Show HN: A usable eBook reader inside a browser (azw3, mobi, ePub, pdf)

Post by captn3m0 » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 12:35 PM UTC

gfxgirl wrote: post #40

dsr_ wrote: post #29

I am very opinionated. My ebook reader requirements: - [ ] let me set colors for background and text. Extra points for saving more than two sets. - [ ] let me choose my own font, regardless of what the book says. (Pallatino, or TeX Gyre Pagella, is my preference.) - [x] let me set main font size - [ ] let me set margins and line spacing - [x] scroll by changing pages, not scrolling down a column. No animations. - [x]…

what reader are you using now that does all those things?

Post by Shorel » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 12:45 PM UTC

vagrantJin wrote: post #58

Windows users can just use edge browser to read epubs. Been using it for a while an I have no real complaints. Then again, I dont spend the whole say reading, just a few hours at most.

Post by cableclasper » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

jan6 wrote: post #46

cableclasper wrote: post #34

How can one tell if the books are being uploaded somewhere or not? Can this work offline?

I mean, it's not hard to test that ;) firefox has a builtin offline mode, for example

Post by Shorel » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 7:33 PM UTC

hombre_fatal wrote: post #64

Shorel wrote: post #62

I wonder if the following feature is possible: Make it two columns. one column, the left one is the original text. The right column is a paragraph aligned translation, paragraph by paragraph, using Google or Bing or any of those API. So far I have found no e-reader software capable of doing this.

One large mark against building this feature is that machine translation is still largely worthless. I barely see the point. Aligning paragraphs in a translated copy would be more useful from a language learning perspective, though generally something beginners overvalue. Side by side UI also limits you to larger displays unless you will settle for tiny text.

Post by jolmg » Fri, Jan 29, 2021, 11:41 PM UTC

jzer0cool wrote: post #68

Genuinely wondering here, what are the benefits people are liking here? Whenever I open up a pdf it opens up fine in chrome. A side note if anyone is also security conscience. Over the years I have also grown wary whether safe to also download pdf's and open them with a pdf reader. Anyone know if there is a best practice how to trust the pdf when opening on your host machine, or what do you suggest?