[chaley]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

@chaley,

I'm sorry but I couldn't make anything go wrong on my Samsung Galaxy Note with android 4.0.4 Everything was very speedy, however, I only have 70-ish books on there.

Oh no! It worked! What a catastrophe!

I downloaded a couple of books via the Content Server with no problem. This is not something I would normally use, but it was very intuitive. I noticed the books don't use the same save template filename as send-to-device but perhaps that is nothing to do with CC.

The content server doesn't use save templates. It is up to the client to make up a file name. We can't put calibre's template language into CC, so we used a basic path.

I don't bother with file names, and instead use the "Use Book ID as file name" option. This makes both the content server and the wireless connection use the same file name (the UUID). It also makes syncing reader positions across devices more reliable, at least with Moon+'s sync.

I love the new Grouping drawer! Because I have relatively few books, I especially like that I can choose whether to use First-letter grouping or not. What would be really nice is if there was a toggle (like the Cover/List button) in the top bar to quickly switch this on/off rather than in Settings. This is mainly because, when viewing by Author I like F-L grouping, but as I have very few Tags, the whole list fits on one screen so I don't need F-L groups.

That is a good idea, basically adding the same boolean toggle that is in preferences to the group drawer. Perhaps at the bottom ...

I was able to add a Custom column as a new grouping item. This was the only thing which was not speedy but, as a warning to that effect popped up, I wasn't left wondering if something had gone wrong.

Yea, it takes almost a third of a second to update the db entry for a book, so this can indeed take a while.

Thank you for adding the Cover view. I like that it's only a one-click switch between List and Cover. I tried all 4 cover sizes. It seemed pretty fast to create the various sized thumbnails for me, but with only 70 books that's perhaps what you'd expect.

The number of books in the library doesn't matter. What does matter is the number of covers being displayed.

There's always a 'but', though. My first reaction to the Cover View was "Too much wood, not enough books". I really wanted to close those horizontal gaps I've attached examples of the 4 different sizes with my library. The gaps seem particularly noticable with the 'small' and 'large' sizes. I did read your earlier reply about the difficulties but thought I would include my initial thoughts as Joe Public.

The only way we will be able to fill that space is to play with aspect ratio. The four choices implied by DoctorOhh (below) seem reasonable:
- Square, respect aspect ratio filling largest dimension (what it does today)
- Square, don't respect A/R
- Portrait, respect A/R, fill one dimension
- Portrait, don't respect A/R

According to http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Standard_s...paperback_book, there are three sizes of paperback books, with A/R ranging from .62 to .65. I might try an experiment using .63.

Finally, nice-to-haves for your future consideration:

• I agree with PatNY that a dark background option would be a nice alternative to the current light wood. Personally, I don't care whether it's wood-effect or not. A plain black background would do for me.
• The Mantano reading app has an option to create shortcuts to individual books on the Home screen. This is very handy as it gives one-click access to your current book(s).
• First-Letter grouping toggle, as mentioned above.

Looking at 1 and 3. I don't understand what #2 is. Are you asking for CC to support home screen shortcuts? Or to generate Mantano shortcuts?

I think this new version is a real step forward and I think I'm now at the stage where I'll use CC for all my library requirements and use the various reading apps only for the actual reading. Thank you for all your efforts

Thanks for the feedback!