its great but sometimes i try to load a rar file and it says it contains no compatable images, when all the images inside are the correct file formats, can u help with this
both setups in the zip file did not work correctly. i opened either one of them, they began with the licensing agreement which i agreed to. then it extracted properly, only to crash when installing “net5″ thingy. setup is damaged, please repair. it looks like a very good prog. it may even rival my current manga reader “CDisplay”
the app looks kool, and i would definitely use it but there is one thing stopping me. is there a way to create a chapter by selecting multiple image files instead of adding a page one by one? If it does how do i do it, if not it would be a good addition.
I am glad you like it.
I am planning to have more info about the file formats in the Features section. In a few words, mga and wmga files are simply zip files. Simply rename to zip and extract to see the contents.
The difference between the two is that mga files have the pages/images embedded in the file.
- (minor) installer needs an option on which icons to install. I don’t like crap on my desktop.
- loading a cbr/cbz causes the app to crash even if I rename it to mga. backward compatability with existing content would be helpful. CDisplay isn’t developed any longer and something’s bound to break it sooner or later.
- need to be able to read manga left-to-right (maybe I just missed this)
-last viewed/ history & bookmarks would be awesome
- space bar is nice for page turning. I was surprised pg up / pg dn didn’t work as well (or backspace for previous? like how all the arrow keys are hooked up.
- zoom feature is awesome. love it.
- something similar to cdisplay’s zoomed panning feature would be cool. If you’re zoomed in and you hit the spacebar, move the visible area to the next section of unread content until all panels have been read, then move to the next page.
Mangareader is VERY COOOLLL. this is my first time use this program.
However I still not familiar to use this, I have some question, Can mangareader save the file and then open the file from computer???because I have to use internet connection to read the manga because I am using slow internet.
thankyou
Apic,
yes,there is a way to save the file to your computer. Once you open the manga in manga reader, click on the “edit in manga creator ” icon. You can then save the manga from manga creator. Make sure you save as .mga and not .wmga. The later file format requires an Internet connection for viewing the manga. Hope this helps.
Can you tell me what type of internet connection you have? is it modem/dsl/cable ?
The Online Manga Explorer gives up if it cant complete a web request in less than 5 seconds.
I will increase the timeout to 10 or 15 seconds for the 1.2 release.
I also have the same problem it says failed to load. And I use satellite. That’s probably why. It does load sometimes. I believe increasing the timeout to 15 seconds might solve the problem for satellite users.
My name is Florence Petit, I’m multimedia technician for Future France.
We publish several computing magazine in France such as: Windows News, Windows XP Magazine, Windows Vista Magazine, Micro Actuel, Internet Pratique, Computer Arts, PC Jeux, Jeux Vidéo Magazine, PSM 2, PlayStation 2 Magazine, Joystick, Kid Paddle, XBox Magazine, Nintendo Magazine, Joypad, Download Magazine, Fiches Pratiques XP.
I’m in charge of software multimedia selection and testing at Future France Manga Reader recently, I’d like to have it included in our next monthly free cover CD provided with our magazine.
I’d like to get a written permission from yourself to do so.
Please reply ASAP via E-Mail (at florence.petit@futurenet.fr) using the form below which enables us to include your software in our next issues. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOW YOUR AGREEMENT IN FILLING PRECISELY THE FORM !
If you have other software which which can be included in our CD, please let me know.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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- Authorise the company Future France SAS to publish and distribute on the CD or DVD which accompanies the magazines Windows News, Windows XP Magazine, Windows Vista Magazine, Micro Actuel, Internet Pratique, Computer Arts, PC Jeux, Jeux Vidéo Magazine, PSM 2, PlayStation 2 Magazine, Joystick, Kid Paddle, XBox Magazine, Nintendo Magazine, Joypad, Download Magazine, Fiches Pratiques X, the following freeware/demo/evaluation products : _______________ (full name of video/ product/ demo) and _____________( full name of video/ product/ demo).
- Authorize the company Future France SAS to provide its customers with a link, accessible from the websites of the company, to download the abovementioned product.
This authorisation is given for one year and for all territories in the world.
– Declare and guarantee that I’m authorised to contract this licence and that the above mentioned company which I represent owns all intellectual property rights.
I just want put a little suggestion.
for “Zoom” I have to use two hand which is press Ctrl and scroll the mouse.
I think is better dont use Ctrl, so just use Scroll mouse to zoom in and out.so we just use one hand.
thank you
Hi, very good work with Manga Reader i like it a lot but i got one question, in a future version would it be possible to download complete Mangas to watch them offline.
You can already download mangas and save them on your HDD to watch offline. To do this, open a manga using the online manga explorer, click on the toolbar icon that says “edit in manga creator”, and save the manga using manga creator.
i cut n paste the url and click ok, but nothing happens. even after waiting for about half an hr? repeated tries and trying a different link also does not help.
hi again sorry but i’ve got another problem, i created a new volume, added 2 new chapters, but when i preview in the manga reader the 2 chapters are merged together.
As in, the 1st pg of both chapters are displayed one after another, then the 2nd pg of both chapters are displayed one after another and so on. how could i solve this?
Hi I really liked your manga reader but i think it would be nice to have a maximize only option besides full screen mode also for the manga creator adding an option of adding zip files or folders as new chapters to a volume would make it easier for people who have their manga split up in zip files of chapters or volumes divided into folders of chapters.
Hello, first of all, congrats on a wonderful effort. I really like it & I think it has potential to take the top place away from CDisplay (which is the best manga viewer in my opinion).
Here are my recommendations:
- Button to view the manga (either in single/double page) in full screen. I do not like the zoom feature with the mouse as its a little annoying everytime I move the mouse, the page goes flying away. People like me use tablet pc to read manga so mouse is our primarily device to flip the pages.
- I like the ‘remember’ last page feature but I would also like to keep the ‘bookmark’ feature of CDisplay as that allows us to bookmark certain sections which we might want to come back to later.
- A counter of pages in the archive that we are in. So if a manga volume has 30 pages, each page no. would be displayed at the top (where manga name is displayed).
- Feature to change the shortcuts would be most helpful as well.
Keep up the wonderful effort. Looking forward to seeing this program develop further. Regards,
Compatibility changing didn’t work. you emailed me an told me to send you the manga file. I replied and you didn’t respond yet. I don’t know which manga file are you asking about? every manga. any chapter I open and it stops responding and closes by itself. It worked fine before but I don’t know what happened now.
I didn’t get your email.
One thing you can try is deleting the manga reader user settings folder. It should be under C:/users/omar/appdata/local/mangareader on vista.
I tried opening a manga from windows explorer and it worked… So far, it’s only not responding whenever I try to view a chapter online. Right after it finishes loading it stops responding.
Yes I have aero turned on. but I tried basic too. No difference.
As for my system information. Here is this bit from dxdiag:
Machine name: KAINOUS-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: Arabic (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix – AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1731MB used, 2576MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
First of all, thanks for this great application. This is exactly what i was looking for.
I have some recommendations, may u can do it easily:
-That you can choose where the Mangas are temporary saved. And may keep them.
- That when you are near the of an chapter it automatically starts to download the next chapter in the background. So if you are finish with reading an chapter u can go on to the next without waiting. Maybe you can do it that it displays the next chapter right next to the old one and you just have to do a pageflip:)
I tried to use your program behind a proxy and found I couldn’t use the online features.
Could it be possible to configure a proxy since it doesn’t seem to be using IE’s parameters.
Thanks for the notice. I have fixed the next version of Manga Reader to use IE’s proxy settings. Have u tried opening a wmga file behind a proxy with the currently released version? That should work.
I have a similar problem like Omar. I startet Mangareader today wanted to browse in the online explorer but it couldn’t retrieve the manga list.
It’s just showing “Failed to load”. And it’s not even showing, like it doesn’t even try it.
I also tried to repait or reinstall it, deleted the configfolder in my profile but it was no use:(
My System ist Windows XP SP2 and i have a cable internet connection.
It hadn’t worked for me. But i recognized that i couldn’t open any webpage in IE(I never use it).
After i reseted my IP with the command “netsh int ip reset” magareader worked again:)
This is an awesome program. I do however have some requests:
- Customizable background
- The toolbar on the top should have a background too, like windows media center.
Autohide toolbar, Volume selection menu and a chapter selection menu in reader, and let the .mga format support rar too, not only zip. Rar compression is much better.
I’ve a problem with online viewing
it crushed many times
and I can’t view any manga
the only time it works
it gives me the first page with the manga and write’s name
There will be a chapter selection menu in the next version. I will also see if I can add a button autohide the titlebar.
For mga files, it will only support zip compression.
I had a problem where I could not I open any online manga, but it ended up being that windows firewall was blocking mangareader, so I made an exception and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps
Wonderful app, great interface and smooth animation.
Taking a bit to long on loading an archived file. No custom background color? I have a little suggestion: how about adding a boolean option whether to load an image bigger than 1.5 of average page-width as a single page or double (the app always do the latter). Keep up the good work!
The next version of Manga Reader can display images in “landscape” mode. I don’t think I will implement custom background images, I prefer to have the same background. It’s sort of a branding for Manga Reader.
The berserk scans do not appear!! This is one of the few series I want to read and it’s not there… And the section manga volume never works! Loading always fails.
First off, LOVE THE MANGA READER AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK!!! Although, it would be better if it came with the drop function and a hot button to go through each archive without manually loading it. Thanks again!
Looks like there’s an important issue with wdp images. They come up perfectly in the manga creator, but when saved:
1. they are converted to .tif (which takes an aweful lot more space)
2. the link in the xml file stil references .wdp, which means everything is broken in the mange reader.
Hey, I managed to fix that by myself too!
But now I notice other potential problems:
- You reencode every page on save. In order not to loose quality on every save, you set the jpeg and wdp quality to 100. But this means longer save time and a lot bigger files! E.g. I created one chapter (49 pages + cover) with the manga creator. The resulting mga is 24Mo but using the original images instead is just 8Mo. That’s three time as big! Given that the complete Manga may be big (say 400 times larger) this makes a lot of difference (well, 6.4 Go actually)!
