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2009-03-31
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The built in one is pretty lacking for all my e-books.. Any alternatives??
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2009-03-31
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I like Evince myself.
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2009-03-31
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There is one in extras, supposedly "lightweight and built on proper libs" (whatever that means), but I use Evince as well.
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2009-03-31
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Originally Posted by secgeek
Too bad FBReader can't render PDFs. I love its interface compared to cruder (IMO) things like Evince or the builtin reader on my 770.
The built in one is pretty lacking for all my e-books.. Any alternatives??
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2009-03-31
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There are scripts (and programs for Windows) that will convert PDFs into a format for FBReader. Though that would require the user to convert files on their computer before transfering onto the tablet.
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Originally Posted by ysss
They're maemo and MeeGo...
"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...
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2009-03-31
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My main complaint about Evince is its speed. It is just really slow. I would really like to see a PDF renderer with the speed of liqbase 
Perhaps something that renders the (current page of the) PDF into a (large) bitmap, then lets you view the bitmap using the liqbase interface (ie fast, fullscreen, kinetic panning)
Perhaps something that renders the (current page of the) PDF into a (large) bitmap, then lets you view the bitmap using the liqbase interface (ie fast, fullscreen, kinetic panning)
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2009-04-01
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pdf is basically a slow format.
its only that throwing ghz cpus at it make it acceptable on a desktop.
btw, epdf uses a more recent version of poppler then the available evince, thanks to qwerty12.
still didnt fix a bug i only see with some pdfs i have, and one i only see on the tablet.
osso-pdf-reader renders it fine, but its interface is downright annoying!
its only that throwing ghz cpus at it make it acceptable on a desktop.
btw, epdf uses a more recent version of poppler then the available evince, thanks to qwerty12.
still didnt fix a bug i only see with some pdfs i have, and one i only see on the tablet.
osso-pdf-reader renders it fine, but its interface is downright annoying!
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2009-04-01
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I generally agree about pdf's being a pain, but i've seen dedicated ereaders (eg prs-700) do a decent job of pdf reflow for plain text pdfs. Any programs do reflow for os2008?
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