Mac epub readers with smooth scrolling?

apennebaker · 08-26-2013, 10:39 AM

I like scrolling vertically down my ebooks. This works well with Preview.app and PDFs, but I can't seem to find an EPUB reader with smooth scrolling. FBReader.app has very jerky, almost unusable scrolling.

The more formats the better! I'd like to read CBZs/CBRs as well as EPUBs in the same reader.

mrmikel · 08-26-2013, 01:45 PM

For e-ink readers, what you want does not work well. The screen is not constantly refreshed but is put up one whole screen at a time. Between changes of screen it uses little power. What you want is a power guzzler for these readers. I assume tablets with their LED/LCD screens can do this better.

David Munch · 08-26-2013, 01:49 PM

He is asking for a Mac application.

Edit: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks will have iBooks as an application, so it may have better support for ePub. 10.9 will be released soon.

08-26-2013, 10:39 AM	#1
apennebaker Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Moon+ Reader	Mac epub readers with smooth scrolling? I like scrolling vertically down my ebooks. This works well with Preview.app and PDFs, but I can't seem to find an EPUB reader with smooth scrolling. FBReader.app has very jerky, almost unusable scrolling. The more formats the better! I'd like to read CBZs/CBRs as well as EPUBs in the same reader.

08-26-2013, 01:49 PM	#3
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,008 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	He is asking for a Mac application. Edit: Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks will have iBooks as an application, so it may have better support for ePub. 10.9 will be released soon. Last edited by David Munch; 08-30-2013 at 03:00 AM.

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08-26-2013, 01:45 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	For e-ink readers, what you want does not work well. The screen is not constantly refreshed but is put up one whole screen at a time. Between changes of screen it uses little power. What you want is a power guzzler for these readers. I assume tablets with their LED/LCD screens can do this better.

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