- btw speaking about covers: it would be nice to be able to use an image for each volume’s cover, instead of seeing a default text in the manga reader.
- I have the impression that both the manga reader and creator load the full set of images into memory. It would be a lot more efficient to load and prefetch only a few pages (say 5 pages in advance). The file format is made to support multiples volumes, but without dynamic loading I doubt you could pratically make and use a “complete collection” into one mga (in my case that would probably be around 3.2 Go, see above).
- An option to display double-page scans would be a nice addition (but surely not a requirement).
Overall the software is very nice to read mangas on the computer. It’s well done and quite promising!
Quick navigation to next chapters has been implemented and will be included in the next release. Quick navigation to next volumes will be implemented later.
Regarding the cover/title page, it has been removed and there is another mechanism used to show the title.
Displaying double-page scans has been implemented and will be available in the next release.
Prefetching pages will be implemented in a future release (it has been on my todo list for sometime)
When saving mangas, I plan to have a setting allowing users to choose the quality for jpegs and wdps. I will also probably change the defaults from what they currently are. Maybe this will be in the next release.
I would just like to add that configuring the quality is not the same as keeping the source file unchanged.
If you repeatedly save a picture at a lossy quality (in my case say wdp 60) it gets worse and worse each time. This is very different from just keeping the same data. (And as I said, copying instead of encoding has the additional benefit of being faster).
Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for sharing!
I really like the program.
I used to use Manga viewer form toriyama world, but this is much better than any comic/manga viewer and even picture viewer I seen!
I like the ability to turn pages by clicking and dragging and also reading from right to left (like in real mangas!) and I like being able to view every thing in full screen.
I only have one complaint and its a problem I have with opening .rar archives.
I had several crashes recently when trying to search in the online explorer while the list is loading. (The app hangs without any error message.) Sometimes it happens, sometime it doesn’t, so I can’t really tell you what’s causing problems.
(using WinXP Prof SP2 with IE6)
Really nice app anyway, i’m looking forward for the updates.
Overall, I really like the app., but there’s one feature I’d like to see. The ability to select a page in the middle of a chapter (or volume depending on the file) instead of having to click my way to it.
I’ve just try the latest version (1.5.0) but i cannot open any chapter (i’m getting error message : “unable to load chapter !”).
With older version 1.2.6 I do not have any problem …
Just find how to make it works :
delete all files under the Manga Reader directory and restart installation program.
Select repair application and finish (re)installing the software.
It works for me, so try this if you have the same problem !
nice!
I can think of only 3 features now:
1. Caching, or in other words: save all the read chapters (if the users choose to do so), that will avoid having to reload the chapter later, and also save the bw for both the users and hosts.
2.choose a specific page to read
3. automatically go to the next chapter when we already finish the current chapter
1. This will be addressed in the next version (bookmarks feature)
2. This is included in v1.5. If you click on the arrow near the Next and Previous buttons, you can click on a page number to go to that page.
3. I made it fairly easy to navigate to the next chapter with a single mouse click or shortcut keys. I am not a fan of this type of clippy-like behavior.
I cant understand what’s the problem of this version with the Creator!Whenever i watch a manga from online Browser it want to recreate things and save it it doesn’t allow me to do so!It say unable to save!Why?
Can you give me more info about your system? I am not having this issue. One thing you could try is deleting the settings folder in c:/users/mohamed/appdata/etc. I gave the exact path somewhere above.
When I make zoom on a page, it is divided in 3 parts pushing space bar, to switch page at the end, and this is very good… but, when I arrive at the bottom of the page, there is half screen wasted with gray background, and sometimes I can’t read the entire words clouds…
Is possible to divide page in 3 with spacebar like now, without wasting space at the bottom?
Hey, I’ve just started using this and it looks great…especially the online content browser.
Is there any way you can get it to update MAL directly from the reader (sort of like what MAL Updater does for anime)?
If you haven’t used MAL before, it’s basically a huge online database where you can keep track of the anime and manga you’ve seen. I’m thinking of the sort of thing where after you finish reading a manga from e.g. onemanga, it would automatically update the MAL entry and mark that chapter as read. When you finish a series, it’ll move the manga entry from “reading” to “completed”, etc.
Oops, sorry for the double-post – another suggestion:
Is there a way to add the manga descriptions from the websites (e.g. onemanga) somewhere to the online browser as well? A lot of the time I’m scanning through the list to see new manga, and I have no clue what each of the manga is about.
i would rather not have to divide the page in 3. The idea is that there are 2 pages (emulation of reading an actual manga). However, there is room for improvement in the algorithm so that not much space is wasted.
I’m a frenchy and i’m so happy to see my all funnies Mangas but my english currently is very bad. I think that a multi-language functionnality is missing. What do you think about ?
Multi-language functionality is coming. But that’s only within the application. I don’t know of any french sites like OneManga that would provide mangas in French. If you know of any sites, let me know.
Version 1.5 is a lot better than 1.2! Thanks a lot!
The new double page scan feature is awesome – especially since I’m reading double-page scans
But it has a small bug: it assumes that the page on the left of the scan always comes before the page on the right. Let me explain my problem.
My scans are from a manga published in the original reading direction.
So the double pages scans are like this:
2 | 1
4 | 3
and so on…
I set my preferences for a left-to-right page flip, which is what is correct. But then, whatever the “in page flow” setting is, Manga Reader inverts all my pages. So now the screen looks like this: 1 | 2; 3 | 4. Which is very confusing since the “in page flow” goes exactly the opposite direction.
So for now I’m reading it correctly (2 | 1; 4 | 3) with a weird page flow (Left to right, which is incorrect but required to fix the page layout).
Hey I like your manga readers
but..I seem to be having a problem with the latest one?
It won’t load images from a folder..It doesn’t show up when I try to open it =[
Manga Reader does not support reading images from a folder. only MGA , WMGA and archives (zip, rar, tar) are supported. The major release (v2.0) will have that ability.
Oh ok thank you for responding so fast!
I re-compressed my files but they still don’t open =T…I’ll try again. Overall, I reallyy love th way this is set up! I can’t wait for version 2.0! Keep up the great work!! and thank you so much for bringing us manga lovers a wonderful reader~ =)
Hi, LOVE this software. I bought a newTouchsmart computer partially so I can have the sensation of actually “turning” pages in my downloaded comics files. But I notice now on this new computer that Manga Reader isn’t opening cbr and cbz files? (It opens zip files). Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.
unless i’m missing something (which i doubt because i have one manga working fine) the mangafox part of the online viewer isn’t working (it always fails to load for me) otherwise this seems to be an awesome program ^_^ (just happened upon here in google)
it was great to fix the rar thing and all and now i can also save my manga edits but..i cant load any manga anymore from internet!!!why???Adding to this before it stopped loading internet manga it was displaying blank pages!!Any fix about that yet?
Thanks for this great program. I would really like to see an autosave image function. After the reader loads the chapter it would be really nice to have an export function where all the downloaded pages can be sent to a zip file for next time instead of downloading from the web again. Or all the pages can be saved to a directory for access later. Thanks!
I love this progam…but it doesn’t support JPG files..in cbr/cbz format.. it supports jpg but not the JPG files. any way to fix this other then renaming each file to a jpg.
Problem with Manga Reader v1.5.2 (Windows). Problem displaying image of page (page not displayed, only blank page). I read “Death Note” manga from “onemanga.com” site. Problem arose at Chapter 9 “Hole” at page 14. I checked this page with browser – this page exist and looks normal.
I really appreciate your work, but I’m desperately waiting for the next release.
I’m getting these bluescreens shortly after I read some chapters. Then they happen when a chapter is loaded. Does anybody else has this problem? I use Windows XP Prof in German on an Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8310. So nothing special on my side. I don’t have this problem with other applications so I can narrow it down to mangareader.
Admin, do you have any idea why this might be happening?
Just noticed One Manga seems to be dead..doesn’t seem to load anything (categories & manga).
Reinstalled and problem was still there..possible to get a quick fix for this =D?
Me Again,
Just wondering if it would be possible to have an option to pre-load mangas (like when readed ch1 it will pre-load ch2..and so on).
Also an option to favourite manga would be useful too..
Either way keep up the good work =D
I really like this program, and it works great except for consumption.
The viewer isn’t bad, but it does make my cache jump, but the Mange Editor really destroys my computer’s cache, not sure if it’s just a leak or what.
I have 2GB of cache and the editor uses over half (like nothing else I have)
OS: Vista
also, I was wondering if there is anyway to implement a different program for decompression (the viewer isn’t exactly fast as far as I can tell) this isn’t really important, Just speculating…
I love this program, but I have two issues and two feature requests.
Issues:
When reading in Japanese mode some pages have double paged images that fit together to make a whole and they are displayed wrong because the program cuts the image in half and reverses them. It would be nice if there were an option to keep these double pages as a whole.
The other issue is that on certain occasions, the manga creator would save successfully and when I tried to open the file there would be some images that could not be displayed.
Features:
One feature I would like to see is a drag a and drop feature in the manga creator. This would make making them very easy.
The other feature I would like to see a pre-load of the next chapter so the next chapter could be loading while you are reading using chapters from the online mango explorer.
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There will be a version on silverlight. I don’t have a time table yet, but I am targeting version 2.0 or 3.0 of silverlight. So, it should be supported on linux with moonlight.
Just want to say that I love the program, but the issue with double pages being split and reversed is definitely a problem for viewing stuff in right to left mode. About 95% of my 60GB worth of manga is in right to left format, and a lot of them have some double pages in them.
An option to leave double pages intact would be great.
Any ETA on an update? Were down to one site this wonderfull program works on… and if Im not mistaken its even the smallest. And seriously, I LOVE this program. A few fixes to its loading methology and it… would be pure bliss.
