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[Xoom Themes and Apps] gerald410:
Nice app! Just purchased donate version thx.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Thanks! It is much appreciated. I have an update coming soon (hopefully on memorial day). It's a mix of bug fixes and new features. I will give you more details as it gets closer to the time.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slaino:
The screen dimming is great. I was just thinking the very same thing when reading last night!

I had some crash sometimes but making CBZ instead of CBR (de-raring and zipping after then); solved them. I guess RAR library is kinda a buggy ram eater.

Btw, I can't wait for your next update. :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
I have a hacky fix (the library is really crappy) that should alleviate most of the cbr memory problems. It will be going out in the next week. Making your comics CBZ or just flat directories with images in them will always make it run faster though. I am working on the screen dimmer - it should be in the next release as well.

Thanks for all the feedback!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ashwincr:
Not sure if this has been mentioned but here goes. I have been using komik on the Asus transformer, the one problem that makes this a non starter is the root folder selection. The external SD is mounted on \Removable\MicroSD\ and that is not accessible from komik unless I missed a way to enter the root folder manually.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Thanks. I am aware of this issue already. I am actually in the process of fixing it right now. It will be going out with the next release (Monday?) Thanks for the heads up! I didn't know it was an issue for the Transformer. I thought the removable sd folder was placed inside the /sdcard path.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nobylspoon:
Great app, I will be upgrading to the donation version. I love the thumbnails, especially how they stay organized by folder. I have only had my Xoom for 2 days but I already have 20GB of comics loaded. As soon as my new SD card arrives, I will add some more :D
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ashwincr:
great news. looking forward to the new release.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] futuregerald:
this is a great app, just picked up the donation version and I'm really liking it :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] stcardinal:
I just randomly downloaded your app and had the same issue. Hoping it gets fixed soon so I can try it out!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Darkgage:
Great App, can't wait for "Transformer version" I have all my comics on my external sd...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hey guys,

Sorry for the delay. I got the stomach flu and was out of action for a while. This release is a lot more tweaks to the reader. I started out looking for a PDF solution, but after wasting a week trying out all the different solutions, I found that they all didnt work properly for what I needed. I am going to have to table it until I can spend a good month or two to get my own library running pdf smoothly. This release is mostly polish with a couple of new features - namely the magnifying glass. I have also improved zoom picture quality up a lot (depending

on the original size of the image) as well. Here is the full run down of changes:

*Magnifying glass. Place two fingers together on the screen. A magnification window will appear. Move fingers to pan.

*Improved picture quality while zooming

*Ability to set any folder on the device as the comic folder - EXPERIMENTAL

*Night and day mode quick toggle for screen brightness while reading

*Click-to-page turn is now available as an option

*Advanced reading settings

*Mark-as-read now marks all files in a folder as read as well

*Bottom notification bar is now hidden while reading

*Fixed a bug where pages would not load when going to the next or pervious issue in a series

*Additional memory improvements while handling CBRs

*Checkboxes will be selected or deselected when clicking on the cover image

*Additional help information

Thanks! Please let me know if there are any issues or suggestions as always.

PS: To those who need to use another directory other than the typical one. It should be supported, but I havent tested it with different devices, so I am not sure. You can click the menu button in the file browser to run the setup again. Please let me know if it works! Also, if anyone loses page starting positions or finished flags, please let me know as well!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbmitchell:
1. Don't forget my screenshot request.

2. Could you build in a function that would just convert a cbr to cbz? I am not familiar with how each archiving system works but if you just had a checkbox that said convert all cbrs to cbz, and then when the app launches and sees that it is cbr it greys it out until the conversion is done and then it is available. I wonder if the same could be done with pdf but I could see it being a bit more complicated. Convert each page to jpg and archive.

Anyway, just an idea.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] GokuH12:
Excelent work! Now at least i can download the app from my xoom! steel cant get the donation version thougth =/
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Darkgage:
Glad to hear your feeling better Kaycha! Thanks again for a wonderful app. I can definitely confirm that the selecting another directory feature works quite well on the Asus Transformer, thank you.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Thanks for confirming it for me. Glad to see it works. Thanks for your well-wishes as well :) Stomach flu sucks. Definitely one of the worst non-lethal sicknesses that everyone is probably gonna get.

Definitely didnt forget your screenshot request. Just didnt have time to get it done for this release :)

The problem with converting all cbrs to cbzs is that it is fairly expensive. I think it would take around a minute at least for each. Definitely something to think about though. I will look into it to see how well it works though. Thanks for the suggestions!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbmitchell:
Cool. I think if it were not default it would not matter if it took a while. Maybe not have it automatic but something to click to start it as long as I could read something else while it converted without causing force closes or freezing. I appreciate your responses. I am not encouraging people to click on random ads in your free app to give you money. That would be unethical.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Haha, nono DONT encourage people to click random ads. That indeed would be unethical, and I would never ask someone to do that. Where did you get that idea?

