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Jennie Faber replied on April 10, 2009 19:37 to the discussion "Better body typeface?" in Rosenfeld Media:

Good to hear; it's interesting how compression can affect readability, regardless of how carefully chosen the typeface is. Looking forward to 2009's books!

Jennie Faber shared an idea in Rosenfeld Media on April 10, 2009 19:29:

Offer ePub/XML versions of books in the future

With the increased adoption of software and hardware ebook readers, it would be good to see Rosenfeld books offered in ePub or another reflowable format as an alternative to PDF. I've been using Stanza on my iPhone. I'm curious if you guys are looking into what devices/software your audience is gravitating toward to read digital books.

Jennie Faber replied on April 10, 2009 18:22 to the problem ""Designing Web Interfaces" epub version contains missing/wrong link text" in O'Reilly Media:

Excellent! You guys are fast. Thank you so much!

Jennie Faber replied on April 10, 2009 17:19 to the problem ""Designing Web Interfaces" epub version contains missing/wrong link text" in O'Reilly Media:

Thanks for the quick response, Rachel. I'll keep an eye on that page. And thank you for the direct link to the errata page - I'll report the errors!

Jennie Faber reported a problem in O'Reilly Media on April 09, 2009 22:22:

"Designing Web Interfaces" epub version contains missing/wrong link text

An example from the "What This Book is About" section at the beginning of the book:

Ways to overlay information or provide the information in the page flow are discussed in Chapters 5 and 6, Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, respectively. Revealing dynamic content is discussed in Chapter 7, Chapter 7. In the last chapter of this section, Chapter 8, we discuss Chapter 8, where instead of moving from page to page, we can create in-page flows.

The same paragraph from the PDF version:

Ways to overlay information or provide the information in the page flow are discussed in Chapters 5 and 6, "Overlays" and "Inlays", respectively. Revealing dynamic content is discussed in Chapter 7, "Virtual Pages." In the last chapter of this section, Chapter 8, we discuss "Process Flows," where instead of moving from page to page, we can create in-page flows.

Additionally, I find the abundance of spelling, grammatical, and factual errors to be a bit distracting while reading this book. It could have used a copy editor! Will there be an update with corrections?

Jennie R. F. replied on April 09, 2009 21:52 to the discussion "Better body typeface?" in Rosenfeld Media:

I'm finding the type used in the digital version (not sure if it's the same as in the printed version) hard to read on-screen. It seems like the compression/optimization technique used to reduce the PDF's file size may also be reducing the visual fidelity of the typeface. Zooming out helps reduce the distraction, but I do like the larger text.

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Jennie R. F. marked one of stevenbristol's replies in Less Everything as useful. stevenbristol replied to the idea "Custom payment terms - incremental invoicing".

Jennie R. F. replied on July 29, 2008 16:30 to the idea "Custom payment terms - incremental invoicing" in Less Everything:

Thank you, Steven. I don't mind subverting, but I hope the process is a bit more straightforward and built-in one day! Not that I mind doing math... I just prefer my accounting app to do it for me.

Jennie shared an idea in Less Everything on July 25, 2008 15:54:

Custom payment terms - incremental invoicing

I've been struggling to figure out the best way to do incremental/percentage billing based on an invoice total. I'd like to be able to enter an invoice with the total amount due, then customize payment terms:

* Number of payments
* Term length (e.g., 6 months)

For now, I'm entering the total due as the line item unit price, then entering a quantity that corresponds with the number of payments I'd like to split the invoice into - for example, for two 50% payments, I enter a quantity of .5, and set the invoice to recur for two months. This works, but I feel a bit like I'm subverting the system. :)

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