Comments on: FBReader 0.8.13 released with ‘Go to page number’ http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Marcus Sundman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/comment-page-1/#comment-712489 Marcus Sundman Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:54:54 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/#comment-712489 Having fixed size pages on a variable size screen is like forcing a square peg through a round hole. It's just stupid any way you look at it. A percentage would be much more sensible. (Even a word number or paragraph number would be less insane than a "page" number.) Having fixed size pages on a variable size screen is like forcing a square peg through a round hole. It’s just stupid any way you look at it.
A percentage would be much more sensible. (Even a word number or paragraph number would be less insane than a “page” number.)

]]> By: Alan Wallcraft http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/comment-page-1/#comment-712352 Alan Wallcraft Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:39:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/#comment-712352 In FBReader a "page" is a fixed amount of text (I'm not sure how much). If you turn on the indicator bar, it can optionally show the current page number and the total number of pages. A single screen can be either less or more than a "page", so the indicator current page counter does not always increase by one per screen turn. The UVA version of Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities is 371 pages for example. The Kindle has a similar scheme, but its "page" is tiny and this is very confusing. In FBReader a “page” is a fixed amount of text (I’m not sure how much). If you turn on the indicator bar, it can optionally show the current page number and the total number of pages. A single screen can be either less or more than a “page”, so the indicator current page counter does not always increase by one per screen turn. The UVA version of Dicken’s A Tale of Two Cities is 371 pages for example.

The Kindle has a similar scheme, but its “page” is tiny and this is very confusing.

]]> By: Paul Biba http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/comment-page-1/#comment-712172 Paul Biba Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:28:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/#comment-712172 Yes, the numbers will change depending on all those factors. It should probably say "go to screen number" instead. Yes, the numbers will change depending on all those factors. It should probably say “go to screen number” instead.

]]> By: Marcus Sundman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/comment-page-1/#comment-712148 Marcus Sundman Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:51:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/02/09/fbreader-0813-released-with-go-to-page-number/#comment-712148 "Go to page number"?! On an electronic reader of a pageless format? I've heard some dumb things in my life, but that's pretty far out there. Surely the page numbers must change when you change the font size or the margin size or the number of overlapping lines at page flips or the screen size or pretty much anything else. “Go to page number”?! On an electronic reader of a pageless format? I’ve heard some dumb things in my life, but that’s pretty far out there. Surely the page numbers must change when you change the font size or the margin size or the number of overlapping lines at page flips or the screen size or pretty much anything else.

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