Craig, You really needed to be on the DISCUSS list the last week or so. My favorite comment was my own:
Very fine segment on To The Best Of Our Knowledge (TTBOOK) last Sunday. The first segment was on fonts, and one of the people interviewed compared the fonts on the Kindle with other readers, especially the iPod. Apparently the Kindle has only one font, and he thinks the one they chose was not the best for the job. He can read a book that is very funny in hard copy, and he doesn't laugh at it on the Kindle. He does laugh on the iPod. Other passages in the segment I would like to share my own comments about over a beer sometime. Fonts is Fun! --Don Ellis http://www.wpr.org/book/091101b.cfm - Hide quoted text - On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Gary Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 12:20:36PM -0400, Newt Love wrote: > ... > On 11:50 Sat 07 Aug, Scott Granneman wrote: > ... > > How are the fonts? Readable? Or too often like many "free" fonts: > > awful? (There are many great open fonts, of course - some that I use > > every day - but there are many awful ones too) > ... > On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 08:19:35PM -0500, Keith Brown wrote: > On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 01:09:49PM -0500, Jason Clark wrote: > > > ...but I've also tried reading on LCD tablets like > > > the ipad and some of the android devices out there. eInk wins hands > down. I > > > can't read for nearly as long or as comfortably with a backlit screen > as I > > > can on my nook. > > I wanted to add to it, since you brought it up, but the Libre mentioned > > by the OP is an LCD based reader. Yes, it is a reflective LCD (no > > backlight needed) but it still isn't as easy on the eyes as an eInk > display. > > Lots of good experience and info in this tread. Thanks! > > So, is that capitalization "eInk" indicative of a proprietary > technology (ala E Ink Corp.), or are you just referencing it as generic? > And is generic eInk the same as generic ePaper? (Please, no disrespect > or flame-bait here, I just wanna understand the terms.) > > > I hadn't heard of fonts being an issue (I'm interest in more > polite discussion of experiences) but I have heard talk of the effect > of the electronic paper vs backlit displays. > > A specific was Charlie Rose interviewing Jef Bezos (CEO of > Amazon) on July 28. He was asking him about the competition from > general use computers like the iPad. Bezos was insistant that Amazon > made the decision that the Kindle needed to emphasize the "easy reading > experience" ala e-paper and this made it worth being a seperate device. > > I really have not put my eyes to the test. What are people's > experiences reading e-paper vs LCD screens? Is it important to everyone > or are some people's eyes more sensitive to the differences? > > > For anyone who wants to hear/watch/read Rose's Bezos interview... > http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/11138#frame_top > > An excerpt: > JEFF BEZOS: ... If you're going to have a two-hour reading > session, get the Kindle and get a device that is really optimized for > long-form reading. > > CHARLIE ROSE: The argument made for the Kindle, and you make it > as well as anyone else, is that it.s easier to read, that your eyes will > tire because of backlighting from an iPad. > > JEFF BEZOS: It's like reading -- what's the first thing? When > you have to read a long document on a computer, what's the first thing > you do? You print it out. > > CHARLIE ROSE: Sure. Yes. > > JEFF BEZOS: Because when you're looking into a backlit display, > which is the traditional LCD kinds of computer displays -- it's what you > have on smart phones and tablet computers and so on -- the contrast -- > the light, it's just like reading when someone is shining a flashlight > in your eyes. > > And so the electronic paper display like what you are holding > there now is a completely revolutionary kind of display. It looks > nothing like a computer display. And still most people have never seen > an electronic paper display. They think of a computer display. But > when you see one of these you do a double take because it's so > different. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Craig Smith <[email protected]> wrote: Hey gang, > > I'm seriously considering buy an e-reader within the next few months. Can > anyone give me any recommendations or describe experiences with their > e-readers. > > Craig > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
