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Old 01-09-2011, 04:19 PM   #486
SammyWI
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I've been trying out several free comic readers now on the NC.

ADV (or Droid Comic Viewer) - first one I tried and it's still nice. I like it's controls the best of any I've tried. Allows swipe to turn pages and has little semi transparent circles in the corners that can be set for various functions. Biggest limitation is that it does not use the full screen width in landscape mode.

JJcomics - This one does full screen width in landscape which is great - I barely ever need to zoom. Has similar circles at the screen edges as ADV for controls but does not have swipe to turn page (that I can find). For me, it's page turning is noticeably slow.

Perfect Viewer - This is my choice right now. Not perfect but the best for me. Does full screen landscape. No swipe to turn page. No markers on screen for tap functions - the screen is divided into areas for each function but you can't see them during normal viewing. You can see the tap area outlines with a menu command or when you first start the app. PV and ACV seem the same in speed to me with JJcomics slower for me. (I've seen others report jjcomics speed as fast or faster than the others - not sure why.)

Edit: another nice feature of PV is that in landscape, full width mode, tapping the right middle of the screen will scroll down in in chunks (pretty much a page down). At the bottom of the page, the same tap will turn the page. It works very well, I can read straight through by tapping one point on the screen and a bit of drag scrolling.

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