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Re: KOReader

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Post by giobox »

themadturk wrote: post #189
giobox wrote: post #145

My only real complaint with KOReader is that the book browsing UI is file and folder based by default, while virtually all other ebook readers support some kind of cover based library view you can sort 20 different ways based on metadata rather than filenames etc. It's not a huge issue, but I find just browsing my collection to find a read a lot more enjoyable on other ebook readers. IIRC there are plugins to add thi…

My experience with battery life seems to be the opposite of yours. I'm using it on a Kobo Clara BW and my battery just lasts and lasts, even with an hour or more a day of reading. I don't have any firm data on it, but I know that right now I'm at 52% battery and it's been at least a week and a half since I plugged it in anywhere.

KOReader is widely known to be less energy efficient than Nickel (the native reader on Kobo devices). It's a commonly observed issue.

It still lasts a long time! It's just not as efficient as Nickel on the same hardware.

Personally I prefer Calibre + Nickel over KOReader on Kobo devices (its trivial to convert DRM-free eBooks to formats Nickel will open, Calibre will do it automatically if you plug a Kobo in), although on Kindle devices I would still jailbreak and use KOReader.

Re: KOReader

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Post by _carbyau_ »

lordleft wrote: post #39
lolgab wrote: post #10

I installed it on my Amazon Kindle and I couldn't be happier. It shows once again that free software is superior to proprietary software. Free software grows slowly to make users happier and not to attract them with useless features to extract more value from them. Congratulations for this great piece of software.

I’m a heavy KOReader user and absolutely adore it, but I think it definitely trades user-friendliness for power and flexibility. The Kindle proprietary store has a far more user friendly UI imo, though it’s getting progressively worse (and the fact that kindles now default to showing you the store pisses me off to no end). KOReader plugins really close the gap though.

> it definitely trades user-friendliness for power and flexibility

As far as I can tell, the workaround for this is sensible defaults or maybe a setup wizard on first run.

Re: KOReader

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Post by stefantalpalaru »

bigfishrunning wrote: post #111
carlosjobim wrote: post #7

My wish is to see ebooks become first class citizens on all digital devices. Apple has a native ebook reader built in to their devices. It's cumbersome and bloated, but it's there. No web browser except Yandex has built in ebook support, even though it would be the easiest thing in the world. Android, Linux and Windows have no built-in ebook reader, as far as I know. Murasaki [1] is the most performant and sleek eboo…

To be fair, desktop linux doesn't really have built-in anything (except what's appropriate for a kernel, like filesystems and a TCP stack...). Many linux distributions package epub readers (calibre, okular, fbreader, bookworm), and they tend to be really easy to install.

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Re: KOReader

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Post by stasomatic »

Larrikin wrote: post #50
gchamonlive wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the only proprietary software companies with any shot at longevity are Japanese companies. First Japan leads by far the ranking of oldest companies in the world ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_companies ). Then we have actual software like Zelda Breath of the Wild which is a technical marvel comparable to the original Rollercoaster Tycoon considering how well it runs on the severely limited arc…

I think you know nothing about Japanese software. You're assuming long lasting soy sauce companies have anything to do with software development. Japan produces great video games despite how terrible otherwise the developer environment and culture is there and nearly all of the other software shows it.

Are these devs imprisoned or something? It's difficult to imagine how someone in duress would be able to produce TOTK. There is nothing like that coming out of the western studios.

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Post by GlumWoodpecker »

KOReader is fantastic! I use it on my pocket-sized Xiaomi InkPalm 5 to read anywhere (I carry it at all times along with my phone). The combination of KOReader and the ease of use due to the size of the device has enabled me to read many more books than I used to, so I'm very happy with it. Being able to just turn on wifi and click "calibre" > "connect" to transfer books from my PC is a killer feature—the stock Kindle I keep in bed has to connect via USB to transfer new content (I don't use Amazon to buy content for it).

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Post by Infiniti20 »

gejose wrote: post #100

I really like that this exists, but I found the menus and UI to be rather non-intuitive. My main use case was to sync reading progress between my Kobo and my iPhone. I was able to do this using KOReader on the Kobo & the Readest app[1] on iPhone (also open source). Ultimately I decided to get rid of KOReader because it felt a bit laggy. The gestures (eg: swiping up on the left side to increase frontlight brightness)…

Would you consider publishing this software?

Re: KOReader

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Post by thadk »

It bugs me so much when eReaders re-render the ebook and everything moves slightly. I lose my eye muscle memory of where things were.

Until now, I had not thought to try to lock down the settings that lead to accidental reflows. It sounds less difficult in KOReader than I expected. I may try to stabilize it for my next ebook I can get into KOReader.

Re: KOReader

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Post by g_host56 »

Such a better piece of software than the proprietary crap that comes installed. It took me a few weeks after getting a refurbished kindle paper-white, but man am I happy I jailbroke it.

Re: KOReader

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Post by dmos62 »

jgtrosh wrote: post #19
dmos62 wrote: post #3

Use it both on my phone and on an eink Android tablet. Love it, especially the dark mode.

I wish you could disable fullscreen (enable the navigation bar) on Android though :-(

Joys of open source: you can add the feature yourself.
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