08-14-2008, 03:01 PM | #31 | |
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08-14-2008, 03:36 PM | #32 |
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I use FBreader almost exclusively on my iLiad. Love it.
Regarding dotReader, the first link in my sig goes to a thread with a paper I wrote about using the kinds of facilities offered by dotReader to foster online reading communities. I discuss both the strengths and limitations of the existing version of dotReader. It's not a good choice for dedicated ebook readers because of its dependency on Firefox, but I'd love to see something like it for the iLiad and other ebook readers in the future-- particularly those with built-in network capabilities. |
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08-14-2008, 03:50 PM | #33 |
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Er, yeah, that did come across as a bit inconsistent. My beef with FBReader is that it doesn't use a real HTML+CSS rendering engine for rendering HTML. I assumed that Stanza was using Webkit, but mid-sentence realized I wasn't sure of that, so downgraded my praise. Result: total mess. So I really mean to be equally insulting to all non-compliant reader systems . Of course, I haven't written a compliant reader system either, so I should probably shut my mouth.
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08-14-2008, 03:56 PM | #34 | |
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As for CSS support, some comes in the new version. Unfortunately, it's for ePub only now... |
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08-14-2008, 04:40 PM | #35 | |
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08-14-2008, 04:59 PM | #36 | |
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02-21-2009, 04:48 PM | #37 |
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Any updates on Fictionwise?
Any updates on Fictionwise supporting epub at least on their multiformat ebooks? I can understand the difficulty for DRM encumbered books but shouldn't it be easier with multiformat?
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02-21-2009, 05:05 PM | #38 | |
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02-21-2009, 08:44 PM | #39 | |
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Actually, I am looking forward to Fictionwise's change over and ePub's formatting options will be a great upgrade to the eReader format. Obviously DRM-free would be much better (and I hope they make their multi-format books available in ePub soon!), but if I have to have DRM, I prefer eReader's DRM to Adobe's. As things stand now, with Adobe as the only option , I am simply not buying ePub books. As I said, not ideal, but hardly a disaster. If you want to blame someone for ePub not being a better solution, you need to take aim at the IDPF or the publishers that continue to require DRM -- take your pick. The Bandit |
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02-21-2009, 09:18 PM | #40 | |
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Fictionwise announced quite a while ago that they would be using eReader DRM on ePub. This is perfectly in accordance with the ePub standard, which permits any DRM mechanism to be used.
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02-24-2009, 12:53 AM | #42 | |
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02-24-2009, 02:46 PM | #45 |
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I agree entirely. The line length (and lack of excellent hyphenation support) on small reading devices makes fully justified text uncomfortable for me to read.
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