[siebert]

Hi,

in my opinion the navigation elements calibre currently adds into EPUBs created by recipes need some improvents.

In the current code the texts are hard coded and can't be changed from recipes (at least without major effort and code duplication).

But it doesn't make much sense to me to use english words for navigation links of non-english content. If a recipe could define the navigation elements, it could use words from the same language as the content.

An even better solution might be to add the translations to calibre once and let the recipe only select the correct language.


Another issue I face is that the current bottom navigation line is too long when displayed on my android phone, so it is split into two lines which is rather ugly and I'd like to use shorter words or symbols so the navigation fits one line.

But this is something which might not best handled by the recipe but the output device description (unfortunatly I have no idea what it currently can do and if it is used during recipe execution).


Another way to fix both language and size issues would be to use icons instead of words for the navigation. But I don't know whether this would be supported by all (if any) EPUB readers or not. And we would need someone who creates good images for the icons.


So I'd like to get some input on how to best solve these issues. I would volunteer to implement the changes if a good concept is found and the implementation isn't too complicated.

Ciao,
Steffen