Freda - ebook reader program for Windows Mobile - Page 23

starrigger · 06-24-2010, 02:27 AM

Today I was popping my SD card in and out for various reasons, and at least twice I forgot to close Freda first, and later found that Freda had created a folder on the device called SD Card. (My library and temp files are assigned to the SD Card.) Then, when I put the actual SD Card back in, it got called SD Card2. (Same thing as happened to me a week or two ago, except this time I escaped without file-system corruption and was able to delete the bogus folder.)

I think it would be really great if error-trapping could be improved to where Freda would notice that the SD Card was missing and produce a message such as: "SD Card not found. Are you sure you wish me to wreak havoc on your file system? Y/N." Or, you know, just the first part.

Jim Chapman · 06-25-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by starrigger

I think it would be really great if error-trapping could be improved to where Freda would notice that the SD Card was missing and produce a message such as: "SD Card not found. Are you sure you wish me to wreak havoc on your file system? Y/N." Or, you know, just the first part.

I agree. I had made some changes so that Freda would be more tolerant of missing folders (i.e. it would create them if needed) - but it was going too far. I have fixed it; the next beta build (and presumably the final release) will give you an error message if you remove the storage card.

Jim Chapman · 06-25-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by chaley

I have the same (or similar) problem. I can connect to the server, navigate to authors, and navigate to an author. At this point I see an empty screen. The xhtml for the page that does not display is attached.

OK I think I see the problem (and I think I have fixed it). I suspect that the latest version of Calibre content server is generating slightly different XML than the earlier version did. Anyhow, the next (hopefully final) beta release should handle this OK.

Jim

JordanRHughes · 06-25-2010, 12:42 PM

Great idea. Thanks for the hook up. I am going to try this.

Cheers.

silkshadow · 06-30-2010, 03:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jim Chapman

OK I think I see the problem (and I think I have fixed it). I suspect that the latest version of Calibre content server is generating slightly different XML than the earlier version did. Anyhow, the next (hopefully final) beta release should handle this OK.

Jim

Thanks Jim, great news. I'll wait for the release of the next beta version, thanks!

klobster · 07-02-2010, 03:24 PM

Is there any possibility of adding the ability to have multiple folders in your library?

Jim Chapman · 07-02-2010, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by klobster

Is there any possibility of adding the ability to have multiple folders in your library?

Yes, this is implemented in version 2.0 (which is going to be released very shortly).

Marseille · 07-02-2010, 07:36 PM

I know absolutely nothing about OPDS and haven't played with it yet, but just out of curiosity could it be (or is it already) a method for syncing pages across devices?

Jim Chapman · 07-03-2010, 12:49 PM

I have a further beta release available for testing; I've emailed out details to my usual testing panel, but if anyone hasn't received details who is interested in doing some testing, please contact me at home@jim-chapman.net.

I'd be particularly glad to hear from users of WM5, 2003 and WinCE devices, as I now have test builds for those platforms, and I'd appreciate help with checking them out.

BTW, I expect the general release of Freda v2 to happen in a week or so, unless the testing discovers some truly fundamental problem.

Cheers,

Jim

Jim Chapman · 07-03-2010, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by David Marseilles

I know absolutely nothing about OPDS and haven't played with it yet, but just out of curiosity could it be (or is it already) a method for syncing pages across devices?

It's a way of representing catalogs of books - typically on-line catalogs like FeedBooks. But you can also use it for your own private book collection if you keep that collection in Calibre. It doesn't offer a way to synch bookmarks or 'latest page read'.

starrigger · 07-03-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim Chapman

I have a further beta release available for testing;

Have downloaded it, and will try in the coming days. Thanks, Jim!

silkshadow · 07-05-2010, 03:21 AM

Great news, will try it out today! Thanks Jim!

silkshadow · 07-07-2010, 02:18 AM

I wanted to wait a couple days of use before I gave you feedback. I haven't been able to use it as much as I would've liked over the last couple of days, but what time I have spent it was to test Freda (as opposed to actually reading

).

