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Originally Posted by pepak
1) I am so glad someone finally managed to write their own firmware for Sony. That gives a great hope for more future software.
2) I think the ability to run alongside a standard firmware (even PRS Plus-ed one) is a major success and a major feature, since it allows to easily switch between the two firmwares as needed.
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Originally Posted by pepak
3) I was rather horrified by the "speed" of the menu system, though. Subjectively, it seems much slower than the Sony firmware.
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I can't confirm that this firmware is much slower than Sony's. The "speed" seems to be comparable to me.
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Originally Posted by pepak
- HTML: rendering is atrocious. I intentionally tried a formatting-heavy e-book and was disappointed that no formatting made it through - no chapter headings, no emphasis, no CSS, no fonts, no intra-document links... If I had to guess, I would say the HTML was converted to plaintext and then displayed. This is a major problem for me.
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The HTML+CSS renderer really needs a lot of additional work imho. Almost all css-styles are ignored.
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Originally Posted by pepak
6) All in all, as it is now, I consider eA a proof of concept, not a usable firmware. But I will definitely follow its development with interest, because it has a great potential.
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Another suggestion: Custom fonts. It's a major drawback that one can't change/select the default font used in the reading application. The used default font is a very bad choice for e-ink imho. There are many, many better alternatives.