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Originally Posted by lilman
I've never had a problem with the DX only loading part of an image, but I don't like how sometimes the next image will load quickly while other times (usually) it takes a few seconds for an image to load.
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I've noticed that too, but I have two hipothesis: different image sizes (resolution and space) and caché. I guess Kindle DX is loading the next images in memory while you're viewing a page/picture. Sometimes a page has nothing or little to read, so we skip faster not giving it the time to pre-load the next image. But I'm just speculating.
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I recommend combining your images into a single pdf file. I do this with all my manga and the DX handles them like a champ.
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How do you do it? And what would be the file size?
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Cons of using images for manga:
-Slow page turning
-Randomly selected the next page instead of going in alphabetical order (mangle seems to not have a problem with this, but the program I wrote couldn't do it correctly)
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I don't notice the slow page turning, although I've been using the Cybook for a long time, so I might be used to it.
So far I've read 4 mangas, about 180 pages each. Never had an issue with random page turning. Although I'm careful to check out if they're in alphanumerical order (some times we have different chapters in the same book with different file naming).
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-You have to set it to full screen mode every time you open an image folder. Otherwise, even though it remembers that you were using fullscreen mode from the last image folder you opened, it still has a menu bar at the top of the screen.
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I've noticed that and it's annoying. That and having to refresh the screen because it never loads properly the first image at the first try. But after that, it's working like a charm. But Amazon should fix this.
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Pros of using pdf for manga:
+Page turning speed is much faster than image changing (and it always takes the same amount of time to change pages)
+Can type a page number to go to it (you can't do that with image folders)
+Never have to worry about pages being out of order
+Shows page number at the bottom of the screen (I like knowing how many pages are left in the chapter)
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What about the image quality? Doesn't PDF files compress images?
