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Originally Posted by mobama
I don't own either a Kobo or a Tolino, so I can speak out on them only with reference to what I have seen others say, so take it FWIW.
Regarding epubs on Kobo, they leave outrageously wide margins in the default reading app. And from what I have heard, there are no configuration options to regain the lost screen real estate. The only way is to install another app that takes care of these things.
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The top margins on an epub are set by the CSS as are the minimum left and right margins. The bottom margin includes a footer unless you enable full screen reading mode however the footer size can be reduced by a patch. In an kepub, the top header is added but that can either be reduced by a patch or removed by switching to full screen mode.
There is a slider to set the right and left margins greater than the minimum though I seldom move it off zero which is the same for the patched or unpatched Kobo firmware.
As for the margins in the video you linked, you did notice the margin slider was set to the middle position for the Aura H2O2? Care to guess what happens when you move the slider to the left?
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Originally Posted by mobama
When I personally buy an electronic screen gadget, I don't expect its onboard software to fulfil all my needs. Therefore I want the gadget to be tinkerable, I want my favourite apps to be installable on it, so that I can make it useful. The closer it is to a regular computer in terms of the range of available optional software the better.
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Whereas when I purchase an ereader, I expect it to work as an ereader. Comparing my Tolino Epos to my Kobo collection, I find the Kobo firmware does a better job of displaying books especially for epub3 books where my Tolino Epos pops up a "the file format of the title is not entirely supported, etc. Do you want to open this title now?". For most epub3 which don't make much use of epub3 features, continuing is okay while those that make use of epub3 features or fixed layout require reading on my Kobo device.
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Originally Posted by mobama
From the post I linked, Tolino seems to be good on that regard. And I'd rather not compromise on the screen quality.
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I would rather have the Kobo with it's more advanced font control, epub support and the ability to have series information visible in the library. Even little things such as when I specify a font for the Kobo, it will still use fonts specified in the CSS (headings, signatures, etc.) whereas the Tolino firmware uses that font for everything.
BTW, I've attached screenshots from a KA1 and a Tolino Epos with the font size set as close as I can which is iffy since the Tolino font sizing is a lot coarser. This is without the various patches for Kobo's firmware I normally use.
As for the ereaders I've owned? Kobo, Kobo Wifi, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo H2O, Kobo Aura One, Sony PRS 350, Kindle keyboard (those two were picked up used) and Tolino Epos.
As for your suggestion that disabling CSS is a good feature? Only if the person who created the epub was not doing their job. Otherwise, I like seeing drop caps, right, left, centred, justified text, bold, italic, underlined, etc. and all the other effects that add to the reading experience.