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How does it compare to the other big foss e-book app, FBReader? Does the focus on eink mean it's mainly aimed at jail broken eink tablets? Or aimed at phones as well?
Got this on my Kindle after the jailbreak came out in January. It's fantastic, especially the OPDB index + self hosted calibre-web means I can just download an epub on any device, drop it on a webpage, then search it on KOReader immediately. I did not want to use USB or Amazon's plumbing to transfer, so this is great. Tons of customization over the built-in reader.
How do you connect your Kindle to the internet to access OPDB/Calibre-web without losing your jailbreak? Every time I connect my Kindle 4 to the internet, it disables developer mode and I have to rejailbreak. This is despite using an update disabler plugin (I've tested them all).
It says it focuses on e-ink screen integration. What are the unique challenges of e-ink screens for reading ebooks? At least in the past, screen refresh was slower; the reflective, rather than luminescent screen changed contrast and color performance; resolution was well behind standard screens. The first two seem easily solved; the third hard to mitigate beyond larger print and appropriate typefaces. What else?
How long was it since you saw an e-ink screen the last time? Resolution has been excellent for a while now. Refresh is still slow, but that doesn't matter for reading books. Contrast is fine, but not comparable to other display types.
I looked into building the emulator for KOReader and it requires CMake, Meson, and autotools... Why are 3 different build systems necessary?
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How long was it since you saw an e-ink screen the last time? Resolution has been excellent for a while now. Refresh is still slow, but that doesn't matter for reading books. Contrast is fine, but not comparable to other display types.
How high is resolution? The example screenshots look pretty low.
Fortunately I didn't delete KOReader, so all my setup is still there if I find a reason to go back.
I am looking forward to the macOS release. I use it on my Supernote, Inkpalm 5 and my kids Kindle. Koreader is wonky in places. But, like vi and bash, you get used to the wonkiness and it works well enough for the job and is everywhere.
Book Story on Android is a much more modern FOSS eBook reader and supports other formats too. https://github.com/Acclorite/book-story
[0] https://gitlab.com/coolreader-ng/lxreader
[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app...
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How high is resolution? The example screenshots look pretty low.
Depends on device, but retina quality I would say. You cannot see individual dots so text appears like high quality print. The example screenshots are high resolution, you have to click them.
Something is wrong with the layout that makes it awkward for me to read. The word spacing, at least, seems awful. Look at the lines "meaning behind printed words ..." (near top) and "widely believed that ..." (near bottom) compared to the lines above and below them.
Maybe it's the full justification adjustment - the text in the box is much better. Even the dictionary popover has word spacing problems.
That's a big deal for reading long-form.