02-11-2018, 10:44 PM | #1 |
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Onyx Boox Max 2 - Feature Wishlist
There is no dedicated thread for any feature wishlists, so as to not clutter up any more semi-unrelated threads, why not make a new one here!
I received my Boox Max 2 a couple of days ago and have been using the heck out of it, overall a really nice device. Btw mine came with a stylus that HAS a clip, so it will not fall through the loop anymore. Seems like Onyx listened to the comments about that. I am using a Wacom grip-pen from the older Intuos2 line of tablets though, which has superior ergonomics. Works beautifully. I'm an artist, so my wishlist is mostly centered around the notes application which has a lot of potential. "Must-have!" - wishlist:
"Would be great to have!" - wishlist:
"Want it, but it is not urgent!" - wishlist:
I am aware that one could just say "use one of the many third party drawing apps from the Play Store!" but sadly all of them have a massive lag on this e-ink display, rendering them entirely useless. I tried them all I tried the A2 mode, but it helps not a single bit. Of course many of these things may not work when used as annotations on pdfs, but that's totally fine. I'd love to do more versatile sketches with this device, so the notes application should be beefed up and blow the competition out of the e-ink sketching market... or maybe given an extended sketching/art variant, which won't work for annotating anything, but has the advanced features in it. General wishlist for the overall device operation:
And that's about that. I am aware it is really unlikely that Onyx has the available manpower (or interest) to implement all (if any) of these things, but hey, doesn't hurt to put it out there, right? I just feel that this is a really good device with a lot of potential. Curious what ya'll have got in mind, I assume most of you primarily want to read books on it? |
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Perhaps you can forward your post to there somehow: http://bbs.onyx-international.com/c/MAX2-SERIES Also see http://bbs.onyx-international.com/t/...ver-exactly/68 Last edited by alcedo; 02-12-2018 at 07:40 AM. |
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02-13-2018, 10:19 AM | #3 |
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Toggle capacitative touch via soft and hard buttons to prevent accidental taps when using a stylus. This would be done explicitly by the user, not as some 'automatic' feature.
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02-13-2018, 10:40 AM | #4 |
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I would find very useful to have the possibility to have a 2 page landscape view of a document and also a side by side view of two different documents as the Sony DTP has.
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Those two features would be nice indeed.
Also a related feature of the first one -- it'd be nice to be able to see any two consecutive pages next to each other. This doesn't work so well in print books when one page is on the other side of another -- but on an ereader... |
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For quick reference: Librera - a demonstration https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=294390 Last edited by mdp; 02-14-2018 at 03:06 AM. |
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Looks like the locally installed Librera was old -- when I checked earlier, I failed to find such functionality. Since there was a more recent version, I updated
Thanks! FWIW, it looks like one needs to choose "book mode", not "scroll mode", to be able to select from: One page Two pages Cover, Two pages Half page I can see two pages at a time, but I didn't figure out how to accomplish what I was after. For example, if I was viewing pages 5 and 6, navigating to the next view would show pages 6 and 7. Do you know if that is possible? |
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Not very easy. There is 2 different side by side modi - either 1|2 , 3|4, 5|6, or 1, 2|3, 4|5. To go from 5|6 to 6|7 you would have to switch the modus, then possibly go forward again since it puts you on the wrong page.
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Certainly possible: through a feature request. I will post it. |
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02-14-2018, 12:07 PM | #10 |
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I've taken to using the device in landscape mode on tablet stand with a bluetooth keyboard as a latop replacement (it's amazing how well it does like this!).
One feature that would be helpful in this mode is the ability to reverse the hardware page turning buttons. That is because when the device is turned on its left side (so that the pen loop is on top), the left button (which ordinarily takes you backwards) now points down and should take you forwards, while the right button (which ordinarily takes you forwards) now points up and should take you backwards. |
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A poster mentioned referring to a diagram on a previous page. What if several pages follow the diagram? It might be nice to be able to go through those pages with the diagram in place, and then unpin the diagram when you are done with it, at which point normal two-page mode resumes. |
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02-15-2018, 09:37 PM | #15 |
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On a related note, if rooting becomes possible and multi-window operation is successful, there'd be a different work-around.
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