New Reader with great pdf-support: Mantano Reader (like aldiko+ezpdf) - Page 13

JosephG · 08-06-2011, 10:48 AM

Hello Linter,

I am working for Mantano, maybe I can help :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by linter

i downloaded the trial version, imported a book, am trying to open it but only get the message that the trial version has expired and do i want to buy the full version now?
uhm, not yet!

can anyone help me fix this? i do have my tab online while trying to use M.

thanks!

Which version did you install? From which market? This should not happen since the 1.2.3 release. The latest version is 1.2.4.

You can directly contact our customer support from the "Settings / Help / Submit request" section. You can access it thanks to the "settings" button, at the bottom right corner of the Library panel (or top right corner if you have a Honeycomb tablet) .

Best regards,

aceflor · 08-06-2011, 03:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pruss

I think they're working on it for a future release.

It is not really 2-page display but two columns display in landscape format is implemented now. I tried it again today and it is in, you just have to lower the font size a bit and the normal landscape then changes to two columns. That is good enough for me and I really like what they have done with this app so I bought it.

Bon travail, continuez !

linter · 08-06-2011, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephG

Hello Linter,

I am working for Mantano, maybe I can help :-)

Which version did you install? From which market? This should not happen since the 1.2.3 release. The latest version is 1.2.4.

You can directly contact our customer support from the "Settings / Help / Submit request" section. You can access it thanks to the "settings" button, at the bottom right corner of the Library panel (or top right corner if you have a Honeycomb tablet) .

Best regards,

Let's see ... I installed 1.2.4 from google marketplace.

should i work with you to try to resolve this or should i go to customer support through the settings you mention above?

thanks! linter

SCION · 08-07-2011, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SCION

I downloaded the trial app again. Wow, what a difference a couple of months has made since I last tried it. Will fully evaluate over the next few days. My primary use is for ePubs.

My evaluation didn't take long. I'm switching from Moon+ Reader (paid version). The user interface is attractive and intuitive. The feature set is outstanding, including the implementation of export capable notes and highlights. The app is well worth the price. Thanks for the quality.

loyukfai · 08-08-2011, 01:36 AM

I've been saying that the app is not fast enough. It seems that there're some issues with my SD card. After changing to another one, the responsiveness seems to have improved.

Of course, I could still use some speed improvements. : )

BTW, Adobe just released a preview version of Digital Editions (1.8), which uses a newer version of SDK and is able to handle the graphics, which are not displayed under Mantano as I've mentioned earlier.

Cheers.

aceflor · 08-08-2011, 02:29 AM

It is indeed a good app. Almost perfect. Worth the money imho.
Have I not found it, or is there no night mode on the pdf reader part of it ?

p1s70s · 08-08-2011, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aceflor

Have I not found it, or is there no night mode on the pdf reader part of it ?

At present there is no theme support for PDFs as far as I can tell, which means there is not a "night mode," since night mode is a theme and would be found under that menu.

ddavtian · 08-08-2011, 05:10 PM

Night mode is tricky for pdf documents. This format, by definition, should show the document as it was created. Ezpdf reader, another good one, has night mode but only in reflow mode (which usually doesn't work for my technical books).

jhempel24 · 08-09-2011, 12:44 AM

OMG....I don't know how I didn't see this before...but I "THINK" I might have found a new reader other than the stock B&N reader. We'll see.

pruss · 08-09-2011, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddavtian

Night mode is tricky for pdf documents. This format, by definition, should show the document as it was created. Ezpdf reader, another good one, has night mode but only in reflow mode (which usually doesn't work for my technical books).

APV (which I'm one of the developers of) has several color modes for pdf documents that do nightmode. The simplest and fastest just reverses the colors. For your usual black on white document, that works, though photos look funny when reversed, since the colors change. Another version first converts to grayscale, then reverses. That avoids the weird colors. The version I use most of the time, even in daytime, converts to grayscale, then replaces the white-to-black range with a black-to-green range. Typical black on white documents show up as green on black. Photos of course will be a bit off, but the books I read are mostly text. (And of course there is red on black for when you want to maintain night vision.)

