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Originally Posted by Riocaz
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Screen readability
The PDF reading software shows a full page in approximately a five-point typeface. The software does not allow the user to adjust the font size. The E-Ink technology shows a clean crisp image that is virtually impossible to read because the font is so small.
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She's apparently got a different one from me. My iLiad is very easy on the eyes, and I have spent several long evening/days reading books and manuals on it.
What is most likely is that this "tech-savvy" person has tried to read an A4 document on a screen less than half that size.
Someone tech-savvy would realise that and ensure that her documents are properly sized for reading on the unit. |
While I agree that she was way too harsh and spent not enough time with the device, I have to say that she's right in this point.
People don't buy an Iliad just to read special-Iliad-formatted stuff on it. They have the content to read, and seek the device to read it on. And stating that the device doesn't work for the everyday content she has is okay. Some people read novels -- mainly plain text, easy to reformat -- but other's don't. She even explains it: She has to read a lot of PDF's people send her, but she can't do it on the Iliad.
I have the same problem -- the main reason to buy an Iliad was to read scientific publications, and to stop carrying loads of paper around. These things are published in A4 (or lettersize, or whatever), and you won't get the plain text, and a zoom wouldn't help. It's part of my daily work to skim through papers, and with most of them I spent about 10 to 20 minutes. Reformatting them in a lengthy manual process is out of question.
I guess the baseline is: The Iliad is good for content that you can reformat to the Iliad's needs. For preformatted stuff it's shit.