The only thing I'm not keen about re ereaders is.

Jason Green · 12-19-2010, 07:22 PM

The fact that you can not flick between pages like you can with a real book.

Sometimes, especially with reference books, you like to refer back to another page, but you can't do that easily with an ebook, especially if the page numbers are out of sync with the index.

Ken401 · 12-19-2010, 10:17 PM

I agree that flipping through a paper book is easier, but I really like being able to do a word search in an ebook.

doreenjoy · 12-19-2010, 11:09 PM

If you press and hold the >> and < buttons, you'll flip through pages.

Kralik · 12-19-2010, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

If you press and hold the >> and < buttons, you'll flip through pages.

This works fairly well. However, it's not as quick and easy as flicking back, say, 100 pages to the general area and flipping around from there to see what you were looking for.

Bookworm_Girl · 12-20-2010, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Kralik

This works fairly well. However, it's not as quick and easy as flicking back, say, 100 pages to the general area and flipping around from there to see what you were looking for.

If you tap the page number in the status bar at the bottom of the screen, then a window appears with a page scroll bar which you can swipe to move however many pages you want.

boxcorner · 12-20-2010, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason Green

... a real book ... an ebook ...

I think they both have advantages and disadvantages. I read both; at any given time, I always have at least one of each on the go. That way I get the best of both worlds.

kartu · 12-20-2010, 04:31 AM

In PRS+ project there was a feature request: "open random page of the book action" so that "it feels more like a real book".

simulacrum · 12-20-2010, 05:13 AM

is there not a way to flick back to your bookmarks?

elemenoP · 12-20-2010, 08:00 AM

If there is an important chart or something, you can bookmark it. I also find that I love the word search feature. If I can't remember who a character is, for example, I can go back to the first time that character is mentioned.

eP

jswinden · 12-20-2010, 11:30 AM

In a scholarly work reading endnotes is okay if they are properly formatted and hyperlinked so that you press to read the note then press to return to where you were. If they aren't formatted/hyperlinked properly, they are useless. A popup box like that used for many dictionary lookups would be even better.

I think ereaders should have a setting that can remember the last 10 or so places you were in a book, that way you could get back to your last reading position within just a few simple clicks. Web browsers all have this feature and ereader software is basically a specialized web browser, so it would be easy to implement. I swear, the ereader manufacturers just are not very innovative when it comes to their reader software. They are way behind the curve in providing basic necessities like the ability to change:

font family
font type
background color
text color
margin sizes

Old, decade old, PDA reader software had much better functionality than the typical reader software today!

With the modern readers having fast processors and lots of memory, there is no reason why they cannot allow you to have at least two books, or book sections, opened simultaneously so that you could toggle between them.

Kralik · 12-20-2010, 11:58 AM

With the "Russified" firmware, you can make a hotkey to the "back" action. Pretty useful for following links and returning quickly (without opening options menu).

kartu · 12-20-2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

With the modern readers having fast processors and lots of memory, there is no reason why they cannot allow you to have at least two books, or book sections, opened simultaneously so that you could toggle between them.

Can't you toggle between books with 2 clicks (home button => click on the book) in 950? Whether they are internally opened simultaneously is implementation detail that shouldn't matter to the user.

digital_steve · 12-20-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jason Green

The fact that you can not flick between pages like you can with a real book.

Sometimes, especially with reference books, you like to refer back to another page, but you can't do that easily with an ebook, especially if the page numbers are out of sync with the index.

Bookmarks
Then goto notes/list
Rinse, repeat

doreenjoy · 12-20-2010, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jswinden

I think ereaders should have a setting that can remember the last 10 or so places you were in a book, that way you could get back to your last reading position within just a few simple clicks.

I use the "History" feature on my 350 to see the most recent pages I've viewed.

digital_steve · 12-20-2010, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by doreenjoy

I use the "History" feature on my 350 to see the most recent pages I've viewed.

I do too... but if i need to go to and fro from the glossary a lot, i just whack a bookmark in, then bookmark the page i'm on and away i go!

12-19-2010, 07:22 PM	#1
Jason Green Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Sony PRS-350	The only thing I'm not keen about re ereaders is. The fact that you can not flick between pages like you can with a real book. Sometimes, especially with reference books, you like to refer back to another page, but you can't do that easily with an ebook, especially if the page numbers are out of sync with the index.

12-20-2010, 11:30 AM	#10
jswinden Nameless Being	In a scholarly work reading endnotes is okay if they are properly formatted and hyperlinked so that you press to read the note then press to return to where you were. If they aren't formatted/hyperlinked properly, they are useless. A popup box like that used for many dictionary lookups would be even better. I think ereaders should have a setting that can remember the last 10 or so places you were in a book, that way you could get back to your last reading position within just a few simple clicks. Web browsers all have this feature and ereader software is basically a specialized web browser, so it would be easy to implement. I swear, the ereader manufacturers just are not very innovative when it comes to their reader software. They are way behind the curve in providing basic necessities like the ability to change: font family font type background color text color margin sizes Old, decade old, PDA reader software had much better functionality than the typical reader software today! With the modern readers having fast processors and lots of memory, there is no reason why they cannot allow you to have at least two books, or book sections, opened simultaneously so that you could toggle between them. Last edited by jswinden; 12-20-2010 at 11:36 AM.

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Ken401 Addict Posts: 218 Karma: 417978 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: St. Louis, MO USA Device: PRS-T1, PRS-950, PRS-505, Nexus 10, Xoom	I agree that flipping through a paper book is easier, but I really like being able to do a word search in an ebook.

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doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	If you press and hold the >> and < buttons, you'll flip through pages.

12-20-2010, 04:31 AM	#7
kartu PRS+ author Posts: 1,637 Karma: 2446233 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Sony PRS-300, 505, 600, 650, 950	In PRS+ project there was a feature request: "open random page of the book action" so that "it feels more like a real book".

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simulacrum Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 29688 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: The desert of the real Device: PRS-950	is there not a way to flick back to your bookmarks?

12-20-2010, 08:00 AM	#9
elemenoP Wizard Posts: 1,717 Karma: 3790058 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: NYC Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Sony 650	If there is an important chart or something, you can bookmark it. I also find that I love the word search feature. If I can't remember who a character is, for example, I can go back to the first time that character is mentioned. eP

12-20-2010, 11:58 AM	#11
Kralik Guru Posts: 609 Karma: 1013897 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Rooted NST	With the "Russified" firmware, you can make a hotkey to the "back" action. Pretty useful for following links and returning quickly (without opening options menu).

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