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Nate the great · 12-06-2009, 06:40 PM

The next version of FBReader is now available. Improvements include:

New presentation of library
Better integration with network libraries (FeedBooks, LitRes, Shucang and SmashWords)
Image scaling has been implemented
Better encoding/language detection. Arabic and Indonesian patterns are back
Mobipocket, eReader and chm support have been improved

For full detail, go here. You can download the new version here.

About FBReader
FBReader is ebook reader software. It currently works on many platforms including PDAs, handhelds, smartphones, PepperPad 3, IRex iLiad, and PCs running Linux, Windows XP/Vista, or FreeBSD. It supports several ebook formats: epub, plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (psion text), OEB, OpenReader, RTF, non-DRM'ed Mobipocket, and plain text.

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My take:

I just tried the new Windows version. It still doesn't have full tag support for Mobipocket ebooks, so I would still rate it as better than nothing. And it still takes too many steps to add a book to the library. Oh, well.

12-06-2009, 06:40 PM	#1
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	FBReader 0.12.0 released The next version of FBReader is now available. Improvements include: New presentation of library Better integration with network libraries (FeedBooks, LitRes, Shucang and SmashWords) Image scaling has been implemented Better encoding/language detection. Arabic and Indonesian patterns are back Mobipocket, eReader and chm support have been improved For full detail, go here. You can download the new version here. About FBReader FBReader is ebook reader software. It currently works on many platforms including PDAs, handhelds, smartphones, PepperPad 3, IRex iLiad, and PCs running Linux, Windows XP/Vista, or FreeBSD. It supports several ebook formats: epub, plucker, palmdoc, zTXT, HTML, CHM, fb2, TCR (psion text), OEB, OpenReader, RTF, non-DRM'ed Mobipocket, and plain text. ********** My take: I just tried the new Windows version. It still doesn't have full tag support for Mobipocket ebooks, so I would still rate it as better than nothing. And it still takes too many steps to add a book to the library. Oh, well.