calibre 5: Beta testers needed

[jony08]

@kovidgoyal Please add a Don't show this waning again checkbox to the question dialog

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by jony08

I got this error trying to copy text in the server viewer, using Firefox on my phone.

TypeError: window.navigator.clipboard is undefined
Error at http://192.168.1.54:8080/:40279:21
Traceback (most recent call last):

ρσ_anonfunc@http://192.168.1.54:8080/:33483:33
copy_to_clipboard@http://192.168.1.54:8080/:34069:31
ρσ_anonfunc@http://192.168.1.54:8080/:40279:21

Firefox has blocked access to the clipboard, nothing I can do about it. You need to access the server over https for it to work.

[jony08]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Firefox has blocked access to the clipboard, nothing I can do about it. You need to access the server over https for it to work.

Thank you Kovid

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by jony08

@kovidgoyal Please add a Don't show this waning again checkbox to the question dialog

This would be good. I prefer not confirming every highlight delete.

[The_Ad]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

1. No. Having invisible zones is just confusing. Deal with a big handle.

I have tried this highlight feature in tablet using content server. But the handles seems to be bigger there too.
Also, I noticed that while dragging the handle we don't needed to exactly put our fingers on oval shape. we can drag it putting our fingers somewhere near handle. So, I guess making it a little smaller won't make any discomfort while adjusting selection.

I don't know how to put this but handle is quite bigger both for touch screen and non-touch screen. But yeah, the big handle is too big to handle. It would be better if the oval shape can be changed.

Sorry, If it bothered you. But that's what I felt.

[nixsee]

@The_Ad, which application is that 2nd screenshot from? I really like how the popup has not just the extra colors (which is standard in most readers) but also the formatting options like strikethrough all right there to choose from immediately.

@Kovid, as fantastic as the current Calibre iteration is, needing to enter the note window to select the highlight formatting is likely my final qualm. If I use strikethrough, for example, its likely a one-off thing rather than what I want my default quick highlight format to be. And if I am using multiple colors, it would be nice to have them available right away rather than having to enter the 2nd menu.

So, my suggestion is to allow for the popup bar to be customizable with all available highlighting/underlining formats. If someone wants 0 or 10 shown, that's up to them. Perhaps have highlights and underline on the 1st line of the popup bar and the other commands on the 2nd. Or have some sort of wrapping beyond a certain total number to make it even on each line.

[kovidgoyal]

@nixsee: Sorry, no. If you use strikethrough as a one off thing, it means you need two extra clicks the next time you highlight to get back to your default highlight color. I am not complicating the popup bar anymore for that.

[kovidgoyal]

@The_Ad: the handles are the same size on content server and calibre viewer. That's how it is supposed to be, both can be used on touch screens.

[nixsee]

@Kovid - its more about the colors than the underlining styles - that was just another example/reason. I use numerous colors in my highlighting for different types of highlights (after all, why else would multiple, customizable, colors exist?). So currently I have to make twice the clicks (while having to navigate to the colors in the 2nd window) in order to do any highlighting.

Most of your objections are quite reasonable - say, single vs double clicking on a highlight - but this one just doesn't make sense. It is standard for any application, be it an ereader or word processor, to have the primary formatting (frequently used) options on the main toolbar - you don't click an extra menu to access bold, etc... We've shared screenshots of at least 5 popular ereaders that have the colors on the popup bar - this isn't arbitrary design, but is instead rooted in user functionality.

Again, thanks to your very reasonable compromise of allowing the user to customize their own popup bar (after listening to our feedback for creating the wonderful popup bar to begin with), any complication of the bar is up to the user - if they want 1 or 10 highlighting options, that's their choice.

If, on the other hand, it is a large complication on your end, that's another story. You're, of course, not obligated to implement this or anything at all, and we're all very grateful for all of the hard work you've put into this feature and Calibre in general. But you've asked for feedback and we're telling you what would be helpful. I'm thrilled with not just finally having this highlighting/annotations feature, but the tremendous evolution/refinement of it. This would be the final step in that process and I hope you'll consider implementing it (even if just to get me out of your hair... )

Thanks again for the great work!

[kovidgoyal]

Released version 4.9.11 with the following changes:

1) Show a dot next to highlights that have notes
2) Fix drag scrolling with the highlight handles not working
3) Fix colors in various places in the content server not correct in dark mode
4) Content server viewer: Allow editing of metadata for the book being read easily via Goto->Metadata
5) Content server viewer: Allow going back to the book list and not just the home page
6) Increase the threshold for swipe detection make accidental swipes less likely
7) Redesign the annotations browser panel to use clickable links instead of buttons, to reduce confusion
8) Fix triple clicking to select paragraph not working
9) Viewer: Auto-hide the mouse cursor when unused
10) Fix handling of line breaks in the notes in the viewer highlight panel

[nqk]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Released version 4.9.11 with the following changes:



1) Show a dot next to highlights that have notes


3) Fix colors in various places in the content server not correct in dark mode

4) Content server viewer: Allow editing of metadata for the book being read easily via Goto->Metadata

5) Content server viewer: Allow going back to the book list and not just the home page

6) Increase the threshold for swipe detection make accidental swipes less likely

All these points work fine for me.

Can't wait to see it come up to Archlinuxarm

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Released version 4.9.11

Thanks for adding the option to avoid confirmation for deleting highlights. It works on both highlight panels, but clicking on the pop-up bar does not offer this option.

[warbrd]

Don't know if this has been mentioned, but a rudamentary search in this thread didn't reveal anything.

In the e-book viewer, after marking word(s), resizing the marked area by pulling the start handle beyond the end handle, or end handle beyond the start handle, the handles disappear.

So to reproduce:
Mark a single word in the middle of a sentence
Click and hold the right handle
Move it to the left, beyond the left handle
Both handles should now disappear.

[kovidgoyal]

@warbrd: yes you cant cross handles.

@thiago: yes the warning when deleting via click on the bar is not disable-able, s it is very easy to trigger accidentally.

[warbrd]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

@warbrd: yes you cant cross handles.

Is that a wontfix? or a "i know about the problem"? Handles are such a common element in UIs these days, and I think it would benefit the ereader if it behaves as closely as possible to established standards