File management

maddz · 05-31-2018, 07:35 AM

I have an Icarus E654BK and would like to switch from an icon view to a list view with no icons and don't seem to be able to find such a setting. I can flip between various views with icons but what I'm after is a more condensed view so when I'm browsing 'Books' I can see more than 9 directories per screen (at the moment I have 92 pages of author directories or 138 pages on a 6 directory setting...)

Can anyone suggest an app to do this or tell me where to find such a setting?

Ken Maltby · 05-31-2018, 09:09 AM

If KOReader runs on your device (it runs fine on some Android devices, but not well or at all on a few) it has a variety of display modes for its File Browser and for its History listing of files that have been opened. I like a simple file listing for the browser, (I have it set to have 23 lines per page) and the History set with a thumbnail and metadata for each file/ebook. This thread might help.

maddz · 05-31-2018, 01:08 PM

Might help if the Icarus would get into Github - I get 'couldn't establish a secure connection' and then it says the page is not available. I can get into the page on the Mac OK, but the Icarus won't go there...

[UPDATE] After fiddling around downloading the file onto the Mac, moving into Google Drive, installing the Drive app on the Icarus, I finally got KOReader installed on the Icarus. I'm not sure what's going on - it's seeing multiple folders for each author - Firstname Lastname, and Lastname, Firstname which is not helpful. Oddly, the original file manager doesn't see this.

Is there a detailed instruction set somewhere? I'd also like to see series information as well as title.

Spoke too soon - it won't restart after sleep. I'm just getting a black screen.

Ken Maltby · 05-31-2018, 06:01 PM

I would try again, sometimes it takes a start or two to have the device's mounting process timing allow all of the program to be setup for the device. Check out the WiKi link from the post I linked to. If you have the series data in the metadata for the book file you have a few options to have it display with the title or author.

Luck;
Ken

05-31-2018, 07:35 AM	#1
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	File management I have an Icarus E654BK and would like to switch from an icon view to a list view with no icons and don't seem to be able to find such a setting. I can flip between various views with icons but what I'm after is a more condensed view so when I'm browsing 'Books' I can see more than 9 directories per screen (at the moment I have 92 pages of author directories or 138 pages on a 6 directory setting...) Can anyone suggest an app to do this or tell me where to find such a setting?

05-31-2018, 01:08 PM	#3
maddz Wizard Posts: 1,403 Karma: 30039536 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Icarus, iPad Mini 2, Kobo Touch, Google Nexus 7	Might help if the Icarus would get into Github - I get 'couldn't establish a secure connection' and then it says the page is not available. I can get into the page on the Mac OK, but the Icarus won't go there... [UPDATE] After fiddling around downloading the file onto the Mac, moving into Google Drive, installing the Drive app on the Icarus, I finally got KOReader installed on the Icarus. I'm not sure what's going on - it's seeing multiple folders for each author - Firstname Lastname, and Lastname, Firstname which is not helpful. Oddly, the original file manager doesn't see this. Is there a detailed instruction set somewhere? I'd also like to see series information as well as title. Spoke too soon - it won't restart after sleep. I'm just getting a black screen. Last edited by maddz; 05-31-2018 at 03:22 PM.

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05-31-2018, 09:09 AM	#2
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	If KOReader runs on your device (it runs fine on some Android devices, but not well or at all on a few) it has a variety of display modes for its File Browser and for its History listing of files that have been opened. I like a simple file listing for the browser, (I have it set to have 23 lines per page) and the History set with a thumbnail and metadata for each file/ebook. This thread might help.

05-31-2018, 06:01 PM	#4
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	I would try again, sometimes it takes a start or two to have the device's mounting process timing allow all of the program to be setup for the device. Check out the WiKi link from the post I linked to. If you have the series data in the metadata for the book file you have a few options to have it display with the title or author. Luck; Ken

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