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hacker · 10-16-2004, 08:45 PM

How odd... I can't seem to find out how it purports to support HTML, but provides no interface to import or convert HTML.

It doesn't import HTML files, and it can't deal with plain text files easily without turning it into pseudo iSilo-text. That isn't real text, and they should make that very clear, and report a proper error message when you try to import a plain text file.

Try this, put 'The End' in a plain text file, and try to import it. Boom, it can't deal with anything past the word 'The'. Not really a useful reader if you ask me, if it can't even deal with plain 7-bit ascii text, and fails on the first word of the file. (Yes, I realize you have to turn it into iSilotext, but then it isn't plain text anymore, yet another deficiency in their GUI).

Code:

      Parsing input file... 
      [  Error  ] Line 1 : Col 5 : Unexpected token "THE"
      [  Error  ] Errors occurred while compiling!
      2 error(s), 0 warning(s)

They're also seem to be in violation of copyright for redistributing the IMDB content without a proper license (which costs $10k/year from IMDB), and without a clear indication of that license in the .tr file. I wonder what other books they have there that they don't have proper permission to redistribute.

I still have high hopes for them, but not if it can't deal with text or HTML files directly like the other dozen readers out there.

10-16-2004, 08:45 PM	#2
hacker Technology Mercenary Posts: 617 Karma: 2561 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: East Lyme, CT Device: Direct Neural Implant	How odd... I can't seem to find out how it purports to support HTML, but provides no interface to import or convert HTML. It doesn't import HTML files, and it can't deal with plain text files easily without turning it into pseudo iSilo-text. That isn't real text, and they should make that very clear, and report a proper error message when you try to import a plain text file. Try this, put 'The End' in a plain text file, and try to import it. Boom, it can't deal with anything past the word 'The'. Not really a useful reader if you ask me, if it can't even deal with plain 7-bit ascii text, and fails on the first word of the file. (Yes, I realize you have to turn it into iSilotext, but then it isn't plain text anymore, yet another deficiency in their GUI). Code: Parsing input file... [ Error ] Line 1 : Col 5 : Unexpected token "THE" [ Error ] Errors occurred while compiling! 2 error(s), 0 warning(s) They're also seem to be in violation of copyright for redistributing the IMDB content without a proper license (which costs $10k/year from IMDB), and without a clear indication of that license in the .tr file. I wonder what other books they have there that they don't have proper permission to redistribute. I still have high hopes for them, but not if it can't deal with text or HTML files directly like the other dozen readers out there.