Overall, it works very well. I have run into only 1 crash bug and its not even really a crash and its obscure so I doubt anyone would experience it. I had a book open, with auto open enabled, and I removed the source (I was refreshing the library as I removed a book and added one), then closed Freda by accident. When I reopened Freda it opened, gave me the blue screen and closed it self after a couple seconds. When I opened it again, it opened to the freda welcome screen and all my settings were reset to the default.

Of course, I just loaded a preset and I was back. So, its not really much of an issue. It was the only real crash-type bug I encountered and I have been trying to crash Freda (pre-release Q&A style). So I would say, this version is more stable than the previous beta.

You fixed the calibre content server problem! I can see books now and load books with no problem.

Thank you for adding the source drop down in the library. I really appreciate it! However, its not working right for me. I have two local import paths:

\Storage card\EBooks\News
\Storage card\EBooks\Books

When I choose "source contains", it seems both import paths are listed in the right-hand box. However, when I choose either of them, Freda doesn't list anything.

So far, that's it for my couple days feedback. If there is anything specific you might like me to test, I would be happy to. I will continue to put the new beta through its paces. I have an old WM5 device somewhere. I will see if I can dig it up, and if it works, I'll test out Freda on it.

Thanks!

Edit: Out of curiosity, what are people using for text settings? I'm actually just using white background and black text. I tried black background and white text and it gave me a headache. I have a real lack of imagination or any artistic eye for colors and such.

How about textures? Anyone find anything that works well for them? I am embarrassed to admit, the ones that come included with Freda I don't like.

Jim Chapman · 07-07-2010, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by silkshadow

I wanted to wait a couple days of use before I gave you feedback. I haven't been able to use it as much as I would've liked over the last couple of days, but what time I have spent it was to test Freda (as opposed to actually reading

).

Many thanks for taking the time to test, and give feedback!

Quote:

Originally Posted by silkshadow

I have run into only 1 crash bug ...

I will see if I can get this to happen for me, and will fix it. Would you be able to send me your log file (the file logfile.txt in the Freda program folder).

Quote:

Originally Posted by silkshadow

When I choose "source contains", it seems both import paths are listed in the right-hand box. However, when I choose either of them, Freda doesn't list anything.

Yes, I can reproduce this behaviour - but I think it is just the result of a stupid bug in my code; the library filter function doesn't work if the search text contains upper case letters (replace them with their lower case version, and it works). I will fix.

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Originally Posted by silkshadow

How about textures? Anyone find anything that works well for them? I am embarrassed to admit, the ones that come included with Freda I don't like.

No I don't much like them either. And actually I don't like reading on textured backgrounds myself, but someone asked for the feature so I added it. If anyone has suggestions for textures to be added to the Freda package, I'd be happy to hear them.

Thanks again,

Jim

starrigger · 07-11-2010, 02:03 AM

I haven't had a lot of time to test, but it seems to be working quite well. Haven't had any glitches or bugs. I am a little uncertain what you've done with the function that assigns a preset to a particular book. Is that now just automatic--every book opens with whatever preset was last used with it? If so, that seems good. How does one assign a default to be used first when a new book is opened?

There were two things I wanted to mention that aren't so much test of this beta for bugs as longer-term wishes. One is, although I gather that a forced hyphenation function is pretty tricky to create, how hard would it be to have the text break following a hyphen or a dash? My biggest complaint about reading on a small screen is the severely ragged look you get when words joined by a hyphen or dash are kept together always.

And now I can't remember what the other thing was. I'll tell you when I think of it.

Thanks!

