Comments on: Reading Comics on the iPhone: an Initial Survey http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/ On Comics, Books, and Other Such Things Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:31:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: This Ain’t No Disco » Blog Archive » iPhone App Developers: This is What I Want! http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-29 This Ain’t No Disco » Blog Archive » iPhone App Developers: This is What I Want! Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:11:48 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-29 [...] so a few app developers have stopped by my earlier post on the iPhone and digital comics, and Sherm over at iphonecomicbookreader.com has had a few visit him as well, so in light of that [...] [...] so a few app developers have stopped by my earlier post on the iPhone and digital comics, and Sherm over at iphonecomicbookreader.com has had a few visit him as well, so in light of that [...]

]]> By: Erik erickson http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-22 Erik erickson Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:45:33 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-22 I'm that customer and I just wanted to confirm: this works well and I've been reading some comics in PDF format on my 3G iPhone just fine with Annotater today since Jim was amazing enough to try it out before I even purchased the app. I’m that customer and I just wanted to confirm: this works well and I’ve been reading some comics in PDF format on my 3G iPhone just fine with Annotater today since Jim was amazing enough to try it out before I even purchased the app.

]]> By: jim brink http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-20 jim brink Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:01:35 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-20 Hi there -- I'm the principal developer of Annotater, a PDF reader for the iPhone. Annotater focuses exclusively on PDF rendering, and has solved a lot of the complications that come up with displaying large and complex documents on the iPhone. We were tipped to your site by a customer who tried us out (with good results!) and mentioned the need for a suitable iphone comic reader; we think Annotater fits the bill! We'd be very interested to hear how Annotater stacks up, and especially if there are any additional features or requests that would make Annotater an even better comic-reading app. Hi there — I’m the principal developer of Annotater, a PDF reader for the iPhone. Annotater focuses exclusively on PDF rendering, and has solved a lot of the complications that come up with displaying large and complex documents on the iPhone. We were tipped to your site by a customer who tried us out (with good results!) and mentioned the need for a suitable iphone comic reader; we think Annotater fits the bill!

We’d be very interested to hear how Annotater stacks up, and especially if there are any additional features or requests that would make Annotater an even better comic-reading app.

]]> By: Ash http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-15 Ash Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:50:59 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-15 Hey, Great article. I've been looking for a way to read comics on iphone 2.0 since icomic doesn't exist for 2.0. I tried filemagnet and just unarchived the .cbr into folders then send the folders over. I noticed that it crashed regularly and, even resized, it refused to read some JPGs. Then I tried files, same method and I actually didn't even resize, just left them gigantic because I read on the bus and it's not the most comfortable thing to have close to my face or hunched over. Files has worked great, no lag, rarely crashes even with hi res JPGs. Only thing left to make it a bonafid comic book reader is the ability to go to the next image without going back to the image list and to bookmark or open to last image. I may give the other apps you mentioned a try if they have these features, otherwise Files is the way to go for me. Ash Hey,

Great article. I’ve been looking for a way to read comics on iphone 2.0 since icomic doesn’t exist for 2.0.

I tried filemagnet and just unarchived the .cbr into folders then send the folders over. I noticed that it crashed regularly and, even resized, it refused to read some JPGs.

Then I tried files, same method and I actually didn’t even resize, just left them gigantic because I read on the bus and it’s not the most comfortable thing to have close to my face or hunched over.

Files has worked great, no lag, rarely crashes even with hi res JPGs. Only thing left to make it a bonafid comic book reader is the ability to go to the next image without going back to the image list and to bookmark or open to last image.

I may give the other apps you mentioned a try if they have these features, otherwise Files is the way to go for me.

Ash

]]> By: FileMagnet review for iPhone | iPhone Comic Book Reader http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-14 FileMagnet review for iPhone | iPhone Comic Book Reader Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:41:02 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-14 [...] apps and experimented with using them as an iPhone comic book reader. He details his results at: http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/ Datacase for [...] [...] apps and experimented with using them as an iPhone comic book reader. He details his results at: http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/ Datacase for [...]

]]> By: Per Sillrén http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-12 Per Sillrén Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:13:01 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-12 I'm the developer of Caravan Thank you for your opinions on Caravan. It is very useful to find out what the users miss in terms of features. I have already fixed part of the issues you mention by hiding the navigation bar when documents are viewed in landscape. Future versions will also hide the tab bar at the bottom. Hiding the bars if the user zooms is a great idea that I will consider for the next free update. Just want to mention that the advantage of using the iPhone app as the client, rather than the server, is that you can access your computer wherever you are, not only when you are at home as is the case with all the other apps you mention, except ReaddleDocs, which costs 5 times as much as Caravan. Again, thanks for a nice review of Caravan and competitors! I’m the developer of Caravan

Thank you for your opinions on Caravan. It is very useful to find out what the users miss in terms of features. I have already fixed part of the issues you mention by hiding the navigation bar when documents are viewed in landscape. Future versions will also hide the tab bar at the bottom. Hiding the bars if the user zooms is a great idea that I will consider for the next free update.

Just want to mention that the advantage of using the iPhone app as the client, rather than the server, is that you can access your computer wherever you are, not only when you are at home as is the case with all the other apps you mention, except ReaddleDocs, which costs 5 times as much as Caravan.

Again, thanks for a nice review of Caravan and competitors!

]]> By: Sherm Cohen http://andrewbayer.com/blog/2008/08/reading-comics-on-the-iphone-an-initial-survey/#comment-6 Sherm Cohen Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:00:27 +0000 http://andrewbayer.com/blog/?p=31#comment-6 Hey Andrew...thanks for your mention of my blog. We're obviously hiking down the same road, as I have been looking at trying out all the iphone apps you just reviewed in this article. Major thanks for saving me the time and heartache! I'm going to check out Comic Rack for making PDF's...I have been using FastStone Image Viewer (free) to batch convert my comic scans down to a managable size. Thanks for reporting your results! Best regards, and I'm sure I'll be talking with you again ^_^ ---Sherm iphonecomicbookreader.com Hey Andrew…thanks for your mention of my blog. We’re obviously hiking down the same road, as I have been looking at trying out all the iphone apps you just reviewed in this article. Major thanks for saving me the time and heartache!

I’m going to check out Comic Rack for making PDF’s…I have been using FastStone Image Viewer (free) to batch convert my comic scans down to a managable size. Thanks for reporting your results!

Best regards, and I’m sure I’ll be talking with you again ^_^ —Sherm
iphonecomicbookreader.com

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