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Quoth · 11-26-2019, 01:01 PM

Inherently there is a problem with using eink for editing. You need a page orientated editing application. Scrolling is a big no. I've not found such an application. I could maybe write one, but I won't. The eink is brilliant for sequential reading of a novel. It's poor to terrible for anything else. Annotation and dictionary lookup shows what it might be like.

Also I've never yet found a BT keyboard good for writing. I've been editing/writing for nearly 40 years. The keyboard action is important. The BT keyboards have various problems compared to USB:
* It's a ghastly protocol stack. Sometimes it will unpair.
* Many sleep when you are reading what you wrote and you loose the first few keypresses.
* I've not found one with a decent mechanical action except "wireless keyboards", not actual Bluetooth models.
* They are battery powered. A pain. For this reason I don't use the far better proprietary wireless protocol keyboards and mice. I use USB.
* Almost every decent wireless keyboard and mouse is NOT Bluetooth. You have a little USB dongle that stores inside the mouse or keyboard. Apart from batteries they have none of the issues of Bluetooth keyboards. Usually the mechanical action is good too.

My Android phone and Tablet does work with a USB keyboard, you need an adaptor.

Sometimes I might write 5 to 14 hours. On a laptop with a 15" matte screen and decent keyboard. Sometimes I might read ebooks all day and most of the night. Only ever now on eink. The Kobo Libra is a nice size and has the page turns. Before that I used the Aura H2O. I used the DXG for a while, but it was inferior to the Paperwhite, too heavy.

Also check your reading distance. Often screens are too far away. The screen should be the same distance away you use a book, especially if you use reading glasses. I have a block to tilt the laptop and I have the front edge slightly overhanging the desk. I prefer a laptop to a PC, since 1998, because it has a built in UPS. Power cuts happen.
I backup everyday, save often, increment file number suffix before any deletion / major edit, but that is a few topics.

Better to get a matte screen LCD and adjust brightness. Do not have a reflection off a window or a room light.

11-26-2019, 01:01 PM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,318 Karma: 105899727 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Inherently there is a problem with using eink for editing. You need a page orientated editing application. Scrolling is a big no. I've not found such an application. I could maybe write one, but I won't. The eink is brilliant for sequential reading of a novel. It's poor to terrible for anything else. Annotation and dictionary lookup shows what it might be like. Also I've never yet found a BT keyboard good for writing. I've been editing/writing for nearly 40 years. The keyboard action is important. The BT keyboards have various problems compared to USB: * It's a ghastly protocol stack. Sometimes it will unpair. * Many sleep when you are reading what you wrote and you loose the first few keypresses. * I've not found one with a decent mechanical action except "wireless keyboards", not actual Bluetooth models. * They are battery powered. A pain. For this reason I don't use the far better proprietary wireless protocol keyboards and mice. I use USB. * Almost every decent wireless keyboard and mouse is NOT Bluetooth. You have a little USB dongle that stores inside the mouse or keyboard. Apart from batteries they have none of the issues of Bluetooth keyboards. Usually the mechanical action is good too. My Android phone and Tablet does work with a USB keyboard, you need an adaptor. Sometimes I might write 5 to 14 hours. On a laptop with a 15" matte screen and decent keyboard. Sometimes I might read ebooks all day and most of the night. Only ever now on eink. The Kobo Libra is a nice size and has the page turns. Before that I used the Aura H2O. I used the DXG for a while, but it was inferior to the Paperwhite, too heavy. Also check your reading distance. Often screens are too far away. The screen should be the same distance away you use a book, especially if you use reading glasses. I have a block to tilt the laptop and I have the front edge slightly overhanging the desk. I prefer a laptop to a PC, since 1998, because it has a built in UPS. Power cuts happen. I backup everyday, save often, increment file number suffix before any deletion / major edit, but that is a few topics. Better to get a matte screen LCD and adjust brightness. Do not have a reflection off a window or a room light. Last edited by Quoth; 11-26-2019 at 01:05 PM.