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davidfor · 10-20-2021, 01:14 AM

Do you ever get any reading done? I sometimes wonder that with your questions about templates and things

But, I'm probably little better.

Mine is a bit simpler. In my case, I overlay the percent read column that is fetched from calibre. I think it started by putting a tick in that column and not displaying the number. And then added the other icons.

I currently have:

Green tick for read and the percent read is not shown.
A star if the book needs to be rated.
An open book if the percent read is between 0 and 100.
Icons for "Incomplete" and "InProgress". That's basically for stories downloaded using FFF. The former is basically it hasn't been updated for long enough that I don't think it will be.
The ToC icon if I need to update the ToC on the device (the newest).

There are also Reading Lists involved and they have usually update the @status column, which is a tag-like column. That is used for some of the decisions. I move books between the reading lists such as "To Read", "Reading", "To Rate" and "Finished". But, the others are separate statuses that can overlap.

All the icons are included in calibre. The incomplete and inprogress are the "Finish" and "Forward" icon and are probably the least clear.

Looking at some of your icons shows a difference in how we think. The icons for the format seems pointless. Either I have it or I convert it. But, I suppose the only format I care about is epub. On the rare occasion I get something else, I'll convert it when I add the book to the library and probably do some cleanup as well. Similarly, I don't care much about whether the book is on the device or not. Either they are, or they will be when I connect next time. If the book needs to be on the device right now, then I plug it in and put it there. Reading lists are used for managing that, so I can see what is to be sent to any of my devices.

10-20-2021, 01:14 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Do you ever get any reading done? I sometimes wonder that with your questions about templates and things But, I'm probably little better. Mine is a bit simpler. In my case, I overlay the percent read column that is fetched from calibre. I think it started by putting a tick in that column and not displaying the number. And then added the other icons. I currently have: Green tick for read and the percent read is not shown. A star if the book needs to be rated. An open book if the percent read is between 0 and 100. Icons for "Incomplete" and "InProgress". That's basically for stories downloaded using FFF. The former is basically it hasn't been updated for long enough that I don't think it will be. The ToC icon if I need to update the ToC on the device (the newest). There are also Reading Lists involved and they have usually update the @status column, which is a tag-like column. That is used for some of the decisions. I move books between the reading lists such as "To Read", "Reading", "To Rate" and "Finished". But, the others are separate statuses that can overlap. All the icons are included in calibre. The incomplete and inprogress are the "Finish" and "Forward" icon and are probably the least clear. Looking at some of your icons shows a difference in how we think. The icons for the format seems pointless. Either I have it or I convert it. But, I suppose the only format I care about is epub. On the rare occasion I get something else, I'll convert it when I add the book to the library and probably do some cleanup as well. Similarly, I don't care much about whether the book is on the device or not. Either they are, or they will be when I connect next time. If the book needs to be on the device right now, then I plug it in and put it there. Reading lists are used for managing that, so I can see what is to be sent to any of my devices.