A little “save to local” function not requring the creator might be a nice idea. Maybe a browser for local manga. ^.^
; . ; I dont like mangafoxes new interface… so annoying, both in its own interface, and its making your lovely program not work with their site atm.
Can you make an app like this for the iPhone or iPod touch? I have one appcalled icomic but it just loads zips,I would like something that loads manga from the sites like your program does. Thank you
i just updated my mangareader to version 1.5.3 and I am not having any luck trying to read online from mangafox, only onemanga is working at this time. Is this a problem w/mangafox or are there any settings I can change to get it to work w/mangafox at this time.
I would really appreciate an option to change the default background, fonts and colors. If it’s possible already and I missed this, please, tell me how can I do this.
I have a big problem with Manga Reader. It’s a marvellous program, but it can’t work properly with the zip files or the picture files containing Japanese character. When I loaded such a file like that, Manga Reader told me that it cannot load the page. Would you release the new feature for showing Japanese or Chinese characters in Manga Reader? Thanks so much.
Hi nice piece of work still it would be nice if online manga explorer was integrated with the first widow, the menu would autohide and was in form of ribbon. Manga reader looks nice but i get a feeling of flash. Sad that after last page of chapter it dont go to next one and i must again go to explorer find it and open next chapter (or maybe i do something wrong). It would be nice if i could add other sites by myself to the online manga explorer, is it possible to make add-ons ?. Still i like it and find myself using it cause i see 2 pages like reading a book
Alright first i just want to say that you are a genuis. great job with this program. The zoom is great, the single or doublepage view is a fantastic idea and same for the reading flow. Features are amazing.
But here are some ideas, :
-First change the set-up for the up and down button, they shouldnt be going to the next page but in case you zoom in you can have the page go up and down.
-Set up a way so that reader can set up some of their mangas as favorites and everytime they open the program it will give them a warning that the new chapter came out.
-Have more online manga website choice, not all of the mangas are carried by the onemanga. Plus the manga fox tab doesnt work in the current one.
-the idea of giving it in multiple languages is fantastic.
-Maybe you can set it up so that readers can set up their favorite mangas. Like when they open manga readers, a side bar list all their favorites, so they dont need to keep going into the internet manga and search through there. Makes it easier for the readers
I am using manga reader and i find it very cool with the flip effect and all other features to read my ebooks.
I have only some problem with the current release when opening files in cbr or cbz format.
1) the reader does not open the file or stop reading the images when there is a non image file in the archive (so if the file is in the first position in the cbz or cbr nothing is read at all).
2) the images with the extension in uppercase (eg JPG instead of jpg) ar not opened at all.
3) if the files in the cbr (don’t try in cbz) are write protected (so read only attribute set) then manga reader could not opene them.
4) The most critical bug i found if during the loading process (when the % is displayed at the top right hand corner) if i close manga reader then the file I try to open is deleted fromp the computer (and not in the trash folder). so to avoid loosing files i have write protected the files (cbr and cbz) and if i close manga reader in that case it generates a framework bug.
I really appreciate manga reader even if it is a little slow on my computer especially when openeing a big file so i hope those litte bugs will be fixed in a future version of manga reader to completely enjoy using it.
A little enhancement that I also would like to have in a future version is to have a flip page sound played when flipping pages. And also an option to activate or desactivate it because perhaps some people don’t want to have sounds when reading their books.
Congratulation to the developper and waiting for the future version of manga reader.
I’m using windows 7 RC on my laptop and home computer. laptop surprisingly works without crashing under any circumstances so far.
My home comp unfortunately crashes when I turn to certain pages in a manga (online or offline browsing). On the software side, both comps are the same so perhaps this issue is driver related?
Anyway, if the admin has any idea why it would be crashing when I hit specific pages that’d be a great help.
Also, my observation is manga reader doesn’t work with .gif files? This is fairly mainstream for manga, so support for this might be nice for the future.
Yes, my home comp has an nvidia card while my laptop doesn’t.
I’ve tried the latest vista and windows7 drivers without success so far.
But here’s an interesting observation: if I uninstall my graphics drivers, no crashing! As soon as new drivers are installed, back to the same problem.
Its definately tied to the current interation of W7+Nvidia drivers.
Gave a test on 3 other systems I have acess to. 1 with ancient-ass nvidia in it…. it crashed. The other 2, ati and intel gfx, didnt.
Lovely. Thats not supposed to happen.
Hmmm. Turning Aero off all the way doesnt seem to help either… desturbing.
Hi. First i want to tell you all that this is the best manga reader/editor/creator i’ve seen. it has so many cool features. I want to advertise this to many manga site. lol.
but i found a numerous error. and i dont think i will write it here since torins already post it here.
well. keep up the good work guys. thank you for this wonderful program.
Hi. I found this program great, but I have however a small problem:
when I read manga from left to right, there’s sometimes a drawing on a double page.
In this case, MangaReader cut the image in half and inverse the two parts, so we lose the vision of the image in its entirety. Is there a way to fix this?
hello. your prog is awesome. really.
just 1 thing i think every1 would apreciate. when we as the prog to remember the manga, when we reopen, we are in fact on the same chapter, but if we want to read the next we have to connect and search the manga again. if the program could also remember where the chapter came from it would be awesome. a favourites thingy would also rock.
thx for all m8
I’d like to sudjest you that you make your manga reader also a pdf reader so we could read mangas which come in pdf and magazine which often comes in pdf format.
Hey I just recently downloaded your program, I think it is very cool but it has some problems. While reading Naruto 02 I get several pages in and it crashes at the same spot every time. I am using Windows 7 64bit not sure if that is the cause or not. Please let me know if anyone else is having this problem, I really want to be able to use this program
after reading a few other posts on the feedback i found out that my problem was related to nvidia drivers. I am using nvidia geforce 285 gtx on windows 7 64bit. please let me know if three are any fixes available for this. I am currently searching for earlier versions of the drivers to see if that fixes my problem.
Hi.I am using manga reader and i find it very cool with the flip effect and all other features to read my ebooks
and i want to tell you all that this is the best manga reader
but, The most critical bug i found if during the loading process (when the % is displayed at the top right hand corner) if i close manga reader then the file I try to open is deleted fromp the computer (and not in the trash folder). so to avoid loosing files i have write protected the files (cbr and cbz) and if i close manga reader in that case it generates a framework bug.
Looks like an awesome manga reader. Any plans of making a Mac version. One thing Macs severely lack is a well developed manga viewer. I’m positive that a Mac release would generate tons of new fans for your program. You’d have people lining up to Beta for you. Just a plea from a manga deprived Mac user.
Just tried running MangaReader using Darwin, but it appears that MangaReader is based off the .NET framework which would make it extremely hard if not impossible to convert to Mac. It would probably require rewriting the program from the ground up.
Manga Reader will be ported to the mac through Silverlight 3, which has a nice out of browser mode. But I need to wrap up version 2 for Windows before I make the Silverlight version.
really awesome.
just want to know, maybe next version this program have ability to serach or read from network. cause i have lot of manga in my NAS. thx.
Man, this program is really good, keep up the good work!
One thing that I’m missing, is to use the keys to navigate trough the page if it is greater than the monitor resolution… you see, for me, is a very usefull feature, just like in cdisplay
The software installed correctly, but it won’t let me open any .jpg . I go to the open option and to the folder where the pages are, but nothing shows up. I get the message: “No compatible Image found”.
I installed the latest version on Vista. Also tried the version before that and I get the same error.
Only mga files have a Resources folder. If you extract a wmga file, the images are not in the zip file. They are online, and the xml file has links to them.
I will look into the MyAnimeList.net idea. Somebody made this suggestion a while ago too. I ‘ll try to get MangaFox working a release a small update fro now.
i don’t have a release date for V2 yet. Since I did a complete rewritte, it’s taking time.
Also got one more question, is it possible to change the color of the text in the search box?…having quite a bit of difficult actually seeing anything I type due to the text being grey on grey.
Hi ,Thanks for the amazing program .
There are some problems with the program:
1- IF the images inside a folder inside the cbr ,cbz file the program will not work .
2- sometimes the program cant see all the image inside , but if i repacked the file to cbr (cbr > Jpg > pdf > cbr ) the file work !!!
3- sometimes the program say i(in some pages) cant load the images , i re-save the image (in paint or photoshop) put them in cbr file , they work !!!!!!!
Note : The manga in my hard driver not in the internet
I hope you can fix the problems , and Thanks to you
Man this aplication is the best, i im my eeepc with small screen cant read manga until now, execelente aplication.
I thing that i wish if is possible to add into future releases, is download a full manga for exemple from onemanga or something like, all chapters to one folder, giving each manga 1 folder, and each chapter one folder too, or zipping it, giving numeration like Chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3… (i think that would be easier, but adding a file that manga reader can read to know the correct order of the images in that folder world the cool too), o, to be more organized, and with a list system, we can have access to all mangas that we have localy, and that system can keep that manga folders updated, throght manga sites direct download or manually by us inserting a zip file, when dont exist that update in the available sites suported from manga reader and we have the chapter.
I know that is a bit complex but it already download the mangas, pratically is just add a list manager, with a system that can find updates, and the be able to zip, and organize the chapters.
I’m waiting for your opinion admin.
Anyway keep the developement of this wonderfull tool
Very nice, but I’m using Manga Reader v1.5.3 under Win7 and it refuses to read .png files inside on High_School_Girls_v01_senfgurke2_1280w.rar, it says “incompatible format”, this is first time, so far the others mangas I’m reading, works just fine.
I’m using the 1.5.3 version under windows 7. The reader crashes whenever there is a full colored or big .jpg files.. I’ve tried everything, setting the compatibility to vista, xp but still no luck.. I looking forward for an update..
Im having a problem with the Manga Reader not opening all of the file in my .rar archive. With some volumes it is only loading the first chapter, and some it only opens a few random pages. Any way to make it read an entire .rar easily?
