One thing that struck me is the lack of color. App Store and is now at version 1.6.1 Its feature list exceeds that of Bookle, just released, but falls short of BookReader. As you can see, downward flow with variable width is often preferable for some kinds of content. scrolled ebook readers.)įor example, with roughly the same size on the display in pixels, here is a technical section from an O’Reilly book (non-DRM’d EPUB2) side by side with BookReader, previously reviewed. (To be fair, I did not set up BookReader as a single page view, but it makes the point all the clearer when it comes to paginated vs.
As such, Murasaki may be more desirable when reading technical books instead of novels, and you may have to set up a custom page view, if possible, in the other popular ebook readers to accommodate special display needs. Whether you subscribe to that physical book metaphor or not is a matter of taste, but my hunch is that it allows the developer somewhat more latitude when laying out the XML if it gets complex. Don’t be trapped by dogma which is believing the page of books should be flipped.” The developer says, “Murasaki is a scroll-based reader like usual web browser, not a paginate-based reader like iBooks. Murasaki, instead, has a sidebar that allows you to move from chapter to chapter, and then you scroll through the chapter vertically. It frees itself from the metaphor of the paper book which usually includes page turning animation and maybe even a swoosh sound.
#MURASAKI PURPLE MAC#
This Mac app takes a different approach to viewing ebooks compared to paginated book simulators, like iBooks for iOS.
Moreover, according to the developers, “…the name ‘Murasaki’ is inspired by ‘Murasaki Shikibu’ (aka ‘Lady Murasaki’ in English) who was a Japanese novelist.” It has some nice features, but the user interface is awkward in some areas.
It’s scroll-based rather than paginated and can only view ebooks in non-DRM’d EPUB format. Murasaki 1.6.1 for OS X is an EPUB 2/3 ebook reader for the Macintosh.
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