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Originally Posted by davidfor
the browser is a relatively primitive browser.
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Thanks David.
I saw that the browser was quite poor & hidden away in the 'beta' menu - so I began to consider compromising that requirement & instead doing as advised & downloading onto computer & syncing from there.
I've spent most of the day checking out the various ebook software & all it's rather a minefield of incompatibility isn't it! The official apps are so egregious they are effectively useless.
Kindle's Desktop App was a bit of a nightmare to even work out how to open a .mobi file as there were no buttons or options to open or import a file - when it finally worked the app crashed & now crashes every time - apparently they have recently removed that ability, & I have managed to 'brick it' first attempt! In the trash with it!
Kobo App is similarly poor. I got a free ebook from the store & that was fine, but it seems you can't use it for your own books so it's worthless as any kind of desktop library. Although it looks nice enough, I would love to use it if it were capable.
Caibre, well... It may have the functionality, but it looks like some ugly cousin of Windows XP that has been locked in the attic for 20 years. Opening an ebook & reading it was awful & very slow - I wouldn't want to use this as any kind of desktop reading software. In fact if I never see that interface again I will be all the happier - Although to be fair
I am stuck with version 3 because they dropped support for my Desktop OS. (High Sierra)
Do I have any other options?
Seeking desktop software wasn't my aim at all when I started the thread, I just (foolishly?) assumed that each reader would have a functional desktop library app for the formats the reader supported.
Kobo would however be an excellent option for me as I have about ¥6000 (£40) of Rakuten points I had forgotten about, so the Clara became a lot more attractive!