http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/fbreader-cybook-gen3-and-sony-prs-505-ports-assigned-to-openinkpot-volunteers-in-google-summer-of-code/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:23:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/fbreader-cybook-gen3-and-sony-prs-505-ports-assigned-to-openinkpot-volunteers-in-google-summer-of-code/comment-page-1/#comment-775999 David Rothman Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:50:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/fbreader-cybook-gen3-and-sony-prs-505-ports-assigned-to-openinkpot-volunteers-in-google-summer-of-code/#comment-775999 Great points, Joseph, but why couldn't Google sponsor <em>both</em> projects? They'd go together well! In fact, in the past, I've suggested that Google back upgrades of FBReader---with CSS capabilities of course included. For good measure, as I wrote earlier this week, the IDPF and even individual publishers might want to help out open source programs supporting the ePub standard. Even Adobe and other software companies would benefit. A standard won't be a standard unless people use it, and it's insane to think that everyone will want to read ePub with Adobe Digital Editions. Adobe, moreover, could pick up ideas from the open source folks. The big issue in e-books isn't so much the slicing of the pie as growing the pie, period. Right now people are fighting over crumbs. Thanks. David Great points, Joseph, but why couldn’t Google sponsor both projects? They’d go together well! In fact, in the past, I’ve suggested that Google back upgrades of FBReader—with CSS capabilities of course included. For good measure, as I wrote earlier this week, the IDPF and even individual publishers might want to help out open source programs supporting the ePub standard. Even Adobe and other software companies would benefit. A standard won’t be a standard unless people use it, and it’s insane to think that everyone will want to read ePub with Adobe Digital Editions. Adobe, moreover, could pick up ideas from the open source folks. The big issue in e-books isn’t so much the slicing of the pie as growing the pie, period. Right now people are fighting over crumbs. Thanks. David

]]> http://www.teleread.com/uncategorized/fbreader-cybook-gen3-and-sony-prs-505-ports-assigned-to-openinkpot-volunteers-in-google-summer-of-code/comment-page-1/#comment-775892 Joseph Gray Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:07:38 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/25/fbreader-cybook-gen3-and-sony-prs-505-ports-assigned-to-openinkpot-volunteers-in-google-summer-of-code/#comment-775892 While porting OpenInkpot to other platforms is good, I think the results will mostly be of geek value. I would much rather see Google sponsor some major upgrades to FBReader (like adding CSS). This would be much more useful to a wider audience. While porting OpenInkpot to other platforms is good, I think the results will mostly be of geek value. I would much rather see Google sponsor some major upgrades to FBReader (like adding CSS). This would be much more useful to a wider audience.

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