Have you looked into programs online that convert CBRs to CBZs on your desktop? Its much faster (matter of seconds) and you can batch convert your whole library. That is personally what I do. I have a little script that runs every night that just converts everything to a CBZ.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] gbmitchell:
I will look into that. It will probably be easier, it is just that usually I want to read it as soon as it gets done downl, errr, scanning. :)

Either way, you have a great product on your hands here sir.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] MagicMicky:
Hi ! Than you for the last Update ! But i this i think there's a little BUG : when you zoom in a page, and want to move with your finger, it always show the page sélection menu (like when you just click on the page) !

Anyway, thanks for creating this app ! :)

Sent from my Xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hey Micky,

Thanks for the heads up. Didn't catch this one. I will get it patched ASAP.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
The last update is really nice.

I didn't play around enough to know about the rar's continuous "loading" message yet, but seems better.

One thing I miss is the right to left toggle in the "menu" option. It's faster than going into the advanced menu, and if you're reading comics and mangas, it gets boring going into that menu from time to time... (actually, setting the reading direction by directory, like setting as read, would make it much more comfortable.)

I really like the new brightness toggle, it's much better than having to use screen filter... =] could we have another toggle, so it works using the system brightness setting like before? It worked really nicely for outdoor reading, I think it's good to have that option too. (maybe the sun icon with an A for auto or S for system. S would be more correct, but A would be more familiar to many users...)

also, could the app register itself with cbz and cbr files? so, when a click them in a file manager, it will open with Komik (or show into the app selection for the file type).

Tks
[Xoom Themes and Apps] commzod:
I just wanted to say thanks for implementing the tap to page turn function I suggested, thats exactly what I was waiting for. I think I can finally delete that other comic app I was using now. Gave you a 5 star review on market.android.com since we cant from Honeycomb yet. Keep up the great work!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hmm I thought it was redundant with the one in the advanced settings so I removed the right to left toggle. I think I will add right to left toggle that doesnt persist into settings. I think I will also take you up on the ability to mark a series as right to left - I can see it being useful for marking a whole manga folder as right to left. For the next release!

Definitely a good idea to register with cbz and cbr files. Will do! thanks!

The brightness has 3 settings right now. I think the icons are a little unclear though. The half light half dark sun is actually the system settings. I think I will change it to having a S in it instead. The empty sun is the dark brightness and the white sun is the full brightness (or whatever you have set it to in the advanced settings).

Thanks commzod! Glad you like it. More features to come :)

PS: There are some bugs with panning and the page thumbnail menu not playing nicely. There are some issues with click to turn (accidental page turns when dragging your finger) as well that I will be patching this Friday.

- Kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SaintInc:
Love the app. Seriously best cbr/cbz reader on the market and one of my most used apps. the only gripe is menu long press duration bar, if slid even slightly causes the menu to take a very long time to come up. Also i wouldnt mind if the prebuffering was a bit faster as I cant flick between the pages quickly. These are minor issues to be honest, this app is amazing. Also have you considered using a different gesture to bring up the settings instead of a prolonged tap (for instance a drag down from the top of the screen, the way the notification bar is brought down on Android phones) just a thought.

Also as someone who uses this app regularly, I am not fussed about pdf support.

Thanks for all the wonderful work.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] le_pere_noel:
I read your edit on pdf reader :/ at the moment I don't use your appli only because 90% of my comics are in pdf format, I really hope we won't have to wait a too long time for it :)
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hey SaintInc. Glad you like it. I am going to adjust the long press duration bar so its easier to make it shorter. That will be going out in an update today or tomorrow along with some other bug fixes about some weirdness when using click to page turn and zooming. The problem with the swipe down gesture is that it conflicts with panning while the screen is zoomed. I will think about it though. I think the biggest annoyance is that it just takes too long for the menu to come down a long press.

The prebuffering is typically only a problem on CBRs. It is quite zippy on CBZs. I cant prebuffer too much because I start running into memory issues. I think scanning through pages should be accomplished with the page thumbnails. Eventually I will look at CBRs again to make it faster, but it is not very high on the priority list at the moment.

Sorry le_pere_noel. It was much more difficult to get PDF support working nicely than I thought. I have to investigate it some more. I will try in earnest over the summer, but I cant give estimates as to how long it will take.

Thanks for the suggestions you guys!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slaino:
I was planning to submit bugs I encountered but those are already fixed. Nice work kaycha :)

I'm not into the whole left-to-right thing due to laziness mostly (I read as much manga than comics). I think that marking a whole folder should be great.

