Windows testers needed

kovidgoyal · 11-09-2010, 03:05 PM

Hi all,

I just upgraded the calibre windows build to use the newly released Qt 4.7. This should hopefully mean various speedups, particularly in the ebook viewer, as well as basic support for touchscreens (though this is impossible for me to test, since I dont have any touchscreen devices capable of running calibre).

In my testing I've seen startup times fall from between 0-30% (depending on the test system).

However, as with any major upgrade, I'm sure some things broke. I've been using a Qt 4.7 based version of calibre on linux for a few days and nothing that I do seems broken, but I'm sure all of you do a lot of things I don't. I'd appreciate it if we could find those breakages before the next release, so please test

The Qt 4.7 based build is available here:
http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/b...bre-0.7.27.msi

Note that if you have already upgraded to calibre 0.7.27, you will need to uninstall before installing this build (don't worry, uninstalling will not touch your books or settings).

Thanks.

EDIT: I should add that this build should be perfectly safe (all that's changed is Qt, the toolkit used to draw the calibre user interface, the only bugs I am anticipating are related to calibre not starting/behaving oddly with some input devices/monitors, that sort of thing). If you do experience any such problems, just report them and go back to the normal calibre build.

solitaire · 11-09-2010, 06:25 PM

Thanks Kovid, will report on my findings.

theducks · 11-09-2010, 08:53 PM

Win XP SP3
Speed improvement noticeable

Startup faster
Sent a bunch of books to mt Astack PP,. lots quicker on the rpre-send portion. (using USB 1.x with this device that hates Intel USB)

I have yet to have anything to convert to EPUB, but can't imagine it will suffer.

SirBC · 11-09-2010, 09:07 PM

Win 7 Pro 64 bit.

Wow, the ebook viewer is *insanely* fast now. Previously, I thought maybe something was wrong on my end when I used the ebook viewer because it could take 15 seconds to "load flow" (or something like that) on every book. It is now pretty much instantaneous. I haven't tried much of anything else yet but I specifically wanted to test the ebook viewer first.

Thanks for the update!

solitaire · 11-10-2010, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SirBC

Win 7 Pro 64 bit.

Wow, the ebook viewer is *insanely* fast now. Previously, I thought maybe something was wrong on my end when I used the ebook viewer because it could take 15 seconds to "load flow" (or something like that) on every book. It is now pretty much instantaneous. I haven't tried much of anything else yet but I specifically wanted to test the ebook viewer first.

Thanks for the update!

Unfortunately not for me. Viewer opening is still the same as is the installation process.

Win 7 64 bit Intel Xeon 5365 (3GHz quad core) 8G RAM.

Tested on EPUB and PDB formats.

GreenMonkey · 11-10-2010, 01:06 AM

I can test the touchscreen capability on my HP TX2 convertible tablet (my main Calibre device). It's on Win7-64. I'll try to install in the next day or two and get back with you on it.

It would be really cool to get working. The icons are big and touch-friendly, so all it really needs is touch-based scrolling and such to become very useful in tablet mode.

JvdW · 11-10-2010, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Hi all,

I just upgraded the calibre windows build to use the newly released Qt 4.7. This should hopefully mean various speedups, particularly in the ebook viewer, as well as basic support for touchscreens (though this is impossible for me to test, since I dont have any touchscreen devices capable of running calibre).

What specific things does QT 4.7 add to work with touchscreens?
I have a Mimo 740 touchscreen hanging of my HTPC (Win7) which also downloads some news in the morning and haven't had any problems navigating Calibre with it.

Just curious and going to try it.

Joop

Manichean · 11-10-2010, 03:54 AM

Fiddled a bit with it on XP SP3, feels faster (subjectively), the ebook viewer is definitely faster. I found something odd that may or may not be a bug: On the metadata edit dialog, in search & replace mode, there are some untranslated strings that weren't present in the original 0.7.27. The strings are the first paragraph of the help text ("You can destroy your library...") and the first sentence of the next paragraph ("Search and replace in text fields..."). Unless you're using a different set of translation strings in the test version, there's something going on there.

Sweetpea · 11-10-2010, 04:56 AM

I agree, it's a lot faster.

But I also found a bug. I always minimize it to my system tray. But I can't get it out anymore by double-clicking it. I need to use my right mouse click and select "Restore"

theducks · 11-10-2010, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

I agree, it's a lot faster.

But I also found a bug. I always minimize it to my system tray. But I can't get it out anymore by double-clicking it. I need to use my right mouse click and select "Restore"

What version of Windows are you running?
This works as normal on XP SP3 (en)

Sweetpea · 11-10-2010, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

What version of Windows are you running?
This works as normal on XP SP3 (en)

XP SP3... (oh, English)

Perkin · 11-10-2010, 06:37 AM

A lot faster, but...
I just merged a few different entries and it did merge the records, but copied the title (and possibly other data) of the to be merged entry over the correct first selected entry.

