Comments on: One last item—on Sony Reader firmware update and its ePub and PDF wrinkles—before our electricity goes off http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Mike Cane http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-870036 Mike Cane Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:48:46 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-870036 Ah, brings back memories from the 1980s when I worked in a consulting firm and the big thing was hyphenation software. 28 years years later ... and it's still a big thing. And everyone thinks text is so simple! Ah, brings back memories from the 1980s when I worked in a consulting firm and the big thing was hyphenation software. 28 years years later … and it’s still a big thing.

And everyone thinks text is so simple!

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-869704 Hadrien Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:47:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-869704 There's a whole difference between justified text with and without hyphenation. Without any proper hyphenation, justified text can be very ugly (especially on a small screen). But for me, the best experience that you can get is with justification, proper hyphenation rules and the correct use of non-breaking spaces. There’s a whole difference between justified text with and without hyphenation.
Without any proper hyphenation, justified text can be very ugly (especially on a small screen). But for me, the best experience that you can get is with justification, proper hyphenation rules and the correct use of non-breaking spaces.

]]> By: Sherman Dorn http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-869665 Sherman Dorn Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:48:12 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/08/06/one-last-item-on-sony-reader-firmware-before-the-electricity-goes-off/#comment-869665 Since I finally bit the bullet and bought a Sony Reader last night, I'm probably the last person with the expertise to comment on what's changed. The reflow and the text size are legitimate concerns (I think the text size is probably easier to address than the reflow issue.) I am far less concerned with justified text than the FB folks. Apparently they've never had to read 8.5x11 (or A4) pages with justified text across the whole span. Yuck. Save the Ragged Edges! Since I finally bit the bullet and bought a Sony Reader last night, I’m probably the last person with the expertise to comment on what’s changed. The reflow and the text size are legitimate concerns (I think the text size is probably easier to address than the reflow issue.) I am far less concerned with justified text than the FB folks. Apparently they’ve never had to read 8.5×11 (or A4) pages with justified text across the whole span. Yuck. Save the Ragged Edges!

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