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Originally Posted by Lemurion
What I think is sad is that I don't think anyone has yet released a reader that's significantly better for reading fiction than the PRS-505. Yes its limitations with ePub are well-documented, but as has been said elsewhere, there are pros and cons to both left and full justification.
(I prefer left justification myself, a ragged right is less annoying to my eyes than the extra spaces between words.)
Newer readers have added a lot of functionality that the 505 doesn't have - but none have a marked improvement in the two features I find most important; battery life and screen clarity.
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The reason why there are annoying extra spaces between words is because readers that
do offer full justification don't do it properly with good hyphenation or paragraph flow. That's something I hope to see improved in future readers. I'm not certain how complex the algorithms for Adobe's Paragraph Composer or the H&J Rules in TeX are, but I suspect that newer readers will have the hardware oomph to support it...it'll be up to software developers to implement such things though.
kennyc:
By quality, I was referring primarily to the display and software. The physical materials, and probably even the fit and finish are fine for most readers, even if the design is poor (which in most cases it is, in my professional opinion). "Quality" extends quite a bit beyond materials and physical tolerances when it comes to information technology. Didn't mean to confuse with a vague word, sorry.