12-23-2010, 01:52 PM | #1 |
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Cool Reader on Android
Cool Reader 3 Android port is available on Market
CoolReader is free, cross platform, open source (GPL2) e-book viewer. Supported formats
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Project page on SourceForge Manual Wiki Russian forum Please post your objections and feature requests under this topic. |
12-24-2010, 08:30 AM | #2 |
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12-24-2010, 09:34 AM | #3 |
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What does "css styles" mean? Only inline CSS? Virtually all of my e-books use CSS style sheets, which Cool Reader does not appear to support.
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I think maybe he is talking about that Here is an topic I found talking a bit about that https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77130 |
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12-24-2010, 12:24 PM | #5 | |
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When opening file, CoolReader loads corresponding .css file (e.g. txt.css for txt, epub.css for epub, rtf.css for rtf) from /.cr3/, or from package if external file is not found. This loaded style is used as base style. If some additional style is defined for document (e.g. element style attribute specified, or document specific stylesheet), additional styles override base styles. If document specific style is not loaded/used, it's a bug. Could you provide some samples of such files? Supported subset of CSS is described on SF Wiki TXT files are actually being converted internally into fb2 like XML format. So you can define style p {} for paragraphs and title {} for headings. Sample .css files can be found in SourceForge GIT repository. |
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12-25-2010, 07:47 AM | #6 |
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I always like it when authors reach out to their audience, and I likewise appreciate it when app developers reach out to their users.
For me, the reading-software benchmark is still Mobipocket. It was absolutely perfect...until Amazon bought them and razed them in order to develop their Kindle. Some of the features they had in addition to the current Cool Reader features were: - offline dictionary support - note taking and highlighting - export notes - a desktop version, and the ability to sync the two - option to hide all progress indicators |
12-25-2010, 09:37 AM | #7 |
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Buggins - I see you're the developer. Do you have any intention of adding full css support? While using one unified style sheet for all epubs is not feasible given how different epub formatting is in different books. As an example, many Overdrive epubs don't even use <p> or <h1-6> tags - all formatting is buried in custom styles, and the books use <div> and <span> tags instead.)
Reading those books in an app without css support is an exercise in futility. The newest version of Aldiko is bloated and slow, as the devs are more interested in drm support than a streamlined app. The market is ripe for a competing product to step in. Cheers, Carl. |
12-25-2010, 01:36 PM | #8 |
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New version uploaded to SourceForge
TXT paragraphs / headings detections fixed for some types of TXT formatting. |
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They already cover most of required styles for EPUB. I'm adding support of new properies from time to time. |
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There is a cross platform desktop version, but synchronization is not yet supported. I'll consider implementation of this feature. What do you mean? Page header show at top of page? It can be turned off in Settings. |
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I am looking forward to annotations and highlighting, however. Perhaps once you implement those, I can see if there is a suitable workaround to the CSS issue. Thanks, and Merry Christmas. Carl. |
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Could you provide sample .epub with such problem? |
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12-25-2010, 07:13 PM | #13 |
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OK - here's a link to a sample epub file with a CSS sheet embedded in it: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13349902/Test-small.epub
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One feature request - custom catalog support via OPDS.
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Most readers have the ability to hide the progress bar, but then they put a percentage indicator on the bookmarks or notes. If I make a note or bookmark and see that it is at the 80% mark, I know that the book is close to the end. It ruins the last-page effect for me. I want the option to hide all progress indicators. |
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