Report on new firmware? - Page 2

etherspin · 07-05-2009, 07:20 AM

lovely news!!

chlorine · 07-05-2009, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

Does it work on 64MB Cybooks as well, and if not, do they plan to release an upgrade for those?

Sorry, forgot to answer this question which was also asked by somebody else.
I think the new firmware works with all sorts of cybooks.
The bookeen team had different SD cards for different cybook models, and I didn't hear them say that only some models could be upgraded. In fact, they had some small trouble for updating mine at first, and while they were trying to do that they said that no matter what, I would not leave without the new firmware installed. So I think it's for all models, but I didn't ask explicitely.

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Working Delete button?

As already said, yup.

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Why the plan to wait with releasing MOBI version at the same time as ePub version, if only ePub version is blocked by Adobe?

No idea.
Also I think the mobi firware is not quite finished yet.
I heard them say that adobe created a delay, but I'm not positive it's the only delay and that everything else is ready.

Maggie May · 07-05-2009, 07:42 AM

Chlorine,

Thank you so much for the information. I'm so relieved they are still supporting Mobi format. That was a concern for me. You have now relieved my mind, so thank you for that.

Slan,
Mag.

tompe · 07-05-2009, 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by chlorine

- dictionaries apparently no longer need to be in the eBooks folder to work (I placed mine in a eBooks/Dicos folder on the SD card and it works perfectly).

If nothing else have changed this is a bad thing since it will increase lookup time considerable if you have a lot of books on the device. But maybe they now cache were the dictionaries are.

Ortep · 07-05-2009, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

If nothing else have changed this is a bad thing since it will increase lookup time considerable if you have a lot of books on the device. But maybe they now cache were the dictionaries are.

I don't understand why this is bad. It gives you more flexibility. But nobody is forceing you to put the dictionary anywere else. Just keep it were it is...in the 'root' of your library

HarryT · 07-05-2009, 08:02 AM

I think what Tommy is saying is that, if the Gen3 has to scan the entire folder tree, perhaps containing thousands of books, to find out what dictionaries are available, then it could greatly increase dictionary lookup time. If dictionaries are in a known place, it makes it much faster.

tompe · 07-05-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Ortep

I don't understand why this is bad. It gives you more flexibility. But nobody is forceing you to put the dictionary anywere else. Just keep it were it is...in the 'root' of your library

For the current firmware the lookup time is doubled if you put around 200 books in the eBooks directory. That is because it seems to check all books there to see if it is a dictionary and that takes time. Putting all books in a a sub directory will reduce the lookup time a lot.

Greg Anos · 07-05-2009, 08:26 AM

Has anybody tried out HTML files? Can you look at external picture file, a la Project Gutenberg? Thank you for any reply I get.

Abelturd · 07-05-2009, 09:24 AM

To hope that dictionary is accessible also from PDFs, is pointless too, I guess.

JSWolf · 07-05-2009, 09:45 AM

Is this new firmware actually available for download?

chlorine · 07-05-2009, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tompe

If nothing else have changed this is a bad thing since it will increase lookup time considerable if you have a lot of books on the device. But maybe they now cache were the dictionaries are.

Actually it seems that the dictionaries must still be inside the eBooks folder (I tried to put mine in a dedicated folder at the root of the cybook, i.e. at the same level as the eBooks folder, and it didn't work).
So it might be possible to place the dictionaries in the eBooks folder, and the books elsewhere, to reduce searching time.

I actually tried to test that: I placed the dictionaries inside the eBooks folder (in a separate folder), and compared the searching times when my books where in the eBooks folder on the SD card, or in a different folder still on the SD card.
I might not have figured everything out though, because it seems it took _longer_ when the books where outside the eBooks folder (~13s compared to 10s on average, with lots of variation so it might not be relevant).

chlorine · 07-05-2009, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Has anybody tried out HTML files? Can you look at external picture file, a la Project Gutenberg? Thank you for any reply I get.

I'm not sure how Project Gutenberg handles pictures.
I have here an html book that starts with a paragraph containing a small picture of the cover of the book. If I place the picture in the same folder as the book on my cybook, the picture is not shown.

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Originally Posted by Abelturd

To hope that dictionary is accessible also from PDFs, is pointless too, I guess.

Yup, doesn't seem to be working.

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is this new firmware actually available for download?

No, and the people at bookeen won't give a release date for fear of being wrong again.

kacir · 07-05-2009, 10:10 AM

Does the delete button actually delete under the new firmware?

YGG- · 07-05-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is this new firmware actually available for download?

Not yet --any time soon... (next week ?

)

On a more general note : we (chlorine & others) are only the carriers of (maybe bad) news... a tad more urbanity in this conversation would be appreciated..; some of these posts sound like a 3rd degree drilling.(or maybe I'm tired? Ok let's make it that then).

HarryT · 07-05-2009, 10:23 AM

I, for one, very much appreciate all the useful information you're giving us

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07-05-2009, 07:20 AM	#16
etherspin Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 292 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: none	lovely news!!

07-05-2009, 07:42 AM	#18
Maggie May Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,907 Karma: 87755439 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ireland Device: CYbook Gen3 and Sony PRS 3505 Kindle 3 G Nexus 7 iPad	Chlorine, Thank you so much for the information. I'm so relieved they are still supporting Mobi format. That was a concern for me. You have now relieved my mind, so thank you for that. Slan, Mag.

07-05-2009, 08:02 AM	#21
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I think what Tommy is saying is that, if the Gen3 has to scan the entire folder tree, perhaps containing thousands of books, to find out what dictionaries are available, then it could greatly increase dictionary lookup time. If dictionaries are in a known place, it makes it much faster.

07-05-2009, 08:26 AM	#23
Greg Anos Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,248 Karma: 35000000 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Pocketbook	Has anybody tried out HTML files? Can you look at external picture file, a la Project Gutenberg? Thank you for any reply I get.

07-05-2009, 09:24 AM	#24
Abelturd Little Fuzzy Soldier Posts: 580 Karma: 5711 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nowhere in particular. Device: cybook gen3, htc hero, ipaq 214	To hope that dictionary is accessible also from PDFs, is pointless too, I guess.

07-05-2009, 09:45 AM	#25
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07-05-2009, 10:10 AM	#28
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,450 Karma: 10484861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Does the delete button actually delete under the new firmware?

07-05-2009, 10:23 AM	#30
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