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fjtorres · 08-27-2009, 08:50 AM

To the above, add:
1- Make sure you have a fully charged battery before starting the update. It makes for a smoother experience.
2- The simplest way to use OI is to keep the books on an SD card; future versions will use most of the onboard storage for apps and workspace. Early looks at their new approach are interesting...
3- The best experience to date comes from the may 2009 snapshot. There's a thread in here with a link to it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48209
The second post.
4- If you want to try out a lot of true type fonts for FBReader or Coolreader (FBreader is a tad more flexible) put them in a \fonts directory on the SD card before first booting OI; it may take a while to launch if you have a lot of fonts. I've tried as many as 100. Of course I end up using maybe 3.

5- If you hold down the number button for a given ebook file you'll have a choice of FBReader and Coolreader. Coolreader supports mobipocket files, FBReader doesn't. FBReader settings are extensive and global; you set them once and they apply for all the file types it supports. Coolreader settings are global for *each* file type so you can have ne set of settings for rtf and another for html. Coolreader support dual-column landscape, FBReader doesn't.
In general I read single column on FBReader, dual column on Coolreader. Coolreader has slightly better hyphenation if that matters to you.
Best thing to do is just try it.
You can always revert to the official Hanlin/BeBook stuff.

08-27-2009, 08:50 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	To the above, add: 1- Make sure you have a fully charged battery before starting the update. It makes for a smoother experience. 2- The simplest way to use OI is to keep the books on an SD card; future versions will use most of the onboard storage for apps and workspace. Early looks at their new approach are interesting... 3- The best experience to date comes from the may 2009 snapshot. There's a thread in here with a link to it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48209 The second post. 4- If you want to try out a lot of true type fonts for FBReader or Coolreader (FBreader is a tad more flexible) put them in a \fonts directory on the SD card before first booting OI; it may take a while to launch if you have a lot of fonts. I've tried as many as 100. Of course I end up using maybe 3. 5- If you hold down the number button for a given ebook file you'll have a choice of FBReader and Coolreader. Coolreader supports mobipocket files, FBReader doesn't. FBReader settings are extensive and global; you set them once and they apply for all the file types it supports. Coolreader settings are global for each file type so you can have ne set of settings for rtf and another for html. Coolreader support dual-column landscape, FBReader doesn't. In general I read single column on FBReader, dual column on Coolreader. Coolreader has slightly better hyphenation if that matters to you. Best thing to do is just try it. You can always revert to the official Hanlin/BeBook stuff. Last edited by fjtorres; 08-27-2009 at 08:53 AM.