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wallcraft · 09-22-2008, 12:02 PM

I will buy as soon as FBReader is available, and I'm probably getting the DR1000S (since FBReader works best with a touch screen) unless there is a better web browser than currently on the iLiad. If Qt works on the DR1000SW then there is a good chance of a better web browser. I don't buy the EInk isn't good for web browsers argument by the way. Greyscale is a disadvantage, but most web pages are static (or at least the bits we care about are) and work perfectly well on EInk.

If you want to run 3rd party apps, the don't get the DR1000. Almost all Linux GUI-based apps assume you have a pointing device.

09-22-2008, 12:02 PM	#9
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I will buy as soon as FBReader is available, and I'm probably getting the DR1000S (since FBReader works best with a touch screen) unless there is a better web browser than currently on the iLiad. If Qt works on the DR1000SW then there is a good chance of a better web browser. I don't buy the EInk isn't good for web browsers argument by the way. Greyscale is a disadvantage, but most web pages are static (or at least the bits we care about are) and work perfectly well on EInk. If you want to run 3rd party apps, the don't get the DR1000. Almost all Linux GUI-based apps assume you have a pointing device.