Marvin ePub reader for iPad - Page 65

maxjens · 03-01-2013, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by kguil

maxjens, I'm not sure I'm understanding.

When i open Marvin i see all the books i have read until that moment. My idee is to reuse this layout, but then for all the books that are in Marvin. Selecting a book in the bottom row will not open the book but display it as larger image with the meta info as you now display the last opened / read book. The last idee was to add a ribbon at the top of the screen with the alphabet, so you can select the first letter of the writers name. This is only needed when a large number of books are in Marvin.

kguil · 03-01-2013, 01:30 PM

You mean in the library?

maxjens · 03-01-2013, 02:03 PM

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I mean this screen

Rhialto · 03-01-2013, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by maxjens

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I mean this screen

I agree with Max. The Marvin intro screen is inelegant. The row of recently read books is like the Kindle Fire's carousel....irritating. If you open a book and then decide not to read it,you may be looking at the cover of that book for a long time before it is bumped off that screen.
Can we have an option to customize it to have it display a different selection if we want, like the Calibre bookshelf display?

Use some of that screen real estate to show more meta-information on the currently selected book or for a library browser .. or something....

Kretzer · 03-01-2013, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhialto

Use some of that screen real estate to show more meta-information on the currently selected book or for a library browser .. or something....

... or just ad an option to start the app with the library screen. The start screen looks elegant, I think, but it doesn't give you any additional information.

Faterson · 03-01-2013, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhialto

The Marvin intro screen is inelegant. The row of recently read books is like the Kindle Fire's carousel....irritating.

I strongly disagree. I like Marvin's intro screen just the way it is now, and I hope Kris will not mess it up. If anything, Kris might give users options to choose a different type of start screen if they want, but please preserve the current start screen for those of us who prefer it this way.

As to start-up options, it has long been my wish for Marvin to resume wherever it was open the previous time: a specific book, the Library, or the start screen. Kris said he will make this possible in a future Marvin version.

maxjens · 03-02-2013, 03:04 AM

To be clear, my suggestion was to use the start screen as an additional view for the library views. This for people that have bad eye sight and need a larger cover and fonts.

The start screen has all that. It looks great and hopefully can be easily reused.

kyteflyer · 03-02-2013, 03:45 PM

I can't recall if I ever made this request in the past... but when there is more than one book by a single author, instead of having them in a single list, can we have a separate author page, when sorting by author? *BEG* (as in the way Stanza organises sorting by Author)

I often will have a series or three on board and one thing I detest is having them all in the same long long listing. Imagine having Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, and Terry Pratchett's Discworld, all in one list.

Karin54 · 03-02-2013, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by kyteflyer

I can't recall if I ever made this request in the past... but when there is more than one book by a single author, instead of having them in a single list, can we have a separate author page, when sorting by author? *BEG* (as in the way Stanza organises sorting by Author)

I often will have a series or three on board and one thing I detest is having them all in the same long long listing. Imagine having Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, and Terry Pratchett's Discworld, all in one list.

I totally agree

ProfCrash · 03-02-2013, 06:25 PM

One folders/tags/whatever is in place you canset it up however you want. I have found using the sort by series feature works great.

kguil · 03-02-2013, 10:18 PM

maxjens, now I understand. I'll think about how this can be done.
kyteflyer, coming very soon.

maxjens · 03-03-2013, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kguil

maxjens, now I understand. I'll think about how this can be done.

Rachel · 03-03-2013, 12:29 PM

Does anybody have any thoughts on why I cannot access my Calibre server? I have entered the address as it appears at the top of the server when I press the test server button (I've also tried using my ip address). I am getting the error message Cannot load page. Make sure that the address is correct and that you are connected to the internet. I do have a McAfee firewall, but Stanza can access the server, so why can't Marvin? (Unfortunately I can't see the address that Stanza is using as the app finds the server itself). What am I doing wrong please?

