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MCBastos · 05-07-2020, 05:14 PM

Thank you for your suggestion. However, I'm under the impression that KOreader is intended for e-ink based dedicated reader devices? I forgot to mention it before, but I actually read on my phone -- main reason being, it's always with me. I might attempt to install it anyway and see how it behaves in a phone...

Addendum: I installed Koreader from the F-Droid store. I found it a really interesting product, with -- seemingly -- the kind of approach I prefer: favor the publisher's choices first, but let the user override them if needed (which does happen -- I have seen some "professionally" published ebooks with really crappy formatting...), and, specifically, they seem to have been adding HTML5 support.

Unfortunately, the one feature I really wanted -- that is, respecting the publisher's serif/sans-serif choices -- appears to still be lacking. It does respect monospaced, which I guess is something.

Still, an impressive product, with a plethora of customization options.

05-07-2020, 05:14 PM	#3
MCBastos Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brazil Device: Galaxy A16 5G	Thank you for your suggestion. However, I'm under the impression that KOreader is intended for e-ink based dedicated reader devices? I forgot to mention it before, but I actually read on my phone -- main reason being, it's always with me. I might attempt to install it anyway and see how it behaves in a phone... Addendum: I installed Koreader from the F-Droid store. I found it a really interesting product, with -- seemingly -- the kind of approach I prefer: favor the publisher's choices first, but let the user override them if needed (which does happen -- I have seen some "professionally" published ebooks with really crappy formatting...), and, specifically, they seem to have been adding HTML5 support. Unfortunately, the one feature I really wanted -- that is, respecting the publisher's serif/sans-serif choices -- appears to still be lacking. It does respect monospaced, which I guess is something. Still, an impressive product, with a plethora of customization options. Last edited by MCBastos; 05-07-2020 at 05:47 PM.