Sell me on KOReader

[radius]

I'm looking for an epub reading app for my (LCD-display) Android tablet. Once upon a time I used to use Aldiko but I was never in love with it.

I've seen the hoops people jump through to install KOReader on their Kindles and Kobos so I thought there must be something great about it to inspire such loyalty and motivate people to replace perfectly serviceable, built-in software.

But after installing it, I feel like I am using Athena-widget, GNU software from the 1990s. I guess maybe the UI is optimized for eink displays. But in any case, I don't understand the appeal yet.

What am I missing?

[pazos]

Originally Posted by radius

What am I missing?

Purpose

Give readest a try, read as much as you want. If you somehow feel like you want to read on a platform readest doesn't support install KOReader in there and sync everything.

Most of us who use KOReader on lcd devices is because we're also using it on eink and we are so within the ecosystem we would miss a lot by not using it

But that's probably NOT your case, spetially if you consider stock options "perfectly serviceable"

[xor_]

Because it's free software, and I think it's important to have an eco-system of open source software. Also, the developers are pretty cool.

One initial appeal was that it had PDF reflow and better font support.

Back when I started using it, the project was Kindle-only software. And part of the appeal was to join the effort to get it running on Kobos in the first place. Today there are no hoops to jump through.

I also don't mind the somewhat arcane interface. And I actually had to check whether my Emacs was still using Athena widgets. I guess it doesn't.