I like the page number display,
read progress bar, search by word or page number, goto, and dictionary.
Not exact matches
To see whether states are setting proficiency
bars in such a way that they are «lowballing expectations» and have «lowered the
bar» for students in 4th - and 8th - grade
reading and math, Education Next has used information from the recently released 2009 National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) to evaluate empirically the proficiency standards each state has established.
When the option is turned on the percentage
read meter moves to the bottom left of the screen next to the
reading progress indicator and a Word Wise label gets placed there to access the slider
bar.
When you hit the new Nook's homescreen, you're greeted with the book you're currently
reading (along with
progress), recommended articles from news feeds, and a bottom
bar that has the status of all your Nook friends (and what they're currently
reading).
Until two days ago, I didn't even realize the
progress bar that appears at the bottom of the screen as you
read shows tick marks indicating chapter beginnings.
In terms of getting out of the way: Tap on a page as you
read in the Kindle app, and all the accoutrement — the buttons, the
progress bar, the whatnot — vanish.
The homescreen comprises of the book you are currently
reading with a
progress bar of how much of it is remaining.
Progress bars at the bottom of the page shows how far along you are in the
reading process.
A status
bar at the bottom of the screen contains icons that show the device's battery life and the current page number; when you begin
reading, the status
bar changes to show your
progress in the book (using a circle in a
bar), the page number, and font information.
The page - turning speed is quick and there is a
progress bar for you to skip the page you want to
read.
When a document is open, FBReader can show your
reading progress with a vertical slider or
progress bar, or it can display a horizontal footer that acts as a status
bar, showing a
reading progress indicator and (optionally) a page number, clock, battery level and TOC marks.
The thumbnails are mysteriously blank, and it looks like you can also see your
reading progress in the
bars next to each title, though the lighter colors used for the
reading portion make it look like it's reversed.
The app's status
bar displays your
reading progress not only for the document as a whole, but also within the current section or chapter.
The
progress bar is gone and all we are left with is the current location number in the lower left corner and the percentage
read in the lower right.
What's not: Instead of displaying the page number, the Kindle shows a
progress bar and percentage
read, plus somewhat cryptic location numbers (such as 27 19 - 39) and a meaningless total data amount (e.g., 22247).
Note: If you're not sure if you're
reading in Page Flip or not, you can tell because there's an outline around the page (on most devices and apps) and the
progress bar is visible at the bottom of the screen without tapping.
Tapping the center of the page will bring up a footer giving a
progress bar for the chapter along with the percentage of the book
read.
Tapping the center of the page will bring up a header with the book's title and a footer giving a
progress bar, the percentage of the book
read and our location number.
- the eight protagonists won't have similar stories to each other because the team wants players to enjoy different experiences - the other six protagonists will have jobs different from Orberic (Swordsman) and Primrose (Dancer)- Orberic and Primrose were chosen for the demo because their starting points are closer to other party members - each protagonist will have different starting points, so there may be a gap in the
progress difficulty - the team is trying to even things out, but they don't want every character to have the same difficulty, as that would be boring - the demo has surpassed 1 million downloads worldwide - a demo was released because they thought simply publishing screenshots and trailers wouldn't convey this game's fun factor - more than 80 % of the overseas player base found the game interesting - there was one player who won against a high - leveled NPC in a Duel, and another who defeated all
bar customers - the team had expected the former, they didn't expect the latter - the music was received very well, which comes from composer Yasunori Nishiki - overseas players complained of hard - to -
read text, because the UI was based on the Japanese version, which will be adjusted - the biggest complaints were about slow map movement, and the lack of fast - travel - both of these features have been implemented, with faster movement and fast - travel between cities - players also found the screen too dark, so devs are adding waypoints for paths and also bigger roads - there will be an Event Skip feature, as well as the ability to freely watch events that have been already seen.
In this week's Weekend
Reads: When financial advice doesn't really apply to you at all, whether or not YouTube TV is the cable killer you've been waiting for, and why we need those fake
progress bars that TurboTax shows us when we file our taxes.