TomeRaider question (and MobiBook)

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zozzie

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This is NOT meant to start a religious war over document reader programs... and I hope it doesn't.

I had not used TomeRaider for a *very* long time, but a friend sent me a lengthy document in TomeRaider format. While I was able to read it another way, I got curious and installed the 289 release (most current one I could find) of tomeraider on my T3.

For whatever reason, this version did not seem to support the 320x480 format and had various problems accessing files on 2 different SD cards (1GB and 256mb which I tried thinking there might be an address-length problem on the 1gb card).

I didn't find anything in the archives on this one ... but I am curious - a couple of friends are fanatical about the praises of tomeraider, but I'm wondering whether I missed some useful features.

===== Mobi question
Concerning mobibook (mobi pocket reader) - does any other doc reader understand its proprietary format completely? Wondering since someone gave me a really nicely illustrated ebook in this format a couple of years ago and no other reader handles the graphics very well (if at all).

- Merlin
 
I have been using the same version of TomeRaider ever since it came out, first on my TT and now on T3.
It is true, that it has not yet been upgraded to the full screen; but as I mostly use it to look into dictionaries and drug lists, I do not worry much about that.
As for the unability to see the card, there must be something wrong in Your setup. All my TomeRaider files are situated on the card.
Maybe Your problem lies in the way You get them there? You must have the Windows version of TomeRaider, which is free al long as You only use the download function. It converts native TomeRaider files to the Palmspecific version, and I think, it creates the files a little differently for the card and the handheld.
In conclusion: If You did not syncronize via the Windows version, this may explain Your problem.
Try it over again - good luck
 
Other than Mobipocket, the most popular Palm OS readers with graphics support include iSilo and Plucker. Both of these programs support the T3's stretch screen. The quality of the graphics in these programs depend on how the image options are set when the ebook compiling occurs.

iSilo's graphics quality has always been great.

Plucker has made a lot of progress during the past year. I have found that the image quality in Plucker ebooks are better when the Sunshine utility is used to compile the files. Sunshine is the replacement utility for JPluck.

One thing worth mentioning is that these programs will let you copy files directly to an SD card without using HotSync, assuming you use a card reader or have CardExport running on the T3.
 
I think my question was misunderstood.

I know that I can use the mobi pocket reader to read the document in question, but I was curious as to whether any OTHER reader can actually understand the (apparently proprietary) extensions which that reader adds. (I haven't found one yet...)

From the responses (or lack thereof) so far (and from web searches), it would appear that there is no other reader which does.

Thanks
Merlin
 
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