What Happened To The Pending Mobipocket Support? - Page 2

Matthijs · 04-14-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by VillageReader

Does Mobipocket automatically justify text, or is that a function of the way the document is prepared?

We have it configured to justify text. In a future upgrade we could make justification configurable for those of you who don't like it.

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Originally Posted by VillageReader

Oh, and what did you read - anything interesting?

Not really, just an American thriller (Split Second) and a Dutch novel.

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Originally Posted by vampyre

You are very cruel to tease those of us who are waiting like that Matthijs

Sorry about that

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Originally Posted by VillageReader

Will the desktop reader be able to recognize the CF or MMC card?

No, we still cannot export all of them together. We have exporting CF/MMC instead of internal flash via USB on the list though, which would make Desktop Reader work with one of those.

deadite66 · 04-14-2007, 10:57 AM

Matthijs does the iliad version support all the usual document types?
mobipocket has pretty good html support.

Hadrien · 04-14-2007, 11:08 AM

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but Mobipocket use OPF and support some of the XHTML tags in their format. That's why they have a pretty good HTML support I guess...

Matthijs · 04-14-2007, 11:29 AM

The Java version of Mobipocket does have HTML support, but I don't think it is as strong as the Desktop Reader version (not really sure though). You could open a HTML document with Mobipocket, but our current HTML viewer will be the default association, so you would have to change the registry for that. You could probably also create your own extension like .mhtml and make Mobipocket open those...
I think that TXT files should also work.
Binary formats like CHM or PDF will need to go through the (free) Mobipocket converter software to turn them into .mobi files.

I'll try some of those formats when I'm back in the office Monday.

wallcraft · 04-14-2007, 11:30 AM

The way I understand it, the Desktop Reader or Creator (both Windows only) can be used to convert MS Office, PDF, HTML or text files to the Mobipocket (.prc) format and it is the .prc file that is actually exported to the handheld device. This works well for HTML, with the only major downside the lack of Linux or MacOS support.

Matthijs · 04-14-2007, 11:36 AM

Indeed: when you choose the "import" on Desktop Reader this converts the file to .prc and it will probably look a lot nicer than when you open a HTML file directly with Mobipocket on the iLiad...

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04-14-2007, 10:57 AM	#17
deadite66 Groupie Posts: 197 Karma: 16 Join Date: Apr 2006 Device: irex iliad, uk Kindle gen3	Matthijs does the iliad version support all the usual document types? mobipocket has pretty good html support.

04-14-2007, 11:08 AM	#18
Hadrien Feedbooks.com Co-Founder Posts: 2,263 Karma: 145123 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris, France Device: Sony PRS-t-1/350/300/500/505/600/700, Nexus S, iPad	Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but Mobipocket use OPF and support some of the XHTML tags in their format. That's why they have a pretty good HTML support I guess...

04-14-2007, 11:29 AM	#19
Matthijs Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands Device: iLiad, DR1000S, DR800SG	The Java version of Mobipocket does have HTML support, but I don't think it is as strong as the Desktop Reader version (not really sure though). You could open a HTML document with Mobipocket, but our current HTML viewer will be the default association, so you would have to change the registry for that. You could probably also create your own extension like .mhtml and make Mobipocket open those... I think that TXT files should also work. Binary formats like CHM or PDF will need to go through the (free) Mobipocket converter software to turn them into .mobi files. I'll try some of those formats when I'm back in the office Monday.

04-14-2007, 11:30 AM	#20
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The way I understand it, the Desktop Reader or Creator (both Windows only) can be used to convert MS Office, PDF, HTML or text files to the Mobipocket (.prc) format and it is the .prc file that is actually exported to the handheld device. This works well for HTML, with the only major downside the lack of Linux or MacOS support.

04-14-2007, 11:36 AM	#21
Matthijs Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Eindhoven, the Netherlands Device: iLiad, DR1000S, DR800SG	Indeed: when you choose the "import" on Desktop Reader this converts the file to .prc and it will probably look a lot nicer than when you open a HTML file directly with Mobipocket on the iLiad...

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