Opening images

gastan · 03-11-2010, 12:25 AM

When you are viewing books in the ebook viewer and there is a table of contents with clickable links, aren't they all supposed to open inside the viewer?

All of the books I have so far with TOC's, when you click a link to any picture file (jpg, png, etc), my default photo viewing program is opened and the pictures are displayed there. When I click any chapter or appendix link, they open inside ebook viewer. Is this normal?

I don't have an e-reader yet so I'm using Calibre and a few ebooks I've gotten on my desktop right now, trying to get a feel for how all of this stuff works prior to the hardware purchase. Does an e-reader use Calibre the same way a desktop does? Do e-book readers have a seperate photo program that will open to display photos the way it is working on the desktop?

kovidgoyal · 03-11-2010, 12:28 AM

No calibre just takes advantage of the fact that it runs on a desktop to open linked to images (or any media like videos/sound, etc.) in their associated desktop programs, which being dedicated programs will probably do a better job of displaying the media.

gastan · 03-11-2010, 12:32 AM

Wow. Thanks for the quick response.

03-11-2010, 12:25 AM	#1
gastan Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 801624 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US Pacific Northwest Device: LePan II, Kobo Aura	Opening images When you are viewing books in the ebook viewer and there is a table of contents with clickable links, aren't they all supposed to open inside the viewer? All of the books I have so far with TOC's, when you click a link to any picture file (jpg, png, etc), my default photo viewing program is opened and the pictures are displayed there. When I click any chapter or appendix link, they open inside ebook viewer. Is this normal? I don't have an e-reader yet so I'm using Calibre and a few ebooks I've gotten on my desktop right now, trying to get a feel for how all of this stuff works prior to the hardware purchase. Does an e-reader use Calibre the same way a desktop does? Do e-book readers have a seperate photo program that will open to display photos the way it is working on the desktop? Last edited by gastan; 03-11-2010 at 12:34 AM. Reason: typo - but kovid knew what I meant anyway

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03-11-2010, 12:28 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,844 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No calibre just takes advantage of the fact that it runs on a desktop to open linked to images (or any media like videos/sound, etc.) in their associated desktop programs, which being dedicated programs will probably do a better job of displaying the media.

03-11-2010, 12:32 AM	#3
gastan Addict Posts: 221 Karma: 801624 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: US Pacific Northwest Device: LePan II, Kobo Aura	Wow. Thanks for the quick response.

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