I tried but I can't find them by myself :/
You're just a bit late as I recently abandoned Orion Viewer for another PDF reader and don't remember the version number I was using
But, here is an archive: https://code.google.com/archive/p/orion-viewer/downloads
Edit: FBReader developer site (w/NST version): https://fbreader.org/content/special-editions#nst
@nmyshkin You are my hero! BTW now I'm curious what is that PDF reader you abandoned Orion Viewer for
ingramsmith said:
@nmyshkin You are my hero! BTW now I'm curious what is that PDF reader you abandoned Orion Viewer for
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The thing about Orion is that it dices pages up into overlapping rectangles. Navigation is a bit trying when reading a magazine or newspaper (my principal PDF material). A conversation with another XDA member in another thread turned me on to APV PDV Viewer (follow link in my signature).
I like it for the NST because PDFs can be set to read as one long scroll, with a double tap to zoom in and a tap to zoom out. Many more settings than I need! So especially in landscape I can see from a title whether to pursue an article and then just zoom to read.
Scrolling is smooth and files load fast. EbookDroid behaves in a similar way but includes way too much stuff for me. APV is just for PDFs.
@nmyshkin Thanks for recommendation. I'll surely give it a try.
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I'm frustrated by the way pdf's are forced to completely redraw (or maybe reload) themselves when you scroll around within a page. It makes them a time consuming hassle. Is there any way to make it scroll smoothly? I'm using the clearvue pdf viewer that was loaded with the Cingular 812555.
u have mobipocket and others, but most of them arnt free...
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eNews/default.asp
and im not sure if it solves ur problem, i just suggest alternatives to try...
Thanks trashman for the suggestion. I'm not worried about paying for the program if it does the trick (though of course I would rather find it for free). Does anybody out there know if mobipocket will help smooth out scrolling when viewing PDF's?
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Thanks trashman for the suggestion. I'm not worried about paying for the program if it does the trick (though of course I would rather find it for free). Does anybody out there know if mobipocket will help smooth out scrolling when viewing PDF's?
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It won't display PDF's, you'll need to convert them, which may result in problems unless your PDF source is fully text-based.
That is, don't even try to convert a, say, graphics-heavy tech book to the Mobi format.
dunno with heavy graphics but with normal graphics, pictures and so on i have no problem with it...and it scroll fast on text and relatively smooth on graphics...
but mene is correct, u cant read a pdf right away, it need to be "converted"...
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dunno with heavy graphics but with normal graphics, pictures and so on i have no problem with it...and it scroll fast on text and relatively smooth on graphics...
but mene is correct, u cant read a pdf right away, it need to be "converted"...
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Yup, with a normal, say, literature book the Mobi format is much better than PDF.
I for one am a fairly heavy PDF user and have always gone back to the bloated Adobe Reader 2.0. Just found this Foxit Reader for Windows Mobile which is still beta but was quite impressive. No installation, just a small executable that I copied to my Program Files directory and changed the PDF default viewer in the registry. It has a stupid nag screen and an Evaluation banner at the top of the that I'm sure will disappear when it's actually released. Looks like it has promise.....
I tried 'em all on my 8125, and settled on Foxit Reader. It only cost me $9.99 for a licensed version, and it works as well as any. It is very fast, takes up very little room and redraws seamlessly. The only drawback to it is that it has no find function. But tables of contents and links within documents are both fully functional. It's the best pdf viewer I've used in all my years of using PDAs and Handhelds.
This is the URL to the beta download, but if you contact the company they are very good about communicating with you.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/rd_ppc.php
You can contact Sales here: [email protected]
I did have some trouble in getting the licensed version to keep my registration key from one session to the next, and had to get about 4 different "new" versions from them before they finally got me the fully licensed executable, but they didn't give up and their replies were timely.
Overall I'm very happy with it. I even open 6+Mb manuals with it and it is very fast in doing so, and just as fast in navigating within those large documents.
G'luck
Okay. The I downloaded the Fox Reader evaluation. Is there anyway to make it the default reader once you get the licensed version?
By the way - it's much quicker to use than the clearvue reader.
RepliGo PDF Mobilizer looks quite nice as well. The viewer for pocketpc is free, but you'll need to convert your PDFs to a custom format with their software, which is shareware (but nothing a quick search with Google can't fix).
The converted files are about half the size of the original PDF without losing layout/features etc.
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Okay. The I downloaded the Fox Reader evaluation. Is there anyway to make it the default reader once you get the licensed version?
By the way - it's much quicker to use than the clearvue reader.
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Use a registry editor, navigatate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Look for pdffile. The Shell\Open\Command. Open the key and copy the text to the clipboard. (Mine says "\\Program Files\FoxitReader for WiM5.0.exe" %1" Close that and go down to Opendoc\Command and replace the text in the entry there.
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Use a registry editor, navigatate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Look for pdffile. The Shell\Open\Command. Open the key and copy the text to the clipboard. (Mine says "\\Program Files\FoxitReader for WiM5.0.exe" %1" Close that and go down to Opendoc\Command and replace the text in the entry there.
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I just found this thread again. I dl'd total commander and this worked perfectly. Thanks Dr.!!!!!