I agree with kekes above post, if there was the ability to download all chapters of a manga at once and the ability for it to check updates that would make this program THE BEST! or at the very least a way to mark the mangas we are currently reading online and have the program alert us when their is an update to them. I have a program that allows me to download all chapters, but if that was implemented with this program it would be way cooler cause then I could short read manga and if I like it download the whole thing in one shot for my later reading at my convenience or on the travel. Just my thoughts, anyway thanks for an already awesome program!!!
Stumbled on this software today and I’m going to put a text wall with my requests (LOL). I don’t like the “turn page” effect much. I would love to have options on the background color like pure black for example. Taking auto-cropping of image to fit screen out is a plus to me. Integrating OneManga and MangaFox website to the software is great but MangaFox doesn’t show any Manga. Too much movement hard to concentrate reading. Would love to see image only and using hotkey for menus. Oh I don’t how MangaReader works yet but it seems those CBT archives I’ve put together using 7zip; most of them can’t be opened. Some do open though small sizes. If you could integrate aspects from CDisplay I’d change to this software even if it cost me money.
Great Job! Its a great concept, has a lot to offer, will be major software in Manga reading. Since I’ve been using CDisplay for a long time and simplicity rocks, I’ll stick to it for now. Would love to use this software a bit modern. xD
Sweet program. I like the interface and the online manga reader is an excellent idea. However, is there a way for the single page to be really just single page. Whether or not it is selected two pages are there, it just changes the centering as far as I understand it, but I usually zoom a picture so it’s width fit the desktop width. So in the way that is visits the next inseen section it ends up centering in the left side correctly more or less and then move almost vertical downwards but then on the right side it moves in a zig-zag way which kinda bothers me. So I think that is there was a really single page view it might not do that
i start getting a problem with my mangareader on my XP windoews everytime i read the manga online when i go to the next chapter some time doesnt fully loded and shows white pages and sometime it shows a half grays pages
need help thanks
the update is very cool
waiting for new features!!!
its great but sometimes i try to load a rar file and it says it contains no compatable images, when all the images inside are the correct file formats, can u help with this
both setups in the zip file did not work correctly. i opened either one of them, they began with the licensing agreement which i agreed to. then it extracted properly, only to crash when installing “net5″ thingy. setup is damaged, please repair. it looks like a very good prog. it may even rival my current manga reader “CDisplay”
vik,
Can you tell me what operating system you are running?
The setup file requires Windows Installer 3.1, and the application requires the .NET FRAMEWORK 3.5 to run.
You can try to download and install these packages manually from these pages:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=889482FC-5F56-4A38-B838-DE776FD4138C&displaylang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=333325FD-AE52-4E35-B531-508D977D32A6&displaylang=en
Please, let me know how it works out.
the app looks kool, and i would definitely use it but there is one thing stopping me. is there a way to create a chapter by selecting multiple image files instead of adding a page one by one? If it does how do i do it, if not it would be a good addition.
Thanks for the feedback,
This will be added to the next release (This weekend or next week).
This is a sweet viewer app! Like vik says, this is far sweeter than CDisplay. BTW, what’s this mga/wmga format? never seen that before…
Hi Intrope,
I am glad you like it.
I am planning to have more info about the file formats in the Features section. In a few words, mga and wmga files are simply zip files. Simply rename to zip and extract to see the contents.
The difference between the two is that mga files have the pages/images embedded in the file.
- (minor) installer needs an option on which icons to install. I don’t like crap on my desktop.
- loading a cbr/cbz causes the app to crash even if I rename it to mga. backward compatability with existing content would be helpful. CDisplay isn’t developed any longer and something’s bound to break it sooner or later.
- need to be able to read manga left-to-right (maybe I just missed this)
-last viewed/ history & bookmarks would be awesome
- space bar is nice for page turning. I was surprised pg up / pg dn didn’t work as well (or backspace for previous? like how all the arrow keys are hooked up.
- zoom feature is awesome. love it.
- something similar to cdisplay’s zoomed panning feature would be cool. If you’re zoomed in and you hit the spacebar, move the visible area to the next section of unread content until all panels have been read, then move to the next page.
interface looks very slick
missed the left to right part
tomf,
Thats great feedback. I will see what I can do for the next release.
Mangareader is VERY COOOLLL. this is my first time use this program.
However I still not familiar to use this, I have some question, Can mangareader save the file and then open the file from computer???because I have to use internet connection to read the manga because I am using slow internet.
thankyou
Apic,
yes,there is a way to save the file to your computer. Once you open the manga in manga reader, click on the “edit in manga creator ” icon. You can then save the manga from manga creator. Make sure you save as .mga and not .wmga. The later file format requires an Internet connection for viewing the manga. Hope this helps.
I’m having problems using the Online Manga Explorer. It keeps saying Failed to Load. =/
Can you tell me what type of internet connection you have? is it modem/dsl/cable ?
The Online Manga Explorer gives up if it cant complete a web request in less than 5 seconds.
I will increase the timeout to 10 or 15 seconds for the 1.2 release.
I also have the same problem it says failed to load. And I use satellite. That’s probably why. It does load sometimes. I believe increasing the timeout to 15 seconds might solve the problem for satellite users.
Hi
I realy like your reader. Here are my suggestions :
- Why use ctrl to zoom ? The wheel alone is not used for anything else…
- I have to says each time I want the pictures in the explorer. The program doesn’t remember.
- please make it that the program remembers where I was when I closed it. Like that I can get back to the manga I was reading before closing it.
- please cache the pictures in the explorer. Why re download them again and again…
- you could cache the manga too but for a small periode like a month or so. All this should be in some settings menu ^_^
Thanks for making such a nice piece of software. Please tell me if you need some help. I can program and translate in french if you feel like it.
@ Philou
Thanks for the input. (The admin is fluent in french.)
-Assistant Administrator
I LOVE THIS THING! I do preffer using right to left reading, for the “manga” feel.
Hello,
My name is Florence Petit, I’m multimedia technician for Future France.
We publish several computing magazine in France such as: Windows News, Windows XP Magazine, Windows Vista Magazine, Micro Actuel, Internet Pratique, Computer Arts, PC Jeux, Jeux Vidéo Magazine, PSM 2, PlayStation 2 Magazine, Joystick, Kid Paddle, XBox Magazine, Nintendo Magazine, Joypad, Download Magazine, Fiches Pratiques XP.
I’m in charge of software multimedia selection and testing at Future France Manga Reader recently, I’d like to have it included in our next monthly free cover CD provided with our magazine.
I’d like to get a written permission from yourself to do so.
Please reply ASAP via E-Mail (at florence.petit@futurenet.fr) using the form below which enables us to include your software in our next issues. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SHOW YOUR AGREEMENT IN FILLING PRECISELY THE FORM !
If you have other software which which can be included in our CD, please let me know.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
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- Authorise the company Future France SAS to publish and distribute on the CD or DVD which accompanies the magazines Windows News, Windows XP Magazine, Windows Vista Magazine, Micro Actuel, Internet Pratique, Computer Arts, PC Jeux, Jeux Vidéo Magazine, PSM 2, PlayStation 2 Magazine, Joystick, Kid Paddle, XBox Magazine, Nintendo Magazine, Joypad, Download Magazine, Fiches Pratiques X, the following freeware/demo/evaluation products : _______________ (full name of video/ product/ demo) and _____________( full name of video/ product/ demo).
- Authorize the company Future France SAS to provide its customers with a link, accessible from the websites of the company, to download the abovementioned product.
This authorisation is given for one year and for all territories in the world.
– Declare and guarantee that I’m authorised to contract this licence and that the above mentioned company which I represent owns all intellectual property rights.
Date :
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Hi admin
I just want put a little suggestion.
for “Zoom” I have to use two hand which is press Ctrl and scroll the mouse.
I think is better dont use Ctrl, so just use Scroll mouse to zoom in and out.so we just use one hand.
thank you
@ Apiq.
This has been fixed and will be included in the upcoming 1.2 release.
Hi Admin,
Can we print from Manga Reader???
Because some time I would like some picture on the manga want to print it.
Thank you
@apiq
I will add a snapshot tool in the next release.
Hi, very good work with Manga Reader i like it a lot but i got one question, in a future version would it be possible to download complete Mangas to watch them offline.
thank you
@ joe
You can already download mangas and save them on your HDD to watch offline. To do this, open a manga using the online manga explorer, click on the toolbar icon that says “edit in manga creator”, and save the manga using manga creator.
Thank you Admin, perhaps in future version to download complete Set from a Manga
hi..tks for making this cool interface..however the “New Page from Web” feature is not working in the Create Manga Tool.
Looking forward to more updates.
@ hc
I am not having that problem. Can you describe what doesnt work more precisely ?
i cut n paste the url and click ok, but nothing happens. even after waiting for about half an hr? repeated tries and trying a different link also does not help.
What’s the image URL that you paste?
I doesnt allow you to click OK until you see a preview of the image .
http://comic.duowan.com/viewchapter-cid-104-chapterid-24964.html
oic..i didnt see any preview.
You are supposed to enter an Image URL, not a page URL.
Paste this into the textbox:
http://comic.duowan.com/comicdata/y/y/182/001.png
Edit: For some reason, a different image shows up, meaning that the website is somehow protecting its content.
ic. thanks for the prompt help =)
hi again sorry but i’ve got another problem, i created a new volume, added 2 new chapters, but when i preview in the manga reader the 2 chapters are merged together.
As in, the 1st pg of both chapters are displayed one after another, then the 2nd pg of both chapters are displayed one after another and so on. how could i solve this?
thank you.
@ hc
This appears to be a bug introduced in one of the last releases. I will fix the problem in the next release.
hi man i just founded this site to read mandga online is in english maybe you will like it cya:
http://www.mangafox.com
Hi I really liked your manga reader but i think it would be nice to have a maximize only option besides full screen mode also for the manga creator adding an option of adding zip files or folders as new chapters to a volume would make it easier for people who have their manga split up in zip files of chapters or volumes divided into folders of chapters.
