Cybook and EB100 under OI (barebones)

[delphidb96]

Originally Posted by Gaurnim

It's not exactly the behaviour of the Bookeen Cybook :
- with the Up and Down key, you move from link to link or from page to page if there is no link on the current page
- with the Left and Right buttons you move from page to page, even if there are some links displayed on the page
This difference is pretty important, because you don't have to go through all the links in a TOC to go to the second page of the TOC.

As a side note, this project looks very interesting, especially the part where you don't have to flash the Cybook to use OpenInkPot.

How true! Which is why I'm rather frustrated by .chm behavior in FBReader on the Cybook. Using *any* of the movement keys will not cycle through the links so one is stuck on the first .chm page. Obviously, the need to have a "pointing device" such as a mouse in order to navigate .chm files needs to be worked around for FBReader/CybookGen3 users.

Still, the fact that FBReader can, on the Cybook, even *open* a .chm is great news to me.

Derek

[CJBarrow]

Originally Posted by tompe

The power button is escape so it should exit a book or go up one level in the directory structure.

Yes you are right, this works, the navigation around the bookshelf is quick and easy, not having a flat directory structure is defiantly a bonus.

Reading MobiPocket files is a bit buggy, most when they are opened display random characters, a few do open ok and I can get a few pages into the book before the screen freezes. Roll on the next build, can't wait to give it a try

:-)

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by delphidb96

Using *any* of the movement keys will not cycle through the links so one is stuck on the first .chm page. Obviously, the need to have a "pointing device" such as a mouse in order to navigate .chm files needs to be worked around for FBReader/CybookGen3 users.

All the CHM files I have tried on a Windows PC can use "goto next/previous TOC section" (actions I have bound to the right and left arrow keys) to navigate between sections without a pointing device. However, this approach does not work for Plucker files - which don't have a TOC and hence need to navigate via internal links.

I am not a C++ programmer, but I don't think it would be hard to add a "link navigation via the keyboard" option to FBReader. This is probably actually easier than allowing the TOC to be navigable via the keyboard (although this is also possible, probably by using a different TOC interface).

It isn't an available option with the Desktop version, but the Nokia IT version has a main menu bound to the "menu" key and this menu is navigable using the Nokia's D-pad. It isn't treated as a standard "action" (i.e. it can't be bound to a different key), but it provides one way that FBReader could be made to work better on a pointer-free device with few keys.

[Greg Anos]

Any status on OI? Has it reached Beta status yet?

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Any status on OI? Has it reached Beta status yet?

Given the tardiness of Bookeen, may I echo His Lordship's questions above ..... and bring this thread back into the "limelight".

[David Munch]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Given the tardiness of Bookeen, may I echo His Lordship's questions above ..... and bring this thread back into the "limelight".

A new snapshot is comming out soon. Most people that use it, report it as being quite stable, and in some cases better than the standard firmware on their readers.

Edit: Love the right picture of your cats!

[Krystian Galaj]

As for OI on Cybook, I understand that hasn't moved a line forward for over a year, basically because there's no one who would be knowledgeable in low-level Linux kernel hacking/writing custom drivers for Cybook, and at the same time would want to spend the time doing that. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

[dottedmag]

Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

As for OI on Cybook, I understand that hasn't moved a line forward for over a year, basically because there's no one who would be knowledgeable in low-level Linux kernel hacking/writing custom drivers for Cybook, and at the same time would want to spend the time doing that. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

You're completely right. I'd like to spend some time on it (I have one EB-100 device), but I dont' have time to do it.

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by dottedmag

You're completely right. I'd like to spend some time on it (I have one EB-100 device), but I dont' have time to do it.

Thanks for your comments ..... I'll keep my fingers crossed for action from Bookeen ....

[curu]

Hi to all and sorry for my poor english,

I think the Eslick device from Foxit is an EB-100 based product. They have released the source code of the firmware which is GPL licensed. Maybe it could help for developpers, for OI or a direct port of FBReader I don't really know, or it can be usable as it for other EB-100 devices.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/gpl.html

I personally will get a Ganaxa GeR2 device from a french editor www.zebook.com who has released some of them as a "Zinky" device for an interesting price of 99 €.
http://www.zebook.com/librairie/ouvr...nky-par-zebook

What is also interesting is that Zebook uses some software from Foxit due to a partnership so I came to the conclusion that Zinky and Eslick share almost hardware and software so I will maybe test Eslick firmware on my incoming Zinky.

Sorry if I have posted in the wrong place, I'm very new in the ereaders world.

[cloggy]

Wow, that madshell looks far better than the 20090909 snapshot I had installed on my Hanlin V3Ext. Because of the poor design, I went back to 20090508 snapshot which, IMHO, is still the best (and snappiest) one available.

OK..start shooting at me..

[limint]

@Curu

Hello

Did you manage to get an alternative software to run on the Zinky?

[curu]

Originally Posted by limint

@Curu

Hello

Did you manage to get an alternative software to run on the Zinky?

Hi.

Unfortunately no I didn't managed to install another firmware or third party software on this device. Eventually I bought a Sony PRS-505 and I gave the Zinky to my brother.

[raspoutitsa]

Hi,

I'm an another French wich have a Zinky ereader.

Someone have tried to update the original firmware with OI ?

Thanks

[alex_grach]

Originally Posted by raspoutitsa

Hi,

I'm an another French wich have a Zinky ereader.

Someone have tried to update the original firmware with OI ?

Thanks

Can you try to run this script on you Zinky reader?
http://openinkpot.org/attachment/wik.../update_kernel

It won't break anything... It will try to make some log files

You need to place this file on clear SD card (FAT formated) and reboot your device (may be over reset).