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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Using the dictionary forces a full refresh when you turn the page, but since you already refresh after every page turn, it doesn't make any difference in your case. I'm kind of surprised you can tolerate using an e-reader at all if you're that sensitive to text sharpness.
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By "using the dictionary" I mean long pressing a word within a book to access the pop up dictionary. I then tap the page outside of the pop up dictionary, it vanishes and... nothing. There is no full screen refresh when the pop up dictionary fades away. This leaves all the text on the page slightly unclear.
You can test this out yourself. If you repeat this process several times you can observe the text getting gradually worse.
Contrast this to pressing in the middle of a page in a book, which summons the upper and lower toolbars. Now tap in the middle again: the toolbars go away and there's a full refresh of the page. This is the behaviour I would like to see also when consulting the pop up dictionary function within a book.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
Kandwo is not talking about ghosting, but about text sharpness. They're different things. Text sharpness decreases slightly with every partial page refresh and is only restored with full refresh. This happens on all eink readers. Most people seem not to notice it, but some do, myself included. That was one reason I couldn't get used to a Nook - you can't have every page do a full refresh on Nooks. It bothered me enough that I didn't like to read on my Nook at all and eventually sold it.
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Exactly!
I wouldn't mind the ghosting if it weren't for this. I actually find it quite cosy, as if I'm reading a paper book and can see some of the letters on the other side of the page shine through. But I can't stand unsharp text.