Internet Archive BookReader

formats: newspaper display improvements

Bug #416208 reported by mangtronix
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Internet Archive BookReader
Confirmed
Medium
mangtronix

Bug Description

Scanned newspapers have different image properties than books and could have improved display.

Example: http://www.archive.org/details/lowellcourier_1871_01_roll11a

Revision history for this message
mangtronix (mang) wrote :

Defaulting these to 1up would be a good first step. A little better: http://www.archive.org/stream/lowellcourier_1871_01_roll11a#page/n0/mode/1up

Changed in gnubook:
status: New → Confirmed
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mangtronix (mang) wrote :

1up fit mode (to be implemented, see https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gnubook/+bug/280331) will help.

Changed in gnubook:
assignee: nobody → mangtronix (mang)
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AnnaN (naruta) wrote :

Saw the change to 1up display: http://www.archive.org/stream/lowellcourier_1871_01_roll11a#page/n0/mode/1up

This is an excellent access experience -- better even than using a microfilm reader to access the original (microfilm) source material.

(Speaking from experience; have logged a great many hours accessing material that way.)

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mangtronix (mang) wrote :

FYI we don't automatically start in 1up for newspapers.. yet!

Changed in gnubook:
importance: Undecided → Medium
mangtronix (mang)
Changed in bookreader:
assignee: nobody → mangtronix (mang)
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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