Opening picture on Cybook Gen 3 - Page 2

HarryT · 03-04-2008, 05:12 AM

It's not a book; it's a picture of a Gen3 showing its library screen, and it's one of the books in the library in the picture. Did you not look at the link that I posted, showing the picture?

Zarkov · 03-04-2008, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

As someone new here, and potentially looking at the Gen3 - surely the book can be deleted ? - or is that a daft question ?

It’s actually only a sample of the book and it can be deleted quite easily. The apparent problem is the boot-up screen of the Cybook which can’t be changed. Which displays this picture. http://www.bookeen.com/Pics/productI...ookPackage.jpg . The book “My life”, By Bill Clinton is displayed in the bottom left in all it’s 1cmx3cm (0.4”x1.1”), 4 greyscale glory.

It’s displayed for an entire 15 seconds or so, during the start up sequence. I can’t really imagine the level of political polarization needed in order to find this annoying. Then again it would be nice if you could add custom images.

GeoffC · 03-04-2008, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's not a book; it's a picture of a Gen3 showing its library screen, and it's one of the books in the library in the picture. Did you not look at the link that I posted, showing the picture?

Yes, I did see the link - but it was not obvious that it was only a picture. The screen says "Library", with book-cover pictures, title in text and publisher.

My immediate thought was it was a list of books contained in the Gen3, no-where does it say otherwise ?

for the clarification ............

Jellby · 03-04-2008, 09:34 AM

I don't particularly dislike Bill Clinton, neither his person as a politician nor his face (I don't say I like him either). But seeing him everytime I switch on the device is just annoying after the first 10 times, I guess. It would be the same were it a picture of any other person, especially if it cannot be changed; having just some objects, abstract drawings or a landscape would be a bit different, though.

By the way, just to be clear. When booting up, the screen shows the whole picture already mentioned, i.e., a picture of the Cybook itself showing the library (not the real library you have, but the "preset" library).

JWLaRue · 03-04-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

I don't particularly dislike Bill Clinton, neither his person as a politician nor his face (I don't say I like him either). But seeing him everytime I switch on the device is just annoying after the first 10 times, I guess. It would be the same were it a picture of any other person, especially if it cannot be changed; having just some objects, abstract drawings or a landscape would be a bit different, though.

-Jeff

slayda · 03-04-2008, 11:24 AM

Didn't mean to stir everyone up. Just want to know if it were possible to change. I did suggest to Bookeen that this would be an ideal place to allow customers to "personalize" their Cybook - perhaps with their name & address in the event of the Cybook being inadvertently left behind somewhere.

Justy · 03-04-2008, 01:34 PM

I sent Bookeen this feature request and this is the response I got back:

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There is nothing planned at the moment concerning the homepage screen. However, this remark has been recurrent and our team is trying its best to consider your remarks and suggestions.

I'd love to be able to pick out a nice landscape or abstract to see instead... one can hope

JWLaRue · 03-04-2008, 06:50 PM

...and having worked with a number of software developers in my career, that usually means "no".

-Jeff

Krystian Galaj · 03-04-2008, 06:55 PM

Being a software developer, it may seem "I'd like to add this too, if I manage to squeeze it between two highly neccessary features the bosses want".

GeoffC · 03-05-2008, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

Being a software developer, it may seem "I'd like to add this too, if I manage to squeeze it between two highly neccessary features the bosses want".

How difficult can it be to change ?
Surely it's just an image -
They could just replace it with a Bookeen logo (just for starters ?)

HarryT · 03-05-2008, 05:26 AM

To clarify, this is what the boot screen looks like (apologies for the lousy camera-phone pic!). Although you can't tell in the picture, the "floor" behind the Gen3 picture is a collage of little pictures of books. The lovely Mr. CLinton's picture (you can just make it out in the photo) is the bottom left picture on the screen of the Gen3 that's shown on the boot screen.

delphidb96 · 03-05-2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

To clarify, this is what the boot screen looks like (apologies for the lousy camera-phone pic!). Although you can't tell in the picture, the "floor" behind the Gen3 picture is a collage of little pictures of books. The lovely Mr. CLinton's picture (you can just make it out in the photo) is the bottom left picture on the screen of the Gen3 that's shown on the boot screen.

I *LOVE* that image! Yep, time to get a new cellphone camera!

