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wallcraft · 12-08-2008, 03:51 PM

1. EPUB support isn't complete. The most significant issue for me is the lack of TOC support. FBReader also has no CSS support (in all formats), but I don't mind this because FBReader is very customizable for how you want text displayed.

2. GENRE SORTING: The latest FBReader does this, but only via its internal library view. See Book Tags in FBReader. This isn't in 0.8.14, and in any case the iLiad 0.8.14 does not have access to the library view. Ericshliao appears to be working on porting 0.8.17 to the iLiad, so I suggest waiting for this to be available.

3. DICTIONARY: not supported by FBReader on the iLiad.

4. FOOTNOTES: probably requires the stylus (I'm not sure I have even come across them in MOBI).

5. DRM: FBReader only supports DRM-free ebooks. It has good MOBI support, but I tend to buy LIT ebooks (for FBReader: explode them with ConvertLIT GUI, form a ZIP of the result, rename the .zip to .oebzip).

For me, the advantage of FBReader for MOBI is the much better screen layout and font support available in FBReader as opposed to the Java MobiPocket Reader.

12-08-2008, 03:51 PM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	1. EPUB support isn't complete. The most significant issue for me is the lack of TOC support. FBReader also has no CSS support (in all formats), but I don't mind this because FBReader is very customizable for how you want text displayed. 2. GENRE SORTING: The latest FBReader does this, but only via its internal library view. See Book Tags in FBReader. This isn't in 0.8.14, and in any case the iLiad 0.8.14 does not have access to the library view. Ericshliao appears to be working on porting 0.8.17 to the iLiad, so I suggest waiting for this to be available. 3. DICTIONARY: not supported by FBReader on the iLiad. 4. FOOTNOTES: probably requires the stylus (I'm not sure I have even come across them in MOBI). 5. DRM: FBReader only supports DRM-free ebooks. It has good MOBI support, but I tend to buy LIT ebooks (for FBReader: explode them with ConvertLIT GUI, form a ZIP of the result, rename the .zip to .oebzip). For me, the advantage of FBReader for MOBI is the much better screen layout and font support available in FBReader as opposed to the Java MobiPocket Reader.