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Everything the author complains about is a feature of the Kindle. Just use your iPad if you want more than an “electronic book”.

lemoncucumber 7y ago
Bad typography on a device whose entire purpose is reading is not a feature by any stretch of the imagination. Even if all you expect from the kindle is an "electronic book," they should at least attempt to reach parity with the typesetting of paper books, but they clearly don't care to.
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  I read a book per week and don't notice any typography issues. Now, I'm sure it can be improved, and I don't doubt that a typography nerd could certainly spot issues. But "bad" seems like quite an exaggeration. I like to protest against this modern trend of exaggerating how "bad" we supposedly have everything just because someone can ID some improvements that could be made.
  - WalterBright 7y ago
    A higher res screen would be nice. It's surprising how improving the resolution reduces eyestrain.
    - diffeomorphism 7y ago
      A kindle oasis is already 300ppi, how much higher res do you want? And if you want larger for example a boox max 3 is 13.3 inch, "only" 2260 x 1650 for 200ppi though.
      - WalterBright 7y ago
        400 ppi :-)
        diffeomorphism 7y ago
        Hm, supposedly even 600 ppi is coming: https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/will-we-see-500-or-600-ppi-e-paper-displays-in-2019-or-2020 https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/will-we-see-500-or-600-... I guess this makes more of a difference for japanese characters or I just don't know yet what I am missing :-)
        WalterBright 7y ago
        My scanner can be set to 300, 400, or 600 dpi. I find the 400 scans are just easier on the eyes, and the 600 makes no difference (or perhaps that's just my monitor).
Finnucane 7y ago
Apple’s iBook software supports a larger part of the ePub standard than Kindle does, and does a better job of handling tables, math, and SVG graphics. Plus, it allows scripting, and Kindle doesn’t.
m463 7y ago
Unfortunately it's all about the e-ink.

lemoncucumber 7y ago

Bad typography on a device whose entire purpose is reading is not a feature by any stretch of the imagination. Even if all you expect from the kindle is an "electronic book," they should at least attempt to reach parity with the typesetting of paper books, but they clearly don't care to.

hombre_fatal 7y ago
I read a book per week and don't notice any typography issues. Now, I'm sure it can be improved, and I don't doubt that a typography nerd could certainly spot issues. But "bad" seems like quite an exaggeration. I like to protest against this modern trend of exaggerating how "bad" we supposedly have everything just because someone can ID some improvements that could be made.
- WalterBright 7y ago
  A higher res screen would be nice. It's surprising how improving the resolution reduces eyestrain.
  - diffeomorphism 7y ago
    A kindle oasis is already 300ppi, how much higher res do you want? And if you want larger for example a boox max 3 is 13.3 inch, "only" 2260 x 1650 for 200ppi though.
    - WalterBright 7y ago
      400 ppi :-)
      - diffeomorphism 7y ago
        Hm, supposedly even 600 ppi is coming: https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/will-we-see-500-or-600-ppi-e-paper-displays-in-2019-or-2020 https://goodereader.com/blog/e-paper/will-we-see-500-or-600-... I guess this makes more of a difference for japanese characters or I just don't know yet what I am missing :-)
        WalterBright 7y ago
        My scanner can be set to 300, 400, or 600 dpi. I find the 400 scans are just easier on the eyes, and the 600 makes no difference (or perhaps that's just my monitor).

Finnucane 7y ago

Apple’s iBook software supports a larger part of the ePub standard than Kindle does, and does a better job of handling tables, math, and SVG graphics. Plus, it allows scripting, and Kindle doesn’t.

m463 7y ago

Unfortunately it's all about the e-ink.