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I have watched this stuff, but only from afar, because I have a minority viewpoint I guess. I don't find reading comics on a tablet satisfying, my vision is jus

by mftb 4y ago

I have watched this stuff, but only from afar, because I have a minority viewpoint I guess. I don't find reading comics on a tablet satisfying, my vision is just too poor, and so still mostly read comics on desktop. To further improve the reading experience for myself I recently wrote a native, cross-platform, reader for desktop[0]. It will mostly appeal to people who still live in a file-based world (.cbz/.cbr/.cbx...). [0]https://github.com/mftb0/cbxv-gotk3 https://github.com/mftb0/cbxv-gotk3

Freak_NL 4y ago
> […] who still live in a file-based world […] 'Still' makes it sound like this is going away. I hope not. I don't read comics often, but when I do¹ I can't imagine doing that on anything but a large screen or on paper. Phones, tablets, and laptops are just too small. I really enjoy buying comics in large bundles in DRM free formats like those offered by Humble Bundle. 1: My comic reading habits seem oddly limited to comics written by Garth Ennis.
- mftb 4y ago
  Ha! Cool, there's probably a few more of us reading on desktop than I think. I'll have to check out the Humble Bundle thing, I like Garth Ennis too.
  - dsr_ 4y ago
    My e-comics reading experiences: * Kindle Fire HD10: acceptable. A little small. * 14" 1080P chromebook in tablet mode: pretty good. * 40" 4K monitor: great, including 2-page spreads, but not portable.
    - mftb 4y ago
      Interesting, ty. I never thought of the Chromebook option.
justinclift 4y ago
Latest release package doesn't seem to like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. :( $ ./cbxv ./cbxv: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by ./cbxv) ./cbxv: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by ./cbxv) ** That being said, it compiled and runs fine after figuring out the missing (on my system) dev packages: libcairo2-dev, libpango1.0-dev, libgtk-3-dev. Seems pretty nice, well done. :) Any chance of pdf support? My stuff is mostly a mix of .cbr, .cbz, and .pdf files. :)
- mftb 4y ago
  Hey thanks! I appreciate the detailed feedback! I'll get this sorted on Ubuntu. As for pdf, definitely possible, just wasn't sure how many I would encounter in the wild.

by mftb 4y ago

Freak_NL 4y ago

> […] who still live in a file-based world […] 'Still' makes it sound like this is going away. I hope not. I don't read comics often, but when I do¹ I can't imagine doing that on anything but a large screen or on paper. Phones, tablets, and laptops are just too small. I really enjoy buying comics in large bundles in DRM free formats like those offered by Humble Bundle. 1: My comic reading habits seem oddly limited to comics written by Garth Ennis.

mftb 4y ago
Ha! Cool, there's probably a few more of us reading on desktop than I think. I'll have to check out the Humble Bundle thing, I like Garth Ennis too.
- dsr_ 4y ago
  My e-comics reading experiences: * Kindle Fire HD10: acceptable. A little small. * 14" 1080P chromebook in tablet mode: pretty good. * 40" 4K monitor: great, including 2-page spreads, but not portable.
  - mftb 4y ago
    Interesting, ty. I never thought of the Chromebook option.

justinclift 4y ago

Latest release package doesn't seem to like Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. :( $ ./cbxv ./cbxv: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by ./cbxv) ./cbxv: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by ./cbxv) ** That being said, it compiled and runs fine after figuring out the missing (on my system) dev packages: libcairo2-dev, libpango1.0-dev, libgtk-3-dev. Seems pretty nice, well done. :) Any chance of pdf support? My stuff is mostly a mix of .cbr, .cbz, and .pdf files. :)

mftb 4y ago
Hey thanks! I appreciate the detailed feedback! I'll get this sorted on Ubuntu. As for pdf, definitely possible, just wasn't sure how many I would encounter in the wild.