Cybook Gen3 V1.1 (Build 685) upgrade finally available - Page 4

adelheid · 05-08-2008, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

the Mobipocket viewer now supports tables.

Weird, I tested tables in a mobipocket file a few weeks ago (so on the old firmware) and they were displayed fine.

Moonraker · 05-08-2008, 04:41 AM

All my tables displayed fine before the update too.

I think you had to create them using the <td> and <tr> tags for filling. Although align and cellpadding were ignored.

The only bug that affected me was the large cover image problem.

I haven't got round to upgrading yet. I wanted to see some comments here first.

GeoffC · 05-08-2008, 04:48 AM

After a few more hours of reading , I change my mind slightly from earlier thoughts ; I now find the page turning button event to be less responsive than before ..

tompe · 05-08-2008, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Isn't it a good thing to have bugs fixed before new features added so what you have works? I would say yes it is a good thing to fix all the bugs and then work on adding new features.

This is not always true. I can live with missing page turns easily but the lack of a directory view is much more annoying. Also if the event handling is really hard to get correct then maybe they have the wrong person doing it and that persons time would be better spent implementing a directory view (or page number display!).

tompe · 05-08-2008, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

With all due respect, Derek, it's a little unreasonable (IMHO) to consider the lack of a feature not in the machine's spec a "bug" merely because you think that it ought to be there. It would be different if a folder view was specified and then not implemented, but that's not the case.

Where do you in the spec find that the navigation should work as bad as it does now? The spec seems to say you can have a lot of books on the device and still be able to use it.

HarryT · 05-08-2008, 06:01 AM

Please don't misunderstand me - I too would love to have a folder view. To me, however, a "bug" is a feature which is present, but not working as described. A missing feature is an "enhancement request", not a bug. Do you consider features missing from your own software to be "bugs"?

tompe · 05-08-2008, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Please don't misunderstand me - I too would love to have a folder view. To me, however, a "bug" is a feature which is present, but not working as described. A missing feature is an "enhancement request", not a bug. Do you consider features missing from your own software to be "bugs"?

If the spec says "you can have thousands of books on the device" then the current software have a bug since you really cannot do it. The feature to store thousands of books on the SD card is present but it is not working as described.

tompe · 05-08-2008, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Do you consider features missing from your own software to be "bugs"?

Yes, sometimes. It depends on the details.

HarryT · 05-08-2008, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

If the spec says "you can have thousands of books on the device" then the current software have a bug since you really cannot do it. The feature to store thousands of books on the SD card is present but it is not working as described.

But does the spec say that? I know it's what some people would like to do, but if it's not what the device was designed for, then it can't be described as a bug if it doesn't do it very well.

mbovenka · 05-08-2008, 07:09 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

But does the spec say that? I know it's what some people would like to do, but if it's not what the device was designed for, then it can't be described as a bug if it doesn't do it very well.

Well, their FAQ does: http://www.bookeen.com/faq/ebook-general.aspx, question 8. It mentions 2 GB (SD card) as being '10 000 standard books in Mobipocket, HTML or Text format'.

Talking about specs, at least one change in the new hardware is that the internal flash is now 512 MB. Same FAQ question, and also in the hardware specs, http://www.bookeen.com/specs/ebook-hardware.aspx)

slayda · 05-08-2008, 10:22 AM

I won't complain about what the upgrade doesn't do. But evidently Bookeen has a much different idea of "a few seconds" for holding down the "Enter" key.

It took me several attempts

before I discovered that I had to hold the key down for several seconds.

Hope this helps others who haven't yet installed the upgrade.

GeoffC · 05-08-2008, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by slayda

I won't complain about what the upgrade doesn't do. But evidently Bookeen has a much different idea of "a few seconds" for holding down the "Enter" key.

It took me several attempts

before I discovered that I had to hold the key down for several seconds.

Hope this helps others who haven't yet installed the upgrade.

I just kept the button depressed until something changed on the screen - and it worked for me ....

Krystian Galaj · 05-08-2008, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

If the spec says "you can have thousands of books on the device" then the current software have a bug since you really cannot do it. The feature to store thousands of books on the SD card is present but it is not working as described.

Could you point me to their description of the feature? I'd like to read what they specifically promised, that's not working now.

As I see it, you can have thousands of ebooks on the device presently, so that feature is working as described. If current way of managing them does not suit your personal requirements, well, I didn't see them saying it would please everyone. Perhaps I missed something in the description on their webpage...

tompe · 05-08-2008, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

Could you point me to their description of the feature? I'd like to read what they specifically promised, that's not working now.

Note my "If the spec...". It was a conditional statement. They did not say anything about this in the spec section.

ProfJulie · 05-08-2008, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Note my "If the spec...". It was a conditional statement. They did not say anything about this in the spec section.

So you are arguing purely for the sake of arguing then?

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05-08-2008, 04:41 AM	#47
Moonraker Addict Posts: 314 Karma: 1002965 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Device: ILiad. Gen 3, PocketBook 360, Kobo Aura HD, Kindle Oasis 2	All my tables displayed fine before the update too. I think you had to create them using the <td> and <tr> tags for filling. Although align and cellpadding were ignored. The only bug that affected me was the large cover image problem. I haven't got round to upgrading yet. I wanted to see some comments here first.

05-08-2008, 04:48 AM	#48
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	After a few more hours of reading , I change my mind slightly from earlier thoughts ; I now find the page turning button event to be less responsive than before ..

05-08-2008, 06:01 AM	#51
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Please don't misunderstand me - I too would love to have a folder view. To me, however, a "bug" is a feature which is present, but not working as described. A missing feature is an "enhancement request", not a bug. Do you consider features missing from your own software to be "bugs"?

05-08-2008, 10:22 AM	#56
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	I won't complain about what the upgrade doesn't do. But evidently Bookeen has a much different idea of "a few seconds" for holding down the "Enter" key. It took me several attempts before I discovered that I had to hold the key down for several seconds. Hope this helps others who haven't yet installed the upgrade.

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