I use plucker and isilo for offline browsing - alternating between the two
lately, but isilo only for book reading so far.
I just recently tried to move to plucker instead of isilo for book reading
but went back to isilo for pretty much the reasons you mentioned:
- it was definitely faster to load easier to get back to where I was
reading
- page turning was considerably faster
- that bottom line repeated on the top is driving me nuts for book
reading (though it never bothers me in news reading for some reason)
In fairness the book I am reading is pretty big (> 1 MB, all text - no
images) and I'm using a beta release of Plucker 1.7.1.
I read a lot of ebooks. Even when I have the physical book I find it more
convenient to read on the palm os I try to get the ebook too. Sometimes I
even scan them for my own use. I look forward to the day when plucker can be
my exclusive book reader, it should be soon.
(Or will I switch to this for book reading
http://www.i4u.com/article1351.html ;)
Chris
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Farquhar
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 2:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Plucker Book Reading
>
> In line with the auto-scroll discussion, how many people use
> Plucker for
> serious book reading?
>
> 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 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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?
> 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?
> As a Plucker user, do you use a separate book reader (and if
> so, which one)?
>
> Cheers,
> Stephen
>
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