08-10-2009, 10:27 PM | #61 |
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Given the previous announcement about aligning the readers with the Vaio line, perhaps the announcement will be a tablet, rather than a large-screen eInk device?
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08-11-2009, 02:13 AM | #62 |
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They are going Mobipocket only?
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08-11-2009, 08:54 AM | #63 | |
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Oh, it's not THAT bad. I occasionally read ePubs in AdobeDE for Windows on a my work PC (on really slow days) and the justification without hyphenation has never bothered me. In fact, I didn't even notice it was different from the justification in paper books until I learned that Adobe ePub didn't support hyphenation yet. |
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But, whether you like full justification or not, it's clearly a lot better to have a device which can display both fully- and left-justified text, than one which displays left-justified text only.
I honestly don't find the full justification on the Opus to be the least bit "objectionable", speaking personally. |
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But I'm not saying you anti-justification-without-hyphenation people are crazy; you certainly have a point. I'll agree with HarryT and say a device should offer both. |
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I fully acknowledge that I'm in the minority on the justification issue (though I've received a decent amount of karma for my post from others with the same view). All I ask is that if they do add ADE justification, that the ADE renderer at the very least respect a left text-align property if given. However, since the firmware update (if it even exists) is likely finalized at this point, discussing it is really all a moot point anyways.
On a side note, I'm not even convinced there will be a firmware update. The early articles that announced the new models and Mac support that actually featured quotes from Sony reps stated that the Mac support would be handled by a software update (which makes sense since you would need to download the Mac software in the first place). From what I've seen, a blog or two interpreted this to be a software update for the reader itself (aka, a firmware update), and things snowballed from there. I know one or two people got in touch with Sony support and asked, but quite frankly, I don't trust anything that first line support has to say, especially when dealing with unreleased products and updates. So to be honest, I'll be pleasantly surprised if there is a firmware update for the 505 and 700, and not surprised in the least if there isn't one. |
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