Re: tablets, readers and E ink - a question
Hey, >From my experience E-Ink are better for reading plain text. The E-Ink I had experience with was all black and white and wasn't so great for internet access or pictures. Reading on it was better then a paper book, felt the same for the eyes and pages didn't flip by them self, also a lot of books are much heavier. The main issues of LCD are the inability to read in direct light and lower batter life. Even after anti-glare cover that I've added, I still need to shade the screen. Experience: A few hours of toying with a E-Ink based reader and a lot more with the Nook Color I own. The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer tablet. If you go for E-Ink make sure that you have a light-source. Yochai On 10/08/12 11:06, Dan Shimshoni wrote: > Hi all, > > Question: > I think of buying some tablet device which its main purpose is reading > (pdf, documents in word format, books, and for a real less degree xchm files). > I intend to use if also for Internet browsing (also reading/writing > emails via webmail). > > Options I think of are: > Some 10'' Reader (like kindle) which has E-Ink support. > > Tablet (10'') like some android-based tablet or iPad. > > AFAIK, most tablets (if not all) do not come with E-Ink support. > > In all cases, what I need is wifi support (3G is not mandatory). > > My question is simple: > Suppose I intend to have 80% of the usage time for reading docs (pdf, etc) > and only 20% of the usage time for Internet - which is better ? > > Or to put it more sharply - Is E Ink technology really substantial > when reading docs ? > > I appreciate those who has real experience with these devices > regarding reading pdf/books and accessing internet > with this devices will comment from their experience. > > rgs, > DS > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: tablets, readers and E ink - a question
Hi, I own an e-vrit e-ink reader and a Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tablet. I used the e-vrit for a while to read books from the e-vrit site and some plain text classics. It does feel easier on the eyes, but it was very slow to respond, so the experience is somewhat diminished... PDF files are supported, but unusable - the screen is too small and the CPU is too slow to render the image - about 2-3 seconds for each page flip. Since then I switched to the Galaxy Tablet and I barely put it down: I use it for reading mostly (80%), some puzzle games and some web browsing. Being an Android device, it has integrated support for all Google services (including Gmail, of course). It is a bit less comfortable to read for a long time, but I don't have that much free time anyway. I mostly read on the go or before sleep. I'd strongly recommend a 10" Android-based tablet. I don't know the Kindle Fire HD specs too well, but I guess you'd find some limitations with it. The e-ink technology is not very useful yet, i'd wait for the next generation. In short: If you are going to read a lot of content you buy from the provider (e-vrit, Amazon) and have access to a light source - Go with the Kindle / e-ink device. 10" is the optimal screen size for PDF files. Microsoft Doc files are not very well supported with Kindle. If you want some freedom to choose the e-texts source (PDF, epub, text, etc.) and you are on the go most of the time - Go with the Android 10" Tablet. Good Luck! Amichai Rotman Penguin - FLOSS Computer Service and Technical Consulting +972-73-7962360 || +972-54-4605787 עמיחי רוטמן פינגווין - שרותי מחשוב וייעוץ טכני בקוד פתוח 073-7962360 || 054-4605787 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:20 PM, yochai wrote: > Hey, > > >From my experience E-Ink are better for reading plain text. > The E-Ink I had experience with was all black and white and wasn't so > great for internet access or pictures. Reading on it was better then a > paper book, felt the same for the eyes and pages didn't flip by them > self, also a lot of books are much heavier. > > The main issues of LCD are the inability to read in direct light and > lower batter life. > Even after anti-glare cover that I've added, I still need to shade the > screen. > > Experience: > A few hours of toying with a E-Ink based reader and a lot more with the > Nook Color I own. > The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with > some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the > content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer > tablet. > > If you go for E-Ink make sure that you have a light-source. > > Yochai > > On 10/08/12 11:06, Dan Shimshoni wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Question: > > I think of buying some tablet device which its main purpose is reading > > (pdf, documents in word format, books, and for a real less degree xchm > files). > > I intend to use if also for Internet browsing (also reading/writing > > emails via webmail). > > > > Options I think of are: > > Some 10'' Reader (like kindle) which has E-Ink support. > > > > Tablet (10'') like some android-based tablet or iPad. > > > > AFAIK, most tablets (if not all) do not come with E-Ink support. > > > > In all cases, what I need is wifi support (3G is not mandatory). > > > > My question is simple: > > Suppose I intend to have 80% of the usage time for reading docs (pdf, > etc) > > and only 20% of the usage time for Internet - which is better ? > > > > Or to put it more sharply - Is E Ink technology really substantial > > when reading docs ? > > > > I appreciate those who has real experience with these devices > > regarding reading pdf/books and accessing internet > > with this devices will comment from their experience. > > > > rgs, > > DS > > > > ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.
