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Old 09-22-2020, 12:51 AM   #60
Freeshadow
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Personally, I'd rather the ePub consortium concentrated on improving the typography support, and left audio-visual media with text to another format.
How long had we dreamt this dream dear friend?

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all Webkit/WebEngine based readers
you nailed the problem: E-readers shouldn't run on Webwhatever based engines but on a "what do I need to render a book engine.
see above
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People seem fixated on Kindle
Nope. People wanting to read want read.
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Does anybody still use dedicated e-readers when phones and tablets are everywhere? My old Sony e-reader has been sitting in a drawer for over 5 years since reading on a tablet was simply a better and handier solution.
Definitely. Unless I'm the last one using one.
I configured and thus handled a f* load of phones and tablets for my family over the years. Taking the weight/size ratio alone (with complete disregard for runtime) none of them was "better and handier" than any eink reader I handled.
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Reading at night with built-in brightness adjustment and dark mode on an ipad pretty much does it for me.
Backlit displays pretty much do it for us.
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