WANT Pagenumber or a Percentage NUMBER on my screen, and GOTO that number being either page or percentage.

Yes, I am indeed accepting the current situation. The progress bar is plenty good enough for me.

Ortep · 07-03-2008, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olympus

So everybody is accepting the fact that:
a: the progressbarr doesn't give me the percentage but only a bar where I have even have to guess what percentage is represented
b: I own a multi dollar computer but still have to do the mathematics myself (thank god I (sort-of) learned those math-tables at elementry school - I can't imagine what an effort it whould be for the I-own-a-calculator-generation)

It has something to do with how you read. I really couldn't care less. The bar is enough for me. Page numbers are irrelevant to me. I never look at them in a p-book either.

I find a better way to sort the books in the library much more important

tribble · 07-03-2008, 05:43 PM

Well, i would like to have pagenumbers, because they give me an estimate of the thickness of the book. While the actual page number is of only secondary concern, i would like to have some kind of related value to that thickness. 5% of 100 pages is just not quite the same as 5% of 1000 pages.

tompe · 07-03-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tribble

Well, i would like to have pagenumbers, because they give me an estimate of the thickness of the book. While the actual page number is of only secondary concern, i would like to have some kind of related value to that thickness. 5% of 100 pages is just not quite the same as 5% of 1000 pages.

Exactly. I do not care about the exact page number but the thickess of the book and how much of the thickness you have read is very important.

basschick · 07-03-2008, 08:06 PM

i'd like page numbers because when it's late at night, i might stay up to read 10 or 20 pages, but with the cybook, i end up reading 50 or 100 and missing sleep because i have no real frame of reference of how much more reading is left to go.

tribble · 07-04-2008, 04:45 AM

I noticed that the CyBook makes me read more than i should aswell

JSWolf · 07-04-2008, 06:24 AM

The problem with Mobipocket reader is that it has bugs that are just getting passed down to new releases. They are not bothering to fix them when they create new versions of the software. So the Gen3's page number bug stems from that being a long standing bug that Mobipocket has not yet bothered to fix. It seems they just port it as is bugs and all.

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07-03-2008, 02:06 PM	#19
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	I don't have a cybook, but used to read MobiPocket books on my Palm and an ancient Franklin eBookMan. The page numbering system (or lack there of) in MobiPocket books is something that really irritated me. I do appreciate that the Sony Reader handles this aspect much better! dordale

07-03-2008, 05:43 PM	#22
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	Well, i would like to have pagenumbers, because they give me an estimate of the thickness of the book. While the actual page number is of only secondary concern, i would like to have some kind of related value to that thickness. 5% of 100 pages is just not quite the same as 5% of 1000 pages.

07-03-2008, 08:06 PM	#24
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	i'd like page numbers because when it's late at night, i might stay up to read 10 or 20 pages, but with the cybook, i end up reading 50 or 100 and missing sleep because i have no real frame of reference of how much more reading is left to go.

07-04-2008, 04:45 AM	#25
tribble iLiad Maniac Posts: 1,382 Karma: 2369 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Germany Device: Bookeen Opus (i love that thing) and iPad (what an irony)	I noticed that the CyBook makes me read more than i should aswell

07-04-2008, 06:24 AM	#26
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,757 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The problem with Mobipocket reader is that it has bugs that are just getting passed down to new releases. They are not bothering to fix them when they create new versions of the software. So the Gen3's page number bug stems from that being a long standing bug that Mobipocket has not yet bothered to fix. It seems they just port it as is bugs and all.

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