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chaley · 06-17-2010, 07:55 AM

This is a partial list of the features coming in 0.7.3, probably this weekend:

1) The user interface has been improved. Calibre better adapts to wide and narrow screens. The cover browser has been improved in all of visual appeal, performance and usability. The 3 icons to open and close the tags browser etc are smaller and positioned to take up less screen real estate. Cover thumbnails in the information pane arrive using animation. The search bar changes color to indicate whether a search has been performed with the current contents.

2) Average rating information. Calibre computes the average rating of books matched by items in the tag browser categories author, series, publisher, tags, and the custom fields. The average rating is indicated by changing the coloring of the icon in the browser, and via a tool tip. It uses the standard rating column. Books with a rating of zero are not counted. You can sort items in the tag browser by name, popularity, or average rating.

Coloring the icons is on by default so people discover it exists. If you don't want it, turn it off in Preferences -> Interface.

3) The ability to delete books from the attached device directly from the main library view. You select some number of books, then either right-click and navigate to Remove Books -> Remove matching books from device, or select the pull-down on the remove icon and select Remove matching books. You will be presented with a list of books on the device (and its cards) that match books in the selection. Clear the checkbox for any book you want to keep, press OK, and voila, the books are removed from the device.

Calibre will put on the list all the various copies of the book it can find. The list will show all the formats, the copies on the cards as well as in main memory, and the multiple copies sitting around after a change of save path.

The on-device indication must be true for a book to find matches. Calibre ignores any selected books that don't match a book on the device.

4) A 'Manage authors' editor has been provided that facilitates making wholesale corrections to authors. You see a table of authors, along with their sort values (see #5 below). Make any changes you wish. The changes are written to the database when you press OK, and (of course) forgotten if you press Cancel. (Publishers, series, tags, and custom fields had an editor in 0.7.2.)

5) Authors now have their own sort value. It is used to sort authors in the tags browser and content server, and to build a book's author sort string when necessary. The default for the sort value is built as today. You can change it by right-clicking on the authors category in the tag browser, selecting Manage authors, and then making the changes you wish.

6) Support for new devices have been added, the kindle driver displays collections (but they aren't editable), the iPad and Boox drivers have been improved, and several recipes were added.

06-17-2010, 07:55 AM	#1
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,453 Karma: 8012886 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	Some new features arriving in 0.7.3 This is a partial list of the features coming in 0.7.3, probably this weekend: 1) The user interface has been improved. Calibre better adapts to wide and narrow screens. The cover browser has been improved in all of visual appeal, performance and usability. The 3 icons to open and close the tags browser etc are smaller and positioned to take up less screen real estate. Cover thumbnails in the information pane arrive using animation. The search bar changes color to indicate whether a search has been performed with the current contents. 2) Average rating information. Calibre computes the average rating of books matched by items in the tag browser categories author, series, publisher, tags, and the custom fields. The average rating is indicated by changing the coloring of the icon in the browser, and via a tool tip. It uses the standard rating column. Books with a rating of zero are not counted. You can sort items in the tag browser by name, popularity, or average rating. Coloring the icons is on by default so people discover it exists. If you don't want it, turn it off in Preferences -> Interface. 3) The ability to delete books from the attached device directly from the main library view. You select some number of books, then either right-click and navigate to Remove Books -> Remove matching books from device, or select the pull-down on the remove icon and select Remove matching books. You will be presented with a list of books on the device (and its cards) that match books in the selection. Clear the checkbox for any book you want to keep, press OK, and voila, the books are removed from the device. Calibre will put on the list all the various copies of the book it can find. The list will show all the formats, the copies on the cards as well as in main memory, and the multiple copies sitting around after a change of save path. The on-device indication must be true for a book to find matches. Calibre ignores any selected books that don't match a book on the device. 4) A 'Manage authors' editor has been provided that facilitates making wholesale corrections to authors. You see a table of authors, along with their sort values (see #5 below). Make any changes you wish. The changes are written to the database when you press OK, and (of course) forgotten if you press Cancel. (Publishers, series, tags, and custom fields had an editor in 0.7.2.) 5) Authors now have their own sort value. It is used to sort authors in the tags browser and content server, and to build a book's author sort string when necessary. The default for the sort value is built as today. You can change it by right-clicking on the authors category in the tag browser, selecting Manage authors, and then making the changes you wish. 6) Support for new devices have been added, the kindle driver displays collections (but they aren't editable), the iPad and Boox drivers have been improved, and several recipes were added.