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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
...it 'd in fact be nice if the ereader makers 'd regain common sense and go on improving reading-related feats on their devices in hard and software you know...
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Absolutely, I'm with you. I don't know if anyone has noticed recently but in spite (deliberately!) of all of the enhancements made in the last ten years we are still quite a long way from reading perfection on our e-reading devices. So much still feels like it is just barely hacked out on the software side (which still needs massive improvements) and the hardware side still has years (apparently) to go before we are all reading free and easy.
But they will continue to dither away on their crappy little web browsers using open source components on e-ink screens while the rest of us just wait around for better PDF support (like, you know... maybe something approaching adequate?), and a plethora of book related things concerning formatting and fonts and advancements that will distance e-readers further from the impersonation act they are so vehemently pursuing at this point.
(And don't even get me started on backlit LCDs being used as reading machines. Pfft!)