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And I have the suspicion that there are some 'old hands' who didn't know the old viewer could be de-cluttered at the flick of switch. BR |
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10-12-2019, 05:31 PM | #32 |
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You and I just use the right click options. We always have. I won't tell you the number of people I try and help (in person), that seem to have a right click phobia or use the Menu key (near the right Ctrl on std kybds. could be anyplace on the right for laptops ) on Windows keyboards |
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Regarding theducks context menu key on Windows oriented keyboards I suspect many users don't know what it does (including those who use the 2 key combination instead), perhaps not even noticed it. For those who rely heavily on mice I wonder which of the right or left click keys is used most, I find with Logitech mice it is the right key that fails to the dreaded Logitech "double click" fault first; makes me wonder. |
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10-12-2019, 06:49 PM | #34 |
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I'm using Logitech mice and I've never had the left or right button have a problem.
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I always right click if I see no other option and in this case, it worked. I got the options for the viewer. It was really simple.
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My son seems to have no issues either. So is something to do with how much of a brute one is. It has been a widespread issue, much on the internet about it including how to replace the microswitches (which I have done on occasions with better ones, but later boards are multilayer which gets too tricky). In recent years Logitech seem to have started using better, but more clicky sounding ones in their non-silent mice; I have just had one of them fail too though (right one, of course ). |
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You are correct. I hate contractions, often they never make it from my brain to the keyboard and always drastically change what I'm attempting say.
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Since these font size changes also change the size of the Reader GUI font, at larger font sizes destroying its usability, the new Reader GUI is, for them, and I'm one of "them", an absulute non-starter. For me and other visually-challenged users the new GUI is a Calibre-killer. I assist several other people in care facilities with these issues and just finished reinstalling 3.48.0 with a warning not to update Calibre any more. They were so grateful to be able to read their books again. |
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11-28-2019, 12:52 PM | #41 |
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Use Old "ebook-viewer" with Calibre 4+
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Lots of chatter about the new ebook-reader... After updating to Calibre 4.4.0 and deciding I really preferred the "old" ebook-viewer, I downloaded a pre-4.0 tarball [calibre release (3.48.0), 64-bit binary] and extracted the ebook-viewer, copied it to /opt/calibre/ and /opt/calibre/bin/ and set the owner and permissions. For some reason, it just does not work - I can't even run the viewer (it's set to executable) and I am running x86_64 Ubuntu. Anyone else tried this and had the same or similar problem? I'll post if I get it to work, but I'm baffled for the moment. |
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I just prefer the old viewer. (OK, there is that % read in the bottom right that I can't make go away).
How come? I take it the viewer is not a stand-alone component then... Thanks! Last edited by Arro; 11-28-2019 at 01:26 PM. |
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The viewer is not a stand alone component. What is it about the viewer in 4.4 that you do not like? If it is the toolbar, you can add the toolbar to 4.4 in settings.
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