Ummm... as far as the shot of Clinto on the "My Life" cover, it ain't that big and it doesn't stay long enough to be an annoyance - to me. But then, I'm not one of those easily-annoyed Republicans - and despite not being a Democrat, I respect President Clinton's achievements.

Derek

HarryT · 03-05-2008, 12:17 PM

The camera's actually quite nice for outdoor shots - it just struggles rather in not very bright indoor lighting, such as I took that with. Plus the fact that I had to take the picture while the boot screen was visible, which meant that I was holding the phone one-handed at the time, hence the vibration and blurred picture.

It serves its purpose, though, I think, which was simply to clarify the somewhat confusing point that the Gen3's boot screen shows a picture of a Gen3

.

Jellby · 03-05-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

Ummm... as far as the shot of Clinto on the "My Life" cover, it ain't that big and it doesn't stay long enough to be an annoyance - to me. But then, I'm not one of those easily-annoyed Republicans - and despite not being a Democrat, I respect President Clinton's achievements.

As I said, that's not the only reason to be annoyed. I'm not American and I don't have anything particular against Mr. Clinton, certainly much less than against other US presidents I've known. And yet it annoys me (not too much, but it does) to have the face of some person not of my choice on my screen everytime I turn my Cybook on.

Please, let's not turn this into a political arena, it's just about being able to choose the startup screen or at least having something neutral, and real people's faces are not neutral, even if they were unknown people.

delphidb96 · 03-05-2008, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

As I said, that's not the only reason to be annoyed. I'm not American and I don't have anything particular against Mr. Clinton, certainly much less than against other US presidents I've known. And yet it annoys me (not too much, but it does) to have the face of some person not of my choice on my screen everytime I turn my Cybook on.

Please, let's not turn this into a political arena, it's just about being able to choose the startup screen or at least having something neutral, and real people's faces are not neutral, even if they were unknown people.

I'd agree with you that being able to choose one's boot-up splash-screen would be a nice feature. I'd like to be able to choose one of my bird shots and then overlay the Bookeen and Cybook logo - as well as a "This is the property of Derek Benner" statement.

Derek

03-05-2008, 05:26 AM	#26
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	To clarify, this is what the boot screen looks like (apologies for the lousy camera-phone pic!). Although you can't tell in the picture, the "floor" behind the Gen3 picture is a collage of little pictures of books. The lovely Mr. CLinton's picture (you can just make it out in the photo) is the bottom left picture on the screen of the Gen3 that's shown on the boot screen. Attached Thumbnails

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03-04-2008, 05:12 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It's not a book; it's a picture of a Gen3 showing its library screen, and it's one of the books in the library in the picture. Did you not look at the link that I posted, showing the picture?

03-04-2008, 09:34 AM	#19
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	I don't particularly dislike Bill Clinton, neither his person as a politician nor his face (I don't say I like him either). But seeing him everytime I switch on the device is just annoying after the first 10 times, I guess. It would be the same were it a picture of any other person, especially if it cannot be changed; having just some objects, abstract drawings or a landscape would be a bit different, though. By the way, just to be clear. When booting up, the screen shows the whole picture already mentioned, i.e., a picture of the Cybook itself showing the library (not the real library you have, but the "preset" library).

03-04-2008, 11:24 AM	#21
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Didn't mean to stir everyone up. Just want to know if it were possible to change. I did suggest to Bookeen that this would be an ideal place to allow customers to "personalize" their Cybook - perhaps with their name & address in the event of the Cybook being inadvertently left behind somewhere.

03-04-2008, 06:50 PM	#23
JWLaRue Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 300000 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Annapolis, MD USA Device: Sony PRS-505 (blue, of course!)	...and having worked with a number of software developers in my career, that usually means "no". -Jeff

03-04-2008, 06:55 PM	#24
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	Being a software developer, it may seem "I'd like to add this too, if I manage to squeeze it between two highly neccessary features the bosses want".

03-05-2008, 12:17 PM	#28
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	The camera's actually quite nice for outdoor shots - it just struggles rather in not very bright indoor lighting, such as I took that with. Plus the fact that I had to take the picture while the boot screen was visible, which meant that I was holding the phone one-handed at the time, hence the vibration and blurred picture. It serves its purpose, though, I think, which was simply to clarify the somewhat confusing point that the Gen3's boot screen shows a picture of a Gen3 .

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