Thanks for this great WPF application
@ Sowilo,
Thanks for the feedback. I will add the ability to insert images in zip/rar/tar archives in a future version.
Hello, first of all, congrats on a wonderful effort. I really like it & I think it has potential to take the top place away from CDisplay (which is the best manga viewer in my opinion).
Here are my recommendations:
- Button to view the manga (either in single/double page) in full screen. I do not like the zoom feature with the mouse as its a little annoying everytime I move the mouse, the page goes flying away. People like me use tablet pc to read manga so mouse is our primarily device to flip the pages.
- I like the ‘remember’ last page feature but I would also like to keep the ‘bookmark’ feature of CDisplay as that allows us to bookmark certain sections which we might want to come back to later.
- A counter of pages in the archive that we are in. So if a manga volume has 30 pages, each page no. would be displayed at the top (where manga name is displayed).
- Feature to change the shortcuts would be most helpful as well.
Keep up the wonderful effort. Looking forward to seeing this program develop further. Regards,
Hi Admin,
I have a quesion regarding snapshot, that will going to clipboard. where the file clipboard is??
Thank you
Recently everytime I try to open a chapter the program stops responding and closes itself.
I use windows vista ultimate… Should I set it’s compatibility for windows xp or something?
Or is your program supposed to work normally on vista?
I will try it and post if there is a change when I set compatibility
Compatibility changing didn’t work. you emailed me an told me to send you the manga file. I replied and you didn’t respond yet. I don’t know which manga file are you asking about? every manga. any chapter I open and it stops responding and closes by itself. It worked fine before but I don’t know what happened now.
@ Omar
I didn’t get your email.
One thing you can try is deleting the manga reader user settings folder. It should be under C:/users/omar/appdata/local/mangareader on vista.
Let me know how it goes.
It didn’t work
I tried opening a manga from windows explorer and it worked… So far, it’s only not responding whenever I try to view a chapter online. Right after it finishes loading it stops responding.
Yes I have aero turned on. but I tried basic too. No difference.
As for my system information. Here is this bit from dxdiag:
Machine name: KAINOUS-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: Arabic (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: INTELR
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Phoenix – AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.60GHz (2CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1731MB used, 2576MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
@ Omar
Do you have IE8 Beta 1 installed?
There is a bug in IE8 beta 1 that breaks any WPF application that uses web images.
Yeah I do…. I’ll try to uninstall it
Well, I can’t figure out how to uninstall it… Can’t find it in the programs and features list.
It’s in the list of Installed windows updates. In that “programs and features” window, look on the sidebar and click on “View Installed Updates”
Hey
I’ve got a feature request:
When you click the last page of a chapter it should download the new chapter of the internet.
That would be awesome.
@ Largo,
I have already implemented a feature to quickly navigate to the next chapter. It will be included in the next release.
@Admin
Thanks a lot admin. Uninstalling IE8 worked. I can use it without problems now.
First of all, thanks for this great application. This is exactly what i was looking for.
I have some recommendations, may u can do it easily:
-That you can choose where the Mangas are temporary saved. And may keep them.
- That when you are near the of an chapter it automatically starts to download the next chapter in the background. So if you are finish with reading an chapter u can go on to the next without waiting. Maybe you can do it that it displays the next chapter right next to the old one and you just have to do a pageflip:)
Go on with your great work
@ Cayl,
There is a bookmark feature coming up in a new version that will allow you to “save” mangas.
Like I mentioned before, there will also be a feature that allows you to quickly load the next chapter.
Hi again.
I tried to use your program behind a proxy and found I couldn’t use the online features.
Could it be possible to configure a proxy since it doesn’t seem to be using IE’s parameters.
Thanks in advance ^_^
@ Philou,
Thanks for the notice. I have fixed the next version of Manga Reader to use IE’s proxy settings. Have u tried opening a wmga file behind a proxy with the currently released version? That should work.
No I’ve Only tried the manga online explorer.
I can’t wait for your next release.
You’re doing a great job on this program.
Thanks for your time.
A very nice prog, is it portable?
@ TK. To what platforms?
@admin: for windowsxp!
The current version works with Windows XP.
doesn’t work with vista sp1 for me
i did uninstall manga reader and net framework 3.5 to make a clean install but it’s not working.
@jcoth
Can you describe the problem in more details? What is not working exactly?
If you have IE8 SP1 installed, there is a bug in IE8 that prevents any .net 3.5 WPF app to display web images.
hi there
i’ve try new version of manga reader, and it’s so cool.
does this tool allow to read manga from a file compressed , which contain many file compressed, each file compress a image file.
and here is my demonstration
i.e
Volume 1.zip
-chapter1.zip
-chapter2.zip
-page001.jpeg
-pgae002.jpeg
…………..
-chapter3.zip
…..
srry abt my very bad english
:D:D
@tank
you will only be able to see page001.jpeg and page002.jpeg in Manga Reader. The program will not show the content of the sub zip files.
When I try to open manga from the web it says loading then the word disappears and nothing loads
@Omar
Try deleting the manga reader user settings folder. It should be under C:/users/omar/appdata/local/mangareader on vista.
didn’t work
I have a similar problem like Omar. I startet Mangareader today wanted to browse in the online explorer but it couldn’t retrieve the manga list.
It’s just showing “Failed to load”. And it’s not even showing, like it doesn’t even try it.
I also tried to repait or reinstall it, deleted the configfolder in my profile but it was no use:(
My System ist Windows XP SP2 and i have a cable internet connection.
Any suggestions?
@ Omar & Cayl
Try deleting your Internet Explorer Cookies. Manga Reader is probably trying to load from a cookie that is somehow corrupted.
Yup worked. Thanks again
It hadn’t worked for me. But i recognized that i couldn’t open any webpage in IE(I never use it).
After i reseted my IP with the command “netsh int ip reset” magareader worked again:)
I noticed that some chapters or series doesn’t open….. Maybe is a problem with my computer… or SO… contact me… pls
This is an awesome program. I do however have some requests:
- Customizable background
- The toolbar on the top should have a background too, like windows media center.
Other than that its perfect!
Koss
Found some more requests!
Autohide toolbar, Volume selection menu and a chapter selection menu in reader, and let the .mga format support rar too, not only zip. Rar compression is much better.
thx,
Koss
@ Davide
The problem that you describe occurs with some mangas for which OneManga shows you a “mature” warning if you browse through their website.
I will fix this for the next release.
I’ve a problem with online viewing
it crushed many times
and I can’t view any manga
the only time it works
it gives me the first page with the manga and write’s name
thx for the awesome app
@Mohamed
Can you tell me which manga is causing problems?
@Admin, have you read my requests?
koss
mostly all of them crashes with me, or it gives me the first page that have manga and author’s name
Naruto is for example
@ Koss
There will be a chapter selection menu in the next version. I will also see if I can add a button autohide the titlebar.
For mga files, it will only support zip compression.
@ Mohamed
Thats strange, I am not seeing that. What are the specs of your computer.
I had a problem where I could not I open any online manga, but it ended up being that windows firewall was blocking mangareader, so I made an exception and it worked perfectly. Hope that helps
-Koss
Wonderful app, great interface and smooth animation.
Taking a bit to long on loading an archived file. No custom background color? I have a little suggestion: how about adding a boolean option whether to load an image bigger than 1.5 of average page-width as a single page or double (the app always do the latter). Keep up the good work!
@ Lee
The next version of Manga Reader can display images in “landscape” mode. I don’t think I will implement custom background images, I prefer to have the same background. It’s sort of a branding for Manga Reader.
I read the previous posts and found that el crushes were due to IE8 beta
so unistalled it
and it’s working like a charm
Thanx man
The berserk scans do not appear!! This is one of the few series I want to read and it’s not there… And the section manga volume never works! Loading always fails.
thanks anyway, keep up the good work
@ Brubar
The beserk scans are not available on OneManga: http://www.onemanga.com/Berserk/. That’s why you don’t see anything.
Manga Volume changed their site a while back, and Manga Reader has already been updated to integrate those changes. Wait for the next release in June.
The next release also adds a new tab for MangaFox.com.
First off, LOVE THE MANGA READER AND THANKS FOR YOUR WORK!!! Although, it would be better if it came with the drop function and a hot button to go through each archive without manually loading it. Thanks again!
Looks like there’s an important issue with wdp images. They come up perfectly in the manga creator, but when saved:
1. they are converted to .tif (which takes an aweful lot more space)
2. the link in the xml file stil references .wdp, which means everything is broken in the mange reader.
@ jods
Thanks for the bug report. I just fixed it.
Hey, I managed to fix that by myself too!
But now I notice other potential problems:
- You reencode every page on save. In order not to loose quality on every save, you set the jpeg and wdp quality to 100. But this means longer save time and a lot bigger files! E.g. I created one chapter (49 pages + cover) with the manga creator. The resulting mga is 24Mo but using the original images instead is just 8Mo. That’s three time as big! Given that the complete Manga may be big (say 400 times larger) this makes a lot of difference (well, 6.4 Go actually)!
- btw speaking about covers: it would be nice to be able to use an image for each volume’s cover, instead of seeing a default text in the manga reader.
- I have the impression that both the manga reader and creator load the full set of images into memory. It would be a lot more efficient to load and prefetch only a few pages (say 5 pages in advance). The file format is made to support multiples volumes, but without dynamic loading I doubt you could pratically make and use a “complete collection” into one mga (in my case that would probably be around 3.2 Go, see above).
- An option to display double-page scans would be a nice addition (but surely not a requirement).
Overall the software is very nice to read mangas on the computer. It’s well done and quite promising!
Sorry to double-post, I forgot one more point:
- The reader needs a way to quickly navigate through volumes / chapters…
@ jods
Thanks for all the feedback.
Quick navigation to next chapters has been implemented and will be included in the next release. Quick navigation to next volumes will be implemented later.
