New Reader with great pdf-support: Mantano Reader (like aldiko+ezpdf) - Page 8

DutchJohn · 07-06-2011, 07:32 AM

Works like a charm! It's fast (especially PDF's), lot's of options to customize the reading experience, looks good.

One feature request: i would like to be able to change the cover image of a book in the library as not all of my e-books come with an embedded cover.

rfog · 07-06-2011, 07:53 AM

I'm starting to use it, but for me lacks two serious options:

-Dual column mode for epub (in landscape). It was promised but never done. It would be a good option have it in portrait too, like (i2reader in iPad).

-Crop between pages as in GoodReader: you can manually crop a page (different for even and odd) and after that all pages are cropped. It seems a manually specified zoom.

Gunnerp245 · 07-06-2011, 09:54 AM

@Karina

I do not have access to the market, how can I get the trial version? Also, Amazon AppStore has verison 1.1.9 whereas SlideMe has 1.2.1; what is the latest release?

citac · 07-06-2011, 10:46 AM

@Gunnerp245,

I got it from SlideME, at http://slideme.org/application/mantano-reader.

Oh, Why Not? · 07-06-2011, 11:19 AM

I got mine from Amazon Appstore several weeks back. I'm still waiting to upgrade from 1.1.9. Sigh.

Karina · 07-06-2011, 12:50 PM

Hello!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oh, Why Not?

I got mine from Amazon Appstore several weeks back. I'm still waiting to upgrade from 1.1.9. Sigh.

I'm really sorry: we've uploaded the 1.2.1 release on Amazon Appstore last friday. I've just sent them an email about this problem. I'll give you the news as soon as I get an answer.

Cheers,

Karina · 07-06-2011, 01:03 PM

Hello rfog,

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfog

I'm starting to use it, but for me lacks two serious options:

-Dual column mode for epub (in landscape). It was promised but never done. It would be a good option have it in portrait too, like (i2reader in iPad).

We did not forget this important feature, but we have many other features to finish before, like the improved selection with handles. We hope being able to provide the dual column mode soon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rfog

-Crop between pages as in GoodReader: you can manually crop a page (different for even and odd) and after that all pages are cropped. It seems a manually specified zoom.

We have a manual crop, remembered for all pages but we still do not have (on this specific point) the same level of usability as GoodReader, that's right. We only define a crop percentage which applies on each edge. Also, the ability to define different crops for odd and even pages is handy. We'll implement this in future releases.

Cheers,

Karina · 07-06-2011, 01:11 PM

One more detail to everyone: we are carefully following this thread but sometimes we do not have much time to answer: please don't worry, most of the requests are taken into account (selection improvement, integration with dictionaries...).

Cheers

citac · 07-06-2011, 04:53 PM

I have a question on themes: I feel that the default font size is too large, and would like to decrease it somewhat. But any change I make is cancelled after I close a book and open another one.

Is there a setting I am missing that would keep the font size at a constant rate?

ddavtian · 07-06-2011, 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karina

-Dual column mode for epub (in landscape). It was promised but never done. It would be a good option have it in portrait too, like (i2reader in iPad).

Hello rfog,
We did not forget this important feature, but we have many other features to finish before, like the improved selection with handles. We hope being able to provide the dual column mode soon.

Cheers,

You have two column mode for landscape for quite some time. But it works only if font is small enough. Put your device in a landscape mode, decrease the font size (scroll from top to down), at some point it switches from single to double columns.

Karina · 07-07-2011, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddavtian

You have two column mode for landscape for quite some time. But it works only if font is small enough. Put your device in a landscape mode, decrease the font size (scroll from top to down), at some point it switches from single to double columns.

Yes that's absolutely right. But we want to go further and provide a more controllable and convenient 2-columns mode, suitable for PDFs and Epubs.

Karina · 07-07-2011, 04:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by citac

I have a question on themes: I feel that the default font size is too large, and would like to decrease it somewhat. But any change I make is cancelled after I close a book and open another one.

Is there a setting I am missing that would keep the font size at a constant rate?

Yes, as you noticed, the font size is currently an option associated to the currently opened book itself, and not associated to the theme. When you close the book and reopen it, this setting is restored for this book but not applied to other books. I see two (complementary) ways to improve it:

Add a "Default font size" option in the general application settings
Add a "Font size" option to the theme (with a "default" value switching to the global setting ?)

This option (be it global or specific to the current theme) could be automatically changed when the user changes the current font size thanks to the vertical swipe gesture or thanks to the "Display settings" dialog box.
We'll add this to our TODO-list

flangefrog · 07-07-2011, 08:54 AM

I want to try this reader as I'm currently using Aldiko and the cover art isn't showing up for any books without DRM and it is also very slow.

