[debian] Evince works and is nice for ebooks
joakim at verona.se
joakim at verona.se
Fri Oct 3 10:00:30 CEST 2008
"Nishit Dave" <stargazer.dave at gmail.com>
writes:
> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:59 PM, <joakim at verona.se> wrote:
>
> Frederic Leroy <fredo at starox.org> writes:
>
> > Le Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:05:53 +0200,
> > joakim at verona.se a écrit :
> >
> >> "Michele Renda" <michele.renda at gmail.com>
> >> writes:
> >>
> >> > I am currently using epdf and it work well too
> >>
> >> The nice thing IMHO with Evince is that it supports many formats:
> >> - djvu
> >> - pdf
> >> - cbz (xipped archive of images)
> >
> > Nice !
> >
> >> and some others.
> >
> > Does it support plucker(.pdb) files too ? I've got a lot of these.
>
> I'm not sure, but I dont think so.
>
> Why can't we have GUIs redesigned for mobile screens? There are many packages like epdfviewer etc. out there that just replicate the GUI used for a PC. The menu bar takes
> up too much space. Menus need to scroll. The file open dialog is nearly impossible to use.
>
> The qpe file manager is also a pain, so it becomes even more difficult to have a roundabout solution.
In this particular case I think Evince does an ok job.
For me its a benefit that the same app is usable on debian/freerunner
and on my desktop. I think the challenge is somehow making "skins" for
existing apps that make them behave better on small screens.
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