Comment by jack101311
2 days ago
Wow, I'm really glad someone can echo my thoughts too. Actually, back in 2021, I proposed building a software ecosystem for E Ink displays. The article is right here: [https://jackscogito.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-necessity-of-es...] (This article was rewritten in English in 2022.) And some of your design principles resonate with mine, but yours are more concise and clearly highlight the characteristics of E Ink displays.
Also, your newspaper demo looks fantastic. I think it would be perfect for viewing on a 25.1-inch E Ink display in portrait mode; the effect must be excellent. However, I'm concerned you might encounter difficulties applying Eink Mode to it, as I'm currently grappling with the pagination algorithms for Table, grid, and flex layouts, which are proving quite challenging.
It's a bit jarring having my (usually prolix) writing described as "concise", but thanks. From your "Necessity" article, the point about minimising any ancillary screen elements is another that I strongly support. I'll almost always hide system menus and even the Onyx BOOX navigation ball when I'm reading in depth.
As much as EinkBro's paginated navigation is an improvement over scrolling (to the extent that I keep trying to navigate other apps similarly, and am disappointed), eInk Mode's more complete pagination is a huge step up from that.
I'm admittedly biased, but the newspaper layout really is calming, and looks great on my 13.3" Max Lumi. I'm also viewing it on an iMac 27" display, windowed, full-screen, and resized smaller. A large eInk display would make a cool demo.
For a static or paginated display it's possible to reduce the lede context (displayed story paragraphs) to include more headlines within a single page, or so that each page shows most of a sections' content. I've though of having an automatically-advancing display as well, though sorting how to do that through a Web browser might be challenging (a sequence of URLs most likely).
But yeah, I'm having fun and would like to incorporate your tool into this.