Re installed normal 7.27 and done exactly same operations and it worked as it should, preserving the first selected entry's data.

chaley · 11-10-2010, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

I found something odd that may or may not be a bug: On the metadata edit dialog, in search & replace mode, there are some untranslated strings that weren't present in the original 0.7.27. The strings are the first paragraph of the help text ("You can destroy your library...") and the first sentence of the next paragraph ("Search and replace in text fields..."). Unless you're using a different set of translation strings in the test version, there's something going on there.

Those strings changed to remove the 'experimental' words.

Manichean · 11-10-2010, 08:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chaley

Those strings changed to remove the 'experimental' words.

Ah, I didn't notice that. And I suspect they haven't shown up on the translations page because that page is only for the trunk version, right?

chaley · 11-10-2010, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

Ah, I didn't notice that. And I suspect they haven't shown up on the translations page because that page is only for the trunk version, right?

The changes are in 'trunk', but I don't think that is enough. I see log entries from time to time saying 'update translations', and I suspect that operation is what makes the changes available.

11-09-2010, 03:05 PM	#1
kovidgoyal Creator of calibre Posts: 22,488 Karma: 2944574 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Windows testers needed Hi all, I just upgraded the calibre windows build to use the newly released Qt 4.7. This should hopefully mean various speedups, particularly in the ebook viewer, as well as basic support for touchscreens (though this is impossible for me to test, since I dont have any touchscreen devices capable of running calibre). In my testing I've seen startup times fall from between 0-30% (depending on the test system). However, as with any major upgrade, I'm sure some things broke. I've been using a Qt 4.7 based version of calibre on linux for a few days and nothing that I do seems broken, but I'm sure all of you do a lot of things I don't. I'd appreciate it if we could find those breakages before the next release, so please test The Qt 4.7 based build is available here: http://calibre-ebook.com/downloads/b...bre-0.7.27.msi Note that if you have already upgraded to calibre 0.7.27, you will need to uninstall before installing this build (don't worry, uninstalling will not touch your books or settings). Thanks. EDIT: I should add that this build should be perfectly safe (all that's changed is Qt, the toolkit used to draw the calibre user interface, the only bugs I am anticipating are related to calibre not starting/behaving oddly with some input devices/monitors, that sort of thing). If you do experience any such problems, just report them and go back to the normal calibre build. __________________ Get calibre Notice to all: I can not provide assistance with DRM removal, for legal reasons, so please do not contact me about it. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 11-09-2010 at 03:59 PM.

11-09-2010, 08:53 PM	#3
theducks Staff to 4 Cats Posts: 10,707 Karma: 2485850 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The (original) Silicon Valley, USA Device: Galaxy Tab 2,Black Astak PEz, K4NT(now Wifes)	Win XP SP3 Speed improvement noticeable Startup faster Sent a bunch of books to mt Astack PP,. lots quicker on the rpre-send portion. (using USB 1.x with this device that hates Intel USB) I have yet to have anything to convert to EPUB, but can't imagine it will suffer. __________________ Using: Ubuntu(32 bit):Oneric,Precise and XPpro SP3, W7HP(64)- - Libre Office w/Writer2EPUB

11-10-2010, 01:06 AM	#6
GreenMonkey DRM hater Posts: 786 Karma: 1738454 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Michigan Device: Nook ST glow, Nexus 7. Wife Kindle Paperwhite, Nexus 7	I can test the touchscreen capability on my HP TX2 convertible tablet (my main Calibre device). It's on Win7-64. I'll try to install in the next day or two and get back with you on it. It would be really cool to get working. The icons are big and touch-friendly, so all it really needs is touch-based scrolling and such to become very useful in tablet mode. __________________ "I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong." - Isaac Asimov

11-10-2010, 03:54 AM	#8
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,127 Karma: 77366 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Fiddled a bit with it on XP SP3, feels faster (subjectively), the ebook viewer is definitely faster. I found something odd that may or may not be a bug: On the metadata edit dialog, in search & replace mode, there are some untranslated strings that weren't present in the original 0.7.27. The strings are the first paragraph of the help text ("You can destroy your library...") and the first sentence of the next paragraph ("Search and replace in text fields..."). Unless you're using a different set of translation strings in the test version, there's something going on there. __________________ I reject your reality and substitute my own.

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11-09-2010, 06:25 PM	#2
solitaire Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 30 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: iPad, HTC HD7	Thanks Kovid, will report on my findings.

11-09-2010, 09:07 PM	#4
SirBC Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 64 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle	Win 7 Pro 64 bit. Wow, the ebook viewer is insanely fast now. Previously, I thought maybe something was wrong on my end when I used the ebook viewer because it could take 15 seconds to "load flow" (or something like that) on every book. It is now pretty much instantaneous. I haven't tried much of anything else yet but I specifically wanted to test the ebook viewer first. Thanks for the update!

11-10-2010, 06:37 AM	#12
Perkin Fanatic Posts: 552 Karma: 23783 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Kent, England, Sol 3, ZZ9 plural Z Alpha Device: Sony PRS-300	A lot faster, but... I just merged a few different entries and it did merge the records, but copied the title (and possibly other data) of the to be merged entry over the correct first selected entry. Re installed normal 7.27 and done exactly same operations and it worked as it should, preserving the first selected entry's data.

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