Dual firmware announcement - Page 50

HarryT · 10-29-2009, 03:50 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Yes.
I had some of my books converted just before, hoping to be able to read ePub after. Fail !

The folder support, though, is VERY nice. I have a fair few reading devices, and the Opus (which has the same folder support) now has the best "library" of any of them. It's the only device I have (other than the iRex) on which it's practical to store many thousands of books.

EowynCarter · 10-29-2009, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The folder support, though, is VERY nice. I have a fair few reading devices, and the Opus (which has the same folder support) now has the best "library" of any of them. It's the only device I have (other than the iRex) on which it's practical to store many thousands of books.

Yeap. Having it made me realise how usefull that was. It's now on my "need to have" things for when i next buy a reader.

K-Thom · 10-29-2009, 05:22 AM

Believe it or not - I just ordered the Opus from bol.de tonight. Sort of a benefit for the doubt since Bookeen finally reacted to an iquiry and there obviously ist some sort of development.

I tend to be suicidal from time to time ...

HarryT, is the folder view also with thumbnails or is it just a list of all titles?

EowynCarter · 10-29-2009, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by K-Thom

and there obviously ist some sort of development.

Of course there is.

HarryT, is the folder view also with thumbnails or is it just a list of all titles?

Both. Work like "normal" view, you can set the number of book per pages.

K-Thom · 10-29-2009, 05:34 AM

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Both. Work like "normal" view, you can set the number of book per pages.

Good to hear. The library view with thumbnails is still one of the assets, and it's nice that they continue this mode within subfolders.

Also good to see we both don't seem to ignore us anymore, Eowyn.

Terisa de morgan · 10-29-2009, 05:39 AM

For people who have the Opus: Can you move your books from a folder to other through the options in the e-reader or with the computer?

EowynCarter · 10-29-2009, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by K-Thom

Good to hear. The library view with thumbnails is still one of the assets, and it's nice that they continue this mode within subfolders.

Also good to see we both don't seem to ignore us anymore, Eowyn.

Well, you never where on the ignore list.

And no, you can't move books.

HarryT · 10-29-2009, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

Well, you never where on the ignore list.

And no, you can't move books.

But you can now delete them - that's another feature added with the new firmware.

HarryT · 10-29-2009, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by K-Thom

Good to hear. The library view with thumbnails is still one of the assets, and it's nice that they continue this mode within subfolders.

With the new firmware, initially the library looks exactly the same as it did. If you go into the "Settings/Advanced" menu, there's now a "Folder View" item. Selecting this changes the library from a "flat" view to a folder view.

In folder view it still looks the same (thumbnail images of book covers), but at the start of the library listing you have a "go up a level" folder icon, and an icon for each sub-folder within the current folder. After all the sub-folders, it lists the books in the folder, exactly as at present.

It's an interface which works very well.

K-Thom · 10-29-2009, 07:17 AM

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It's an interface which works very well.

Sound very much like it. Bol.de confirmed my purchase (at 230.85 Euros, p&h included), so I'm just waiting now for both device and update (but don't we always?

).

Krystian Galaj · 10-29-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

The folder support, though, is VERY nice. I have a fair few reading devices, and the Opus (which has the same folder support) now has the best "library" of any of them. It's the only device I have (other than the iRex) on which it's practical to store many thousands of books.

That's what I was aiming at when I bought Gen3 in November 2007. Actually, I wouldn't have to have folders if any other method of finding stuff fast (like searching by mutiple tags) worked. I also wasn't expecting the device to try to read all books on startup, as I never planned to have any less than my entire library on it. I hope after two years I'll be able to finally use it in the way I intended to.

delphidb96 · 10-30-2009, 02:20 PM

I finally scanned down throug their blog comments and found their latest 'statement'. In reading the comments, did I imagine that they said the firmware would be re-/de-installable in order to swap between mobi and epub support?

Derek

CyGuy · 10-30-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by delphidb96

I finally scanned down throug their blog comments and found their latest 'statement'. In reading the comments, did I imagine that they said the firmware would be re-/de-installable in order to swap between mobi and epub support?

Derek

That is the way I understood it too, although you don't actually "de-install", you just install whichever firmware you want and it overwrites the other. You can do this as many times as you want...

Skyrunner · 10-30-2009, 09:54 PM

Yes, because flashing your device every time you want to switch from ePub to Mobi or vice versa makes a lot of sense. To Bookeen.

EowynCarter · 10-31-2009, 04:29 AM

Blame amazon and thier stupidity for that one.

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10-29-2009, 05:22 AM	#738
K-Thom The one and only Posts: 3,302 Karma: 535819 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Berlin, Germany Device: yup!	Believe it or not - I just ordered the Opus from bol.de tonight. Sort of a benefit for the doubt since Bookeen finally reacted to an iquiry and there obviously ist some sort of development. I tend to be suicidal from time to time ... HarryT, is the folder view also with thumbnails or is it just a list of all titles?

10-29-2009, 05:39 AM	#741
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,636 Karma: 12595249 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	For people who have the Opus: Can you move your books from a folder to other through the options in the e-reader or with the computer?

10-30-2009, 02:20 PM	#747
delphidb96 Wizard Posts: 2,999 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Citrus Heights, California Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V	I finally scanned down throug their blog comments and found their latest 'statement'. In reading the comments, did I imagine that they said the firmware would be re-/de-installable in order to swap between mobi and epub support? Derek

10-30-2009, 09:54 PM	#749
Skyrunner Member Posts: 15 Karma: 26 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: My eyes	Yes, because flashing your device every time you want to switch from ePub to Mobi or vice versa makes a lot of sense. To Bookeen.

10-31-2009, 04:29 AM	#750
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,337 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	Blame amazon and thier stupidity for that one.