Thread: Alternative Readers - Pros and Cons
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Old 06-11-2014, 06:59 PM   #1
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Alternative Readers - Pros and Cons
Mostly out of curiosity last night I followed the instructions in the "Adding alternative readers..." thread and had a play with Koreader and Coolreader.

That thread and the related ones in the developer's forum are about how-to install and avoiding resolving various pitfalls and problems. However what I wondered was - what are the main reasons people are installing these for? What are the "killer" features?

For me they seem OK but there's nothing that jumped out as being so much better than the built in reader software. I did try "night mode" but think I prefer it the normal mode more.

Is it about support for different formats? More control over layout etc?

Just curious.
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