This is the first installer for FBReader running on the DR1000S.
For those who aren't familiar with FBReader, it's an ebook reading software with a built in library and support for many formats.
Supported formats are:
- ePub format
- fb2 e-book format (style attributes are not supported yet).
- HTML format (tables are not supported).
- CHM format (tables are not supported).
- plucker format (tables are not supported).
- Palmdoc (aportis doc).
- zTxt (Weasel format).
- TCR (psion text) format.
- RTF format (stylesheets and tables are not supported).
- OEB format (css and tables are not supported).
- OpenReader format (css and tables are not supported).
- Non-DRM'ed mobipocket format (tables are not supported).
- Plain text format.
To read a book, you'll have to add it to the library. You can do this by clicking the icon that looks like a book with a "+" sign.
You'll also need to close out of the program by clicking the exit button in the upper right. I plan to support the menu eventually, but I have to dig into that further.
To install: Unzip the file to the root of your SD card. For example, if your SD card shows up as the E:\ drive on your computer, you should have an E:\Programs folder after you unzip it.
After installing, you'll be able to select the FBReader icon from the Documents/Programs folder on your device.
You can toggle full screen mode with the select button (between up and down).
You can find more information about FBReader at
their website.
It was actually *very* easy to port, since the DR1000 has a lot of libraries already built for it. Screen refreshes are *fast*. The internal refreshes are amazingly accurate. It only refreshes what's changed on the screen. I didn't have to build in any refreshes into FBReader itself. All of the built in menus and library functions work perfectly.
It's hard to describe how amazingly easy this was in comparison to iLiad ports.
Thank you iRex for making a device that *very* easy to hack on (and for providing the device for my "review")!
If you would like to open supported files directly from the Content Browser, see
this thread.