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2010-03-08
, 09:12
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@ Singapore
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#12
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Originally Posted by mikelv
I've put my feedback in this thread, but I've also posted it to you.
Your feedback is very welcome! Please send it to my mailaddress which you find here.
Thanks in advance!
Michael
Overall, it's good. I've added a few epub files from my local filesystem from Fictionwise and Feedbooks. Will test direct download when I have a stable connection.
A few areas of concern
- scrolling appears slow. When I drag a page, the scrolling is delayed and jumps (this is on my N810)
- lack of an indicator when I reached the end of a section. Perhaps a ----End of Section--- marker could be included in the display to give visual feedback
- lack of feedback when I reached the end of the file. Perhaps a ---End of File--- marker could be included in the display to give visual feedback
Keep up the good work...
Regards,
Kam-Yung
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2010-03-11
, 15:18
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Joined on Feb 2010
@ Germany
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#13
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Originally Posted by KYSoh
Thanks for your feedback!
Overall, it's good. I've added a few epub files from my local filesystem from Fictionwise and Feedbooks. Will test direct download when I have a stable connection.
A few areas of concern
- scrolling appears slow. When I drag a page, the scrolling is delayed and jumps (this is on my N810)
- lack of an indicator when I reached the end of a section. Perhaps a ----End of Section--- marker could be included in the display to give visual feedback
- lack of feedback when I reached the end of the file. Perhaps a ---End of File--- marker could be included in the display to give visual feedback
The content of the ePub-file is just shown in an iframe. So if there is a problem with scrolling, it's a problem of Firefox itself. I had a look at the Firefox Mobile bugs and have seen that there seem to be still problems with scrolling. If you don't drag the page, but use tapping left/right top/bottom for scrolling/paging it's hopefully not a problem.
Concerning the indicators I'll contact you via email. I think it's easier to discuss it that way.
Best,
Michael
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2010-03-12
, 05:32
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#14
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Originally Posted by mikelv
Thanks for the reply.
Thanks for your feedback!
The content of the ePub-file is just shown in an iframe. So if there is a problem with scrolling, it's a problem of Firefox itself. I had a look at the Firefox Mobile bugs and have seen that there seem to be still problems with scrolling. If you don't drag the page, but use tapping left/right top/bottom for scrolling/paging it's hopefully not a problem.
Concerning the indicators I'll contact you via email. I think it's easier to discuss it that way.
Best,
Michael
Yes, I tap on the sides to page up/down and that's okay with me.
Another enhancement thought: a "Page Info" that displays useful info like the name of the file, the author and the current location in the file (as a percentage).
But how to display it? Then I saw this posting [http://ahdesai.wordpress.com/2010/03...r-for-fennec/] and realised one place would be the favicon. Tapping it would display/dismiss the page info.
What do you think?
Regards,
Kam-Yung
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2010-03-13
, 10:08
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@ Germany
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Originally Posted by KYSoh
Thanks, that's an interesting idea.
Another enhancement thought: a "Page Info" that displays useful info like the name of the file, the author and the current location in the file (as a percentage).
But how to display it? Then I saw this posting [http://ahdesai.wordpress.com/2010/03...r-for-fennec/] and realised one place would be the favicon. Tapping it would display/dismiss the page info.
As for the "page info" i plan already something like this for the epub catalog. The info (book title, author, book cover, etc.) would be displayed in a popup window.
As for the current location in the file, the favicon thing could be a interesting solution. The problem would not be to bring up the information via favicon but to calculate it
: the number of pages depends on your font size, resolution and orientation. Additionally ePub files consist normally of several xhtml-files. To know where you are located in the book, you have to analyze all files... You see, the calculation is pretty hard, so I don't see this feature in the near future.
Best,
Michael
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2010-03-15
, 01:10
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@ Singapore
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#16
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Originally Posted by mikelv
One way to simplify the number of pages problem is to 'ignore' parameters like font size, etc.
The problem would not be to bring up the information via favicon but to calculate it
You see, the calculation is pretty hard, so I don't see this feature in the near future.
Best,
Michael
FBReader does this [http://groups.google.com/group/fbrea...2bb827f9daa8a] by defining a page as consisting of 2048 characters, an image as 100 characters, etc.
It is not perfect, but it is good enough in practice (I was using FBReader before trying epubreader).
Anyway, a simple '% read' would do for me, so I know how much of a book I've read. But based on your quote, this may not be simple...
Regards,
Kam-Yung
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2010-05-27
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@ Tawa, Wellington
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#17
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Hello, I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I have installed Firefox 1.1 as per you instructions. I tried to download the Epub reader from the browser in the phone. It just keeps saying it is compatible with Firefox 3.6. So i downloaded it from my PC copied it to the file manager and ran the addon from there. It seemed to install ok But I cant open an Epub book. I have the Nokia N900. Any ideas
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2010-07-02
, 04:18
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@ Singapore
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#18
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Michael,
Fennec (Mobile Firefox) has been updated to v1.1, but epubreader is disabled/incompatible with it. Can you update epubreader for it?
Regards,
Kam Yung
Fennec (Mobile Firefox) has been updated to v1.1, but epubreader is disabled/incompatible with it. Can you update epubreader for it?
Regards,
Kam Yung
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2010-07-09
, 04:07
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@ Singapore
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#19
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Michael,
Discovered a compatibility update for epubreader today for Fennec 1.1. Updated epubreader and it now appears to work fine.
Thanks for the update.
Regards,
Kam-Yung
Discovered a compatibility update for epubreader today for Fennec 1.1. Updated epubreader and it now appears to work fine.
Thanks for the update.
Regards,
Kam-Yung
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2010-07-09
, 04:40
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#20
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Michael,
Some feedback.
After installing the compatibility update, I find that setting bookmarks is slow:
1) tap the centre of the screen to bring up the toolbar
2) tap the bookmark icon
3) wait...wait...wait...
4) toolbar disappears
5) a "bookmark has been set" message appears and slowly disappears by sinking down
Is this expected?
Regards,
Kam-Yung
Some feedback.
After installing the compatibility update, I find that setting bookmarks is slow:
1) tap the centre of the screen to bring up the toolbar
2) tap the bookmark icon
3) wait...wait...wait...
4) toolbar disappears
5) a "bookmark has been set" message appears and slowly disappears by sinking down
Is this expected?
Regards,
Kam-Yung
thanks that you want to try EPUBReader!
According to the feedback I received from some testers, I made some changes and hope, that the usability is now okay
Your feedback is very welcome! Please send it to my mailaddress which you find here.
Thanks in advance!
Michael