Comments on: Google’s desktop march: An e-reader app eventually? http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392823 David Rothman Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:40:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392823 Well, as noted in the just-made post, the caching should help reconcile our visions, at least if the harvests can be made permanent :-) But, yes, offline readers have certain advantages for now. Try PalmFiction reader if you want much better control over your typography, for example, than you'll enjoy online. Hey, hats off to Google and other developers if they can replicate those features in offline/online combos! Meanwhile, I suspect that more people are reading books offline than online. Thanks, David Well, as noted in the just-made post, the caching should help reconcile our visions, at least if the harvests can be made permanent :-)

But, yes, offline readers have certain advantages for now. Try PalmFiction reader if you want much better control over your typography, for example, than you’ll enjoy online.

Hey, hats off to Google and other developers if they can replicate those features in offline/online combos!

Meanwhile, I suspect that more people are reading books offline than online.

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392766 Bill Janssen Thu, 31 May 2007 23:10:29 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392766 <blockquote> OK, well, that’s at least some progress toward an e-reader for books. </blockquote> What do you mean, "some" progress? That's the way most people read most of what they read. They've solved the 80% part.

OK, well, that’s at least some progress toward an e-reader for books.

What do you mean, “some” progress? That’s the way most people read most of what they read. They’ve solved the 80% part.

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392760 Bill Janssen Thu, 31 May 2007 22:59:30 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392760 I'm sure books.google.com will adapt its reader to use Gears for off-line reading if the content is out of copyright and the user has the Gears plug-in installed. Though I haven't bumped into any of the Google Books people here yet... I’m sure books.google.com will adapt its reader to use Gears for off-line reading if the content is out of copyright and the user has the Gears plug-in installed. Though I haven’t bumped into any of the Google Books people here yet…

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392674 David Rothman Thu, 31 May 2007 20:18:09 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392674 OK, well, that's at least some progress toward an e-reader for books. Actually, Bill, I think Google would be well off using both the online and off-line reading model for books (except in the case of networked books that are too complex for offline reading). Keep us posted! Thanks, David OK, well, that’s at least some progress toward an e-reader for books.

Actually, Bill, I think Google would be well off using both the online and off-line reading model for books (except in the case of networked books that are too complex for offline reading).

Keep us posted!

Thanks,
David

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392636 Bill Janssen Thu, 31 May 2007 18:17:36 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392636 Just saw a demo of the Reader with Gears (offline use). You can specify a list of RSS feeds (say, NY Times, Art & Letters Daily, Slate, your favorite serial fiction site, etc.) and have Reader sync that RSS list while you're shaving, say (it seems to take less than a minute to download 2000 articles, here at the San Jose conference center). Then take the subway/El/Metro/T/Tube whatever and read today's papers, etc. offline using Reader. Just saw a demo of the Reader with Gears (offline use).

You can specify a list of RSS feeds (say, NY Times, Art & Letters Daily, Slate, your favorite serial fiction site, etc.) and have Reader sync that RSS list while you’re shaving, say (it seems to take less than a minute to download 2000 articles, here at the San Jose conference center). Then take the subway/El/Metro/T/Tube whatever and read today’s papers, etc. offline using Reader.

]]> By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392605 David Rothman Thu, 31 May 2007 16:54:37 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392605 Wow! Keep us posted, Bill! Every last bleepin' detail :-) Thanks! David Wow! Keep us posted, Bill! Every last bleepin’ detail :-) Thanks! David

]]> By: Bill Janssen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/googles-desktop-march-an-e-reader-app-eventually/comment-page-1/#comment-392563 Bill Janssen Thu, 31 May 2007 15:11:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/?p=6627#comment-392563 I'm just off for the Google Developer Day talks, where Andy Palay (project lead for the Andrew Toolkit in the early 90's) is going to talk about Google Gears, offline support for Javascript Web apps. The very first Gears app from Google is ... Google Reader. I’m just off for the Google Developer Day talks, where Andy Palay (project lead for the Andrew Toolkit in the early 90′s) is going to talk about Google Gears, offline support for Javascript Web apps. The very first Gears app from Google is … Google Reader.

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