KOReader advantages? - Page 5

Mercador · 07-31-2020, 05:57 PM

Does it requires more battery?

rigogsilva · 07-31-2020, 07:20 PM

I have used for the last week. So far I live how you can customized almost everything.

I also like the reading statistics the most. The best of everything kobo, kindle... I can export the SQLite file and my data is right there. Perfect!

Not sure if it uses more battery.

NiLuJe · 07-31-2020, 07:26 PM

It *really* shouldn't.

the.Mtn.Man · 07-31-2020, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mansoul

Necro threads get a bad rap.

It's alive... IT'S ALIVE!!!

the.Mtn.Man · 07-31-2020, 08:21 PM

This thread got me interested in KOReader again, so I reinstalled it to take another look, and now I remember why I didn't like it: it doesn't seem to play nicely with large books, so anything like a "complete collection" epub is going to be very slow to open and very slow to make formatting changes to such as adjusting margins or font sizes, and this is a problem for me because I have a lot of complete collections. A book that opens in a few seconds in Nickel takes upwards of 30-seconds in KOReader.

It's a nice piece of software and a great alternative to the default Kobo offering, but for my purposes, it hinders rather than enhances my ability to simply read a book.

NiLuJe · 07-31-2020, 09:38 PM

@the.Mtn.Man: This only affects the first opening (and any action that requires a full re-layout, like say, changing the font size), but, yeah, I get your point, those kind of workflows will be painful

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I've detailed why it works like this a couple times in the KOReader forum (or here more recently).

roger64 · 07-31-2020, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jellby

Exactly my experience. I tried it years ago and thought it was poor (for my use). I tried it again a couple of weeks ago and I'm falling in love with it. I think the ePub rendering/customization has improved a lot. Things I like so far:

* Footer/progress bar customization. I see page numbers (real pages/screenfuls, not synthetic page numbers), pages left in the chapter, current time...

* Much more responsive and easy to control highlighting. With nickel it's always hit and miss and I often have to try several times before I manage to highlight what I want.

* With the proper tweaks (menu-selectable), footnotes/endnotes can be shown as real footnotes or popups, no kepub or epub3 formatting, just reasonable class names. (It works in my books, at least.)

* Real small-caps! If the chosen fonts has small-caps, Koreader can display them with "font-variant: small-caps".

Exactly.

These last years, I kept using Prince PDF, just to freeze the ePub display for my device, because the rendering was just perfect, and Koreader suffered from many small glitches on this regard.

Koreader has been improving steadily, up to the point that now, since last April, I do not use Prince PDF anymore because I found that the display of notes and OT features is now better with Koreader.

Koreader, a very advanced ebook-reader.

shalym · 08-02-2020, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@the.Mtn.Man: This only affects the first opening (and any action that requires a full re-layout, like say, changing the font size), but, yeah, I get your point, those kind of workflows will be painful

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I've detailed why it works like this a couple times in the KOReader forum (or here more recently).

So for people like me who tend to adjust font size a lot, large books would be pretty painful on koreader. This doesn't affect regular sized books though, does it? (I too tried it years ago and gave it up for various reasons, and am thinking of trying it again on my Kobo)

Shari

NiLuJe · 08-02-2020, 11:29 AM

Depends what you mean by "regular", of course, but it should average below the 1 or 2s mark on those, yeah.

DevonHess · 08-02-2020, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadowski

Disadvantage: inferior rendering

Can anyone give more detailed information about what makes it inferior?

NiLuJe · 08-02-2020, 02:50 PM

@DevonHess: That's a five year-old (crappy) answer, so: not much, I'd even go so far as saying the opposite, actually

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ZodWallop · 08-03-2020, 04:25 PM

Are there any videos/sites that give a walkthrough to KOReader? I tried searching, but the things that come up tend to be how to add KOReader to X device, rather than 'here's what KOReader looks like and here are some features.'

geek1011 · 08-04-2020, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Are there any videos/sites that give a walkthrough to KOReader? I tried searching, but the things that come up tend to be how to add KOReader to X device, rather than 'here's what KOReader looks like and here are some features.'

I'd recommend just trying it for yourself (either the Android app or on the Kobo), as it's relatively easy to remove if you don't want it. A video of it wouldn't really be good at showing how it actually feels to use it.

RangoX · 01-09-2021, 11:23 PM

I'd like to try KOreader but I don't understand what happens to the stock reader? Will I be able to switch between one and the other whenever I want? How?

NiLuJe · 01-10-2021, 06:05 AM

Nothing at all, is what happens to the stock reader

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Exiting KOReader will simply restart it, as will rebooting the device.

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07-31-2020, 05:57 PM	#61
Mercador I'm not a number! Posts: 244 Karma: 11496 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Quebec City Device: Kobo Elipsa	Does it requires more battery?

07-31-2020, 07:20 PM	#62
rigogsilva Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 136 Join Date: May 2020 Location: US Device: kobo libra h20, kobo aura h20, kindle, boox nova 2	I have used for the last week. So far I live how you can customized almost everything. I also like the reading statistics the most. The best of everything kobo, kindle... I can export the SQLite file and my data is right there. Perfect! Not sure if it uses more battery.

07-31-2020, 07:26 PM	#63
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	It really shouldn't.

07-31-2020, 08:21 PM	#65
the.Mtn.Man Guru Posts: 710 Karma: 2483502 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kobo Aura	This thread got me interested in KOReader again, so I reinstalled it to take another look, and now I remember why I didn't like it: it doesn't seem to play nicely with large books, so anything like a "complete collection" epub is going to be very slow to open and very slow to make formatting changes to such as adjusting margins or font sizes, and this is a problem for me because I have a lot of complete collections. A book that opens in a few seconds in Nickel takes upwards of 30-seconds in KOReader. It's a nice piece of software and a great alternative to the default Kobo offering, but for my purposes, it hinders rather than enhances my ability to simply read a book.

08-02-2020, 11:29 AM	#69
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Depends what you mean by "regular", of course, but it should average below the 1 or 2s mark on those, yeah.

08-03-2020, 04:25 PM	#72
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,499 Karma: 111164374 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	Are there any videos/sites that give a walkthrough to KOReader? I tried searching, but the things that come up tend to be how to add KOReader to X device, rather than 'here's what KOReader looks like and here are some features.'

01-09-2021, 11:23 PM	#74
RangoX Member Posts: 12 Karma: 12048 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	I'd like to try KOreader but I don't understand what happens to the stock reader? Will I be able to switch between one and the other whenever I want? How?

01-10-2021, 06:05 AM	#75
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Nothing at all, is what happens to the stock reader . Exiting KOReader will simply restart it, as will rebooting the device.