Regarding the cover/title page, it has been removed and there is another mechanism used to show the title.
Displaying double-page scans has been implemented and will be available in the next release.
Prefetching pages will be implemented in a future release (it has been on my todo list for sometime)
When saving mangas, I plan to have a setting allowing users to choose the quality for jpegs and wdps. I will also probably change the defaults from what they currently are. Maybe this will be in the next release.
Wow that’s great. It’s very impressive!
I would just like to add that configuring the quality is not the same as keeping the source file unchanged.
If you repeatedly save a picture at a lossy quality (in my case say wdp 60) it gets worse and worse each time. This is very different from just keeping the same data. (And as I said, copying instead of encoding has the additional benefit of being faster).
Keep up the excellent work, and thanks for sharing!
I really like the program.
I used to use Manga viewer form toriyama world, but this is much better than any comic/manga viewer and even picture viewer I seen!
I like the ability to turn pages by clicking and dragging and also reading from right to left (like in real mangas!) and I like being able to view every thing in full screen.
I only have one complaint and its a problem I have with opening .rar archives.
AWESOME software!The interface really rocks!Cant w8 for new features!!!A MUST HAVE for all the Mangafans out there!
I had several crashes recently when trying to search in the online explorer while the list is loading. (The app hangs without any error message.) Sometimes it happens, sometime it doesn’t, so I can’t really tell you what’s causing problems.
(using WinXP Prof SP2 with IE6)
Really nice app anyway, i’m looking forward for the updates.
It would be great to can navigate directly between chapters and/or volumes in manga reader.
Good Continuation
Overall, I really like the app., but there’s one feature I’d like to see. The ability to select a page in the middle of a chapter (or volume depending on the file) instead of having to click my way to it.
Hello,
I’ve just try the latest version (1.5.0) but i cannot open any chapter (i’m getting error message : “unable to load chapter !”).
With older version 1.2.6 I do not have any problem …
Otherwise, it’s an awesome software !
Hi,
Just find how to make it works :
delete all files under the Manga Reader directory and restart installation program.
Select repair application and finish (re)installing the software.
It works for me, so try this if you have the same problem !
nice!
I can think of only 3 features now:
1. Caching, or in other words: save all the read chapters (if the users choose to do so), that will avoid having to reload the chapter later, and also save the bw for both the users and hosts.
2.choose a specific page to read
3. automatically go to the next chapter when we already finish the current chapter
@ yellow1912
1. This will be addressed in the next version (bookmarks feature)
2. This is included in v1.5. If you click on the arrow near the Next and Previous buttons, you can click on a page number to go to that page.
3. I made it fairly easy to navigate to the next chapter with a single mouse click or shortcut keys. I am not a fan of this type of clippy-like behavior.
I cant understand what’s the problem of this version with the Creator!Whenever i watch a manga from online Browser it want to recreate things and save it it doesn’t allow me to do so!It say unable to save!Why?
@stylez
I will look into it.
please i need manga reader software but dont support manga creator or manga editing ,only viewer please i need help>>>>>>>>>>
@mohamed
Can you give me more info about your system? I am not having this issue. One thing you could try is deleting the settings folder in c:/users/mohamed/appdata/etc. I gave the exact path somewhere above.
Great, great, great work!!!
I love this program, it was the ideal software in my mind!
Cool & useful tool
Good job
I was thinking about a little upgrade…
When I make zoom on a page, it is divided in 3 parts pushing space bar, to switch page at the end, and this is very good… but, when I arrive at the bottom of the page, there is half screen wasted with gray background, and sometimes I can’t read the entire words clouds…
Is possible to divide page in 3 with spacebar like now, without wasting space at the bottom?
hey this is the best manga app ever but it would be really awesome if u could make a portable version for a usb
also this may be more of an endeavor but make an optional login so u could read manga in more than one machiene
and maybe a update like thing so when a new manga is added u are informed
thx for this awesome app ^_^
just downloaded the 1.5 version. lookin’ good. Thanks for the update!
Can’t wait to see what you add next…
The only request I have at this point is to add the escape key as a shortcut for exiting and that’s minor.
Hey, I’ve just started using this and it looks great…especially the online content browser.
Is there any way you can get it to update MAL directly from the reader (sort of like what MAL Updater does for anime)?
If you haven’t used MAL before, it’s basically a huge online database where you can keep track of the anime and manga you’ve seen. I’m thinking of the sort of thing where after you finish reading a manga from e.g. onemanga, it would automatically update the MAL entry and mark that chapter as read. When you finish a series, it’ll move the manga entry from “reading” to “completed”, etc.
Oops, sorry for the double-post – another suggestion:
Is there a way to add the manga descriptions from the websites (e.g. onemanga) somewhere to the online browser as well? A lot of the time I’m scanning through the list to see new manga, and I have no clue what each of the manga is about.
Is there any chance to see “Manga Reader” on MAC OSX??
Thanks for this great software!!!
@ni
the browser version of Manga Reader will be available on th eMac through Silverlight. I can’t say when though, I haven’t started implementing.
@Richard,
Auto updating MAL might come in the future, no plans for it yet. Manga descriptions might also come after the redesign I am working on right now.
@elisa,
i would rather not have to divide the page in 3. The idea is that there are 2 pages (emulation of reading an actual manga). However, there is room for improvement in the algorithm so that not much space is wasted.
@Rohan
Just copy the Manga reader directory in c:\programs Files, to your USB device. And you have a portable version of Manga reader
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Also, the target machines have to have WPF 3.5 in order to run it.
I’m a frenchy and i’m so happy to see my all funnies Mangas but my english currently is very bad. I think that a multi-language functionnality is missing. What do you think about ?
@JB
Multi-language functionality is coming. But that’s only within the application. I don’t know of any french sites like OneManga that would provide mangas in French. If you know of any sites, let me know.
Version 1.5 is a lot better than 1.2! Thanks a lot!
The new double page scan feature is awesome – especially since I’m reading double-page scans
But it has a small bug: it assumes that the page on the left of the scan always comes before the page on the right. Let me explain my problem.
My scans are from a manga published in the original reading direction.
So the double pages scans are like this:
2 | 1
4 | 3
and so on…
I set my preferences for a left-to-right page flip, which is what is correct. But then, whatever the “in page flow” setting is, Manga Reader inverts all my pages. So now the screen looks like this: 1 | 2; 3 | 4. Which is very confusing since the “in page flow” goes exactly the opposite direction.
So for now I’m reading it correctly (2 | 1; 4 | 3) with a weird page flow (Left to right, which is incorrect but required to fix the page layout).
@ Jods,
Good catch. I will fix this sometime in the future.
Hey I like your manga readers
but..I seem to be having a problem with the latest one?
It won’t load images from a folder..It doesn’t show up when I try to open it =[
@Selena,
Manga Reader does not support reading images from a folder. only MGA , WMGA and archives (zip, rar, tar) are supported. The major release (v2.0) will have that ability.
Oh ok thank you for responding so fast!
I re-compressed my files but they still don’t open =T…I’ll try again. Overall, I reallyy love th way this is set up! I can’t wait for version 2.0! Keep up the great work!! and thank you so much for bringing us manga lovers a wonderful reader~ =)
Hi, LOVE this software. I bought a newTouchsmart computer partially so I can have the sensation of actually “turning” pages in my downloaded comics files. But I notice now on this new computer that Manga Reader isn’t opening cbr and cbz files? (It opens zip files). Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.
Interesting tool, shame cbr/rar and images from folder are not supported.
When do you plan to deliver next version ?
Will you open the code source ?
Did you create the MGA, WMGA formats? If so are you planning on developing them further for future inclusion in different media viewing solutions?
I was thinking mainly about requesting genres, year started, status (ongoing vs finished), a field for a synopsis and a cover image.
Basically these would definitely help to make a neat manga library in an application like XBMC for example.
Because honestly, reading and sorting manga can be a proper pain in the ass.
unless i’m missing something (which i doubt because i have one manga working fine) the mangafox part of the online viewer isn’t working (it always fails to load for me) otherwise this seems to be an awesome program ^_^ (just happened upon here in google)
sorry for double post.. nvm.. it had kept giving me a failure to load message but worked just now.. idk.. maybe trouble on mangafox’s end?
it was great to fix the rar thing and all and now i can also save my manga edits but..i cant load any manga anymore from internet!!!why???Adding to this before it stopped loading internet manga it was displaying blank pages!!Any fix about that yet?
it is a very great app, as so far … but with big archive files the reader loading time is slow … any way to fix it?
Can you please make a customizable background? The gray one is just horrible.
I just want you to know that there’s a little bug in the ver. 1.5 and ver. 1.5.2
When you choose the fliping direction left to right (japanese style) the double pages are displayed wrong.
It’d be great if you could correct this, since that way the manga-reading sessions will be more realistic
Thanks for this great program. I would really like to see an autosave image function. After the reader loads the chapter it would be really nice to have an export function where all the downloaded pages can be sent to a zip file for next time instead of downloading from the web again. Or all the pages can be saved to a directory for access later. Thanks!
I love this progam…but it doesn’t support JPG files..in cbr/cbz format.. it supports jpg but not the JPG files. any way to fix this other then renaming each file to a jpg.
Thanks keep up the good work.
It would be nice to have a slideshow mode. and also the possibility to rotate the window 90 degrees with a true single page mode.
Problem with Manga Reader v1.5.2 (Windows). Problem displaying image of page (page not displayed, only blank page). I read “Death Note” manga from “onemanga.com” site. Problem arose at Chapter 9 “Hole” at page 14. I checked this page with browser – this page exist and looks normal.
The Turning page effect is so cool!!
But can you please add thumbnail view in windows to see the covers thumbs this should be cool
I really appreciate your work, but I’m desperately waiting for the next release.
I’m getting these bluescreens shortly after I read some chapters. Then they happen when a chapter is loaded. Does anybody else has this problem? I use Windows XP Prof in German on an Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E8310. So nothing special on my side. I don’t have this problem with other applications so I can narrow it down to mangareader.
