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Actually, they very much do: 1. As a relative marker of a current position. 2. As an absolute number when your ebook/reader screws up saving its state.
by ZoomZoomZoom 7y ago
Actually, they very much do:
1. As a relative marker of a current position.
2. As an absolute number when your ebook/reader screws up saving its state.
- Scapeghost 7y ago1. Is solved by "N Pages left in chapter" which is more useful than "Page N" 2. There is no "absolute number" of pages on a e-reader app or device because the window or font size can change, changing all the page numbers. You can have 100 pages or 200 pages.
- ZoomZoomZoom 7y ago1. It's also solved by X/Y where X: page number, Y: total pages. 2. Most users read from fullscreen readers on their phones or ebooks, so the window size doesn't really change. I also strongly advice setting on a font for a particular book and stick to it. From my POV (unbacked by science) it helps with recall. If you don't change the font or other layout settings, the "pages" retain their numeration.
- Scapeghost 7y ago> 1. It's also solved So you agree that there's an alternative solution to page numbers, but you want to go back to page numbers? > 2. Most users read from fullscreen readers on their phones or ebooks, so the window size doesn't really change. Font sizes can change, changing the number of pages.
- ZoomZoomZoom 7y ago> So you agree that there's an alternative solution to page numbers, but you want to go back to page numbers? Yes, and I never had any reason to go away from them so I never did. > Font sizes can change, changing the number of pages. Fonts don't do it themselves, though.