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Kralik · 01-24-2010, 07:30 PM

In the midst of all the hubbub on the new jetBook firmware, I decided to instead try the 0.15k Libre firmware on the jetBook. I made the same patch as before (download link).

Good news:
-ePUB files load vastly quicker than with the jetBook firmware. This may be due to the jetBook directory bug / hourglass of death.
-PDF Table of Contents now work! Yay!

Other observations (ePUB issues):
-Sometimes the page numbers are displayed in a small white margin on the right... other times, they mash STRAIGHT into the book text! I cannot tell why this is... for me, it varies from book to book. Kinda annoying, but not that big of a deal.
-ePUB images are sized very randomly. I can't seem to figure it out. The title page fits nicely in the screen, but all other images are zoomed at something like 400%, so that I see a small piece of the image, but nothing else.

Is there a way to change a book's settings regarding left or full justification?
I might try format shifting some books to see if it reads them with FBReader as I like the PDF capabilities very much, but think that the jetBook was doing ePUB much better.

01-24-2010, 07:30 PM	#46
Kralik Guru Posts: 609 Karma: 1013897 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: Rooted NST	In the midst of all the hubbub on the new jetBook firmware, I decided to instead try the 0.15k Libre firmware on the jetBook. I made the same patch as before (download link). Good news: -ePUB files load vastly quicker than with the jetBook firmware. This may be due to the jetBook directory bug / hourglass of death. -PDF Table of Contents now work! Yay! Other observations (ePUB issues): -Sometimes the page numbers are displayed in a small white margin on the right... other times, they mash STRAIGHT into the book text! I cannot tell why this is... for me, it varies from book to book. Kinda annoying, but not that big of a deal. -ePUB images are sized very randomly. I can't seem to figure it out. The title page fits nicely in the screen, but all other images are zoomed at something like 400%, so that I see a small piece of the image, but nothing else. Is there a way to change a book's settings regarding left or full justification? I might try format shifting some books to see if it reads them with FBReader as I like the PDF capabilities very much, but think that the jetBook was doing ePUB much better.