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Old 08-14-2010, 05:38 PM   #42
ATDrake
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Improved menu/metadata display.

I'd like long titles to wrap so that I don't keep getting

Code:
My book here #X in a series with the very long ti..... AUTHOR NAME
My book here #Y in a series with the very long ti..... AUTHOR NAME
An option to group by series/author in the display would also be nice.

Code:
SERIES TITLE              AUTHOR NAME
	Work
	Other Work
	More Work
	Bride of Work
	Son of Work
	Third-Cousin Once-Removed of Work
But I'd be willing to forgo that if they'd just make it so that when you hovered over a selected title, a little pop-up window like with the dictionary definitions would show up and you'd be able to see all sorts of info on the book.

It should be an enhanced version of what you get when you right-flick on a title, and show not only the cover and author/title, but also use the metadata fields in the Mobi file to show publisher, description, series (via --prefix-title such as Mobi2Mobi uses), language, etc. without having to go to the Kindle online store for that info, and be usable even for those books you didn't buy from Amazon.

Furthermore, there should be user-editable fields, stored in the mbp or tan/pdr files, for which one could enter/edit the metadata displayed on one's personal copy, as well as add categorization tags (distinct from Collections, and clicking on one would bring up a list of similarly tagged books), personal notes like "Couldn't finish after three tries. Do not even attempt to re-read again." or "Stories in this anthology read so far: X, Y, Z." that would display in the pop-up without even having to open the book to check.

Also, a little superscript "read" that could be applied to finished books that would appear like the little "sample" or "pdf" right next to the title in the menu listings would be nice, instead of having to rely on checking for a full array of those bolded dots underneath.
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