MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - How does Plucker (free) compare to iSilo (commercial)?

TadW · 07-12-2003, 04:59 AM

Hiho,

looks like the Plucker guys have updated their comparison matrix and now also include iSilo.

http://www.plkr.org/a-vs-p.html

Interestingly, a lot of times they compare a "will-be" version of Plucker (which still contains a log of bugs from what I read at http://bugs.plkr.org/view_all_bug_page.php) to Avantgo and iSilo, and not a "is" version.

Also they fail to compare the useability between the products. So instead of just counting up how many fonts which app supports, they should have also mentioned how fast the screen is refreshed, how smooth scrolling works, how fast a document is loaded, etc.

I keep an up-to-date cvs version of Plucker on my Tungsten, only to see how it evolves. But currently I see absolute no reason why I should switch from my rock-stable iSilo to a not-so-stable Plucker.

07-12-2003, 04:59 AM	#22
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Hiho, looks like the Plucker guys have updated their comparison matrix and now also include iSilo. http://www.plkr.org/a-vs-p.html Interestingly, a lot of times they compare a "will-be" version of Plucker (which still contains a log of bugs from what I read at http://bugs.plkr.org/view_all_bug_page.php) to Avantgo and iSilo, and not a "is" version. Also they fail to compare the useability between the products. So instead of just counting up how many fonts which app supports, they should have also mentioned how fast the screen is refreshed, how smooth scrolling works, how fast a document is loaded, etc. I keep an up-to-date cvs version of Plucker on my Tungsten, only to see how it evolves. But currently I see absolute no reason why I should switch from my rock-stable iSilo to a not-so-stable Plucker.