Kapow! is a web-based application that allows you to read your graphic novel/comic book library (CBR and CBZ files) on your iPhone or iPod Touch. It has some neat features:
- Scales to page width in portrait and landscape mode.
- Double-tap to intelligently zoom in.
- Subsequent pages are preloaded - you rarely have to wait when turning the page.
- The book and page you're reading are stored, so you can easily find where you were up to.
- Browse your comics using your filesystem's hierarchy.
- Optionally resize images before sending, to reduce bandwidth use.
Here's a screenshot:
The Kapow! project is an open source endeavour, available under the MIT license included with this distribution. It was initiated by Joseph Pearson of Inventive Labs (http://www.inventivelabs.com.au), using the Sinatra web application framework and Prototype-flavoured Javascript.
