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Old 12-05-2018, 07:50 AM   #13
mtjj
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Originally Posted by theducks View Post
This is a bit confusing at first

In the content server Click Search: click Authors: Click the LETTER, not the arrow
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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal View Post
the browser has the full equivalent of the tag browser in calibre, as theducks pointed out.

While the browser is never going to be as nice as calibre itself, it should be fairly similar to dedicated touchscreen apps.
My mistake! I seem to have missed this functionality
It's still not the right tool for browsing what I've downloaded locally though as well as what's on the server.
(Also, it seems a bit odd that once I click through to an author, hitting back or clearing the search doesn't return me to the screen I was on, instead it returns me to the home page. I need to click search again to be taken back to the search page I was on. But that's not super important.)

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Originally Posted by Jim Chapman View Post
(Disclaimer: I am the developer of Freda, so don't expect me to give disinterested advice!)
Instructions for connecting to Content Server using Freda are here: http://www.turnipsoft.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=7
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I installed Freda and got it connected just by clicking on the calibre button and filling in the fields - well done. Seriously, I tried 4-5 other windows reader apps that claimed to be able to connect either specifically to calibre or generally to OPDS servers and none of them worked, yours is the first I've managed to get connecting, flawlessly.

Freda is pretty good, there is (of course) just one small problem, it seems that it can't handle PDFs? It seems to display them when I browse the files on calibre content server, but gives an error when I try to download or view them? If Freda does everything except this, it's still good, but unfortunately I need PDF support, one way or another. I might end up having to find another program just for this, which is a pain.....
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