How to read comfortably on a tablet

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by cvkemp

Come on everyone lets just say what works for you/me is just fine with the rest of us and leave it at that.

I'm with you!

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by silverraven

That looks great!
Will this work on the $50 Kindle Fire? And if so, will you enlighten us as to how exactly? For all of us tablet n00bies. Even with the light turned down as far as it will go it is still bright for my eyes. I'm sure I'm just missing something.
Thanks!
S

If you use an app like Moon+ or Pocketbook Reader that allows backgrounds then yes. You need Screen Dim by Omega Centauri Software on the newer Fires. It's not free but the developer was a member here who made the app when the first Kindle Fire came out for his wife. I use it on all my tablets and phones.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by copyrite

I like your background! Is that stock or your own creation?

It comes with Moon+ I just extracted it then fiddled with in Photo Editor app till it looked like a paperback page. The original is too stained and too yellow.

I prefer to read on my tablet in the dark. eInk front light hasn't got there yet to where you can comfortable read in the dark. My Kobo HD Glo lets me add weight to the font but the lack of contrast is still a limitation. In bright lights eInk wins as the mirror effect on the tablet really makes it harder to read on when seeing yourself in the page but in the dark there is no mirror effect when using a good background.

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by Blossom

If you use an app like Moon+ or Pocketbook Reader that allows backgrounds then yes. You need Screen Dim by Omega Centauri Software on the newer Fires. It's not free but the developer was a member here who made the app when the first Kindle Fire came out for his wife. I use it on all my tablets and phones.

Thanks, will look into these apps! Do you happen to know the difference between the paid version of Moon+ and the free?
I don't mind paying if the app actually does what I want it to do.
S
*I just went to buy Screen Dim and found out I already own this app!! I bought it a while ago, I have no idea what for.......

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by silverraven

Thanks, will look into these apps! Do you happen to know the difference between the paid version of Moon+ and the free?
I don't mind paying if the app actually does what I want it to do.
S

It's on sale right now so I'd grab it if I was you. You will need to sideload it. There are so many more features in the paid version. The free is limited. I have bought it twice once on Google Play and on Amazon. I use the Google version as it does not have drm on it and it's updated faster.

Another nice reader which is completely free and has no ads is Pocketbook Reader. Both allow backgrounds.

[silverraven]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It's on sale right now so I'd grab it if I was you. You will need to sideload it. There are so many more features in the paid version. The free is limited. I have bought it twice once on Google Play and on Amazon. I use the Google version as it does not have drm on it and it's updated faster.

Another nice reader which is completely free and has no ads is Pocketbook Reader. Both allow backgrounds.

I saw it was on sale and I grabbed it! I might be asking more questions about it later!
Thanks!!
S

[Conan46]

What do you folks think of Google Books nightime reading mode? I understand Amazon recently came up with something similar to block blue light.
http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/15/1...ture-announced

[leebase]

Given the study on blue light required 2 hours reading on full bright, and that one hour didn't show an effect - then I am not worried. I read and fall asleep

[AnotherCat]

As I have mentioned before there are applications that allow one to set the text and the paper from as black as ones display is capable of to as white as it is capable of and any colour using RGB mixing i.e. the paper and text can be any combination of the colour spectrum (so an essentially infinite choice), including black and white and brightness that one wants. One just sets it up and that is it, no need to play around with the display's own controls and if brightness needs changing it is just a click and a slider in the reading application itself.

Now I am only familiar with Windows and an example of a free application that runs under Windows 8 through 10 is Freda built by Turnipsoft. The free version has unobtrusive advertising that is not present when reading (and it can be blocked with a firewall), the paid version does not.

Note that before anyone starts claiming Windows or Freda are rubbish, I am not promoting them but just giving them as an example. The nub is that given the paucity of applications for Windows 8 and 10 devices and the multitudes of them for Android, etc., I would have assumed that reading applications with such complete flexibility in paper and text would have been a dime a dozen for Android, etc. devices and even richer in features than the few Windows ones.

Is that not so?

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It's on sale right now so I'd grab it if I was you. You will need to sideload it. There are so many more features in the paid version. The free is limited. I have bought it twice once on Google Play and on Amazon. I use the Google version as it does not have drm on it and it's updated faster.

Another nice reader which is completely free and has no ads is Pocketbook Reader. Both allow backgrounds.

Blossom, can you configure Moon+ for showing pages till end of book and end of chapter? And does it honors book css or only its own styles?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

Blossom, can you configure Moon+ for showing pages till end of book and end of chapter? And does it honors book css or only its own styles?

It only shows percentage and pages till end of chapter but it has Time Left To Read on it just like the Kindles do. It shows how long til the end of the chapter and how long til the end of the book.

It does a little of both formatting but I'd say it's better for customizing then keeping the publisher's styles. It's good for fiction not so good for books with complex layouts.

It now has a blue Light filter which is interesting. It also has a reminder to stop you from reading and rest your eyes. I disabled mine. It seems to always happen when I am in an intense scene.

It has so many features. The developer really tries to incorporate all the features from most popular readers.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

It only shows percentage and pages till end of chapter but it has Time Left To Read on it just like the Kindles do. It shows how long til the end of the chapter and how long til the end of the book.

It does a little of both formatting but I'd say it's better for customizing then keeping the publisher's styles. It's good for fiction not so good for books with complex layouts.

It now has a blue Light filter which is interesting. It also has a reminder to stop you from reading and rest your eyes. I disabled mine. It seems to always happen when I am in an intense scene.

It has so many features. The developer really tries to incorporate all the features from most popular readers.

So it's not for me as I want to keep MY styles (not publisher's as I format all my books ) and the only advantage I saw over Mantano was pages till end of chapter AND pages till end of book. Thank you, I was afraid of it

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

So it's not for me as I want to keep MY styles (not publisher's as I format all my books ) and the only advantage I saw over Mantano was pages till end of chapter AND pages till end of book. Thank you, I was afraid of it

No you misunderstood it does the opposite. You can customize Moon+ to whatever you want and it will keep those settings as long as the book is coded correctly. I don't care for Mantano it's too limited in customize formatting. However for true publisher's rendering Mantano is pretty good on that.

[Terisa de morgan]

Originally Posted by Blossom

No you misunderstood it does the opposite. You can customize Moon+ to whatever you want and it will keep those settings as long as the book is coded correctly. I don't care for Mantano it's too limited in customize formatting. However for true publisher's rendering Mantano is pretty good on that.

What do you mean as coded correctly? Does it keep different paragrah setting according to the class? So the first paragraph after a heading or a scene break can have different top margin and indentation? Because I code them like that and it's totally correct. Can you customize it like that?

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

What do you mean as coded correctly? Does it keep different paragrah setting according to the class? So the first paragraph after a heading or a scene break can have different top margin and indentation? Because I code them like that and it's totally correct. Can you customize it like that?

I mean the epub is validated correctly. It keeps fixed settings unless you exclude them like in the attached screenshot.