Thread: Is May still the best?
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Old 09-26-2009, 05:05 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Dave_S View Post
I am using the 18 September OpenInkpot, and read primarily EPUB now, although I also like FB2 very much. I have never had a crash or freeze with OI, but I do create all my own books. I use Book Designer to convert whatever input to FB2, and I use Sigl for my final EPUB output.
Out of interest, have you tried Calibre and if so what makes you choose Sigil and BD over it for creating your files?
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Originally Posted by Dave_S
The firmware that I am using has the keypad lock feature, but if you need documentation to help you get used to OI then the May version is your best bet because it most closely matches the documentation on the Wiki. There is no documentation for the 18 September version that I am using, at least that I know of. I just try things and see what happens.

You should also know that the newer versions now use a different internal filesystem, so going back to the Hanlin firmware could be a bit more troublesome than going back to Hanlin from the May firmware. I do not have any reason to go back to Hanlin, so I like the extra reliability that the new filesystem offers.
How do you think the newest firmware compares to the May one?

So far I'm very happy with the May firmware, except for the lack of the keypad lock, I really do miss that so it might be worth going for the September one. I especially like the turbo feature. I had gotten used to hitting the page turn button at the start of the 2nd last line and now hit it when I have 2 words left! It is a whole lot faster than the Hanlin firmware with virtually no delay between the button press and the start of the page change. I don't see myself going back to the Hanlin firmware so the internal file system shouldn't be a problem. As long as I can drag and drop using WinSCP I'm happy.

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