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Will the screen size be an option? #5

Closed bmix closed 4 years ago

bmix commented 4 years ago

Hi,

congratulations and thanks for a very nice effort!

May I suggest to use a bigger screen size? The biggest problem with current eBook readers, from the usability point of view, are the bad support for PDF, which still is the format, most technical and scientific papers are being published in. PDF doesn't float, so a screen size >8" would be needed for comfortable consumption.

I am desperately seeking for a reader, that supports ePub, PDF and (X)HTML (even CHM and CBA would be nice), so much, that I even would bother to solder my own.

Maybe supporting more than one screen size could be an option?

anjannath commented 4 years ago

Maybe supporting more than one screen size could be an option?

Since, this is an open source project, i guess most of the things would be customizable.

One more thing about the screen, it should use the eInk displays that comes in the kindles.

the-loan-wolf commented 4 years ago

Kindle paperwhite screen is really good it has 300ppi so font look sharp and give good reading experience

joeycastillo commented 4 years ago

Hi and sorry for the delay in responding, I'm just now catching up on old issues. I've gone over some of the screen size considerations in this thread; the short answer is that there's a 7.5 inch display that's expensive but probably compatible, and that larger screens are both expensive and not immediately compatible. We'll see what the future holds.