Skin for Mobipocket Reader Emulator

ate · 05-15-2008, 04:24 PM

Hi !

Nice forum - I learned a lot. But now I have a question.

I created some prc's with the mobipocket creator 4.2.

If the building is finished, I can preview the result in the emulator.

But there's no cybook-skin. Therefore I use the Sony Clie - skin

.

Has anybody created a skin for the cybook ?

Would be nice to check the result in my "ebook-reader" and not in an other device.

ATE

HarryT · 05-16-2008, 02:14 AM

Sorry, what do you mean by "skin"?

mores · 05-16-2008, 04:08 AM

a set of graphics to make the emulator look different.
Some say "Vista" is just a new skin for XP

pilotbob · 05-16-2008, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mores

Some say "Vista" is just a new skin for XP

Which is totally incorrect.

As a matter of fact if Vista was only shell/skin changes and none of the fundemental networking, security, kernal, driver framework changes that people were demanding (well people were demanding more security, stability and performance) there would be no compat issues and people would love Vista.

Totally proves the statement, "We gave them what they asked for, but not what they wanted."

BOb

ate · 05-16-2008, 02:26 PM

Hi !

This has nothing to do with a normal skin of the windows os, like the shellstyle ... but, good and short explantion for the term "skin".

The skin I mean is from the mobipocket creator ... after building a prc with the mobipocket creator you can preview it with the mobipocket reader emulator. Mobipocket creator asks you for this after building the prc ! (If you use windows and have an installed mobipocket creator ... search for the MobiEmulator.exe on the computer).

There are many skins for Franklin, PalmOS, Symbian OS .... and no skin for the cybook. Would be nice to have a skin for the cybook, because you can "test" the created ebook before copying the book to the real cybook.

Here you can see what I mean ...

mores · 05-18-2008, 06:00 AM

erm ... I was just kidding ... you know, mac users tend to do that.

I thought the green smiley was indicative enough.

kleykenb · 05-19-2008, 03:48 AM

"Mac" ? Isn't that that skin for the Mach kernel ? ;-)

IceHand · 05-19-2008, 04:21 PM

Och, and here I though it was an old Scottish clan!

wallcraft · 06-24-2008, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ate

Has anybody created a skin for the cybook?

See skins for mobipocket emulator. These are for the Kindle and a generic WinCE 6" E-Ink device. If you have a Gen3, it should be straight forward to modify these to be more Gen3-like. However, there is a limit to how close the emulator can get to the real device. Note that there is a bug which clips the bottom of large skin images, I worked around this by extending the images further than needed.

HarryT · 06-24-2008, 02:39 AM

I just use the standard Windows MobiPocket Reader to "preview" the Mobi books that I create. I don't really see the need to make it look specifically like a CyBook - I am, after all, creating books for Mobi devices in general, rather than the CyBook in particular.

05-15-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
ate Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CyBook Gen3	Skin for Mobipocket Reader Emulator Hi ! Nice forum - I learned a lot. But now I have a question. I created some prc's with the mobipocket creator 4.2. If the building is finished, I can preview the result in the emulator. But there's no cybook-skin. Therefore I use the Sony Clie - skin . Has anybody created a skin for the cybook ? Would be nice to check the result in my "ebook-reader" and not in an other device. ATE Last edited by ate; 05-15-2008 at 04:41 PM.

05-16-2008, 02:26 PM	#5
ate Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: CyBook Gen3	Hi ! This has nothing to do with a normal skin of the windows os, like the shellstyle ... but, good and short explantion for the term "skin". The skin I mean is from the mobipocket creator ... after building a prc with the mobipocket creator you can preview it with the mobipocket reader emulator. Mobipocket creator asks you for this after building the prc ! (If you use windows and have an installed mobipocket creator ... search for the MobiEmulator.exe on the computer). There are many skins for Franklin, PalmOS, Symbian OS .... and no skin for the cybook. Would be nice to have a skin for the cybook, because you can "test" the created ebook before copying the book to the real cybook. Here you can see what I mean ... Last edited by ate; 05-16-2008 at 02:40 PM.

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05-16-2008, 02:14 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Sorry, what do you mean by "skin"?

05-16-2008, 04:08 AM	#3
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	a set of graphics to make the emulator look different. Some say "Vista" is just a new skin for XP

05-18-2008, 06:00 AM	#6
mores Guru Posts: 834 Karma: 102419 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Vienna, Austria Device: iPhone	erm ... I was just kidding ... you know, mac users tend to do that. I thought the green smiley was indicative enough.

05-19-2008, 03:48 AM	#7
kleykenb Groupie Posts: 156 Karma: 99 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: DR1kS/Cy3	"Mac" ? Isn't that that skin for the Mach kernel ? ;-)

05-19-2008, 04:21 PM	#8
IceHand Linux User Posts: 323 Karma: 13682 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany Device: Kindle 3	Och, and here I though it was an old Scottish clan!

06-24-2008, 02:39 AM	#10
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I just use the standard Windows MobiPocket Reader to "preview" the Mobi books that I create. I don't really see the need to make it look specifically like a CyBook - I am, after all, creating books for Mobi devices in general, rather than the CyBook in particular.