LBook Firmware 2010.04.19 - Page 2

theducks · 04-20-2010, 08:07 PM

Xochipilli2012 said it pretty good

Sleek and Clean vs slightly crowded.
Example Pez Starts by showing a title with a big blob icon and then the button Number. Lbook puts a smaller Book Type Icon on the far right with the file size below.

IMHO adding the Spiral notebook background is NOT a step forward. The previous menu was even cleaner with a similar layout.

Some of it is just trying the other guys way ( Have you even tried the Lbook FW?).

I finally found out what that was on the "About (when reading a book) page"
It is an overly stylized i
Deleting and Moving files is something I talked about to Amy and Jason, way back in November (when I exchanged my peeler with a bad USB connector.)

LBook does not offer all the cool colors the Astak does.

ThomasMcKean · 04-20-2010, 08:18 PM

I have to agree the Lbook firmware has it going on.

It got me to using my pocket pro again!

jusmee · 04-20-2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

IMHO adding the Spiral notebook background is NOT a step forward. The previous menu was even cleaner with a similar layout.

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Shows that different people like different things. I think the spiral notebook look is very nice.

jusmee · 04-20-2010, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Can you all nicely state WHY you prefer the LBook firmware upgrade over the Astak version? We are curious because it should be identical. The speed is set by the hardware and not the software...

That's not true. Software can make it faster or slower, depending on how it is written.

Things I like, so far, in lbook

- general look and feel is better (don't discount this, appearance is a huge factor - ask any marketer)
- the ability to delete books when read
- it has been easier to get fonts and fonts sizes to where I enjoy reading
- faster and more reliable response to button clicks

ThomasMcKean · 04-20-2010, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jusmee

Shows that different people like different things. I think the spiral notebook look is very nice.

I am not a big fan of the spiral notebook, but the other features on the firmware more than make up for it!

Davimee · 04-20-2010, 09:02 PM

Does anyone by chance have any pictures of the Pocket Pro with this firmware, to see how it looks?

theducks · 04-20-2010, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by ThomasMcKean

I am not a big fan of the spiral notebook, but the other features on the firmware more than make up for it!

I am with you. Maybe it is because my eyes went over the big hill this year

DaleDe · 04-21-2010, 02:00 AM

I haven't checked lately but does the lBook have TTS. Not all firmware has it.

Dale

DaleDe · 04-21-2010, 02:02 AM

The lBook has some of the features I have been requesting but not all of them. There is still room for better but the lBook typically gets features before the other versions do.

Nice list of differences by the way.

Dale

theducks · 04-21-2010, 02:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaleDe

I haven't checked lately but does the lBook have TTS. Not all firmware has it.

Dale

The Menu says English Speaking while reading EPUB

Dave_S · 04-21-2010, 03:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robertb

Can you all nicely state WHY you prefer the LBook firmware upgrade over the Astak version? We are curious because it should be identical.

It is definitely not identical, and there are significant differences under the hood besides the cosmetic differences mentioned by many responses here. One caveat though, the 20100330 firmware is just an experimental build from Buggins for testing some new features in CoolReader, so it is NOT Lbook supported firmware. It is also a work in progress, and does have some features that are not functioning yet. That being said, the 20100330 firmware has a new Linux kernel and the very latest version of CoolReader. It also contains the same old Adobe software for EPUB and PDF, with TTS.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robertb

The speed is set by the hardware and not the software... so it is difficult to understand speed is the deciding factor.

That is actually only partially true. Processor clock speed will affect all operations linearly, but software design and compiler optimizations also can have a very significant effect on speed of operation.

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Originally Posted by Robertb

Is it the ease of the downloading or something else? What, to you, makes it a better route to take??

For me it is the advances that are being made in the design and function of CoolReader, enhanced font functions, and the file handling capabilities of the bookshelf application.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robertb

I am being asked by the PM on this.

As others have mentioned, it can do no harm to just try it and see.

Dave_S · 04-21-2010, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by sein

For those who prefer to use the LBook Firmware for their Pocket Pros, there's an upgrade for April 19th. I installed it without any problem.

http://files.mail.ru/TT5KAZ

Basically all the functions and settings are the same, but now the books open more quickly and 'precisely', unlike the last version where you had to 'guess' if you had pressed the correct button for some seconds...

With this improvement, I personally consider it to be the best firmware available for my Pocket Pro.

It has been updated yet again.

http://files.mail.ru/TINYM0
Looks like a lot of active development going on to improve this firmware.

jusmee · 04-21-2010, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave_S

It has been updated yet again.

http://files.mail.ru/TINYM0
Looks like a lot of active development going on to improve this firmware.

oi, I only just updated to the last one!!! They must have found a problem and corrected it. Better grab this one quick

aegeus · 04-21-2010, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robertb

Dear All:

Astak is just curious. I am not at all against anyone doing what they want to do.

We are just a bit curious about this LBook firmware desire?

Can you all nicely state WHY you prefer the LBook firmware upgrade over the Astak version? We are curious because it should be identical. The speed is set by the hardware and not the software... so it is difficult to understand speed is the deciding factor. Is it the ease of the downloading or something else? What, to you, makes it a better route to take??

I am being asked by the PM on this. Be blunt. If we just seem to do a poorer job then state that. We are just trying to improve!

Dear Robert,

First of all thanks for this warm approach; because as far as I can see there are many home made firmwares for all kinds of electronic devices around and yet I never saw a manufacturer directly asking the customers "Hey, why do you install the custom firmwares?"

For information, I generally update my media player at home and pocket pc with custom firmwares mainly because the standart firmwares (correctly) targets the average customer, but advanced customers like me and many people around here just don't want to accept the given firmware and improve the device as far as possible. It's a habit first of all. I think that people like me (power users we can say) like to customise electronical devices a lot.

For our specific case; many people here believe that EZReader is a great e-reader; however these devices are valuable as whole along with software and hardware. Many users here for example keep requesting basic features like changing font types and sizes easily on the fly; but we could not get this option for months now. In addition to this, the engineers in the factory are not doing a good job, as many of us believe. On the other hand, many of us suddenly saw that CoolReader is what we are looking for; it has so many options to customize the device and this is the main reason I believe. Second reason is that, it's been updated regularly and getting better; I think it will be far better in next weeks.

These are my two cents over the subject. I am sure we would not leave our own firmware if we could get the same benefits from this new one.

Regards.

rxsz · 04-21-2010, 10:04 AM

Thanks for the heads up Dave_S.

The unpacked file has a modification date of 4/21. Great, no more out-dated 3/15 file in a 4/19 folder!

The About from menu>option now shows battery state etc. Perhaps it did also in the 3/30 Lbook firmware, but I never checked then.

No problems so far.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave_S

It has been updated yet again.

http://files.mail.ru/TINYM0
Looks like a lot of active development going on to improve this firmware.

04-20-2010, 08:07 PM	#16
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,452 Karma: 58055868 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Xochipilli2012 said it pretty good Sleek and Clean vs slightly crowded. Example Pez Starts by showing a title with a big blob icon and then the button Number. Lbook puts a smaller Book Type Icon on the far right with the file size below. IMHO adding the Spiral notebook background is NOT a step forward. The previous menu was even cleaner with a similar layout. Some of it is just trying the other guys way ( Have you even tried the Lbook FW?). I finally found out what that was on the "About (when reading a book) page" It is an overly stylized i Deleting and Moving files is something I talked about to Amy and Jason, way back in November (when I exchanged my peeler with a bad USB connector.) LBook does not offer all the cool colors the Astak does. Last edited by theducks; 04-20-2010 at 08:15 PM.

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