06-25-2010, 12:42 PM	#334
JordanRHughes Banned Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	Great idea. Thanks for the hook up. I am going to try this. Cheers. Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 10-28-2010 at 04:16 AM. Reason: spam removed

07-03-2010, 12:49 PM	#339
Jim Chapman Addict Posts: 310 Karma: 2025434 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Lumia 950 Phone	Freda v2 beta testing I have a further beta release available for testing; I've emailed out details to my usual testing panel, but if anyone hasn't received details who is interested in doing some testing, please contact me at home@jim-chapman.net. I'd be particularly glad to hear from users of WM5, 2003 and WinCE devices, as I now have test builds for those platforms, and I'd appreciate help with checking them out. BTW, I expect the general release of Freda v2 to happen in a week or so, unless the testing discovers some truly fundamental problem. Cheers, Jim

07-07-2010, 02:18 AM	#343
silkshadow Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: HD2	I wanted to wait a couple days of use before I gave you feedback. I haven't been able to use it as much as I would've liked over the last couple of days, but what time I have spent it was to test Freda (as opposed to actually reading ). Overall, it works very well. I have run into only 1 crash bug and its not even really a crash and its obscure so I doubt anyone would experience it. I had a book open, with auto open enabled, and I removed the source (I was refreshing the library as I removed a book and added one), then closed Freda by accident. When I reopened Freda it opened, gave me the blue screen and closed it self after a couple seconds. When I opened it again, it opened to the freda welcome screen and all my settings were reset to the default. Of course, I just loaded a preset and I was back. So, its not really much of an issue. It was the only real crash-type bug I encountered and I have been trying to crash Freda (pre-release Q&A style). So I would say, this version is more stable than the previous beta. You fixed the calibre content server problem! I can see books now and load books with no problem. Thank you for adding the source drop down in the library. I really appreciate it! However, its not working right for me. I have two local import paths: \Storage card\EBooks\News \Storage card\EBooks\Books When I choose "source contains", it seems both import paths are listed in the right-hand box. However, when I choose either of them, Freda doesn't list anything. So far, that's it for my couple days feedback. If there is anything specific you might like me to test, I would be happy to. I will continue to put the new beta through its paces. I have an old WM5 device somewhere. I will see if I can dig it up, and if it works, I'll test out Freda on it. Thanks! Edit: Out of curiosity, what are people using for text settings? I'm actually just using white background and black text. I tried black background and white text and it gave me a headache. I have a real lack of imagination or any artistic eye for colors and such. How about textures? Anyone find anything that works well for them? I am embarrassed to admit, the ones that come included with Freda I don't like. Last edited by silkshadow; 07-07-2010 at 02:27 AM.

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06-24-2010, 02:27 AM	#331
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Today I was popping my SD card in and out for various reasons, and at least twice I forgot to close Freda first, and later found that Freda had created a folder on the device called SD Card. (My library and temp files are assigned to the SD Card.) Then, when I put the actual SD Card back in, it got called SD Card2. (Same thing as happened to me a week or two ago, except this time I escaped without file-system corruption and was able to delete the bogus folder.) I think it would be really great if error-trapping could be improved to where Freda would notice that the SD Card was missing and produce a message such as: "SD Card not found. Are you sure you wish me to wreak havoc on your file system? Y/N." Or, you know, just the first part.

07-02-2010, 03:24 PM	#336
klobster Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: TP2	Is there any possibility of adding the ability to have multiple folders in your library?

07-02-2010, 07:36 PM	#338
Marseille Guru Posts: 687 Karma: 5700000 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: kindle	I know absolutely nothing about OPDS and haven't played with it yet, but just out of curiosity could it be (or is it already) a method for syncing pages across devices?

07-05-2010, 03:21 AM	#342
silkshadow Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: HD2	Great news, will try it out today! Thanks Jim!

07-11-2010, 02:03 AM	#345
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	I haven't had a lot of time to test, but it seems to be working quite well. Haven't had any glitches or bugs. I am a little uncertain what you've done with the function that assigns a preset to a particular book. Is that now just automatic--every book opens with whatever preset was last used with it? If so, that seems good. How does one assign a default to be used first when a new book is opened? There were two things I wanted to mention that aren't so much test of this beta for bugs as longer-term wishes. One is, although I gather that a forced hyphenation function is pretty tricky to create, how hard would it be to have the text break following a hyphen or a dash? My biggest complaint about reading on a small screen is the severely ragged look you get when words joined by a hyphen or dash are kept together always. And now I can't remember what the other thing was. I'll tell you when I think of it. Thanks!