I can access my OPDS catalog fine - but of course any books added since I last ran that are not accessible.

mariosipad · 03-03-2013, 05:56 PM

@Rachel

To connect to Calibre from within your LAN you have to do the following in Marvin: (I assume you only need the address)

Address: http://<IP-address-of-your-PC-with-Calibre>:8080/opds

The <IP-address-of-your-PC-with-Calibre> and the port (probably 8080 or 8000 or something like that) can be found in Calibre under the Menu [Connect/share].

This is what worked for me.

kguil · 03-04-2013, 04:32 AM

Hi Rachel, in many cases you have to append '/opds' at the end of the address.

03-01-2013, 01:30 PM	#962
kguil Addict Posts: 400 Karma: 1118820 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iPad	You mean in the library? __________________ Kris

03-02-2013, 03:04 AM	#967
maxjens Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 66 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPad & Bebook Neo	Bad eyes To be clear, my suggestion was to use the start screen as an additional view for the library views. This for people that have bad eye sight and need a larger cover and fonts. The start screen has all that. It looks great and hopefully can be easily reused.

03-02-2013, 03:45 PM	#968
kyteflyer Guru Posts: 742 Karma: 1783940 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Newcastle, Australia Device: iPhone, iPad3, PRS-650, Kobo Glo	I can't recall if I ever made this request in the past... but when there is more than one book by a single author, instead of having them in a single list, can we have a separate author page, when sorting by author? BEG (as in the way Stanza organises sorting by Author) I often will have a series or three on board and one thing I detest is having them all in the same long long listing. Imagine having Piers Anthony's Xanth series, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, and Terry Pratchett's Discworld, all in one list. __________________ Dropbox is brilliant. Your stuff, when and where you want it, and if you need more space than Dropbox provides, Sugarsync will do it for you: start with 5GB and earn up to 32GB... all FREE. Last edited by kyteflyer; 03-02-2013 at 03:49 PM.

03-02-2013, 06:25 PM	#970
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 6,831 Karma: 67675413 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3	One folders/tags/whatever is in place you canset it up however you want. I have found using the sort by series feature works great. __________________ Assimilation does not have to be painful. Here, have a cup of tea.

03-02-2013, 10:18 PM	#971
kguil Addict Posts: 400 Karma: 1118820 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iPad	maxjens, now I understand. I'll think about how this can be done. kyteflyer, coming very soon. __________________ Kris

03-01-2013, 02:03 PM	#963
maxjens Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 66 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: iPad & Bebook Neo	I mean this screen

03-03-2013, 12:29 PM	#973
Rachel Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 260 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Suffolk, England Device: sony prs505, kindle, ithing	Does anybody have any thoughts on why I cannot access my Calibre server? I have entered the address as it appears at the top of the server when I press the test server button (I've also tried using my ip address). I am getting the error message Cannot load page. Make sure that the address is correct and that you are connected to the internet. I do have a McAfee firewall, but Stanza can access the server, so why can't Marvin? (Unfortunately I can't see the address that Stanza is using as the app finds the server itself). What am I doing wrong please? I can access my OPDS catalog fine - but of course any books added since I last ran that are not accessible.

03-03-2013, 05:56 PM	#974
mariosipad Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 10322 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: iPad with Marvin / iPhone with Stanza	@Rachel To connect to Calibre from within your LAN you have to do the following in Marvin: (I assume you only need the address) Address: http://<IP-address-of-your-PC-with-Calibre>:8080/opds The <IP-address-of-your-PC-with-Calibre> and the port (probably 8080 or 8000 or something like that) can be found in Calibre under the Menu [Connect/share]. This is what worked for me.

03-04-2013, 04:32 AM	#975
kguil Addict Posts: 400 Karma: 1118820 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Malta, Europe Device: Marvin for iPad	Hi Rachel, in many cases you have to append '/opds' at the end of the address. __________________ Kris

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