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NiLuJe · 02-04-2020, 08:06 PM

TL;DR: It's actually technically a crap pattern (even forgetting that it's not 16c, and not the eInk palette), but it works surprisingly well in practice on eInk, as can be gleaned from Jon's picture.

I mean, it's definitely worse than doing it The Right Way, but it's not so awful that I want to tear my eyes off, far from it. And it's definitely a win vs. not doing anything (for unprocessed content, which is 99.99% of content on Kobo)

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On newer devices, what's done looks even better (and isn't as aggressive towards perfect content, which is a double win in my book). The clincher being that it's free on Mk. 7 (in terms of CPU cycles).

02-04-2020, 08:06 PM	#63
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	TL;DR: It's actually technically a crap pattern (even forgetting that it's not 16c, and not the eInk palette), but it works surprisingly well in practice on eInk, as can be gleaned from Jon's picture. I mean, it's definitely worse than doing it The Right Way, but it's not so awful that I want to tear my eyes off, far from it. And it's definitely a win vs. not doing anything (for unprocessed content, which is 99.99% of content on Kobo) . On newer devices, what's done looks even better (and isn't as aggressive towards perfect content, which is a double win in my book). The clincher being that it's free on Mk. 7 (in terms of CPU cycles). Last edited by NiLuJe; 02-04-2020 at 08:28 PM.