05-28-2011, 01:36 PM | #1 |
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Moon+ Reader 1.3 released
I just installed and haven't had time to test it out, but according to the What's New statement it looks like a significant upgrade:
v1.3:
EDIT: After quick review here are a few comments.
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Have you disabled scroll? Go into Settings (from within a book) / Miscellaneous then look for "Some special options" at the bottom of that screen. There's an option to "Disable vertical scrolling on touch". Last edited by SCION; 05-29-2011 at 01:45 AM. |
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05-29-2011, 10:39 AM | #3 | ||
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I'm using CM7.0.3 installed on eMMC. Moon+ Reader is installed on SD card as that seems to make some apps more stable. Data of course is stored on SD which is an 8gb class 10 card. Last edited by jswinden; 05-29-2011 at 10:46 AM. |
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Great post! And great write up thanks.
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My one real gripe with this product is it does not support CSS. I hope in the future will be part of the main view and not some "preview " mode. Quote:
Do you recall a while back I agreed with you that Moon's selection mechanism was kind of bad(the selection fluctuated for me too) and so was the performance. Well I don't experience those problems anymore since version 1.3. At first I thought Moon fixed these problems on 1.3, but I'm realizing the fix was really due to the fact that I upgrades to CM7 build 87. I've seen a performance increase overall in most apps with this build Moon included. |
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Also, the dictionary works for me with no WiFi. Perhaps you were trying the Wiki as mentioned by =X=? I have Moon+ installed internally. Last edited by SCION; 05-29-2011 at 11:53 AM. |
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05-29-2011, 11:52 AM | #6 |
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I switched to Fora dictionary and that works offline. For some reason ColorDict is not working on my device for any reader app including Coolreader. So it must not be a Moon+ Reader issue.
But good gosh, who designed that horrible menu system within Moon+?!? It is easier to launch the Space Shuttle than find menu items. Android and its apps remind me a lot of the old WM (Windows Mobile). Like a lot of people I outgrew PalmOS and relunctantly switched to WM, but the WM menu system (read UI) was horrible. I really think Android is even more convoluted and non-intuitive. Keep in mind that I worked for various software companies for a quarter of a century and making products that were easily navigable was a huge priority with them. I know it takes a lot more than good programmers to create a good UI, they need to use a top notch UI design team made up of folks from various professions other than just programming. And what ever happened to KISS--Keep It Simple Stupid? I realize many Android geeks love this kind of system, but the average Android user is going to be totally lost in the UI maze. |
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05-29-2011, 12:02 PM | #8 | |
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For those of you who are old enough to remember the DOS days, apps pretty much used their own unique UI. It took a while to learn each app because you had no clue where settings and functions were located or how to get to them until you read the manual or used the app. It was a mess! Then along came the Macintosh and Mac apps started to appear with similar UIs. You only had to learn what the File menu or Edit menu did once as it would be mostly the same for each program. The use of common menus and functionality made it a lot easier and quicker to learn new apps. Eventually Microsoft incorporated this concept into Windows. As I look at Android apps I think they are much closer to the "do your on thing" days of DOS than to the refined systems of Macs and Windows. Each Android reader app seems to have a rather unique interface and unique way of hiding settings and functions. Last edited by jswinden; 05-29-2011 at 12:15 PM. |
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I hope they implement publisher default soon. There are times when I just want to use it. In fact, if I can't get a book to look "right" I use another app with publisher default. There have been many regular updates with the app and it offers much. For that reason I purchased it in support. Last edited by SCION; 05-29-2011 at 06:43 PM. Reason: Corrected sentence to include "publisher default". |
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The publisher default has already been implemented and looks very nice. The downside to this mode is annotations do not work in this mode.
Think of it as a "view mode" to enable this mode tap in the middle of the screen to get the menu options. On the top, just right of the progress bar, there is a new icon. that icon is the publisher's view mode. The press on the button to enable the view. Note that button on the nook is Very hard to push because that is one of the "blind" spots. It takes me several attempts to enable the mode. To disable I just hit the annotate button and it will ask if you want to leave the mode. I recommend you note where you are in the book if you try to enable that view because the chance of you hitting the end of the progress bar is very likely. On my samsung phone the button is easily enabled. |
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Unreal. I had to go into Miscellaneous settings and enable "Show Preview with publisher formatting Button on top bar".
This is fabulous. There's one book that just would not display footnote links properly. Now it does with the publisher default. Woo Hoo!!! Now I don't have to use another app for this option. Edit: I just saw your post Jack. Thanks though. I'm running the paid version. I thought it was not included in this version while troubleshooting. Sent an email to developer. Will need to let him/her know I figured it out. Duh. Last edited by SCION; 05-29-2011 at 09:22 PM. |
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The good news is the formatting issue was fixed in non-publisher default mode. I guess the Quote:
Also, the publisher default doesn't allow for page turning -- just scrolling. |
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