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Originally Posted by WS64
@ElWorm, Koreader advantages: - better PDF handling (can't say much about that, I don't use PDF)
- 2-page landscape mode
- night mode
- nearly no restrictions for any settings. If something is missing chances are good that someone will cover it if it is wanted
- OPDS
- create your own touch zones (my MAIN reason to use Koreader. I wanted "touch anywhere to flip forward, swipe to flip backwards)
- minibar with some options not available for normal EPUBs in native Kobo, like pages until next chapter
- folder structure for the library
- searchable (Calibre) metadata
- speed (e.g. for searching or for (not!) processing books after disabling USB)
- runs not only on Kobo but also on Kindle and Android (maybe you want to use different hardware from time to time)
The question should be, why stay with the native Kobo software?
Only thing I can think of: To be able to read DRMed books... |
I had no big problem with the stock reading app (epub) after the patch, but I use highlight quite frequently, and it ruins the database. Instead of copying backup database weekly, I use koreader.
Dictionary lookup is also quicker in koreader and the heuristics to strip not needed parts of a word (in English) are also better.
(Though one thing for Nickel, its rendering seems still nicer for me.)