Hi Steve, Maybe I'm not reading your comments correctly, but in order to flick between menu items from the Kindle app when I have continuous reading on for a book, I have to first double tap with one finger in the center of the page, then hear VoiceOver say "Menu On". At that point I can flick to the menu items. This is a fairly standard action in many book apps where, in order to hide or show the page controls, you double tap in the center of the screen. You're correct that in general the landscape view of the iPad works better for many purposes, even when both portrait and landscape modes are selected.
HTH. Cheers, Esther On 8 May 2013, at 07:12, Steve Holmes wrote: > Hi after reading some 80 messages in this thread, I thought I would > put up some observations I have found so far with the Kindle app and > my iPad Mini. First off, I could get continuous read to work only in > landscape mode. When in portrait, it would read a page or two and then > stop every time. Flicking with 3 finger left or right would always > change pages as desired but the continuous read would always stop > after a page or so like I said before. > > As for flicking between menu items, I could never get that to work so > far on my iPad no matter in landscape or portrait; I'm referring to > when accessed from inside a book. I always have to use explore by > touch to find the reader menu items. Once I pick the Home menu item, > then I gain access to the top menu and then I can flick around like > normal. Changing brightness seemed to have no effect for me. > > So try landscape mode if using an iPad and see if continuous reading > isn't more reliable; it is for me. > > On 5/5/13, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Sorry, I forgot to write the main part of my message. lol. In my opinion, >> screen curtain is not as good at conserving battery life as actually >> reducing screen brightness. In my rudimentary testing, turning the screen >> curtain on just basically turns the pixels opaque, not dim the backlight. >> Its like pulling a black shade down on a window streaming in sunlight. Just >> because the shade is down, doesn't mean the sun isn't still up. :) >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On May 5, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Nicholas Parsons <mr.nicholas.pars...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Why don't you just turn the screen curtain on instead of lowering >>> brightness? Or do you still need the screen to look at? >>> >>> P.S. That blows my mind a little, Ricardo, that you discovered that >>> connection. The last thing I'd think to experiment with in trying to solve >>> a problem like that would be screen brightness. How bazaar. >>> >>> On 06/05/2013, at 9:17 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> haha, >>> >>> No problem. I guess we will need to turn down system brightness in >>> settings. This is much easier on an iPad since brightness can be >>> controlled from the app switcher though. >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
