Such a shame. Calibre could be great

[yekim54]

Originally Posted by Worldwalker

First of all, calibre is currently in version 0.51. ZERO-point-five-one.

Whoops, you left out a digit. That should be version 0.6.51. ZERO-point-six-point-five-one.

[Worldwalker]

Originally Posted by yekim54

Whoops, you left out a digit. That should be version 0.6.51. ZERO-point-six-point-five-one.

Mea culpa.

Mea nil caffeinea.

[jj2me]

Originally Posted by DownSouth

but currently it is almost useless.
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The other problem is not being able to adjust the colors in the reader.

Ybook and many other readers have that simple feature which makes reading, especially at night, much more enjoyable.
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OK, blast away. I know many people here will only see the negatives and will ignore the constructive criticism contained herein.

Color changes in the Viewer can be achieved via CSS.

1. Click View,
2. click the hammer icon,
3. enter your CSS in the User stylesheet box on the bottom,
4. click OK.

E.g., the following will get you a green background that imitates an old non-backlit PDA (or maybe an Ectaco?). But choose whatever colors, margin, etc. you want using CSS.

body {
color: rgb(0,0,0);
background-color:rgb(184,187,164);
}

The borders around the content will still be gray, the search boxes white. Note that there's no color control in Kindle for PC/Mac, nor in Sony's Reader Library viewer. Kudos to Kovid for thinking to make Calibre so extensible.


But really, you call this wonder "almost useless?" It

• converts
• views (on several platforms)
• organizes
• loads
• fetches magazines and newspapers (free!)
• has a content server you can access from a Kindle wirelessly.

You can't see that one or more of those things might be beneficial to most everyone else? Being shortsighted is fine, we all do that. But to get your points noticed, you crossed over to insulting a tremendous effort and product.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Starson17

On the calibre todo list is a save or history function for the filename import regex. With luck we'll be able to save them with a name that tells us what type of filename it will decode. Even without a named save, we'll be able to enter a sample filename, as we do now, then try each of the saved regexes until we find one that properly decodes it. It should simplify the process a lot.

Starson
How about a context sensitive Regex formula lookup-insert tool for those of use that are regex chalageed

By context sensitive: Each location a Regex could be used, you see only those labeled appropriate for that context (Import, Header,Footer...).

The tool would show sample input (resulting output), and the "Use button" would paste (or put on clipboard) for use in a field.

There would need to be a Import(save user created) /purge (faulty expression)/ Update (part of the Calibre Update) to maintain the

[DownSouth]

I also thanked Kovil for his work so far. For a single programmer it's a nice piece of work.

The name's Kovid and no you didn't thank me for my work.

Successful software does not require users to learn a programming language, which is basically what RegEx is. 20 Years ago I would have enjoyed playing with it, but I have other things to do with my time at present as do most other people do.
I'd rather be reading a book. Hmmm, isn't that why Calibre was written?

So go read a book and stop wasting everyone's time.

Not having a good way to enter data into a database reminds me of having to punch cards to enter data into a computer in high school. I can understand it 30 years. There is no excuse for it today.

Talk about hyperbole.

Wake up and accept the fact that as it is NOW Calibre has severe limititations.
Yes, it has many good points such as it's conversion abilities, but also several serious problems.

So please don't use it. The million other users who use calibre wont miss you. And I mean a million, http://status.calibre-ebook.com

For those of you who don't understand the differences between working with 200 records and 5000 or more I suggest you do some reading or programming and learn.
When you have, perhaps you'll realize how serious the flaws are with Calibre in it's present form.

calibre is used by many people for collections as large as 50,000 books, including some who posted in this thread. The fact that you would rather spend your time whining instead of doing the little bit of work necessary to suit your purposes, is entirely your loss.

[Katti's Cat]

You may have valid points - for yourself. I have used Calibre since I got my reader and it does for me what I want it to do.

And for most users it is the same. There is no software anywhere in the market that addresses all issues / problems.

And while you may be right, the way you wrote your first post was insulting to the rest of us who are very happy with Calibre and appreciate the work Kovid has done and continues to do.

To comment on the society in the US - well, maybe you should pay attention to the location of the posters.

There are no serious flaws with Calibre. Yes, there might be shortcomings for a few users, but for the majority of us, it does the job we want it to do.

Why not try and write a better program? Go ahead, do it. Write a program that addresses ALL issues. If you can't or won't do it, maybe you can work on your entrance to forums.

To come here and flame (Calibre and the forum) on your first visit, without introducing yourself is bad form.

Oh, and let us know when you found the perfect software.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Yes, DownSouth, please do inform us of a better program than Calibre. I haven't been able to find one, free or otherwise.

[kovidgoyal]

I've closed this thread, as DownSouth has said what he wants to say and I don't see anything useful coming from further discussion, other than a flame war.