Suggestion: Kindle style paging ...

I would like to suggest that the reading panes in the product utilize Amazon Kindle style paging rather than a vertical scrolling model. Perhaps having both options available would be appropriate. The Kindle style paging provides for a more natural book paradigm for reading through a text. You have likely considered this, as the iPhone reader follows this model, but I wanted to put in my vote for this in your desktop versions.

Thank you for your consideration!

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Rosie Perera

Good idea! And welcome to the Logos Forums.

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Alan Macgregor

[Y] Great idea! Why didn't I think of that? Probably because I am so used to the "old way" of doing things.

Yes, there are times when scroll mode is useful, like when you are selecting text. But there are times when book-page mode would be far better, like when you are engaged in continuous reading. Having the option of choosing reading modes would be excellent.

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110678#Comment_110678

Yes, there are times when scroll mode is useful, like when you are selecting text. But there are times when book-page mode would be far better, like when you are engaged in continuous reading. Having the option of choosing reading modes would be excellent.

I would be much more likely to actually read my digital books in Logos, rather than merely using them as reference sources to search through, if we had this option.

DHG

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110679#Comment_110679

Great suggestion for a first post. I agree.

Bob Pritchett

We're planning an improved Reading View with paging. (Requires same layout logic as printing -- which is also "paged".)

Mark Barnes

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110833#Comment_110833

A reading view which actually matched print pages would be even more awesome. I appreciate that the 'shape' of the window might not match the shape of the page, but Logos could automatically set the zoom so we could see a whole page at a time.

TheSignal

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110679#Comment_110679

That is exactly my thought ... I am new to the software, I'd really like to use it not only for research, but also as a digital library and reading room for actively reading through my books.

Amazon has done a great job with their implementation, and would provide a great reference model for implementation. Particularly in allowing you to scale the text up and down, and having the text re-paginate to meet the allowable space. I use their version on iPhone and Mac (they have a version on Windows as well).

Glad to see there is so much support!

Rosie Perera

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110841#Comment_110841

We're planning an improved Reading View with paging. (Requires same layout logic as printing -- which is also "paged".)

Awesome! Can't wait.

A reading view which actually matched print pages would be even more awesome. I appreciate that the 'shape' of the window might not match the shape of the page, but Logos could automatically set the zoom so we could see a whole page at a time.

Yes, having it automatically zoom to show whole page would be good. And let us change the zoom level if we want to.

Philip Gurgel

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/110954#Comment_110954

It's good to hear that they'll be implementing this.

In the meantime, you can vote for this change here:

http://logos.uservoice.com/forums/42823-logos-bible-software-4/suggestions/518425-reading-mode?ref=title