07-25-2012, 11:08 PM | #1 |
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experience with Overdrive app on iOS devices
The Overdrive app is intended for library rentals, but you can also side load non DRM epubs and presumably others that need at Adobe ID. It has a decent reading engine that's based on webkit and also supports javascript. It has 3 options for margins, so you can come closer to the screen edge than with iBooks. One puzzlement is how you dismiss the controls at the top and bottom of the screen. A two-finger tap seems to do it, but I haven't found any description of the controls either in the app or on their website.
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07-26-2012, 10:17 PM | #3 |
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The methods that work are sending yourself an e-mail attachment or via Dropbox or similar, where you hit the "share" icon bring up a list of apps. The file transfer technique via iTunes doesn't seem to be available.
Forgot to mention that image zooming isn't available in Overdrive - a feature I really miss. -Bill |
07-27-2012, 02:49 AM | #4 |
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oh OK, just that sideloading usually means drag and drop via itunes.
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I thought sideloading was getting something into the device in any unofficial way, not just through a specific app.
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It now seems logical, of course, that Overdrive would disallow the USB transfer via iTunes, since in general they would disapprove of side-*unloading*...
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