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选题[news]: 20231115 Linux eBook Reader Foliate 3.0 Upgrade: Improves UX With GTK 4 Port
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[#]: subject: "Linux eBook Reader Foliate 3.0 Upgrade: Improves UX With GTK 4 Port"
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[#]: via: "https://news.itsfoss.com/foliate-3-0/"
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[#]: author: "Sourav Rudra https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/"
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Linux eBook Reader Foliate 3.0 Upgrade: Improves UX With GTK 4 Port
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A GTK 4 port with nice UI refinements.
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Being one of the [best eBook readers for Linux][1], Foliate has been progressing rather nicely over the years, receiving timely updates and bug fixes.
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However, it was looking a bit aged in recent times thanks to it featuring some old tech underneath. But, that has since changed with the release of **Foliate 3.0**.
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Let's see what kind of improvements are on offer.
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## 🆕 Foliate 3.0: What's New?
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With the 3.0 release, **Foliate has been completely rewritten** by using the modern platform libraries like [GTK 4][3] and [Adwaita][4]. The developers have mentioned to expect a refreshed interface and superior performance than before.
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Foliate now **uses its own eBook parser/render** , doing away with [Epub.js][5] and [KindleUnpack][6]. Sadly, they were **unable to port a few features in time** for the 3.0 release, so this version **doesn't have support for[ **OPDS**][7] catalogs and offline dictionaries**.
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As for the **key highlights** of this release:
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* **Revamped User Interface**
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* **Better Rendering**
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* **Improved User Experience**
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### Revamped User Interface
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As you can see, the most significant change to Foliate has been its user interface. It now features **a new layout** where the Library and e-book viewer have been integrated into a single window.
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You will also notice that there is **a new sidebar** that features some important options such as the table of contents, annotations, and bookmarks.
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There is also **a handy search bar** at the top that allows you to search for specific words or sentences in a book, and a “Library” button to take you back to your library of e-books.
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📋
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You can toggle the sidebar's visibility by accessing options in the header bar.
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Furthermore, the **paginated mode also sees some major improvements**.
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They have added **support for animation and 1:1 touchscreen/touchpad swipe gestures** , **support for more than two columns** , **better resizing behavior** , the **ability to configure the max width/height** and more.
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### Better Rendering
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There have been many improvements on the book rendering side of things too, some key ones include:
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* If a page is not a valid XHTML one, it will be treated as HTML.
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* Mobipocket files are now divided into sections to greatly improve performance.
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* When a file is reloaded, it is now properly reloaded, rather than just being re-rendered.
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* Startup time and memory usage has been optimized by not loading the entire file into memory.
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### Improved User Experience
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Besides the user interface upgrades, there have been some **really cool user experience tweaks** with Foliate 3.0.
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Take for instance the **bookmarking system** , the button for bookmarking pages has been moved to the header bar, and bookmarked pages now show a distinct ribbon at the top.
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The **image viewer** has also seen some updates, now when images are copied, they are stored in their original file format. Moreover, to open images, you simply double-click on them, the other options have been removed.
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The **progress slider has also been improved** , with it now supporting keyboards and mouse scrolls. You will also find the **updated narration functionality** there, which now uses [Speech Dispatcher][11] at its back end.
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### 🛠️ Other Changes and Improvements
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As for the rest of the refinements, here are some worth noting:
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* You can now print specific chapters and text selections.
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* An experimental traditional title bar option was removed.
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* Annotations are now saved with their respective timestamps.
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* A security fix that has removed the sandbox escape permission for Flatpak.
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You may go through the [official release notes][12] to learn more.
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## 📥 Get Foliate
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This revamped version of Foliate is available via the [Flathub store][13] and the [Snap store][14] (edge channel only, for now).
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[Foliate (Flathub)][13]
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You can also visit the [official website][15] or the [GitHub repo][16] for the source code.
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### Troubleshooting Tip
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If **Foliate refuses to load EPUB files** properly, and you are **using an NVIDIA GPU** , then you can run the app using either of the following commands:
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```
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WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1
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WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1
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```
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If you have the **Flatpak version of Foliate** installed, just add the same line to the environment variables by using [Flatseal][17]. For me, the second command did the job.
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You can refer to the [GitHub issue][18] in question for further troubleshooting.
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via: https://news.itsfoss.com/foliate-3-0/
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作者：[Sourav Rudra][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://news.itsfoss.com/author/sourav/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://itsfoss.com/best-ebook-readers-linux/
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[2]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Foliate_3.0_1.png
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[3]: https://blog.gtk.org/2020/12/16/gtk-4-0/
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[4]: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/
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[5]: https://github.com/futurepress/epub.js
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[6]: https://github.com/kevinhendricks/KindleUnpack
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[7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Publication_Distribution_System
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[8]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Foliate_3.0_2.png
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[9]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Foliate_3.0_3.png
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[10]: https://news.itsfoss.com/content/images/2023/11/Foliate_3.0_4.png
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[11]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Speech_dispatcher
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[12]: https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/releases/tag/3.0.0
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[13]: https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate
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[14]: https://snapcraft.io/foliate
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[15]: https://johnfactotum.github.io/foliate/
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[16]: https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate
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[17]: https://itsfoss.com/flatseal/
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[18]: https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/issues/1093
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