Ibis Reader has now joined the “big guys” with a number of improvements that make it a direct competitor. Here’s the list:
Readers can now select any of the on-board fonts (omitting some unsuitable decorative fonts for clarity).
Turning pages uses a more reliable method. It’s now much harder to accidentally switch pages by brushing the screen.
All visual effects now use CSS3. On iPhones and iPads these will appear to be much smoother than before.
Many menus are on the iPad are now drop-downs, providing a better overall view of the application.
Regarding fonts, they say: On the iPad, we’ve converted the font menu to a drop-down. We’ve also included full support for all the on-board “body” fonts. The iPhone font list includes the new fonts in iOS4; if you still have 3.x, you’ll see them as well but they’ll have no effect. Until iOS4 supports embedded fonts in a non-buggy way, we’re not able to support embedded fonts either, and at this time user customizations will always override book fonts that are supported on these platforms.
