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Why don't they make the 'Papergold' or 'Paperpale?' An e-ink reader is supposed to be easy on your eyes, yet a stark white background honestly creates just as
by hack_edu 13y ago
Why don't they make the 'Papergold' or 'Paperpale?'
An e-ink reader is supposed to be easy on your eyes, yet a stark white background honestly creates just as much stress as reading against a screen. And High-Contrast mode is even worse for most people.
- grandalf 13y agoIt's quite readable, not quite pure white actually. Contrast is very much like reading newsprint, and the lighting is also easy on the eyes.
- riffraff 13y agothis is only a data point, but I own a kindle 3 and a paperwhite, and I used to read on my iPhone before that. The paperwhite is amazingly readable, and not at all comparable to a computer screen white.
- gambiting 13y agoI imagine you have never seen one then? The backlight on the paperwhite is actually a frontlight, so it doesn't strain the eyes, I find it a lot better than any old Kindle, or frankly - than reading an actual book.
- alok-g 13y agoWhy should it matter for eye strain whether it is a frontlight or a backlight? In both cases, it is some amount of light reaching your eyes. What should matter would be just the brightness/contrast and uniformity of it.
- sliverstorm 13y agoIn my eyes, it's called the "paperwhite" because when the light is on, the page is much closer to white than the unlit Kindles, which have more of a grey background. Not because the background is #FFFFFF and the brightness of the sun.