I love htc for reading but pdf has always been a pain in my head, I would like to encourage with this thread to gather tips for reading in the best way.
foxit reader great software but at the moment you cannot pinch for zoom, and the little bar that appears when manually use zoom disappear in 1 second, it is not in my opinion optimized for touch mobile phones.
adobe reader LE, great software but when you want to read in the horizontal landscape mode, you have to swallow the half centimeter of the bar that do not disappear, and of course also 1 millimeter can make a big difference when you want to read for hours, in not overstrain the eyes!
the tips is really easy, and maybe a lot of people already do, just install girator and voila you will be able to read the the pdf in landscape mode, because the bar will go on the bottom of the screen and not on the right side!
so at the moment according to my experience
1) pdf= use adobe reader le with girator
2)read in dark environment= install lumos
and that's it I do not want to go further because I would lose conciseness in explaining the differences in highlighting, reading and bookmarking ebooks in a finger friendly way comparing ubook, mobi and proreader(that is hard to install on my default rom)
Cheers
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cancelled by the autor, sorry
Personally, I save all PDFs to text, and read with AlReader (fantastic for ebooks), just another way
I've been doing a lot of reading since I got my HD2, I reccomend Freda for the HD2 and Calibre for converting your books from pdf to epub books. Works like a charm!
+1 for freda books, a great little programme. just the thing for reading all my sci fi e books.
Mike
Hi,
Im just starting out devving and for work I would like to build a custom branded pdf viewer that opens pdfs inside program.
What i want to do in detail:
main page - branded to my company (i can do the graphics easily enough)
this page has two options - SOPs and SWPs (these are categories of documents)
SOPs page - list of pdfs in this category
SWPs page - list of pdfs in this category
I know I could just use adilko or other ereader app but i want to make my own.
Any help with the actual code to launch the pdfs within the app so i can go easily back to previous app pages would be greatly appreciated!
please guys i need help, its doing me in!
"Launching pdfs within the app" will not work as easily as you think. Unless you can find a PDF library or engine (however it's called for PDF) you will have to follow the PDF specifications and implement the rendering yourself. Good luck!
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"Launching pdfs within the app" will not work as easily as you think. Unless you can find a PDF library or engine (however it's called for PDF) you will have to follow the PDF specifications and implement the rendering yourself. Good luck!
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I was thinking of reskinning vudroid for my non-commercial purposes - but after downloading all 1422 files on their code repository, eclipse wouldnt accept it
I've found a dirty way by converting each 20+ page pdf into jpgs and calling them as a scrollable screen. but i wanna zoom and **** lol. would look so much more polished (as far as my clients see) that i have everything within a certain style.
but alas, as Ned Kelly said:
"such is life"
Hi,
newbie question: if I interpret the info on this forum correctly, there is no way to get rid of all the B&N software from the Nook completely and replace the whole thing with a minimal custom rom like on other phones/tablets?
I am asking because I intend to use the NST for reading scientific documents and for that purpose the original Nook software will be completely useless (such documents break when you try to reflow them), so it would be RepliGo Reader for me anyway. So if possible I would like to completely "clean" my NST.
Probably not possible, right?
Thanks!
rh
EBookDroid is quite good for reading scietific pdf.
I haven't actually looked at all the PDF readers, but isn't the difficulty with them the question of zooming and panning?
The only public app that I use that does panning is Opera Mobile.
It leaves a flurry of trails when you zoom and pan.
Do any of these PDF readers actually zoom and pan in a non-disruptive manner?
In the youtube video /watch?v=SekBv7n_H1A (sorry, I am not allowed to post links. This forum is ****ing annoying for new users.) at 4:35 you can see the RepliGo Reader in action on the device.
Of course it is flashy, but the double tap zoom seems to work okay.
Of course, I don't have a NST yet, so I can't test it myself...
Renate NST said:
I haven't actually looked at all the PDF readers, but isn't the difficulty with them the question of zooming and panning?
The only public app that I use that does panning is Opera Mobile.
It leaves a flurry of trails when you zoom and pan.
Do any of these PDF readers actually zoom and pan in a non-disruptive manner?
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Unfortunately, that's just the way the Nook's screen works. There is an app here that will make the screen B/W, but it will allow the screen to pan/zoom fast. Also, here you can find working multi-touch support on the Nook.
Is someone here who can modify repligoreader.apk to disable page turn animation ???
That would be perfect...I'll appreciate it since I'm not a developer...
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Is someone here who can modify repligoreader.apk to disable page turn animation ???
That would be perfect...I'll appreciate it since I'm not a developer...
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so where are the so called developers ?? No one here can modify an app ??
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so where are the so called developers ??
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Modifying an application requires some effort.
You must do some reverse engineering and then modification.
If the application is one that you've never heard of and aren't even interested in trying,
then the motivation to expend some effort is missing.
If this "Repligo" reader has page turn animations, then it is surely not designed for eInk.
If you were going to make Repligo Nook Touch compatible you'd want to add in EpdController functionality.
So what is so special about Repligo over and above the handful of reader apps already discussed here?
repligo has a variety of options for annotation, highlighting and it supports multi-touch ...it's really helpful for technical docs...what apps do u suggest for pdf technical books..i'm a chemical engineering student and I read a lot of papers full of formulas and figures..
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repligo has a variety of options for annotation, highlighting and it supports multi-touch ...it's really helpful for technical docs...what apps do u suggest for pdf technical books..i'm a chemical engineering student and I read a lot of papers full of formulas and figures..
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IMHO pdf sucks on a small screen, unless text reflow can do a decent job, which is unlikely when you have
text and figures..
Have you tried to see if "NoRefresh" helps with Repligo animation?
Other Common pdf readers here are
Mantano, (has a free version)
EZpdf (paid)
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ezpdf has lots of excess flashing and also slower than repligo...mantano is good but the only problem is that when I annotate a book it does not save on the book in order to watch it later on your labtop...but repligo saves the annotation right on the original pdf...