Buggy paging in Mobipocket on Windows Mobile

starrigger · 12-28-2009, 02:56 AM

I'm having a problem with Mobipocket Reader on my new (to me) Axim PDA (Windows Mobile 6, with the Mobi software automatically installed by the Desktop Reader, version 6.2). The problem is that, at least a few times a day, I click the page-back button to back up a little in the text, and instead of backing up one page, it backs up half a dozen or more. At first I thought it was me, but it's happened often enough that I'm pretty sure it's a bug in the reader. It's annoying to be repeatedly forced to find my place again.

Has anyone else had this problem, or found a way to prevent it?

I have wondered if it might have something to do with the font size (which I generally have fairly large, for reading in bed without my glasses). Maybe it "forgets" the font size momentarily and jumps back the equivalent of one page in small type? I haven't really tested that, just speculating.

I never had this problem with the version of Mobi that I ran on my old Win CE 3.0 PDA. It first showed up on the new PDA, with the more updated Mobi software.

Thoughts, anyone?

pdurrant · 12-28-2009, 05:59 AM

This is a long-standing 'feature' of the installable mobipocket reader. I've seen in on Palm PDAs.

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Originally Posted by starrigger

I click the page-back button to back up a little in the text, and instead of backing up one page, it backs up half a dozen or more.

starrigger · 12-28-2009, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

This is a long-standing 'feature' of the installable mobipocket reader. I've seen in on Palm PDAs.

Urk. Thanks.

starrigger · 01-01-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

This is a long-standing 'feature' of the installable mobipocket reader. I've seen in on Palm PDAs.

Actually, as this is becoming increasingly annoying to me, I wonder if there are earlier versions of Mobireader in which this "feature" is "disabled." My old WinCE 3 PDA didn't jump back like this, and I think it used MobiReader 4. But now I'm on WM 6, and I went to the latest version of Mobi, partly for the dictionary lookup.

Does anyone know at what version this problem started appearing?

12-28-2009, 02:56 AM	#1
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Buggy paging in Mobipocket on Windows Mobile I'm having a problem with Mobipocket Reader on my new (to me) Axim PDA (Windows Mobile 6, with the Mobi software automatically installed by the Desktop Reader, version 6.2). The problem is that, at least a few times a day, I click the page-back button to back up a little in the text, and instead of backing up one page, it backs up half a dozen or more. At first I thought it was me, but it's happened often enough that I'm pretty sure it's a bug in the reader. It's annoying to be repeatedly forced to find my place again. Has anyone else had this problem, or found a way to prevent it? I have wondered if it might have something to do with the font size (which I generally have fairly large, for reading in bed without my glasses). Maybe it "forgets" the font size momentarily and jumps back the equivalent of one page in small type? I haven't really tested that, just speculating. I never had this problem with the version of Mobi that I ran on my old Win CE 3.0 PDA. It first showed up on the new PDA, with the more updated Mobi software. Thoughts, anyone?

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