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Old 02-04-2019, 07:35 PM   #226
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Ohio
Device: Mobiscribe Wave B&W; Kindle Scribe; Boyue Mimas & 62+; KindleKeyboard
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Originally Posted by Futuregrace View Post
Y’all that use Mimas for reading more than notes, how well do you like it?
I love the large screen. Contrast is nice and the light is very even. I also appreciate the warm light at night.

As I've mentioned upthread, the built-in reading app is frustrating in the way it handles punctuation - breaking apart contractions with a space or a line break, for example.

I switched to using Alreader as the reading app for a while, but gave it up when I found that some of the sub menus (like when I hightlighted a word in order to copy it) were completely dark and unreadable.

Then I switched back to the Boyue reading app, and I like how straight-forward and stable it is... but the punctuation thing really bothers me.

Now I'm thinking of trying FBReader, which is what the Boyue reading app on the T62+ was based on - and it was flawless and handled punctuation perfectly.

Reading Positives:
  • Large screen - lots of text
  • Good contrast and great lighting
  • Warm light option
  • Buttons! Home, Back, and page turn buttons!
  • Snappy performance
  • Nice battery life, considering the large screen.

Reading Negatives:
  • Boyue reading app's poor handling of punctuation.
  • Weight - it's a little heavier than I'm used to due to size
  • Dictionary - works okay, but I would like to change the font size in pop-up definition window - or at least make the font bold. I would also like to have it show results from more than one dictionary and I would like to be able to make the pop up window larger so I don't have to scroll as much.
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