Opus First impressions of the Opus - Page 6

Godzil · 08-05-2009, 04:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaurnim

The Opus has to be completely vertical for the accelerometer to take the movement into account. After that, though, you can use at you preferred angle.

It could work a little tilted (more than 45°) to work as I tested

Nina182B · 08-05-2009, 01:40 PM

I've been using the Kindle for more than a year, then got the Opus. I love it! I'm so glad I switched. Only two things I miss about the Kindle - you can sort based on most recent book read and when you turn it on, you're on page you stopped at (not the library). But these are minor things and I'm very satisfied with the Opus.

I really like the folder support, which is the reason why I switched to Opus and gave up on the Kindle. I wish I could change the image of the folder thumbnail to something else. I'm ok without it though. I wrote an e-mail to bookeen support about it.

HarryT · 08-09-2009, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

The Opus has to be completely vertical for the accelerometer to take the movement into account. After that, though, you can use at you preferred angle.

That's not my experience. I generally hold my Opus at about 30 degrees to the vertical, and the accelerometer works just fine at that angle.

HarryT · 08-11-2009, 05:01 AM

To correct an earlier error, I incorrectly said earlier in this thread that the Opus did not display "marginal" page numbers in an ePub file. It does, but they are very, very small and displayed in a very "light" font. They are so small that it took me several days to notice them! They really don't "interfere" with the text.

rlauzon · 08-11-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

Do you get the stupid page numbers at the margin with ePUB? Can you change margins, font, anything else?

I wish. I've looked and I can't see a way.

In my current eBook, the margin page numbers were slightly annoying, but now that I am over 100 pages, they are interfering with the text of the eBook.

A workaround would be to tell (somehow) Calibre to not automatically justify the text. That would reduce the probability that there would be text in the area of the page numbers.

Godzil · 08-12-2009, 03:48 AM

Are you sure that there is no CSS to apply, or other specific ADE file to remove this "feature"?

Jellby · 08-12-2009, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Godzil

Are you sure that there is no CSS to apply, or other specific ADE file to remove this "feature"?

As discussed elsewhere, an empty page-map can do it, but then you probably lose the possibility of jumping to arbitrary pages.

rlauzon · 08-12-2009, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Godzil

Are you sure that there is no CSS to apply, or other specific ADE file to remove this "feature"?

I haven't really looked into it. The GUI for Calibre is brain-damaged (needing a 32-bit USBLib to provide a useless - to me - feature), so my current eBooks are quickie command-line generated things.

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 05:52 AM

You can get rid of the marginal numbers, but if you do, they'll disappear from the status line too, and you'll have absolutely no indication of how far through the book you are.

JSWolf · 08-12-2009, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Gaurnim

A quick note about those two.

Bookeen is not dropping Mobi support, but they can't include both Mobi and Epub support in the same version of the firmware.
So there will be 2 versions of the firmware, one for Mobi, one for Epub.
While it's not really convenient for us, at least it allows some form of liberty in the choice of format.

The Opus has to be completely vertical for the accelerometer to take the movement into account. After that, though, you can use at you preferred angle.

But for those who have an Opus now, you'll be too entrenched in ePub to bother with Mobipocket. So releasing a Mobipocket firmware is a waste of Bookeen's resources (IMHO).

Godzil · 08-12-2009, 08:19 AM

JSWolf: I doubt that having both firmware is the most difficult part for bookeen. I suspect they only need some compilation flags to have one or the other (or even both if the licence wasn't so much restrictive)

HarryT · 08-12-2009, 08:25 AM

I've decided that I like ePub a lot. I just wish I could have ePub with a dictionary.

Godzil · 08-12-2009, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've decided that I like ePub a lot. I just wish I could have ePub with a dictionary.

Woaw! Screenshot! I never think I will read this from you

JSWolf · 08-12-2009, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've decided that I like ePub a lot. I just wish I could have ePub with a dictionary.

Get a Sony PRS-600. It has an English dictionary bundled with it.

captaingeorges · 08-16-2009, 11:02 AM

Hello All!

Has anybody been able to compare the Cybook Opus and the Sony PRS-300 ?

Regards

Georges

08-12-2009, 05:52 AM	#84
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	You can get rid of the marginal numbers, but if you do, they'll disappear from the status line too, and you'll have absolutely no indication of how far through the book you are. Last edited by HarryT; 08-12-2009 at 06:10 AM. Reason: Typo correction

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Nina182B Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle, Cybook Opus, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura	I've been using the Kindle for more than a year, then got the Opus. I love it! I'm so glad I switched. Only two things I miss about the Kindle - you can sort based on most recent book read and when you turn it on, you're on page you stopped at (not the library). But these are minor things and I'm very satisfied with the Opus. I really like the folder support, which is the reason why I switched to Opus and gave up on the Kindle. I wish I could change the image of the folder thumbnail to something else. I'm ok without it though. I wrote an e-mail to bookeen support about it.

08-11-2009, 05:01 AM	#79
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	To correct an earlier error, I incorrectly said earlier in this thread that the Opus did not display "marginal" page numbers in an ePub file. It does, but they are very, very small and displayed in a very "light" font. They are so small that it took me several days to notice them! They really don't "interfere" with the text.

08-12-2009, 03:48 AM	#81
Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	Are you sure that there is no CSS to apply, or other specific ADE file to remove this "feature"?

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Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	JSWolf: I doubt that having both firmware is the most difficult part for bookeen. I suspect they only need some compilation flags to have one or the other (or even both if the licence wasn't so much restrictive)

08-12-2009, 08:25 AM	#87
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've decided that I like ePub a lot. I just wish I could have ePub with a dictionary.

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