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Originally Posted by RKanarek
vishcompany: I am shocked and appalled to read that the Sony PRS-T1 would need to be hacked in order to display files in a folder view! I truly can’t fathom the thinking, if any, behind building a device that can handle 32GB of Ebooks, but which deliberately thwarts any attempt to organizer them! I confess I was hoping to devote my scant spare time to reading, not screwing around with some gadget!
Do you -- or does anyone -- know if having hundreds of Ebooks in folders will cause it to run more slowly? (As I mentioned in a different thread, my new Aluratek 7” Libre Color [UNLIKE my previous 5” Libre Pro] has a mania as far as repeatedly and unnecessarily scanning it memory/ies so as to create useless commingled alphabetized lists of its contents.)
Thanks to all for the information, and thanks for the Relaunch hint.
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Originally Posted by RKanarek
Regarding the metadata-directory tree debate, with *all* operating systems supporting shortcuts (Windows), hard links or symbolic links (Linux, et al.), or something that could be used in to achieve a similar effect (DOS), I don’t see the advantage sorting eBooks by metadata. I also don’t see any reason whatsoever for not at least allowing the user to (also) navigate the ebooks on the device in a traditional, file based way. Surely, creating a directory viewing utility for one of these devices must be absolutely the easiest part of creating the devices themselves.
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If you never did it, the thought of hacking your device maybe sounds scary or atrocious. I also was very much concerned, when I installed PRS+ on my 350 for the first time.
But.
As a matter of fact, it's really easy and also fairly safe. It's not like you are asked to perform things in a command-line window, which you don't understand. It's merely double-clicking an exe-file, wait for a minute or two and then just pick up your device and enjoy the additional features. Both hacks (PRS+ on the older devices and the root hack on the T1) leave the original OS pretty untouched. They just add extra functionality. The process is just as "risky" as a regular firmware update. With many people having done this and reported back it being safe, I now consider these hacks "safe".
Regarding the discussion folder view vs. tags: I think it's funny, that nowadays nobody even thinks of questioning the usefulness of id3-tags in music players, but when it comes to books people are still stuck in thinking of their book organizing in a rather "analogue way": one book in one place. Actually I used to think just like that. Created a folder structure like this: Language - Genre - Author - Book.
But what if I have books of one author in both languages I'm reading? What if I remember the title, but not the author? What if I just want to have a list of all books by the author, regardless of language or Genre?
These are no theoretical questions, but real situations I encountered back in those days, when we all were really happy, when bookeen finally allowed folder view in their devices. You very soon end up stumbling into the limitations of strictly organizing your books according to one single principle. That's why libraries need a central catalogue. To look up "tags".
Just thinking of manually creating links gives me a headache.
I - once and for all - dumped my books into calibre and sorted out the tags. It was a bit of an effort, but it's worth it. Ever since I just enjoy reading and don't need to screw around with my gadget, if I don't want to.
But as others have stated before me: have it your own way, get ReLaunch and browse away, that's just fine.
Speaking for myself, I see the point, why sony didn't bother adding this feature. Once gotten used to tags, I don't want anything else. I have ReLaunch on my device, but I use it for anything but opening my books.
Regarding the number of books and speed of the device: I have about 200 books on the T1 right now and it's not slower. But then, 200 is not really many.