[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Jim Chapman:
Hi,

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The 2.0 beta version does use a bit more program memory (it includes two separate zip libraries, as I am testing them both). The release version will only include one zip library, so its memory usage will be better.

You can try all the usual tricks for improving memory usage - e.g. do a soft-reset, and start Freda before starting other programs.

But it's odd that Freda is 'hanging' when trying to load your books. Normally I'd expect it to refuse to load the book and put you back to its start screen. So maybe there is some bug there. Can you send me an example of one of the epubs that isn't opening, and your logfile.txt file please (at home@jim-chapman.net).

Certainly. on my various test devices, v2.0 is consistently faster at opening epubs than v1.1, which does suggest you're suffering either from a drastic shortage of memory, or a bug that is specific to devices/ROMs other than the ones I have!

To create a preset that will turn the text yellow but leave all other settings alone, I do:

1) Tap the Settings icon, then tap on Text Appearance.

2) Tap Foreground and move the colour sliders to yellow. Tap OK to return to the text appearance screen.

3) Tap OK to return to the Settings screen.

4) Tap 'Actions... > Save Preset'.

5) Tick the 'Ink' box (and leave all other boxes unticked).

6) Type 'yellow' into the 'preset name' text box.

7) Tap OK to return to the Settings screen.

8) Tap Cancel (or 'Actions ... > Use these settings', if I want my text to go yellow now).

I have now created a preset called 'yellow' that, when I load it, should turn my text yellow, but leave all other settings unchanged.

To load that preset, I do:

1) Tap the Settings icon.

2) Tap 'Actions... > Load Preset'.

3) The settings screen should display, with the text appearance showing yellow text

4) Tap 'Actions ... > Use these settings'.

That should leave my text yellow, but all other settings unchanged (because 'ink=yellow' was the only setting that was saved in the preset).

Can you run through that procedure and let me know whether it is working for you. If it doesn't please (again) send me your log-file, and I will analyse.

What dictionary program have you installed, and what path have you set up in the settings screen?

But you can switch easily to other applications from the settings (shortcuts screen), which is only one tap away.

Well, I've had other users being quite insistent that they want continuous scrolling! Maybe a case for having another program setting that lets you choose which way it works ...

In actual use, I found I generally didn't want to save all settings in a preset: I have some presets that relate mainly to layout, where I want different layout setups for different kinds of book (one for TXTs, another for Feedbooks books, another for Calibre-converted PDFs, another for Calibre-converted MOBIs, ...) but I also wanted different settings for colour/style (one for night-time, another for reading on the train, another for sunlight) and I also wanted different control setups (one for standing in a tube train, another for lying in bed). If you put all your settings into every preset, you will keep modifying settings that you didn't want to change.

I could add a 'select all' control to that screen, but I'm not sure it would be all that useful really. I'm open to user requests, though, so would anyone with an opinion please let me know.

Thanks for using Freda,

Jim