New reader for Mac (and Windows, Linux)

richard37 · 01-14-2009, 04:04 PM

I wasn't happy with any of the existing readers available for the Mac, so last week I wrote my own. It also runs on Windows and Linux. It currently reads TXT, HTML and LIT.

You can download it here if you would like to test it: http://www.fantastic.me.uk/ebook.html

kovidgoyal · 01-14-2009, 04:10 PM

What features does it have that other readers dont have? And I suggest using lit2oeb from calibre instead of clit to explode LIT files.

richard37 · 01-14-2009, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

What features does it have that other readers dont have?

1. Working on Mac OS X
2. Producing pages that look nice

Sounds simple, and it is, but I couldn't find any other reader that could do both of those two. It also gives the user more control over the layout than most readers.

Quote:

And I suggest using lit2oeb from calibre instead of clit to explode LIT files.

I thought of that, but Calibre is 50 megabytes, compared to about 100k for clit.

kovidgoyal · 01-14-2009, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard37

1. Working on Mac OS X
2. Producing pages that look nice

Sounds simple, and it is, but I couldn't find any other reader that could do both of those two. It also gives the user more control over the layout than most readers.

I thought of that, but Calibre is 50 megabytes, compared to about 100k for clit.

Define nice

pilotbob · 01-14-2009, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richard37

I thought of that, but Calibre is 50 megabytes, compared to about 100k for clit.

You can just use that one .py file. You don't need all of calibre.

You did know that calibre has a built in reader also?

BOb

badgoodDeb · 01-14-2009, 06:36 PM

Does calibre work on a mac?

SeaWolf · 01-14-2009, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Does calibre work on a mac?

Yes, there's a version of Calibre for Windows, Mac and Linux.

pilotbob · 01-14-2009, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Does calibre work on a mac?

http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/download_osx

BOb

rogue_ronin · 10-01-2009, 10:50 PM

Don't give up on this!

I'm dying for a good ePub/XHTML reader that doesn't require half the universe in dependencies!

Off to check it out right now!

m a r

EDIT: Damn, Java...

01-14-2009, 04:04 PM	#1
richard37 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: none	New reader for Mac (and Windows, Linux) I wasn't happy with any of the existing readers available for the Mac, so last week I wrote my own. It also runs on Windows and Linux. It currently reads TXT, HTML and LIT. You can download it here if you would like to test it: http://www.fantastic.me.uk/ebook.html

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	What features does it have that other readers dont have? And I suggest using lit2oeb from calibre instead of clit to explode LIT files.

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rogue_ronin Banned Posts: 475 Karma: 796 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu Device: Nokia 770 (fbreader)	Don't give up on this! I'm dying for a good ePub/XHTML reader that doesn't require half the universe in dependencies! Off to check it out right now! m a r EDIT: Damn, Java...

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