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dotancohen · 12-27-2010, 07:12 AM

I have been using Calibre for a few days, I have some suggestions to improve this terrific application:

1) User defined keyboard shortcuts. For instance, I would like to open Ebooks by clicking on the Spacebar. The fine manual implies that it is in fact possible to reconfigure the shortcuts (http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...ound-an-e-book) however I could not find how to set them.

2) Respect Qt/KDE accessibility settings. I have Single Click set in Qt/KDE. Calibre should respect this and open the Ebook on single click.

3) Tag Icons. It would be great if the user could choose different icons for the different tags.

4) Tag order. It seems that tags are ordered by popularity (how many books are tagged with each) rather than alphabetical order. It would help if we could order them alphabetically.

5) "Open With..." Context Menu. It would be nice if the main view's context menu had the "Open With..." feature common to file managers. I have several CHM and PDF readers, each with their own cons and pros, and it is a pain to open the book's containing folder each time to open with a different application.

6) Null value for "Published Date", for books which the user has yet to set the published date.

7) Additional column for "Cover" which would show an icon of the book's cover.

8) Additional column for "File Format" which would show in which format the book is stored.

Thanks!

12-27-2010, 07:12 AM	#1
dotancohen Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 68 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Be'er Sheva Device: none	Some suggestions for Calibre I have been using Calibre for a few days, I have some suggestions to improve this terrific application: 1) User defined keyboard shortcuts. For instance, I would like to open Ebooks by clicking on the Spacebar. The fine manual implies that it is in fact possible to reconfigure the shortcuts (http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...ound-an-e-book) however I could not find how to set them. 2) Respect Qt/KDE accessibility settings. I have Single Click set in Qt/KDE. Calibre should respect this and open the Ebook on single click. 3) Tag Icons. It would be great if the user could choose different icons for the different tags. 4) Tag order. It seems that tags are ordered by popularity (how many books are tagged with each) rather than alphabetical order. It would help if we could order them alphabetically. 5) "Open With..." Context Menu. It would be nice if the main view's context menu had the "Open With..." feature common to file managers. I have several CHM and PDF readers, each with their own cons and pros, and it is a pain to open the book's containing folder each time to open with a different application. 6) Null value for "Published Date", for books which the user has yet to set the published date. 7) Additional column for "Cover" which would show an icon of the book's cover. 8) Additional column for "File Format" which would show in which format the book is stored. Thanks!