This is extremely easy to implement using Android's ColorMatrixColorFilter functionality. You just put the color transformation matrix in the paint object you pass to Canvas.drawBitmap() (if memory serves).

jhempel24 · 08-09-2011, 05:02 AM

After messing around with it....yeah...this is replacing my "stock" B&N reader on the Nook Color.

Now the only question I have is there an ability for the App to connect to my Calibre Catalog and download/import from there?

Apoc · 08-09-2011, 06:56 PM

On a "heads-ups" from Scion, I started to evaluate Mantano and I already like it a lot. I have one issue that may or may not be a deal breaker at the end of the trial.

What I don't like, is that a casual slide on the screen may change the size of the font. Annoying. I usually set the font size once and then forget it. Is it possible to have this as an option rather than a "feature?"

Or maybe there is a setting that I have overlooked that takes care of that. Any mention in this would be appreciated.

jhempel24 · 08-09-2011, 07:00 PM

I have not run into that. Where om the screen?

The only slide I can find is to change the brightness.

Only thing I don't like is the screen timeout seems to be long. I fall asleep reading sometimes, and it seems to he on for a while if I just sit there.

SCION · 08-09-2011, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhempel24

I have not run into that. Where om the screen?

The only slide I can find is to change the brightness.

Only thing I don't like is the screen timeout seems to be long. I fall asleep reading sometimes, and it seems to he on for a while if I just sit there.

Have you unchecked "Screen always on" in Settings? Mine is unchecked and the screen goes off after 5 minutes of no touching.

sherbs · 08-09-2011, 07:49 PM

Any chance you could add user defined Categories under Filters so I could separate my novels, technical books and magazines?

While I'm at it, any chance you could reset the trial periods so that those of us that have trialed before can take another look since all the recent changes?

Thanks.

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08-08-2011, 01:36 AM	#185
loyukfai Zealot Posts: 138 Karma: 4260 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	I've been saying that the app is not fast enough. It seems that there're some issues with my SD card. After changing to another one, the responsiveness seems to have improved. Of course, I could still use some speed improvements. : ) BTW, Adobe just released a preview version of Digital Editions (1.8), which uses a newer version of SDK and is able to handle the graphics, which are not displayed under Mantano as I've mentioned earlier. Cheers.

08-08-2011, 02:29 AM	#186
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,470 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	It is indeed a good app. Almost perfect. Worth the money imho. Have I not found it, or is there no night mode on the pdf reader part of it ?

08-08-2011, 05:10 PM	#188
ddavtian Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 332 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco, USA Device: Sage, Elipsa, Oasis, Galaxy Tab 8U, S22U	Night mode is tricky for pdf documents. This format, by definition, should show the document as it was created. Ezpdf reader, another good one, has night mode but only in reflow mode (which usually doesn't work for my technical books).

08-09-2011, 12:44 AM	#189
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	OMG....I don't know how I didn't see this before...but I "THINK" I might have found a new reader other than the stock B&N reader. We'll see.

08-09-2011, 05:02 AM	#191
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	After messing around with it....yeah...this is replacing my "stock" B&N reader on the Nook Color. Now the only question I have is there an ability for the App to connect to my Calibre Catalog and download/import from there?

08-09-2011, 06:56 PM	#192
Apoc Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 822 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Calgary, Canada Device: NookC with CM7 (eMMC)	On a "heads-ups" from Scion, I started to evaluate Mantano and I already like it a lot. I have one issue that may or may not be a deal breaker at the end of the trial. What I don't like, is that a casual slide on the screen may change the size of the font. Annoying. I usually set the font size once and then forget it. Is it possible to have this as an option rather than a "feature?" Or maybe there is a setting that I have overlooked that takes care of that. Any mention in this would be appreciated.

08-09-2011, 07:00 PM	#193
jhempel24 Wizard Posts: 2,157 Karma: 7068605 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, B&N Nook Colro	I have not run into that. Where om the screen? The only slide I can find is to change the brightness. Only thing I don't like is the screen timeout seems to be long. I fall asleep reading sometimes, and it seems to he on for a while if I just sit there.

08-09-2011, 07:49 PM	#195
sherbs Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Eee Pad, Galaxy S2	Any chance you could add user defined Categories under Filters so I could separate my novels, technical books and magazines? While I'm at it, any chance you could reset the trial periods so that those of us that have trialed before can take another look since all the recent changes? Thanks.