Admin, do you have any idea why this might be happening?
Hi There
I just wanted to ask if you’re still working on the manga reader?
@cayl,
Yeah, I am still working on the new version, but it’s going slowly.
Just noticed One Manga seems to be dead..doesn’t seem to load anything (categories & manga).
Reinstalled and problem was still there..possible to get a quick fix for this =D?
@ShadowAjohn,
I will look into it.
Me Again,
Just wondering if it would be possible to have an option to pre-load mangas (like when readed ch1 it will pre-load ch2..and so on).
Also an option to favourite manga would be useful too..
Either way keep up the good work =D
I really like this program, and it works great except for consumption.
The viewer isn’t bad, but it does make my cache jump, but the Mange Editor really destroys my computer’s cache, not sure if it’s just a leak or what.
I have 2GB of cache and the editor uses over half (like nothing else I have)
OS: Vista
also, I was wondering if there is anyway to implement a different program for decompression (the viewer isn’t exactly fast as far as I can tell) this isn’t really important, Just speculating…
Very nice program but the controls are more mouse oriented than what i normally use (ie sideways keys for page shifts and page ups and down)
there should be an option to move across the page using the keyboard along with the mouse
also the same as what Java said it seems to use alot of ram and its not exactly lightning fast…
other than that great job!
Manga Fox seems to have died..looks like they’ve updated the site..
Would it be possible to get another quick fix for this =D?
Hi!
I am asking that is there coming out other platform version for this? I would like to see this app on linux
I love this program, but I have two issues and two feature requests.
Issues:
When reading in Japanese mode some pages have double paged images that fit together to make a whole and they are displayed wrong because the program cuts the image in half and reverses them. It would be nice if there were an option to keep these double pages as a whole.
The other issue is that on certain occasions, the manga creator would save successfully and when I tried to open the file there would be some images that could not be displayed.
Features:
One feature I would like to see is a drag a and drop feature in the manga creator. This would make making them very easy.
The other feature I would like to see a pre-load of the next chapter so the next chapter could be loading while you are reading using chapters from the online mango explorer.
It keep saying “unable to open the comic book archive” anytime I try to open manga files. I’m using vista, is there a way to fix this?
@rayden,
I suggest you wait for the next version, which will fix most of these issues.
@scrazen,
good suggestions. I will consider them.
You can already drag and drop in manga creator. But the way it’s implemented, it might not be obvious.
@Nrvnqsr
There will be a version on silverlight. I don’t have a time table yet, but I am targeting version 2.0 or 3.0 of silverlight. So, it should be supported on linux with moonlight.
Awsome !! Great work! Would love to donate
Maybe a PDA portage ?
Just want to say that I love the program, but the issue with double pages being split and reversed is definitely a problem for viewing stuff in right to left mode. About 95% of my 60GB worth of manga is in right to left format, and a lot of them have some double pages in them.
An option to leave double pages intact would be great.
@ AmaHC,
This issue will be fixed in the next major release (2.0).
Any ETA on an update? Were down to one site this wonderfull program works on… and if Im not mistaken its even the smallest. And seriously, I LOVE this program. A few fixes to its loading methology and it… would be pure bliss.
A little “save to local” function not requring the creator might be a nice idea. Maybe a browser for local manga. ^.^
; . ; I dont like mangafoxes new interface… so annoying, both in its own interface, and its making your lovely program not work with their site atm.
@ Rogue,
I’ll look into releasing a quick fix for Manga Fox.
Can you make an app like this for the iPhone or iPod touch? I have one appcalled icomic but it just loads zips,I would like something that loads manga from the sites like your program does. Thank you
@ Koss,
I have plans to make an app for the iphone, but only after I am done with the 2.0 version for the desktop.
hello,
i just updated my mangareader to version 1.5.3 and I am not having any luck trying to read online from mangafox, only onemanga is working at this time. Is this a problem w/mangafox or are there any settings I can change to get it to work w/mangafox at this time.
I would really appreciate an option to change the default background, fonts and colors. If it’s possible already and I missed this, please, tell me how can I do this.
I have a big problem with Manga Reader. It’s a marvellous program, but it can’t work properly with the zip files or the picture files containing Japanese character. When I loaded such a file like that, Manga Reader told me that it cannot load the page. Would you release the new feature for showing Japanese or Chinese characters in Manga Reader? Thanks so much.
Hi nice piece of work
still it would be nice if online manga explorer was integrated with the first widow, the menu would autohide and was in form of ribbon. Manga reader looks nice but i get a feeling of flash. Sad that after last page of chapter it dont go to next one and i must again go to explorer find it and open next chapter (or maybe i do something wrong). It would be nice if i could add other sites by myself to the online manga explorer, is it possible to make add-ons ?. Still i like it and find myself using it cause i see 2 pages like reading a book 
how to view manga from another site into manga reader????
PLEASE HELP
Alright first i just want to say that you are a genuis. great job with this program. The zoom is great, the single or doublepage view is a fantastic idea and same for the reading flow. Features are amazing.
But here are some ideas, :
-First change the set-up for the up and down button, they shouldnt be going to the next page but in case you zoom in you can have the page go up and down.
-Set up a way so that reader can set up some of their mangas as favorites and everytime they open the program it will give them a warning that the new chapter came out.
-Have more online manga website choice, not all of the mangas are carried by the onemanga. Plus the manga fox tab doesnt work in the current one.
-the idea of giving it in multiple languages is fantastic.
-Maybe you can set it up so that readers can set up their favorite mangas. Like when they open manga readers, a side bar list all their favorites, so they dont need to keep going into the internet manga and search through there. Makes it easier for the readers
Manga Reader is nice,
but if it had a download tool… it would be the best out there…
hope you can make that feature
Keep the good working
hello,
I am using manga reader and i find it very cool with the flip effect and all other features to read my ebooks.
I have only some problem with the current release when opening files in cbr or cbz format.
1) the reader does not open the file or stop reading the images when there is a non image file in the archive (so if the file is in the first position in the cbz or cbr nothing is read at all).
2) the images with the extension in uppercase (eg JPG instead of jpg) ar not opened at all.
3) if the files in the cbr (don’t try in cbz) are write protected (so read only attribute set) then manga reader could not opene them.
4) The most critical bug i found if during the loading process (when the % is displayed at the top right hand corner) if i close manga reader then the file I try to open is deleted fromp the computer (and not in the trash folder). so to avoid loosing files i have write protected the files (cbr and cbz) and if i close manga reader in that case it generates a framework bug.
I really appreciate manga reader even if it is a little slow on my computer especially when openeing a big file so i hope those litte bugs will be fixed in a future version of manga reader to completely enjoy using it.
A little enhancement that I also would like to have in a future version is to have a flip page sound played when flipping pages. And also an option to activate or desactivate it because perhaps some people don’t want to have sounds when reading their books.
Congratulation to the developper and waiting for the future version of manga reader.
torins
@torins,
Great suggestons. All these will be addressed in the future release.
Ick. Hate to bring more bad news.
As of Windows 7 RC, Mangareader 1.5.3, crashes if you attempt to maximize it. At least on my system.
Seems to run fine if this is avoided.. but ick.
er—left one detail out. It crashes on the view screen. NOT browser. Browser works fine…
As it turns out the crash can be avoided by turning off transparancy. Dont even have to turn aero off all the way.
(Windows 7, RC)
Still no news on the new release =D?
Has been quite a while since last one…and mangafox still doesn’t work =(
I’m using windows 7 RC on my laptop and home computer. laptop surprisingly works without crashing under any circumstances so far.
My home comp unfortunately crashes when I turn to certain pages in a manga (online or offline browsing). On the software side, both comps are the same so perhaps this issue is driver related?
Anyway, if the admin has any idea why it would be crashing when I hit specific pages that’d be a great help.
Also, my observation is manga reader doesn’t work with .gif files? This is fairly mainstream for manga, so support for this might be nice for the future.
Thanks!
Does preahps your home computer use a Nvidia graphics card, and your laptop not?…
I run a 8800gt, using latest Vista 64 drivers atm. Although I also had said issue under w7 drivers from a few versions back.
Yes, my home comp has an nvidia card while my laptop doesn’t.
I’ve tried the latest vista and windows7 drivers without success so far.
But here’s an interesting observation: if I uninstall my graphics drivers, no crashing! As soon as new drivers are installed, back to the same problem.
Its definately tied to the current interation of W7+Nvidia drivers.
Gave a test on 3 other systems I have acess to. 1 with ancient-ass nvidia in it…. it crashed. The other 2, ati and intel gfx, didnt.
Lovely. Thats not supposed to happen.
Hmmm. Turning Aero off all the way doesnt seem to help either… desturbing.
Very strange.
And I have the newest line GTX200 series nvidia card.
You can avoid crashing only if you uninstall your nvidia driver and use manga reader right then, which is of course not practical.
Any insight into this? Perhaps the admin has noticed this?
Hi. First i want to tell you all that this is the best manga reader/editor/creator i’ve seen. it has so many cool features. I want to advertise this to many manga site. lol.
but i found a numerous error. and i dont think i will write it here since torins already post it here.
well. keep up the good work guys. thank you for this wonderful program.
Sorry to double post.
but should we need a forums =) just a suggestion..
Hi. I found this program great, but I have however a small problem:
when I read manga from left to right, there’s sometimes a drawing on a double page.
In this case, MangaReader cut the image in half and inverse the two parts, so we lose the vision of the image in its entirety. Is there a way to fix this?
hello. your prog is awesome. really.
just 1 thing i think every1 would apreciate. when we as the prog to remember the manga, when we reopen, we are in fact on the same chapter, but if we want to read the next we have to connect and search the manga again. if the program could also remember where the chapter came from it would be awesome. a favourites thingy would also rock.
thx for all m8
Sorry to bother, but i haven’t been able to use mangas from manga fox, it loads and it gives me a big 0
Hi.