שלום חברים, באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון? אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11. תודה! עמיחי רוטמן פינגווין - שרותי מחשוב וייעוץ טכני בקוד פתוח 073-7962360 || 054-4605787 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: tablets, readers and E ink - a question
On 10/08/2012 12:20 PM, yochai wrote: > The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with > some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the > content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer > tablet. > The Nook Color is not e-ink, right? Why would it be slow to display PDFs? Shachar -- Shachar Shemesh LiveU http://www.liveu.tv ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: tablets, readers and E ink - a question
You are right, the Nook Color doesn't use E-Ink. I can only assume that some PDFs were slow due to the weak CPU as PDFs that contained only text were readable. It was tested using CM7 which I'm using instead of the limiting original software. Yochai On 10/08/12 16:08, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > On 10/08/2012 12:20 PM, yochai wrote: >> The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with >> some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the >> content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer >> tablet. >> > The Nook Color is not e-ink, right? Why would it be slow to display PDFs? > > Shachar > > -- > Shachar Shemesh > LiveU > http://www.liveu.tv > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.
https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3008563 On 10/08/12 16:01, Amichai Rotman wrote: > שלום חברים, > > באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון? > > אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11. > > תודה! > > > עמיחי רוטמן > פינגווין - שרותי מחשוב וייעוץ טכני בקוד פתוח > 073-7962360 || 054-4605787 > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! > > > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.
Hello Amichai, please post messages to this mailing list in English, because we have some non-Hebrew speakers. On Mon, 8 Oct 2012 16:01:35 +0200 Amichai Rotman wrote: > שלום חברים, > > באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון? > > אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11. You've asked whether there is a solution for the fact that the Hebrew subtitles for films in the WallaVOD site is reversed. As far as I know, this is an inherent limitation of the Adobe Flash Player on Linux and cannot be solved. So blame Adobe. Regards, Shlomi Fish > > תודה! > > >עמיחי רוטמן > פינגווין - שרותי מחשוב וייעוץ טכני בקוד פתוח > 073-7962360 || 054-4605787 > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! -- - Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ "The Human Hacking Field Guide" - http://shlom.in/hhfg Chuck Norris has actually been using Perl 6 since 1987, and has been waiting for Larry to play catch‐up. (dukeleto) Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Re: תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.
Sorry for the Hebrew... And thanks for the link. It says I should ask the site to upgrade their flash - is this relevant? On Oct 8, 2012 4:44 PM, "yochai" wrote: > https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3008563 > > On 10/08/12 16:01, Amichai Rotman wrote: > > שלום חברים, > > > > באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון? > > > > אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11. > > > > תודה! > > > > > > עמיחי רוטמן > > פינגווין - שרותי מחשוב וייעוץ טכני בקוד פתוח > > 073-7962360 || 054-4605787 > > > > > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail! > > > > > > > > ___ > > Linux-il mailing list > > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > > > > ___ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
Looking for directions about compiling and tracing OpenJDK
Hi, I have an idea which involves going somewhat deep into the bowls of the Java Jar class loader when using the official Oracle JDK 6 (and soon 7). To verify this I started looking at the JDK source code but it's not small and I'd like to try to trace through it while it executes Java programs. Does anyone here have experience in doing something like this and can give me some useful pointers on how to do this? I'd like to be able to do "gdb java -jar HelloWorld.jar" and single-step through the class loader while it loads HelloWorld.jar. Thanks, --Amos ___ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
