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kaufman · 07-24-2014, 07:25 PM

It looks good to me with a couple of possible changes.

1) Is size in pixel the horizontal or vertical number? Or both? People are going to ask that question, so you might want to tell them up front.

2) If the current default is 320, maybe it makes more sense to have only one smaller and two larger. Devices are tending to get bigger and higher resolution, not smaller and lower. How about adding a 640 instead of the 160?

3) I had a thought about this today. Maybe this should be an option, or maybe it should just be the default. Why don't you just store the book database in the same folder as books? If someone puts their books on an SD card, then the extra space of the larger covers will not have much of an impact even if they have a large library. I checked, and my database is currently 120meg for 4500 books. If it increased to (for example) 360 meg with large covers, I wouldn't care as long as it was on the SD card. Is there any reason not to store the book database with the books? Or perhaps in a folder under the books?

07-24-2014, 07:25 PM	#37
kaufman Calibre Companion Fanatic Posts: 873 Karma: 1088610 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kindle Voyage	It looks good to me with a couple of possible changes. 1) Is size in pixel the horizontal or vertical number? Or both? People are going to ask that question, so you might want to tell them up front. 2) If the current default is 320, maybe it makes more sense to have only one smaller and two larger. Devices are tending to get bigger and higher resolution, not smaller and lower. How about adding a 640 instead of the 160? 3) I had a thought about this today. Maybe this should be an option, or maybe it should just be the default. Why don't you just store the book database in the same folder as books? If someone puts their books on an SD card, then the extra space of the larger covers will not have much of an impact even if they have a large library. I checked, and my database is currently 120meg for 4500 books. If it increased to (for example) 360 meg with large covers, I wouldn't care as long as it was on the SD card. Is there any reason not to store the book database with the books? Or perhaps in a folder under the books? Last edited by kaufman; 07-24-2014 at 09:52 PM.