The problem is that the android market says that Mantano is not compatible with my phone (Huawei IDEOS u8150).
I have installed a custom ROM onto the phone which has known problems with some apps from the android market, but I have applied a fix which was also tested by other users, so I don't think this is the problem.

I'm guessing that the app might not be available for 320x240 screens at the moment. If so, is this something you would consider supporting?

Thanks, Michael

Yonathan · 07-07-2011, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flangefrog

I'm guessing that the app might not be available for 320x240 screens at the moment. If so, is this something you would consider supporting?

Thanks, Michael

Hi Michael,
thanks for your interest in Mantano Reader.

According to the statistics on the Android Market, we are not quite sure that there is a big potential for a small size support.
Thus, we decided not allowing Mantano Reader on small devices. The reason is that we are not happy with our support on those screens and that it is not suited for reading activities.

We apologize for this situation. If we notice a strong interest for it, we may change our mind.

Regards,
Yonathan

loyukfai · 07-08-2011, 08:16 AM

Tired Mantano on a 7" tablet running Gingerbread, some observations...

- Speed, at 1.2GHz, the app still feels sluggish at times.
- Interface didn't scale up well. (Not sure if a re-work worth it or not since Honeycomb is going to 7" devices later)

Cheers.

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07-06-2011, 07:32 AM	#106
DutchJohn Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: The Netherlands Device: Samsung Galaxxy Tab (7")	Works like a charm! It's fast (especially PDF's), lot's of options to customize the reading experience, looks good. One feature request: i would like to be able to change the cover image of a book in the library as not all of my e-books come with an embedded cover.

07-06-2011, 07:53 AM	#107
rfog Guru Posts: 694 Karma: 2383012 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands) Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff	I'm starting to use it, but for me lacks two serious options: -Dual column mode for epub (in landscape). It was promised but never done. It would be a good option have it in portrait too, like (i2reader in iPad). -Crop between pages as in GoodReader: you can manually crop a page (different for even and odd) and after that all pages are cropped. It seems a manually specified zoom.

07-06-2011, 09:54 AM	#108
Gunnerp245 Gadget Freak Posts: 1,169 Karma: 1043832 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Device: EE, Note 8	@Karina I do not have access to the market, how can I get the trial version? Also, Amazon AppStore has verison 1.1.9 whereas SlideMe has 1.2.1; what is the latest release?

07-06-2011, 10:46 AM	#109
citac Fanatic Posts: 550 Karma: 1020204 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab 2 (Android)	@Gunnerp245, I got it from SlideME, at http://slideme.org/application/mantano-reader.

07-06-2011, 11:19 AM	#110
Oh, Why Not? Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 13065 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Galaxy Note 2; KindleFireHDX	I got mine from Amazon Appstore several weeks back. I'm still waiting to upgrade from 1.1.9. Sigh.

07-06-2011, 01:11 PM	#113
Karina Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 7768 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Paris, France Device: Archos 101, Acer Iconia A500, HTC Incredible S...	One more detail to everyone: we are carefully following this thread but sometimes we do not have much time to answer: please don't worry, most of the requests are taken into account (selection improvement, integration with dictionaries...). Cheers

07-06-2011, 04:53 PM	#114
citac Fanatic Posts: 550 Karma: 1020204 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab 2 (Android)	I have a question on themes: I feel that the default font size is too large, and would like to decrease it somewhat. But any change I make is cancelled after I close a book and open another one. Is there a setting I am missing that would keep the font size at a constant rate?

07-07-2011, 08:54 AM	#118
flangefrog Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Waitakere Device: Huawei IDEOS u8150	I want to try this reader as I'm currently using Aldiko and the cover art isn't showing up for any books without DRM and it is also very slow. The problem is that the android market says that Mantano is not compatible with my phone (Huawei IDEOS u8150). I have installed a custom ROM onto the phone which has known problems with some apps from the android market, but I have applied a fix which was also tested by other users, so I don't think this is the problem. I'm guessing that the app might not be available for 320x240 screens at the moment. If so, is this something you would consider supporting? Thanks, Michael

07-08-2011, 08:16 AM	#120
loyukfai Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 4260 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	Tired Mantano on a 7" tablet running Gingerbread, some observations... - Speed, at 1.2GHz, the app still feels sluggish at times. - Interface didn't scale up well. (Not sure if a re-work worth it or not since Honeycomb is going to 7" devices later) Cheers.

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