Mikus,
Some readers are mainly accessed online, but a reader is not a 'web'
service per se, it is an interface. Now it's true that every
interface is a service of a sort... I could host an fbreader instance
for you, but that wouldn't change anything.
Comparing fbreader with a standalone gnubook instance (say by adding
gnubook support to evince, which we are considering), and with the
current Read activity (which should be more flexible than just a pdf
reader to live up to its name, and read all formats), is a pertinent
subject to address.
I think it likely that the best readers will not require the overhead
of a browser, but there are certain advantages to readers that work
the same online and off.
SJ
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:55 PM, Mikus Grinbergs mi...@bga.com wrote:
Dear all,
We are working with the gnubook developers to help optimize it for
reading books on the XO.
Back in November, the majority of the discussion in the OLPC Library
list concerned what the OLPC did (plus descriptions thereof).
Since then, discussion has been much about __non-OLPC__ capabilities
such as bookreader and gnubook. From what I can gather, these are
Web services (though suited for children's use) -- which I prefer to
access from a display physically larger than what the OLPC provides.
What I have done for myself is install on my XO as many *programs*
for ebook reading as I could find (FBReader, Adobe Reader, jbook
reader, etc). Plus I have an SD card in my XO to which I save the
texts that I access with those programs. Then I can use the XO for
what it was designed for - to read books in places where there is
*no* web connectivity. If all you are discussing is how to use a
browser -- then there is no specific need for an XO to be involved.
mikus
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