Can't wait for these improvements!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] SaintInc:
Regarding the update

I updated Komik today and I must say you nailed the menu delay and I haven't had a crash yet. Great work. Thanks.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] thdj:
Sorry for being a noob but I'm still searching how to read a book in landscape mode but I can't find it :-(

Excellent comic reader anyway!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
folders and files

hi,

I've not played much with .cbr files lately, instead, I have been playing with a bunch of folders with jpgs.

One strange behavior I've encountered is Komik not liking some folders at all. it just jumps over then to the following one when replying yes to read the next issue. also, when browsing the folders, this folders don't get thumbnailed, or actually load for that matter... Komik just displays a blank screen.

those folders and files work fine. I've tested then outside Komik, and all files load properly (I've used QuickPic for testing).

other problem I've encountered in with file sequences are when one of the file are corrupted. When Komik tries to load this file, it gets into the continuous "loading", not responding to other commands. If you exit and using the quick page preview jumps (in this case, it is easy to see the corrupted file, as it doesn't get a thumb, but doesn't disturb the thumb creation of the following ones) to the next file, you can continue to read, but IMHO showing an error message for the page in question would be a much better solution (not a modal dialog, just a blank page with the error text... see QuickPic for reference). One nice feature actually would be a tag of corrupted file (like read comic) for those... it would be easier to fix then by redownloading or transfering then again later.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] slaino:
You can't or I didn't find it either. :)

Regarding this feature, I have an idea kinda related: to be able to choose the zoom used by Komik (stretch to width, height, default zoom). With this feature, landscape mode should be great.

Not really my idea but I was quite an ACV user and it has something like that.

Is this feature worth it? What do you think kaycha?

By the way, I read few cbrs lately and they are laggy (endless loading). I don't blame you because every reader seems to bug on them (even rar in emulators is as difficult).

I reckon that the convert cbr to cbz feature would be a great feature but I have some difficulties for its integration in your application (maybe another application dedicated to this task only?).
[Xoom Themes and Apps] madsquabbles:
just bought the app. haven't tried it, but its gotta be good from reading all the posts here. plus I love the fact that the dev is actively updating and keeping us updated on the app.

great work!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ZanshinG1:
Love the app! I've replaced Perfect Viewer with Komik.

However...

Restoring the page/comic I was on when the app is launched is inconsistent. It's a PITA to have to go through my collection and select the comic again.

Is this a known bug?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] EYEramid:
Great app

Is there any why you could add the ability to cut dual pages in half, so its like 2 different pages not connected

Thats the only thing Perfect viewer has that I would love in your app
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Psyclic_1:
Awesome app!

Part of the reason for me getting a Xoom was to read ebooks and comics on. I was using ACV and didnt really like it that much. Felt clunky and not really optimised for HC.

The library is a really nice touch how it displays the first page, makes my life a little easier :)

Now all I have to do is hide it from my son or I'll never get my Xoom back :)

Cant wait for PDF support. Keep up the great work!!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] D4rkShaDoWz:
WOW! This is one of my favorite apps on my new Asus Transformer! Here is just one suggestion I have with a relative easy fix.

My currently library is set so that it lists the "Comic character - series name"

So for example:

Batman - Hush

Green Lantern - Secret Origin

Green Lantern - The Sinestro Corps War

This way is good but it creates too many folders.

My ideal way would be to make a folder with the character and then have the various series listed inside their own folders. The only problem that remains is that these folders with the characters (Batman, Green Lantern, X-Men) do not show any cover art since there is no cbr or cbz file inside that directory.

Would it be possible to do with by just selecting any cover.jpg from any of the files listed inside?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Holy. My subscription to this thread broke or something. I missed a ton of responses. Sorry for the lateness.

If I understand you correctly, that is already supported. You can place a cover.jpg image in a folder and it should make that its cover image. That way you could put a Green Lantern picture in the character folder that holds all the series folders.

EYEramid - I am definitely looking to make that an option. Thanks for the suggestion.

ZanshinG1 - When Android garbage collects the application because it hasn't been used for a while, the application starts back on the first page. I am working on a homepage that would allow you to easily jump back to where you were. Thanks for the suggestion.

jrezin - can you send me some of the files that arent working for you? I dont think I have ever run into that situation before. Does the folder have other folders inside it? If it does the app assumes that it is just another directory and doesnt register it as a comic.

slaino/thdj - Hmm, interesting. I have never encountered a scenario where I would have wanted to read in landscape mode. However, if you guys want it I will build it. Can you describe to me what you would use it for so I can design the feature better?

