Quote:
Originally Posted by Larla
Moon+ does supports custom fonts that you have downloaded. You can use any font you want.
|
Right; I was comparing the "out-of-the-box" experience.
Still, I can't see an option, in Moon+ Reader, for indenting the first lines of paragraphs, which, to me, is a big minus, because it makes the transitions between paragraphs less visually obvious, and I do not wish to increase my paragraph spacing any further. Also, switching between colour themes seems more difficult in Moon+ than in Marvin, etc. The other three Android e-readers, in their turn,
impose the first-line indent of paragraphs, but unlike in Marvin, there appears to be no way to set your preferred
size of the first-line indent, or to set it to
zero if you do not wish to indent your first lines.
To me, there are
3 sets of criteria to talk about when it comes to judging the quality of e-book readers:
- Primary level — the book-reading experience itself.
- Secondary level — the highlighting and notes functionality.
- Tertiary level — the books management, library, books import functionality.
Any issue on the
primary level is, to me, more important than any issue on the
tertiary level. For example, I might forgive an e-reader if it gave me
zero sorting options in the library, and only a
single way of loading books -- as long as the book-
reading experience is superb; because
that is what really counts. I may spend 15
seconds loading a book into a particular e-reader, but I will likely spend 15
hours reading that book. Conversely, if the
display of books in an e-reader is lousy, with virtually no customisation options (Kindle/iBooks...), then it is of no comfort to me if that same e-reader gives me a 1000 ways to sort my library or import books into it.
For this reason, in
the other thread, I said that that guy's way of introducing Marvin struck me as "upside down". He started his YouTube club by introducing all the Marvin features on the
tertiary level -- the least important level. If
I was asked to give a 15-minute intro of Marvin, I'd start with an
open book -- showing all the wonderful ways you can customise the book's display in Marvin to your heart's content. I would then move on to the
secondary level, presenting all the amazing highlighting and notes (and vocabulary!) functionality (including the unique HTML/XLS/MRV export options!) in Marvin. And only in
closing my Marvin intro, I might close the book and highlight a few features of Marvin's library, the plentiful import options, etc.
