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Originally Posted by sglinert
I bought this today and used it for a bit, then deleted it, I'm sorry to say. Three things sent me back to Marvin.
1. I want to be able to tap on either side of the screen to advance the page and swipe left to go backwards.
2. Gotta have OPDS support to talk to my Calibre server.
3. I need some way to integrate Wikipedia and Google Maps--I read a lot of travel books and Marvin lets me pull up inofrmation and maps right there in the book.
It looks very nice otherwise...I will keep an eye out for updates and try again later.
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Originally Posted by mcaron1234
I'm not switching back to Marvin, but I'd also like to voice my support for these improvements. You have mentioned already on twitter that OPDS support is in the pipeline so that's great. For now I can import directly from my COPS library's web page (this works quite well, but is limited to one book at a time). I have to use safari though as I can't get COPS to load in the in app browser. Perhaps due to my use of basic authentication in apache for access to the page?
I would very much like to page turn forward by taping on either side of the screen with a swipe for back, though. This is probably the single most missed feature from Marvin, for me. |
Hello mcaron and sglinert,
mcaron, you're right - OPDS support is in the next version of Hyphen, and works similarly to how Dropbox and Google Drive work (Parallel background downloading).
Additionally, gesture customization will be available. You will be able to adjust what tapping on the left and right sides do (next, previous, or nothing), and more.
Lastly, 2.0 makes researching terms much easier than in the current version. Speaking of, you can still do this in the current version: Select a word > More > Lookup Online > Wikipedia. However in 2.0 you'll be able to access Wikipedia with a single tap. As for Google Maps, you can do that now: Select a word > Search Google > Maps.