ACBR - Comic Book Reader

ACBR - Comic Book Reader is a comic book viewer that offers just what it is needed from an app of its kind. What makes it distinguishable is the intuitive design and navigation, alongside the quality of being portable which is a big plus, especially when you must enjoy your favorite adventure stories on the go.

The tool is compatible with both Windows and Linux. You can download it on a USB drive and have it available for long travels, the weekends, or for reading on vacation. Being semi-portable makes it easy to access and use — it does not need to be installed, yet won’t save preferences when moved. A minor flaw could be the files’ size when unzipped, over 300 MB; however, with today’s increased computing power and storage availability, ACBR - Comic Book Reader surely is a feasible app.

Accessing, navigating, and understanding the tool is done with ease, without any hassle. Drag and drop your favorite comic, select the view mode and start reading — that’s it. The reader is compatible with the well-known file formats (.cbz, .cbr, .pdf, .epub - for now, for images only) and helps restore the previous session's last opened book and page.

You can find all the necessary keyboard shortcuts and they work perfectly. A nice touch is a horizontal slider situated at the bottom of the viewer container that helps to scroll through the pages a lot easier. Some other capabilities involve: pages can be rotated (on the full spectrum), you can fit the document to width or to height, or go in full-screen mode.

The actual reader is excellent and does not overdo it. In full mode, enables your scroll to go up-down and, when looking at the whole page, disables the scroll so as not to accidentally move too fast between images. Also, if you left-click in the reader, on the right side of the screen, it goes forward to the next page; clicking the left side of the screen will do the opposite.

Although there are plenty of options on the market, ACBR - Comic Book Reader is a tool that has all it needs and is totally worth it because it was designed to offer mobility, ease-of-access (it is also free and open-source, which is a big plus), and an effortlessly-usable graphic interface that does not overcomplicate things.