The MobileRead FBReader forum

I want to point to an English language site on e-books, Mobileread.com, where there is an FBReader forum.

You can find it at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=96

I have posted there, and have pointed to this site in the forum.

The FBReader runs on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, the Sharp Zaurus and Linux desktops. The home page is only.mawhrin.net/fbreader/ Mikhail Sobolev is responsible for these versions, and Nikolay Pultsin is the author of FBReader. It is, by the way, a fantastic reader, and you can find a number of items on it at Internet Tablet Users blog (internettablettalk.con/blog/) and Teleread (teleread.org/blog/). The FBReader home page links to several pages with screen captures of the program.

-- Roger

This is my first post here, but I hope to be active -- especially if I can get help with my problems/confusions.

The new site does look interesting. I don't know any Russian, but I would be happy to look over any content and edit it for readability in English if you wish.

At this site, there is a reference to FictionBook 2.1 -- have there been changes or is this in progress?

I have several suggestions and requests for the next version of FictionBook as a format. What's the best way to raise issues about the format?

For instance, it would nice if an FB2 file could include a short name that the e-reader could use in its header or title bar. Here's a picture that -- by virtue of a too-long name -- illustrates what I mean:

If there is a formal structure for evaluating proposed changes to the format (as there is, for instance, with the OEBF publication structure, and as there is not for OpenReader), I would be interested to learn about it. And if it's simply a matter of making a lot of racket to get my ideas heard, I can do that too. Very Happy

Roger