ORB Reader 1.5
Device: Mac OS
Category: Utilities
Price: $11.99, Version: 1.4 -> 1.5 (iTunes)
Description:The unique ORB eBook reader on Mac.
Just double click the .orb eBook files and enjoy the content instantly.
Written natively and extremely fast without Flash plugin installation.
Most .orb ebooks are not built for big screen, so it's low resolution by default.
In order to read on big screen, free zoom to 8x for better readability.
New double pages view are supported now much like PDF reading experience.
Actually, the pages you read are converted PDF pages presented by a PDF view.
You can also save the current reading pages to PDF.
Filtered the heavy drawings that may drop down the system performance.
Although the side effect is few broken shapes, I think the stability still goes first so far.
Don't waste your valuable time waiting for conversion.
Reading books should be fun and instantly easy.
*Caution
!! .orb is Original eBook Reader ebook file !!
Please don't be confused with Evanidus data file or another audio/video file.
!! Text search and selection are NOT supported yet. !!
Text selection will be supported in next version (1.6).
Check the support url for more info.
!! This App is NOT sponsored or related to any company except me. !!
!! NO PRICE CUT for this app. !!
I don't want to waste my life for business except making it better.
Further features depends on your comments or emails.
!! I ALWAYS accept your refund request. !!
If you think this is wasting money, please request the refund.
I'll ALWAYS accept refund requests if Apple asked.
Don't waste your money anyway.
And thank you for giving me power to make it better.
Update - 2014/03/07
Still got 0 refund request so far.
!! Updated Development Status !!
You can check my blog.
http://rintarou.dyndns.org
Unlike this page shows only the current version information.
You can get the next version information on my blog.
I am used to update with screenshots or videos while developing it.
The Beginning
About one month ago (2013/12), a Dr. mailed me that he had some eBooks in .orb format.
He wished to convert them to PDF to read.
So I searched and find out there is no any .orb reader on Mac yet.
People get troubled to read this new format.
Well, challenge accepted.
After finished my previous project, I took several weeks to develop this.
Hope you can read all your eBooks any time you want on Mac.
Payment would be used to keep this App on the store and further improvement.
If there are many people require this, I'll consider to develop one for iOS.
Although I developed several iOS apps for the company,
I don't have any iOS developer program on my own now.
Need money to apply the iOS developer program.
Update - 2014/02/07
This app is online for a month.
Thanks for many people who paid for this app and zero refund so far.
I keep my words and applied the iOS developer program with your payment.
Now, ORB Viewer for iPad is under beta testing.
You can join the best testing via the following link.
(http://rintarou.dyndns.org/products/orb-viewer)
Thanks for your trust,
I'll make these apps better and better.
Support
http://rintarou.dyndns.org/products/orb-reader-for-mac/
It's very welcome to tell me anything you want or hate.
(You can check the Help menu to mail me anytime.)
Sorry that I am not a eBook fan, I loved real books more.
This is why I keep the original color which would be different from what you see in Flash Player.
What's New
1. Save the current page as PDF (CMD + S)
- Resonable file size and resolution independent but no text selection/search neither.
2. Support clipping layer (masking) and fixed known rendering errors.
3. Fixed the bug that failed to open the book which contained non-UTF8 filename.
4. Fixed the bug that may keep busy reading the first or the last page.
5. Advanced parser that parse supported tags only.
- Reduce memory pressure and better performance.
6. Fit to Height (H)
7. Toggle 1/2 Pages mode (P)
ORB Reader