> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Stephen Farquhar > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 7:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Plucker Book Reading > > In line with the auto-scroll discussion, how many people use > Plucker for serious book reading? >
I do. I have read all the Harry Potter, Wheel of Time, Scriptures, David Eddings, Raymond Feist, Narnia, Da Vinci Code, etc. Probably over 100 books. I am a hopeless bookworm. 1+ books a week fall to me and (usually) Plucker. > I went through a period a few months ago trying to minimise > the number of readers I have and settled on 2 for most frequest usage: > > * Weasel Reader for books - fast and supports free fonts and VFS. > * Plucker - for almost everything else. > I have used both and now just use Plucker. I have scripts etc. that I use to convert txt to html so I can get some formatting back into them; something I missed with Weasel. > I found that Plucker just wasn't suitable for book reading > where the need is to be able to load a book fast, read > comfortably, and scroll through pages fast if I want to move > back or forward dozens of pages at a time. > > With Plucker, the process is start App, Synchronise > Documents, Select Document, Load Document. The document load > time can be very long for large doucments, and page flipping > speed is slower than a dedicated document reader. Also seeing > each page render from top of page to bottom as you page flip > is not (imho) a comfortable book reading experience. > I auto-synchronize. > With Weasel (and other book readers), page flipping speed is > much faster, and the whole page appears when you move to the > next page i.e. you don't see the page being rendered. > Plucker rendering and flipping is slower than Weasel, but the formatting trade off is worth it I feel. I will agree that it can be a pain to navigate quickly through a book. I mitigate it somewhat by breaking up all of my books into separate files by chapter with an index. Built-in font render much more quickly than AA fonts. > Also, you start the book reader app and immediately the last > page you were looking at is visible. Yes, I know this can be > the case with Plucker but only if you exit without passing > through the library. If you have your hard keys mapped to > Plucker functions then the only way directly out of a Plucker > doucment is by tapping the Home icon on the silkscreen. > I just have a hard key mapped to get into Plucker :p I think if there were a way in plucker to make items show up seperately (launchable) this would mitigate some of your pain. > This is not a criticism of Plucker which I think is the > greatest program on earth and bronze statues of the > developers should be erected! > > The questions of this post are: > Is it reasonable to expect Plucker to perform as a book reader? Yes, but improvements could be made. > Is it a future goal (of the developers et al) for Plucker to > perform as a book reader and meet the useability standards of > a book reader? It is mine. I care nothing for offline web browsing. > As a Plucker user, do you use a separate book reader (and if > so, which one)? Mobi - until I can figure out their file format. What can I say, I write software professionally to parse 100000 files a day in Java. I just need longer lunches. > > Cheers, > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > plucker-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list > > Mark E-Mail messages may contain viruses, worms, or other malicious code. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective action against such code. Sender is not liable for any loss or damage arising from this message. The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. _______________________________________________ plucker-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rubberchicken.org/mailman/listinfo/plucker-list
