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ChuckEggDotCom · 05-28-2008, 09:57 AM

Kovid,

Have you considered Calibre as a web application for periodicals?

Reasons:
1) On my Sony Reader, I want to read Daily Newspapers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines.

2) Although I'm impressed by the complexity of CALIBRE, as a user, I don't really care about it. I simply want to quickly download some current LRF files for my reader. It would make much more sense for a server to process daily, monthly, weekly feeds and publish them for download automatically.

3) I could use my online CALIBRE like a feed reader, except instead of reading the feeds online, I could download multiple LRF files directly to my SD card.

4) I could use other peoples recipies rather than reinventing the wheel or trying to find where they've uploaded the recipies on the web.

5) A web based CALIBRE would be much easier to patch than trying to support and update hundreds of client applications.

I speak from experience. Over the past 10 years I've converted a few of my client applications to web based applications - with many good results.

05-28-2008, 09:57 AM	#1
ChuckEggDotCom Member Posts: 11 Karma: 30 Join Date: May 2008 Device: PRS-500	Calibre as a Web Application for Periodicals? Kovid, Have you considered Calibre as a web application for periodicals? Reasons: 1) On my Sony Reader, I want to read Daily Newspapers, Weekly Magazines, Monthly Magazines. 2) Although I'm impressed by the complexity of CALIBRE, as a user, I don't really care about it. I simply want to quickly download some current LRF files for my reader. It would make much more sense for a server to process daily, monthly, weekly feeds and publish them for download automatically. 3) I could use my online CALIBRE like a feed reader, except instead of reading the feeds online, I could download multiple LRF files directly to my SD card. 4) I could use other peoples recipies rather than reinventing the wheel or trying to find where they've uploaded the recipies on the web. 5) A web based CALIBRE would be much easier to patch than trying to support and update hundreds of client applications. I speak from experience. Over the past 10 years I've converted a few of my client applications to web based applications - with many good results.