As always, thanks for the support and suggestions everyone!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Itaintrite:
Three suggestions I have:

1. Dual-page mode! Like a real manga book.

2. Files sorting is... off. 02 comes after 011-019 and so on.

3. Bigger tap edges. I'm always missing the tiny part of the screen that I must tap to change page.

Great app though. Love the clean interface.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hey Itaintrite.

1. Definitely, something I am looking into. Wont you end up having to zoom all the time though? How exactly do you imagine it should work?

2. 02 should come after 011-019. The file names are compared as strings. Since 2 is bigger than 1, it will always come after the 011-019. 02 should be named 002.

3. I increased the size a bit in version 1.21. Seems like it wasn't enough though. I will be adding in an option to make it user adjustable. Thanks for the suggestion.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
just discovered the bug I mentioned previously. it's very weird IMHO...

these folder are skipped and not thumbnailed are all folder with LESS than 10 files.

by copying one or two files, so the total number of files is equal to 10, the folder starts to work with Komik.

I hope it gets fixed soon... =|
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Hey JRezin,

That wasnt not a bug, and was intended to prevent folders that had some images in them from getting accidentally marked as a comic. I think the number is too high though. How many files do you have in each of these series? I will adjust the number and try to patch it tonight or tomorrow night. Thanks for figuring out the issue!

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Itaintrite:
Hey kaycha,

Thanks for reading my comment. As for dual-page reading, it's a blessing (?) that manga USUALLY are much much less dialog-heavy than comic. Dual-page reading was perfect on the iPad's 4:3 screen. I understand it might be a little smaller on these widescreen HC tablets, but I don't think by much. And what about a scaling setting. Fit width might work.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] shobirama:
2. String compares are terrible for numbers. A natural numeric sort is what is needed here.

Maybe something like this? http://www.java2s.com/Open-Source/J.../cougaar/util/NaturalOrderComparator.java.htm

Your solution is to tell users to possibly modify all their data?!?!

Modifying your program to handle sorting numbers like 001, 5, 023, 1822 should be a one time thing that solves the problem for all users.

Which sounds like less work?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] kaycha:
Mmm that doesnt exactly work perfectly. It uses the longest run of numbers to figure out which number is representative of the string. I have noticed many files that are titled "blahblah_(2004)_v01_01". The algorithm would assume that 2004 is the largest number, and sort incorrectly. It is difficult to figure out which number is the actual page number. There are very few assumptions that can be made reliably about the filenames.

What I can do is use the comparator to sort files that consist entirely of numbers or contain only one set of numbers in them. If not then it will fall back to a standard string sort. I think that is the safest that I can do.

Thanks for pointing me towards it!

Itaintrite - Ah I see. I will give it a shot and see how well it works. The different fit modes are a good idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

- kaycha
[Xoom Themes and Apps] jrezin:
in this particular serie, I got chapters as low as 7 files. not sure if a different series could have lower (weekly series may have lower number of pages like this)...

some times, double pages into a single file can make the usual page count lower too.

IMHO, a value like 5 should ok. The situation you described sounds like cover files and such.

...another solution would be treat the folder you're not sure if a comic or a folder in a folder and also display a comic of those image files inside (including other folders/comic files that may exist)

tks.

looking foward to the update.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] thdj:
That would be great if you could enable the landscape mode ! the way perfect viewer is handling it is good to me eg click right scrolls down the page and click up scrolls up the page. That would definitely make me switch to komik:-)

Thanks for listening to suggestions. Its a really good application with a great interface :-) you've done a wonderful job!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mightydr:
This app has almost single-handedly brought me back to reading comics-- something I all but abandoned decades ago.

To be honest, I downloaded it as a "lark" from this very thread, and other than Gmail, it is probably the app I use most of the 250 or so on my Xoom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] solidunit:
If you could basically copy ComicGlass on the iPad as much as possible, this will be an instant purchase when I get my Honeycomb tablet
[Xoom Themes and Apps] R3dF1v3:
Any plans for this to appear on non-Honeycomb tablets? I have a 7" Samsung Galaxy Tab running Gingerbread...
[Xoom Themes and Apps] palombasso:
I'd also like to try this on my Nook Color...been using perfect viewer, but I think somethings could be improved...I'd like to support such an active development.

In your market page one of the features is: Comic collection browser with thumbnails

Would this browser work like a sort of library, where I could mark the comics as read? Sometimes I get lost between all the files, and haven't found an app for that yet...

[]'s
[Xoom Themes and Apps] mjm128:
I love it, but it's a hassle to transfer files over all the time for manga. Any ideas of adding popular manga reading sites (mangafox.com mangareader.net and so on) to be able to stream/download manga's from there? If you add that i'll purchase the donate version. Great work so far though, I really like it!