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My old Kobo Aura e-reader (gen 2 I think, amazing device) had a browser built-in. On one occasion I had to use it to log in and retrieve flight details when my

My old Kobo Aura e-reader (gen 2 I think, amazing device) had a browser built-in. On one occasion I had to use it to log in and retrieve flight details when my phone battery died. That was probably my most frustrating tech experience of the last five years. Partly, the browser app was not great, but also because every single action required multiple 1-second long refreshes of the screen. Type a letter? Refresh. Scroll? Multiple refresh. Zoom? Multiple refresh. Select a button? Multiple refresh. Press the button? ... you get the picture. As you say, every app and website would need to be completely redesigned to work with e-paper. I don't see that happening, but even then typing or editing text with a long delay is very annoying, as anyone who has used SSH over a slow connection will tell you.

megous 6y ago
> As you say, every app and website would need to be completely redesigned to work with e-paper. Are you sure? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqkWga0PFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqkWga0PFo
qwerty456127 6y ago
> Type a letter? Refresh. Scroll? Multiple refresh. Zoom? Multiple refresh. Select a button? Multiple refresh. Press the button? That's because the damn smooth visual effects. Most of the transitions between these states are animated in a multiple number of frames. There would be no problem if it switched straight to the target state. Also scrolling should be replaced with pagination and zooming should ask you to enter the percentage rather than let you zoom visually. > As you say, every app and website would need to be completely redesigned to work with e-paper. I really wish every app to be designed that way anyway - that would mean less of pointless fun but much more of eye and brain comfort. I don't know if there is a scientific paper on this but it feels like moving stuff depletes brain resources much faster, causing more stress and attention deficit. The only thing I want displayed is what really needs to be displayed (exactly what I have came to view + some useful auxiliary information perhaps). The only thing to update at any given moment of time is what really needs to be updated. As for smooth transition visual effects I have always hated them altogether and always disabled them on every PC I used.

megous 6y ago

> As you say, every app and website would need to be completely redesigned to work with e-paper. Are you sure? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqkWga0PFo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xqkWga0PFo

qwerty456127 6y ago

> Type a letter? Refresh. Scroll? Multiple refresh. Zoom? Multiple refresh. Select a button? Multiple refresh. Press the button? That's because the damn smooth visual effects. Most of the transitions between these states are animated in a multiple number of frames. There would be no problem if it switched straight to the target state. Also scrolling should be replaced with pagination and zooming should ask you to enter the percentage rather than let you zoom visually. > As you say, every app and website would need to be completely redesigned to work with e-paper. I really wish every app to be designed that way anyway - that would mean less of pointless fun but much more of eye and brain comfort. I don't know if there is a scientific paper on this but it feels like moving stuff depletes brain resources much faster, causing more stress and attention deficit. The only thing I want displayed is what really needs to be displayed (exactly what I have came to view + some useful auxiliary information perhaps). The only thing to update at any given moment of time is what really needs to be updated. As for smooth transition visual effects I have always hated them altogether and always disabled them on every PC I used.