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Originally Posted by Atunah
I think its sometimes hard to explain why some of us can't read on tablets on phones. The assumption is often we are not trying this or that. Or have brightness too high. Even though its the first thing any human would do to try. And many of us have tried it all. Inverted, night setting non blue thingie, low brightness. Backround colors. Heck, I even tried those apps on a tablet for adjusting all kinds of stuff. Just does not work.
And it also doesn't always mean there is some serious issues with ones eyes.
There is just something about how the font is on the top of the screen with a e-ink reader. Again, I can't explain it. It was a wonder when I got my first kindle, the K1 in 2008. And I still can't explain it. Eyes glide over and don't strain. They feel relaxed and I get get inside the story and forget everything else. With phone and tablet, i am always just outside of the story as I notice the reading part. The physical part of it. Again, I just can't explain it.
I need my e-ink reader, in my case kindles. Or I wouldn't read. And I don't want to go back to that dark dark before 2008 world.  paperbacks were giving me issues back then so I stopped reading. I had no choice, until kindle.
And again, its choices. So many of them now for so many different eyes. In the end the book matters, not how we do it. If I could read on my phone I might do it. Heck, would have saved me some money over the years. But for some of us, its just not an option, no matter all the different things we already tried. |
E-ink definitely looks very different to me from LCD. I know what you mean about it looking like the ink is on top. I once tried to explain this to a family member who happily reads on LCD, even held my reader up next to her tablet, and she couldn't see what I was talking about.
As far as I know I don't have any serious eye issues, just garden variety myopia and astigmatism. I did adjust the brightness. However, when I tried reading on my phone for an extended period, the next day my eyes were irritated and I was seeing halos around lights, which was not good when driving. Thankfully my eyes were back to normal the day after that. I've never had an eye problem like that before or since.