How about more font sizes with mobi?

[jusmee]

Originally Posted by ThomasMcKean

Actually, no. What *I* get from reading these posts is people want to choose their own font sizes.

But then I may have totally missed the point.

Actually what a couple of us, at least, want, is to also choose the default font face in ePub. It defaults to Times Roman in a light grey. Not the clearest for reading, and can't be changed.

In mobi you can change font face, but you have to do it for every book you open (although it does remember for that book)

There is a global setting for fonts in the main settings menu of the device, but it seems to be ignored by both the ePub and the mobi reader software. The intention of a global default font for reading is good, but they have not implemented it properly - i.e. it doesn't work for mobi and ePub (and possible other formats)

[AJ Starr]

As I understand...

Users want:
Font SIZES in the mobi/prc to be as many choices as epubs has (i.e., 5)

Font STYLES in mobi/prc and epubs to CHOOSE from the font styles in the settings and/or user loaded fonts, and have that STYLE stay on unless changed by the user.

As it is now, epubs cannot change the style from the Pocket Pro, it necessitates changing the ebook FILE as programmed by the editor. And now, for mobi, you can choose one of three choices set by the system, (or can you have user loaded files available?) but it does not stay when you reload the file.

Also, for epubs, uses want the status bar WITH the progress meter AND the clock.

[how'd I do with the clarification?]

AJ

[Robertb]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

The difference between the font sizes is too big. On mobi: size 1 is too big and size 2 is even worse... On epub, size 1 is waaaay too small, and size 2 is too big... At least, for my taste...

On November 5 we issued a firmware upgrade to change the font graduations to elimianate the "too small... too large" problem.

Is it still wrong? Most people seemed very pleasedthat I heard from.

[jusmee]

Originally Posted by AJ Starr

As I understand...

Users want:
Font SIZES in the mobi/prc to be as many choices as epubs has (i.e., 5)

Font STYLES in mobi/prc and epubs to CHOOSE from the font styles in the settings and/or user loaded fonts, and have that STYLE stay on unless changed by the user.

As it is now, epubs cannot change the style from the Pocket Pro, it necessitates changing the ebook FILE as programmed by the editor. And now, for mobi, you can choose one of three choices set by the system, (or can you have user loaded files available?) but it does not stay when you reload the file.

Also, for epubs, uses want the status bar WITH the progress meter AND the clock.

[how'd I do with the clarification?]

AJ

Pretty good. I want to add, and STRESS, that the global font face setting should be applied to ALL formats as a default. If they have individual custom font settings, OK use that, but if not (the majority case) always use the global font setting. I think text files do this, but they are the only format I have used that does. ePub and mobi should as well.

Failing that, there should be another global setting added for each specific format, e.g. I set a global setting for ALL mobi format books, and another for all ePubs.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Robertb

On November 5 we issued a firmware upgrade to change the font graduations to eliminate the "too small... too large" problem.

Is it still wrong? Most people seemed very pleased that I heard from.

I think the EPUB font changes are relative to what yo start with.

I have been fooling around with Calibre, and that is when I noticed that, "3" was not always my best choice.

As to Page(screen page) number at the bottom.
I suggest a Percentage of the location in the file rather than page Number, which gets really messed up if you change zoom levels. The percentage of the file is always correct for the First Character on the screen.

[tselling]

Originally Posted by Robertb

On November 5 we issued a firmware upgrade to change the font graduations to eliminate the "too small... too large" problem.

Is it still wrong? Most people seemed very pleased that I heard from.

Robert, the font sizes are "better" than before, but with font sizes more choices are needed for some ebooks.... especially with mobi. 3 font sizes is just not enough.

And for EPUB to become my preferred format, I need to be able to change the font style (ie to IBOOKN or one of my loaded fonts) AND have a status bar (I don't want to have to push a button to see the statusbar).

Thanks for keeping on top of user needs/preferences.

[jusmee]

Originally Posted by tselling

And for EPUB to become my preferred format, I need to be able to change the font style (ie to IBOOKN or one of my loaded fonts) AND have a status bar (I don't want to have to push a button to see the statusbar).
.

+1

[Javed]

Originally Posted by theducks

As to Page(screen page) number at the bottom.
I suggest a Percentage of the location in the file rather than page Number, which gets really messed up if you change zoom levels. The percentage of the file is always correct for the First Character on the screen.

I like the percentage idea very much also. This could be as an option.

Optionality in most of the changes to be implemented is probably the best way to go, as then more choices are available to cater for the many.