Posted by charleshan 4 days ago
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?
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.
Lately, I've used it on Android, and UI which is more suited for e-ink screens, look not so polished on phones, but that's just nitpicking. It's fully usable and keeps adding support for new platforms.
I'd love to give KOReader a try -- does anyone know if it can be used with library books, via overdrive or another integration? A quick search indicates KOReader doesn't work with DRM books, but I'm curious if someone has a solution.
I think maybe for a kindle it might be worth it, but the reality is for Kobo, it's probably more hassle than it's worth.
I found my time better spent setting up a calibre-web in a docker container and then having my kobo sync to that. And that was awesome.
The Kobo OS is good enough for me to recommend it to family, there's nothing wrong with the iPod experience of uploading books.
But Koreader+Tailscale+Kavita OPDS is the best reading experience I've ever had.
Again, I don't remember. And whatever it was it's not worth me trying to reinstall it just to remember what it was, and then to uninstall it again.
The one thing you have to watch out for : You need to return those scripts whenever Kobo has an update. You won't lose your data or anything but a standard Kobo update dialed disables Koreader
Fortunately I didn't delete KOReader, so all my setup is still there if I find a reason to go back.
[0] https://gitlab.com/coolreader-ng/lxreader
[1] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.artifex.mupdf.viewer.app...
Out of the box it's a bit hard to use. Love it after configuring intuitive gestures for navigation.
Especially love the frontlight switch that lets me read while helping my kid fall asleep.