08-27-2010, 06:39 PM | #46 |
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I barely notice the page number on the right side, and go by the bold number(s) at the bottom, which I find very helpful.
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08-28-2010, 05:39 AM | #47 |
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Since it seems both PRS-350 and PRS-650 have inherited the GUI of PRS-900, my guess is that new Sony Readers have solved the problems of justification and being able to use both PDF and Epub library books at the same time.
This is my understanding that none of the problems mentioned above exist in PRS-900. |
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08-28-2010, 12:56 PM | #48 | |
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Sony sure does not seem to be in any hurry to announce these supposed new readers. And I can remember at least one occasion when everyone eagerly awaited Sony to announce new products within a now extinct category (the Clie line of PDAs) just to hear Sony say that they were quitting that line of products. They effectively abandoned a very loyal set of customers with absolutely no warning or remorse. Last edited by jswinden; 08-28-2010 at 12:58 PM. |
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08-28-2010, 01:06 PM | #49 |
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It is a fact that the PRS-900 fixes these problems. I agree that it is possible that Sony will continue to use a buggy 2 year old version of mobile ADE in the 350 and 650, however even Sony's lackadaisical software development team should be able to port the 900's mobile ADE to the 350 and 650 in nine months.
Some ePubs force left justification, so we won't know for sure until hands on reports come in. |
08-28-2010, 01:44 PM | #50 |
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Hey, whatever works! If I ever see someone have to use their nose to turn pages on the TTC, I'll be sure to let them have my seat.
Back on topic. I do imagine that Sony would use the improved epub support that the PRS-900 had on it's new units. I can't wait to see them. Last edited by Latinandgreek; 08-28-2010 at 01:46 PM. |
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08-28-2010, 09:40 PM | #51 |
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Does the 900 allow the choice of justification? Because if they just switch over to full justification, then the new ones lose my interest.
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08-28-2010, 10:11 PM | #52 | |
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I too wouldn't be interested in a device that left justification was not an option. Before I switched to epub I had used a hack on my 505 to change all LRF to left justification. Only time will tell. |
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08-28-2010, 10:45 PM | #53 |
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The right side page numbers are there on MOST ADE implementations. Not just Sony. And Sony did remove them and allows full justification with ADE for the PRS-900. So there is hope that at least that version of ADE will be used with the new models. The only way we will find out is to wait and see.
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To fix that on DRMed ePub, you will have to strip the DRM and fix the CSS to make it left justified. The problem with ADE and full justification is that ADE does not seems to very the size of the spaces. So if you have a left justified ePub with say a short line due to a long word not fitting and make it full justified, that short line will not vary the space of a space to maybe fit that long word. It will just add space to the spaces to fully justify the line. And I'm not sure I'd want to have all that excess spacing after being so used to left justified and no large spacing between words. |
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Thanks for the clarification of info. |
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08-29-2010, 10:41 AM | #56 |
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The long startup time for reindexing after a reboot or adding books. This is one of the reasons I purchased a PB360 instead of the PRS-300 recently. It's nice to carry around a thousand or so books and not be stuck waiting forever when adding new books.
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08-29-2010, 10:44 AM | #57 |
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Which is why PRS505 users are very lucky... use PRS+ (see Sony Dev in forum here) and the sky's the limit... I carry 25K books at the moment
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08-29-2010, 01:48 PM | #58 |
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08-29-2010, 04:28 PM | #59 | |
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I have had a look at ADE justified and not justified and there's no difference with the words on a line. So that proves that ADE doesn't adjust the spaces and short lines can look awful. |
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