Why small is sweet
When the Manning page design couldn't be rendered by the OSoft ThoutReader, what do you think OSoft told us?
They said, "we will release a new version of the ThoutReader to support the functionality you require." Imagine the answer we would have received if OSoft were a few hundred million dollar company.
One of the people commenting on my last blog, Carl-Eric Menzel in comment #11, thought the design of the TR pages he saw was unattractive. I agree with him. But we never planned to use OSoft's default design for our books and now that the technology is maturing it's time for us to develop a new design for Manning books in the TR format. Here's a snapshot that will give you a sense of what we're striving for.
OSoft is currently working on getting that design to render nicely in TR. We are grateful they are small!
They said, "we will release a new version of the ThoutReader to support the functionality you require." Imagine the answer we would have received if OSoft were a few hundred million dollar company.
One of the people commenting on my last blog, Carl-Eric Menzel in comment #11, thought the design of the TR pages he saw was unattractive. I agree with him. But we never planned to use OSoft's default design for our books and now that the technology is maturing it's time for us to develop a new design for Manning books in the TR format. Here's a snapshot that will give you a sense of what we're striving for.
OSoft is currently working on getting that design to render nicely in TR. We are grateful they are small!
Comments
Tony wrote:
Something I'd like to know if possible (may be too early to tell as yet) - is/will print quality results be comparable to those of the existing pdf eBooks? I - like many others I'm sure - like to print out relevant sections to work with, and occasionally it is nice to read it on paper :) Many thanks
30/11 00:00:00
Marjan Bace wrote:
The printed pages will be high quality, with fonts printed at the resolution of your printer like an HTML page
30/11 00:00:00
Tony wrote:
Thanks for the reply Marjan. I've just checked my existing copy of ThoutReader and can't see a print dialogue. Is this one of the extensions in functionality that Osoft are adding by request - or part of the default product (I'll check Osoft's site out shortly). Thanks
30/11 00:00:00
Rick Blair wrote:
Hi Tony, I am one of the Osoft developers. We have posted version 1.8 that does have print support. It was a long time in coming, but I think you will be pleased. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or complaints. Thanks Rick
30/11 00:00:00
Carl-Eric Menzel wrote: