E-reader comparison table & tool

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

Thanks again, for continually adding to and tweaking this tool. It's been very handy to do comparisons!

You're welcome! Happy to do it

Originally Posted by Renate

You can add hidden fields to sort by. This is an example which works in MediaWiki (although your JavaScript probably does something similar):

<td data-sort-value="0.0">Free</td>

<td data-sort-value="1.0">$1/mo</td>

<td data-sort-value="1.25">$30/2yr</td>

This way you can sort by cost/month even if the price is per year, per half year, per month.
For multiple values you could make it a bitmap, although you would probably have to do some coding yourself.

Interesting. I'm a bit constrained as to what solutions I can use though, as I'm using a WordPress plugin for the main comparison table and it's filter functions. I have been able to add a bunch of extra functionality on top of what the plugin offers with my own code, but I can't change any of the core functionality of the plugin without forking it (which I might have to do eventually). But I'll see what I can do.

Originally Posted by chronoreverse

According the Koreader system information readout, the Paperwhite 6 has 1GB of RAM and not 512MB. Doesn't really make a difference for most purposes luckily.

Thanks for this tool, it's very helpful!

You're welcome! And did you check that out yourself using KOReader, or do you have another source for this that you can share? The 512 MB that I've listed is based on someone using this device information detection tool which reported 512 MB, as well as GoodEreader reporting it to be 512 MB here here. Luckily RAM doesn't make much of a difference for non-Android e-readers indeed, but I'd like to get it right.

Originally Posted by patrik

If you have the time, there are three new ereaders from InkBook; Solaris, Focus Plus and Focus Color.

https://inkbook.eu/products/inkbook-focus-plus
https://inkbook.eu/products/inkbook-focus-color
https://inkbook.eu/products/e-book-r...nkbook-solaris

Thanks for letting me know; I have just added all of these devices!

I have also just added the Meebook M8 and M8C, which I seemed to have missed earlier. Also added the Bigme HiBreak Pro recently.

Something else I've added is a new feature to do a quick relative size comparison of two devices in the side-by-side comparison tool. You can now simply check the checkbox for 'Compare size' to see the difference in size between any two devices.

Here's a link to a comparison of two devices with a clear size difference to see it in action: https://comparisontabl.es/e-readers/...eSize=true#sbs

As well as a screenshot of the result:



I've also made a lot of small design and UX improvements lately. For instance, the filter options and page numbers are now 'sticky' on horizontal scroll, meaning you don't have to scroll to back to the left to find them.

As always, any feedback and suggestions are welcome!

[chronoreverse]

Originally Posted by Guido

You're welcome! And did you check that out yourself using KOReader, or do you have another source for this that you can share? The 512 MB that I've listed is based on someone using this device information detection tool which reported 512 MB, as well as GoodEreader reporting it to be 512 MB here here. Luckily RAM doesn't make much of a difference for non-Android e-readers indeed, but I'd like to get it right.

I checked on my own PW6 (non-signature) in Koreader. I think the extra RAM is unlikely to be of any use except for really really large PDFs/epubs.

Technically, it says 956.89 Total memory (MB) but I think that corresponds to 1GB.

I guess since I have Koreader open I might as well open the terminal and pull out some more information.

-CPU is definitely dual-core. A Mediatek Cortex-A7 according to /proc/cpuinfo with BogoMIPS 26 for each core
-Max frequency is 2GHz according to /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
-Battery capacity is 1865mAh (so marketing number of 1900mAh is fine) according /sys/class/power_supply/bd71827_bat/charge_full_design

Geez, in comparison my Libra 2 is a hog. Single-core 1GHz Cortex-A9 with BogoMIPS of 3

[tomsem]

A quibble about Dark Mode:

Kobo Clara Colour and Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition do not have system wide Dark Mode, it is a reading setting only. User Interface elements retain white background. Maybe this deserves an asterisk.

Kobo Clara Colour does have Invert Screen option (if you enable Developer options), which requires restart to enable and disable, and is not very discoverable. Moreover, it is incompatible with color content: it inverts colors as well and the toggling the reading Dark Mode will not invert the color inversion. So to me it does not qualify as Dark mode.

PocketBook InkPad Color 3 only has System dark mode, which can be toggle in quick settings in any context. Unfortunately like Kobo's hidden invert screen option. it inverts colors so is unusable with color content. Maybe that's a double asterisk Dark Mode.

There must be some underlying reason why it is problematic with Kalaeido 3 to avoid the compromises that all of the above have.

I do not use Dark Mode on any of my e-Ink devices any more, it is just a better reading experience to keep some lights on. But to me it is or would be annoying to read in near total darkness and get blasted with light just changing a font or to select another book.

[ldcgreen]

Love the comparison tool! Could you please add Pocketbook Era (Black and White).

Thanks!

Lisa

[patrik]

Originally Posted by ldcgreen

Love the comparison tool! Could you please add Pocketbook Era (Black and White).

Thanks!

Lisa

Huh? As far as I can tell, the Era (and Era Color) are there.