Personal computing discussed
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Blazex wrote:you can open cbr files with programs like 7-zip and extract the images, worked the last few times ive tried, long ago.
usually something like .jpg files in it or something similar.
cbz might be the same, idk
Forge wrote:I used to recommend Comic Reader Mobi, but while the app still works, it's now rather difficult to use with iDevices.
You'll also need to jailbreak, extract the CBR/CBZs (messy IMO), or find another way to get those CBR/CBZ files to the reader app. Things aren't allowed to just "go look on some external storage" in Apple land.
odizzido wrote:Ipad is all looks and no functionality. I don't own one but I always seem to be surrounded by them. Anytime I try to do something that is simple on a windows machine it's a huge pain on the ipad.
Forge wrote:I really am genuinely sorry your experience has been lousy.
For what it's worth, experiences like yours are part of what drove me to Android.
At this point, I just keep a directory called "Comics" on my Nexus 10, with all my comics in it, plus the APK (package file) for my reader. I can flash a new rom, wipe all my installed apps, then just install that APK and pick up reading where I left off. As long as that folder and the contents are unchanged, it even remembers my last page and last comic read.
*That* is what I wanted most from my comic reading experience.
kamikaziechameleon wrote:I share this feeling. iOS has a strange allergy to locally stored content.
David wrote:Wow. Your experience was ridiculous. It would absolutely have driven me away from Comixology as well.
Having said that, I really like Comixology and buy a fair amount of comics during their $.99 sales. For me the reading experience is superior to anything without "guided view". But that's probably because I'm usually reading on a Nexus 7. On a larger screen I can deal with "scanned pages".
kamikaziechameleon wrote:David wrote:Wow. Your experience was ridiculous. It would absolutely have driven me away from Comixology as well.
Having said that, I really like Comixology and buy a fair amount of comics during their $.99 sales. For me the reading experience is superior to anything without "guided view". But that's probably because I'm usually reading on a Nexus 7. On a larger screen I can deal with "scanned pages".
What do you mean by "Guided View"?
Scanned non PDF images look like turd too much of the time. :^/