Comments on: FBReader on Nokia 770 released – best ebook reader ever?

By: Roger Sperberg

Roger Sperberg — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:37:33 +0000

Yes, the brightness can be reduced — as you would expect, the 770 has a ten-level brightness control accessible from within any application.

I can’t compare it to the Librie because I’ve never seen one — I’m looking for a smaller device that I can also use for general purpose computing and browsing, and not an e-book-reading-exclusively device. I also prefer color capabilities. But the display controls on the 770 using FBReader — you can pick any font you own, change type size in pixel increments (225 pixels per inch) and ditto margins and leading, and so on — allow you to customize the text appearance to your own individual notion of perfection.

By: Sven

Sven — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:52:43 +0000

So, how does it compare to reading on the Librie?
Have you tried reading longer texts?
Can the brightness be reduced to make it comfortable to read in total darkness?

By: Internet Tablet Users Blog » Blog Archive » An open letter to Ari Jaaksi of Nokia

Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:04:57 +0000

[...] With the 770’s incredible resolution, the curved and diagonal letter shapes in FBReader are beyond that ever encountered in an e-book reader — it’s easy to say, as I have at MobileRead, at Teleread, at Internet Tablet Users blog, that the FBReader on the 770 is the best e-book reader ever, bar none. Add color pictures to the text (OK, not so many of those public-domain ebooks have color illustrations) and it’s just icing on the cake. [...]

By: bowerbird

bowerbird — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 18:00:16 +0000

alright! progress! love to see it!

-bowerbird

By: Roger Sperberg

Roger Sperberg — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:58:27 +0000

Sure. The tools include margin controls, which allow you to set each margin independently — by default the left, right and bottom margins are set to 4 pixels. Those pixels are, of course, only 1/225th of an inch wide.

So you can set them to whatever feels most comfortable to you. I think Misha put up a screen capture of this dialog.

And there’s a generous margin applied automatically when you’re in normal mode. (See my screen captures.)

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:48:50 +0000

Can you get some borders around that text? Seems sorta cramped. I’d like adjustable borders, ala MS Reader width on a PPC. Nice reading, that way.