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Originally Posted by nerys
and it IS calibre's fault. Per say only because that's what it does. "normally" software does not "mess" with your files. it just "does" its thing and access the files from where they lie. Thats how itunes works thats how zune works that how a lot of other software works.
Calibre takes it unto itself and "REDOES" the very file structure the way it wants to instead of "leaving it alone" the way it was like most software. This is why when I use new software I disconnect my primary store and give it "sample" files to "see" what its going to do.
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I must be using a different version of Calibre then you do. Calibre has never messed with my files or my file structure. What you state is just wrong.
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Originally Posted by nerys
I am not concerned with space but with alterations to my structure.
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Again with the "alterations to my structure" thing. Calibre just doesn't mess with anyone's file structure.
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Originally Posted by nerys
A cardinal NONO in software is to screw with peoples files. Calibre violates this unspoken rule.
I have a book in a folder of a specific nature.
I put that book in calibre
unless that book and that folder are precisely inline with how calibre is designed to handle them IT CHANGES THEM without asking me.
that is the very definition of "forcing"
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So if I understand correctly, if Calibre just hid the books you put in it from you (in a db or encrypted) then it wouldn't bother you. Since this program does not change your files or file structure one bit.
It seems the fact that you can see how Calibre is storing them for use is what drives you nuts.
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Originally Posted by nerys
but I will not change the way I do it without a VERY compelling reason. If calibre loaded in 5 seconds and had a much more advanced UI it might work for ME to put in the effort to bend to its way of doing things.
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Why are you adding books to Calibre at all? Everything can be done from the command line including news fetching. Just create some batch files and the "slow UI" is a thing of the past.
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Originally Posted by nerys
Calibre's way is not one tiny bit better than my way. Its just a "different" way and "different" is not worth changing for.
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Calibre never asks or requires you to change the way you do things. Your file structure and search tools are the same whether you use Calibre or not. You already stated that space wasn't an issue. Without space being an issue then your argument that it changes your structure is moot.
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Originally Posted by nerys
How a person interacts with their files is a very personal thing. We evolve to do it "just" such a way that we are comfortable with. I will NOT change how I do this because some program wants it differently. Not without a compelling and WORTHWHILE reason.
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The fact that Calibre structures its data one way and you structure your data another way does not compel you to change your data. You keep going over the same non points.
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So far no one has come up with a better more compelling method than a standard windows explorer file structure hierarchy. Its clean its faster than I can click and its efficient and consistent across the board.
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Post after post and hardly a constructive point muttered.
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Originally Posted by nerys
what I did not need was the attitude.
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But all you have is an attitude, anal retentive to the point that you keep insisting that a program is trying to compel you to change.
Good Luck to you in accomplishing your goals.