Comment on What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader
stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months agoHaving a good, dedicated e-reader is a hill that I would die on. I want a big screen, with physical buttons, lightweight, multi-weeklong battery, and an e-ink display. Reading 8 hours on my phone makes my eyes go twitchy. And TBH it’s been a pain finding something that supports all that and has a reasonably open ecosystem.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t buy the need for e-ink. I’m on normal LCDs for… way more hours than I’d care to admit. No strain.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
Have you used an e-ink reader? The difference is remarkable. My Kobo battery died this morning, so I finished the book I was reading on my iPad, which was fine, but much less pleasant.
Besides, it’s not just about the screen. The lack of distractions in a device that serves only one purpose is just as important to me.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve looked at e-ink readers multiple times since they first came out and they are all garbage. Low resolution, trash images, garbage refresh rates, slow page turns, awful white levels.
I literally see no reason to ever use one over a nice phone or tablet display which, by the way, can be used for other content options besides text.
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 months ago
Did you not see the bit about not actually wanting other content options? My Kobo is a single use device that is incredible at what I want it to do. I don’t care about refresh rates or resolution, literally all I care about is that it displays text comfortably without being glaring. And it does that.
teichflamme@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Disagree completely. I’m on LCD for hours as well, but reading on E-Ink is so much more convenient
min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 months ago
Congrats. You won the genetic lottery and was awarded some top tier eyes.
A lot of people were not.
stackPeek@lemmy.world 6 months ago
OOT but after 12 years being the only person without glasses, I’m getting my glasses this week :(
bnjmn@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Feels like maybe you’re not the target audience for this article
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They’re complaining about refresh rates and images, so I’m thinking they aren’t.