[FM Discuss] feedback on the fm (booki) workflow

[adam]

hey James. Good feedback. Can you tell me - lets say everything you 
needed to do to get a complaint Kindle epub was in Booki. What would 
that look like? What would you want and where in the interface would it 
exist?

As for the buffer - are you sure this a db connect problem? I ask this 
because I ahve had some issues with xinha (the editor we use) having 
content but not showing it. In these cases I force the browser into 
fullscreen mode and back again (f11 i think) and the content magically 
reappears in the editor (without needing to reload it)...



adam

On 06/09/2011 04:17 PM, James Simmons wrote:
> Adam,
>
> I have been using my own Booki for a few months now.  I've been
> writing a book with it, and I also documented what I had to go through
> to get it set up in my FLOSS Manual "E-Book Enlightenment".
>
> A few months ago on the Booki Blog there was a post suggesting that
> Booki was going to be much easier to install.  I haven't heard
> anything about that since, and I'm definitely interested.
>
> You already know about my suggestions on making Kindle-Store ready
> MOBI files by making improvements to the EPUBs that are currently
> generated.  While we're at it you could find out the requirements for
> EPUBs on the Nook.  I would assume that like the Kindle they would
> want a cover image and a linked TOC.
>
> I've been using Sigil to prepare a public domain book for the Kindle
> Store.  One thing that Sigil does really nicely is make it easy to
> split content into chapters.  That would be a good feature for Booki
> to have, especially if you're correcting EPUBs automatically generated
> by the Internet Archive.
>
> On my local Booki I've had intermittent problems where you try and
> edit a page and the edit buffer comes up empty.  You can resolve this
> by clicking on the Cancel button, refreshing the contents page, and
> selecting the chapter again.  The problem is that there is no
> indication that you should do this.  The software should show a
> message box when there is a problem connecting to the database, rather
> than just failing silently as it does now.
>
> James Simmons
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:30 AM, adam<adam at flossmanuals.net>  wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> So. Aspiration are doing a review in the Booki workflow. One of the main
>> implementations for booki is http://booki.flossmanuals.net. But it is also
>> used for the Fi FLOSS Manuals and the http://translate-new.flossmanuals.net
>> (new beta translation zone).
>>
>> As part of this we need feedback from the 'power users'. That is *you*. The
>> FM community is the most experienced Booki group in the world!
>>
>> So, can we have a discussion about what you think is and isnt good about the
>> current Booki as you experience it on booki.flossmanuals.net
>>
>> I am *particularly* keen to hear from those that have set up their own Booki
>> - Ed and James but I think there are also others. However *all* feedback is
>> useful. The feedback could be in the form of 'i dont understand how to...'
>> or 'the edit interface is good because...' or more comprehensive
>> interpretations of the software.
>>
>> Any and all feedback and discussion points are very welcome...
>>
>> anyone want to kick in with some starters?
>>
>> adam
>>
>>
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