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Old 05-31-2013, 12:17 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by paola View Post
Hi David,

again I am not saying it was making me long to read on the PB360 but it was perfectly fit for the purpose - you could work on the go with it, and I think the render has a lot to do with it. Never used reflow, but for instance pocketbook allows you to zoom by column, which magnifies the thing enormously (well, a certain percentage )

I was simply trying to make the point that if the readers (and the software!) are well designed, even smaller screens will be acceptable - or maybe I have a low bar (though Kobo does fall below that one) ).
We have a hard copy edition of one of the manuals. It was printed on on A4 sized paper but a couple of the diagrams are on tri-folded sheets (about 27cm x 60cm when unfolded). Rotate the image to fit the ereader screen and on an Aura, the image is about 11.5cmx5.5cm. Zooming in helps but makes it a pain trying to follow the diagram. Even on the iPad with its larger screen, it's not great.

Regards,
David
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