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Is this just in my head or are the strange hyphenations in this new version. When you look at my screenshot, 5 lines down you see at end
could- n't That looks just odd to me. They are all like that ac- cept Har- grave etc, has that always been like this and I am just wound up now? |
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I guess I never gave them a thought before, I don't think I like it. Bad enough with the narrow text. Just looks funny with most words. I don't think other reader apps do that. I know some have asked for hyphenations. I haven't read a paper book in so long that I don't even know how its handled there.
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And thanks to a kind soul, I have my normal margins back and none of that hyphen stuff. I am going to put screenshots of the before and after here. I hope I have it on the same size text. I tried to go to the same text, but I think it will flow differently.
So before (3.6.2) is on the left, after (3.7) is on the right. And can someone please tell me where on my Nexus I can check to make sure apps don't update automatically. Scribd didn't so far, but I just want to make sure. Is that a setting in the play store? I can't find it on the device itself. Thanks. Last edited by Atunah; 09-16-2014 at 05:19 PM. |
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huge improvement...glad you got it back
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I can't read comfortably with this new version, in addition to the margins, the hyphenation is horrible to me. I hadn't been reading since the update as I have the Nexus on a charger, so I didn't notice that right away. I hope there is no long term issue with using an older version for a subscription. I don't know what I'll do if I can't use this one anymore. I send both screenshots to Scribd and also mentioned the Hyphenation. But I guess people asked for that and they thought they gave us what we wanted. But it really doesn't read nice. Oh, I also put a link to this thread in the email. |
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I just updated my Nexus 7 and it looks worse there too. My previous screen print was my phone. The margins are larger and they seem to have a problem with the last page on a line now too. The last line has only three words and the continuation on the next page shows a couple of those should have been on the previous page.
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It's pretty stupid nowadays to act that way though, and especially for reading where everyone reads better in different ways (font selection, font size, left aligned/full aligned, black on white, white on black, black on brown, etc.) Cutting out options is basically telling part of your potential customers you hate them and they should go elsewhere. Quote:
At least they listen though, I installed CameraZoom on my new Galaxy S4 and it won't work. I E-mailed support (I have a paid version of the app, not free) and they never replied. Guess what developer I'll never buy anything from ever again? Back on topic, I have to say the Scribd app looks worse in the screenshots of the new version than it did before. |
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Hold on to your apk's everyone. I got a response and it doesn't look like at least in near future it will change. This is part of what I got back.
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Since this is a paid subscription and the app is listed as an account on the Nexus, is it possible that at some point the older app wont work anymore with their account stuff and whatever they are using to protect the books from piracy? I sure hope not. I have to hold on to 3.6.2 and hope that they will fix this in the future. Us few can't be the only ones having issues here. Wonder if the apple app is also messed up like this. I don't have a ithingy so I can't check. |
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