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JSWolf · 04-28-2017, 10:23 AM

Most programs/apps are garbage. The are garbage because they don't have a way of respecting the CSS and allowing the overrides not to override if we do not want. So what we end up with are eBooks that look like somone else's idea if how they should look. I like overrides if each one can be turned off and let me use the ones I want if I even want. Then a number of programs/apps go even further and don't respect the CSS even more. For example, the newly released TiReader 2 Pro doesn't even respect a center class for the section break marker used. When you first load your book, it has to format it because it's busy OVERRIDING THE CSS.

When we find such garbage, we need to write reviews saying these things and give ONE STAR. We also need to not reccomend and of this programs/apps. We need to try to tell the author(s) not to ignore the CSS.

Let's stop the madness and say when a reading program/app is garbage. If it forces us to override the CSS then it's garbage no matter how flashy it looks.

04-28-2017, 10:23 AM	#1
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,798 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Most reading programs/apps are garbage Most programs/apps are garbage. The are garbage because they don't have a way of respecting the CSS and allowing the overrides not to override if we do not want. So what we end up with are eBooks that look like somone else's idea if how they should look. I like overrides if each one can be turned off and let me use the ones I want if I even want. Then a number of programs/apps go even further and don't respect the CSS even more. For example, the newly released TiReader 2 Pro doesn't even respect a center class for the section break marker used. When you first load your book, it has to format it because it's busy OVERRIDING THE CSS. When we find such garbage, we need to write reviews saying these things and give ONE STAR. We also need to not reccomend and of this programs/apps. We need to try to tell the author(s) not to ignore the CSS. Let's stop the madness and say when a reading program/app is garbage. If it forces us to override the CSS then it's garbage no matter how flashy it looks.