Thread: Kobo page turn behaviour
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Old 03-02-2014, 02:35 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Ripplinger View Post
The refresh where a page turns briefly black before displaying the text is how e-ink works, so it happens on all e-ink readers to an extent. It can be more noticeable on some readers than others. I hardly notice the flash at all on my Glo, but I also have it set to happen once every 50 pages. But the brief flash is certainly less of a disturbance to reading than if you would turn a page of a physical paper book.
Thanks for the clarifications on how e-ink works. You said you set the black flash once every 50 pages in your Glo. Is that setting of 50 pages from the Kobo Settings screen or did you have to edit the configuration file ./kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf as mentioned by Geoff earlier?
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