KOReader and Nova 3

[svkytbsld]

My search for a new 7.8"+ device that works with KOReader best still continues. I am leaning to Kobo Forma but ereader.store has a sweet discount for Onyx Nova 3 and I am really considering it too.

My questions are about Nova 3's KOReader performance for pdfs.

1) Is it fast, sluggish or in-between?
2) I think I read stg. about screen flickering issue on Nova 3. Is there such a problem?
3) Leaving aside the stylus-pen pros and cons, which one do you recommend me to buy for KOReader: Forma or Nova 3?

[Frenzie]

It's reported as working but I don't know what performance is like. You could try pinging @deep-dark-blue over on GitHub?

In theory there should be little reason for it to be noticeably slower or faster than a Kobo Forma.

The physical buttons on the Libra/Forma are nice to have.

[kandwo]

Originally Posted by svkytbsld

My search for a new 7.8"+ device that works with KOReader best still continues. I am leaning to Kobo Forma but ereader.store has a sweet discount for Onyx Nova 3 and I am really considering it too.

My questions are about Nova 3's KOReader performance for pdfs.

1) Is it fast, sluggish or in-between?
2) I think I read stg. about screen flickering issue on Nova 3. Is there such a problem?
3) Leaving aside the stylus-pen pros and cons, which one do you recommend me to buy for KOReader: Forma or Nova 3?

I have used KOReader for epubs and the like on my Nova 3 without any problems whatsoever. Just opened a PDF to try it out and page turns are surprisingly fast, pretty much instant; they seem even quicker than page turns in epubs.

I haven't had any screen flickering. I haven't read about any such issues either.

I personally strongly prefer the Android environment due to greater flexibility (syncing files between my computer, my phone and my Nova 3; 3rd party dictionary support; any reading app I want (I could have a book open in each app and switch between them depending on what I want to read (instead of manually opening and switching books within the reading app itself))). The Nova 3 is also a much more powerful device. Compared to my Kindle PW3 everything is snappy: moving around in the interface, opening books, switching between books/dictionaries, etc.

If the Forma is significantly cheaper, or you really want physical page turn buttons, and you only intend to read PDFs - buy it. Otherwise I would go for the Nova 3.

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by svkytbsld

My search for a new 7.8"+ device that works with KOReader best still continues. I am leaning to Kobo Forma but ereader.store has a sweet discount for Onyx Nova 3 and I am really considering it too.

My questions are about Nova 3's KOReader performance for pdfs.

1) Is it fast, sluggish or in-between?
2) I think I read stg. about screen flickering issue on Nova 3. Is there such a problem?
3) Leaving aside the stylus-pen pros and cons, which one do you recommend me to buy for KOReader: Forma or Nova 3?

It works fine but honestly for PDFs the built in NeoReader is just better IMO. I have a Nova 2 which is a tad slower but has the same screen. I haven't seen any flickering. The Forma is just too slow for PDFs IMO, it's still the same CPU/RAM as what was in my Aura One and it just can't keep up. The Boox devices are just so much faster than the Amazon/Kobo stuff.

If you do get a Nova 3 remember to grab KOReader off their github or F-droid. The one in the Oynx app "store" is ancient.

[jonnyl]

I have an additional question for Nova 2 or 3 users: is it possible to adjust the warm light from within KOReader? On my Likebook Mars it only works for the cold light.
Thanks.

[jonnyl]

Is it possible to adjust the warm light from within KOReader on the Nova 2 or 3?
On my Likebook Mars it only works for the cold light.

[salamanderjuice]

For the gestures? If I click on the frontlight setting in KOReader both work but for gestures only the cold works for some reason on my Nova 2, maybe a bug. However it's kinda moot as you can set gestures for doing that system wide.

[Pajamaman]

It's kinda unstable on a nova 1 IME. I can adjust white and orange light from within koreader, but I'm on android 6. I read later android versions restrict that.

IMO the only advantage of koreader over the default neo reader is the Reverse night mode. For reading non-pdf type files, alreaderx is excellent.

[jonnyl]

Originally Posted by salamanderjuice

For the gestures? If I click on the frontlight setting in KOReader both work but for gestures only the cold works for some reason on my Nova 2, maybe a bug. However it's kinda moot as you can set gestures for doing that system wide.

Interesting, I would have thought it'd be the same for gestures or the manual settings. Could very well be a bug.

Good to know though that Boox offer systemwide gestures. I've watched several reviews on Youtube but nobody ever mentioned this (or I missed it). Are the possible gestures preset or is it also possible to program custom gestures as in KOReader? Btw, what happens if there's a conflict between a system gesture and one in KOReader - are both executed? (No worries if you never tried that, it's not that important lol.)

[salamanderjuice]

Originally Posted by jonnyl

Interesting, I would have thought it'd be the same for gestures or the manual settings. Could very well be a bug.

Good to know though that Boox offer systemwide gestures. I've watched several reviews on Youtube but nobody ever mentioned this (or I missed it). Are the possible gestures preset or is it also possible to program custom gestures as in KOReader? Btw, what happens if there's a conflict between a system gesture and one in KOReader - are both executed? (No worries if you never tried that, it's not that important lol.)

It's somewhat customizable. Not to the same degree as KOReader so don't expect to set a diagonal swipe to do something, just the left and right sides. You can set it to adjust the volume, dark color enhancement, light color filter and the lights obviously.

If you have a KOReader gesture set it will try to do that instead of the system one. So you have disable them for the system one to work.

It's a somewhat new feature I think? Added in 3.2 I'm pretty sure.