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Originally Posted by Barty
Most e-reader apps on Android break formatting. In particular, I hate it when space between paragraphs and first line indent aren't handled correctly so every paragraph looks the same and you can't tell where there is a scene break.
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iOS has it's share of CSS breakers. I too dislike when the paragraph after the section break or the first paragraph of the chapter is indented the same as all the others because paragraph indenting is 100% overridden and paragraph with no indent is now a paragraph with an indent. Paragraph indents need too options. One for an adjustment for the indents as well as an adjustment for indents of 0. This way, we can adjust the indents and leave the non-indents alone. Of course, all overrides need a shut off and when off, the CSS should be respected.
An example of a problem with overrides is TiReader 2 Pro. I have the CSS set for no line-height. Yet I am stuck with a minimum of a 1.2em line-height. I cannot go any lower or have the app just go with the CSS and use whatever line-height is there using the font chosen.
Sure, a lot of people don't understand CSS or even know about it, but the authors of these apps do (or should). So there's no excuse for a reading app that changes the book without letting us see it as it's intended to be seen. And sometimes the override values used don't work because they are not what the person reading wants.