iBooks updated to 1.5

adv_dp_fan · 12-06-2011, 10:54 PM

iBooks update with features I know several people wanted such as full screen mode (I personally like the decorations on the sides) and night mode. Lot of other stuff.

As with previous updates, it breaks some of my epubs though. Books that were justified are now not and I had just figured out a work around to make them work. Now to try and figure out how to do it all over again.

Dylrob · 12-06-2011, 10:58 PM

Oy vey... you beat me to the punch by less than a minute.

adv_dp_fan · 12-06-2011, 10:59 PM

Heh, I would have posted soon but took time out to test out the new features and such first.

mcramer · 12-07-2011, 02:24 AM

Can't wait to download and have a look. Full screen at last! I can't wait to get rid of the annoying fake pages (although adv_dp_fan likes them

)

AlexBell · 12-07-2011, 02:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adv_dp_fan

As with previous updates, it breaks some of my epubs though. Books that were justified are now not and I had just figured out a work around to make them work. Now to try and figure out how to do it all over again.

Please let us know here or on the ePub forum how you do it. Lot's of people are struggling with these problems.

Karma in advance

JTravers · 12-07-2011, 03:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adv_dp_fan

As with previous updates, it breaks some of my epubs though. Books that were justified are now not and I had just figured out a work around to make them work. Now to try and figure out how to do it all over again.

Have you turned on full-justification in the settings?

miguel1626 · 12-07-2011, 04:57 AM

Maybe its only a subjective feeling, but iBooks seems faster than before when opening books and turning pages.

Anyway, night mode is great, the notes and highlight colors are nice (although not very useful to me).

Full screen mode makes it look like the Kindle app - its good, but the margins are still too big (would it hurt to make them adjustable?). And its not available on the iPod touch? What's up with that?

Musashi · 12-07-2011, 05:55 AM

I liked the Athelas font, no problems on my books here, all opening fine with justified text.

The fullscreen is strange to me, but some people will like it.

adv_dp_fan · 12-07-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mcramer

Can't wait to download and have a look. Full screen at last! I can't wait to get rid of the annoying fake pages (although adv_dp_fan likes them

)

Yeah I do, makes it feel a little less like I am just reading off a computer screen. Helps to maintain the illusion at least of reading a real book. And otherwise just looks like every other reader. But it is good to have the option for everyone.

adv_dp_fan · 12-07-2011, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexBell

Please let us know here or on the ePub forum how you do it. Lot's of people are struggling with these problems.

Karma in advance

Had to work late last night so didn't have much time to test it yet but every "work around" I had to fix things in iBooks is now broken. Two main issues, sometimes text won't center properly and it seems to ignore the full justification options in CSS. Both were fixed by placing a <span> around the text but that no longer works. Need to play with it more. It broke not just my personal epubs but even commercial ones. Have to see if my source can get me the updated doc for iBooks, that really helped the last time they upgraded and broke things. Wish Apple would make that doc available to the general public.

Also have a harder time getting rid of that stupid "new" tag it randomly adds to some books. Use to just be able to open the book, flip a page, flip back, close the book and it wasn't marked new any more. Now I have to open the book, flip a page, close the book, open the book, flip back and close it to get the same result.

adv_dp_fan · 12-07-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JTravers

Have you turned on full-justification in the settings?

If I do then all books are force that way and it works fine but I want the book to control the settings. Some books I want full justified and some I don't, point is, it should honor the CSS code if that setting is turned off and it doesn't.

adv_dp_fan · 12-07-2011, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by miguel1626

Anyway, night mode is great, the notes and highlight colors are nice (although not very useful to me).

I tried night mode in the car last night and found it really hard to read, switched back to "day mode" and just turned down the brightness instead. Need to try it in bed though, that may be different.

kyteflyer · 12-07-2011, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miguel1626

Maybe its only a subjective feeling, but iBooks seems faster than before when opening books and turning pages.

Anyway, night mode is great, the notes and highlight colors are nice (although not very useful to me).

Full screen mode makes it look like the Kindle app - its good, but the margins are still too big (would it hurt to make them adjustable?). And its not available on the iPod touch? What's up with that?

Can you get fullscreen mode in other than the night theme? I can't see where/how to.

miguel1626 · 12-07-2011, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kyteflyer

Can you get fullscreen mode in other than the night theme? I can't see where/how to.

Sure you can (on the iPad, I mean). Just hit aA, Themes, Full Screen => On.

The full screen option is a toggle, and theme-independent.

aagstn · 12-07-2011, 08:43 PM

This addressed most of my iBooks issues. However, I still wish we had more options for adjusting the text color, but its an improvement.

12-06-2011, 10:54 PM	#1
adv_dp_fan Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 57138 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Sony 505, iPad 1 & 3, Galaxy Note 8.1	iBooks updated to 1.5 iBooks update with features I know several people wanted such as full screen mode (I personally like the decorations on the sides) and night mode. Lot of other stuff. As with previous updates, it breaks some of my epubs though. Books that were justified are now not and I had just figured out a work around to make them work. Now to try and figure out how to do it all over again.

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12-06-2011, 10:58 PM	#2
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,141 Karma: 47366760 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Oy vey... you beat me to the punch by less than a minute.

12-06-2011, 10:59 PM	#3
adv_dp_fan Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 57138 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Sony 505, iPad 1 & 3, Galaxy Note 8.1	Heh, I would have posted soon but took time out to test out the new features and such first.

12-07-2011, 02:24 AM	#4
mcramer Kiwi reader Posts: 107 Karma: 349 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Wellington, New Zealand Device: iPad, iPhone	Can't wait to download and have a look. Full screen at last! I can't wait to get rid of the annoying fake pages (although adv_dp_fan likes them )

12-07-2011, 04:57 AM	#7
miguel1626 Great Old One Posts: 189 Karma: 998538 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: L1 Orbit Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro, iPhone 8 Plus	Maybe its only a subjective feeling, but iBooks seems faster than before when opening books and turning pages. Anyway, night mode is great, the notes and highlight colors are nice (although not very useful to me). Full screen mode makes it look like the Kindle app - its good, but the margins are still too big (would it hurt to make them adjustable?). And its not available on the iPod touch? What's up with that?

12-07-2011, 05:55 AM	#8
Musashi Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 515166 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: iPad 4th Generation. Kindle Paperwhite.	I liked the Athelas font, no problems on my books here, all opening fine with justified text. The fullscreen is strange to me, but some people will like it.

12-07-2011, 08:43 PM	#15
aagstn Evangelist Posts: 422 Karma: 1004351 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3, iPad mini 2	This addressed most of my iBooks issues. However, I still wish we had more options for adjusting the text color, but its an improvement.

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