Do you know any website where can I read manga into Japanese language?.
Thanks.
Im gona second that a forum would be a good idea XD Preticularly since this comments page leads down… and is geting rather long XD
I’d like to sudjest you that you make your manga reader also a pdf reader so we could read mangas which come in pdf and magazine which often comes in pdf format.
Hey I just recently downloaded your program, I think it is very cool but it has some problems. While reading Naruto 02 I get several pages in and it crashes at the same spot every time. I am using Windows 7 64bit not sure if that is the cause or not. Please let me know if anyone else is having this problem, I really want to be able to use this program
after reading a few other posts on the feedback i found out that my problem was related to nvidia drivers. I am using nvidia geforce 285 gtx on windows 7 64bit. please let me know if three are any fixes available for this. I am currently searching for earlier versions of the drivers to see if that fixes my problem.
Afraid theres no fix for the nvida+w7 issue as of now, I tried quite a few things. Including pre-w7 vista drivers scarily enough.
You could do what I do, which is to run it in Virtual XP(which is free with w7 beta/rc, and pro/ult once its out) But its a little laggy.
Hi.I am using manga reader and i find it very cool with the flip effect and all other features to read my ebooks
and i want to tell you all that this is the best manga reader
but, The most critical bug i found if during the loading process (when the % is displayed at the top right hand corner) if i close manga reader then the file I try to open is deleted fromp the computer (and not in the trash folder). so to avoid loosing files i have write protected the files (cbr and cbz) and if i close manga reader in that case it generates a framework bug.
Looks like an awesome manga reader. Any plans of making a Mac version. One thing Macs severely lack is a well developed manga viewer. I’m positive that a Mac release would generate tons of new fans for your program. You’d have people lining up to Beta for you. Just a plea from a manga deprived Mac user.
Just tried running MangaReader using Darwin, but it appears that MangaReader is based off the .NET framework which would make it extremely hard if not impossible to convert to Mac. It would probably require rewriting the program from the ground up.
@Suzaku,
Manga Reader will be ported to the mac through Silverlight 3, which has a nice out of browser mode. But I need to wrap up version 2 for Windows before I make the Silverlight version.
Mmm. Good to hear from ya xD, also nifty to hear you are going to port this bugger to be platform independant…
Any eta on the ver 2? And perhaps a quick low grade forum around the same time XD? This page is getting pretty ridiculously long.
Mangafoxes new interface… really doesnt feel good imo. ^.^’ Cant wait to use mangareader instead.
Hope youve had a fun summer…
really awesome.
just want to know, maybe next version this program have ability to serach or read from network. cause i have lot of manga in my NAS. thx.
Man, this program is really good, keep up the good work!
One thing that I’m missing, is to use the keys to navigate trough the page if it is greater than the monitor resolution… you see, for me, is a very usefull feature, just like in cdisplay
Oh, forget it… I saw the controls!
This program is perfect!
It’s always crashing on Windows Vista… But it’s a nice reader! Keep the excellent work!
The software installed correctly, but it won’t let me open any .jpg . I go to the open option and to the folder where the pages are, but nothing shows up. I get the message: “No compatible Image found”.
I installed the latest version on Vista. Also tried the version before that and I get the same error.
Is there something i must configure first?
umm how can i turn wmga and mga files into a zip or rar file?
@xcx,
Simply rename the wmga or mga file to a zip file (change the file extension to zip).
If you want to create a rar, you can extract the zip and use winrar to create the rar file.
@Nilt,
What type of file are you trying to open with Manga Reader? you can’t open image files directly.
thank you for your help
but how can i grap the images from xml file
btw great software
i mean grab
@xcx,
The images are actually in the Resources folder after you extract the zip. You can take a look at this page:
http://mangareader.wordpress.com/features/file-formats/
It describes mga abd wmga the file formats in detail.
this is kinda stupid but where is it located ? i dont understand the xml script
i mean when i extract the zip file there is no file by the name resources just the content file
Only mga files have a Resources folder. If you extract a wmga file, the images are not in the zip file. They are online, and the xml file has links to them.
Thank you ^-^
Random idea.
Would it be possible to link manga reader to MyAnimeList.net?
So for instance, after you read a manga, it would search MAL and add/update
Also, still no idea when V2 will be released?
Some of us are dying here since MangaFox ain’t work =P
@ ShadowAjohn,
I will look into the MyAnimeList.net idea. Somebody made this suggestion a while ago too. I ‘ll try to get MangaFox working a release a small update fro now.
i don’t have a release date for V2 yet. Since I did a complete rewritte, it’s taking time.
@ Admin,
Sweet, thanks =D.
Also got one more question, is it possible to change the color of the text in the search box?…having quite a bit of difficult actually seeing anything I type due to the text being grey on grey.
Anyways, keep up the good work =D
Hi ,Thanks for the amazing program .
There are some problems with the program:
1- IF the images inside a folder inside the cbr ,cbz file the program will not work .
2- sometimes the program cant see all the image inside , but if i repacked the file to cbr (cbr > Jpg > pdf > cbr ) the file work !!!
3- sometimes the program say i(in some pages) cant load the images , i re-save the image (in paint or photoshop) put them in cbr file , they work !!!!!!!
Note : The manga in my hard driver not in the internet
I hope you can fix the problems , and Thanks to you
Man this aplication is the best, i im my eeepc with small screen cant read manga until now, execelente aplication.
I thing that i wish if is possible to add into future releases, is download a full manga for exemple from onemanga or something like, all chapters to one folder, giving each manga 1 folder, and each chapter one folder too, or zipping it, giving numeration like Chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3… (i think that would be easier, but adding a file that manga reader can read to know the correct order of the images in that folder world the cool too), o, to be more organized, and with a list system, we can have access to all mangas that we have localy, and that system can keep that manga folders updated, throght manga sites direct download or manually by us inserting a zip file, when dont exist that update in the available sites suported from manga reader and we have the chapter.
I know that is a bit complex but it already download the mangas, pratically is just add a list manager, with a system that can find updates, and the be able to zip, and organize the chapters.
I’m waiting for your opinion admin.
Anyway keep the developement of this wonderfull tool
Great app!
Anybody know an android application for MGA / WMGA files?
Very nice, but I’m using Manga Reader v1.5.3 under Win7 and it refuses to read .png files inside on High_School_Girls_v01_senfgurke2_1280w.rar, it says “incompatible format”, this is first time, so far the others mangas I’m reading, works just fine.
Please, check it out.
Thanks.
Found the problem, it wont support .rar !!
Please, add support to .rar too, is much better than .zip
I’m using the 1.5.3 version under windows 7. The reader crashes whenever there is a full colored or big .jpg files.. I’ve tried everything, setting the compatibility to vista, xp but still no luck.. I looking forward for an update..
Hi, thanks for the great program.
Im having a problem with the Manga Reader not opening all of the file in my .rar archive. With some volumes it is only loading the first chapter, and some it only opens a few random pages. Any way to make it read an entire .rar easily?
Keep up the good work
I agree with kekes above post, if there was the ability to download all chapters of a manga at once and the ability for it to check updates that would make this program THE BEST! or at the very least a way to mark the mangas we are currently reading online and have the program alert us when their is an update to them. I have a program that allows me to download all chapters, but if that was implemented with this program it would be way cooler cause then I could short read manga and if I like it download the whole thing in one shot for my later reading at my convenience or on the travel. Just my thoughts, anyway thanks for an already awesome program!!!
It’s the best app for read manga and other documents
i have a tabletpc and the program flow nice
But, i wanna a new option, or i not see that:
i cant set zoom for one full screen page :uy
im currently using 1.5.3 and windows 7…
Problem:
- it not support RAR file format
- Wrong page direction (read left to right mode)
- need improve in option dialog.
thanks.
THIS…….IS……..WIIIIIIIIIIN!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I love this software/program.
Is there a feature that doesn’t flip a double page image when in oriental view and flipping mode.
i have to use page flow in oriental mode and flip flow in ocidental mode only to prevent the ivnersion crop of the double pages
i love your work , but the program still has some buggy
, really nice if you can fix it 
Hi,
thank you for this nice programm. I really love it. There are some problems on Win 7 x64 (wrong window size, hang ups). I hope you can fix it.
I’d like to donate for this good job – how to do? ^-^*
Kind regards from Germany.
Stumbled on this software today and I’m going to put a text wall with my requests (LOL). I don’t like the “turn page” effect much. I would love to have options on the background color like pure black for example. Taking auto-cropping of image to fit screen out is a plus to me. Integrating OneManga and MangaFox website to the software is great but MangaFox doesn’t show any Manga. Too much movement hard to concentrate reading. Would love to see image only and using hotkey for menus. Oh I don’t how MangaReader works yet but it seems those CBT archives I’ve put together using 7zip; most of them can’t be opened. Some do open though small sizes. If you could integrate aspects from CDisplay I’d change to this software even if it cost me money.
Great Job! Its a great concept, has a lot to offer, will be major software in Manga reading. Since I’ve been using CDisplay for a long time and simplicity rocks, I’ll stick to it for now. Would love to use this software a bit modern. xD
Forgot to add it loads slowly. Probably because I’m using Vista x64.
Thanks for the great software.
Sweet program. I like the interface and the online manga reader is an excellent idea. However, is there a way for the single page to be really just single page. Whether or not it is selected two pages are there, it just changes the centering as far as I understand it, but I usually zoom a picture so it’s width fit the desktop width. So in the way that is visits the next inseen section it ends up centering in the left side correctly more or less and then move almost vertical downwards but then on the right side it moves in a zig-zag way which kinda bothers me. So I think that is there was a really single page view it might not do that
i start getting a problem with my mangareader on my XP windoews everytime i read the manga online when i go to the next chapter some time doesnt fully loded and shows white pages and sometime it shows a half grays pages
need help thanks
Feature Request:
Ability to save screenshots of manga, copying to clipboard is a bit useless if you could just save it =P.