Thought I'd share again since I needed it, found it and thought it was a perfectly simple and efficient tool. I liked that I could download the ePub directly instead of figuring out how to allow KTool to send files to my Kindle when I could do it easily myself.
That's a really nice project. I used it a few minutes ago and the resulting file is great. I like how top-level comments are sections. Also, you can highlight text and write notes.
In 2023 they upgraded the Kindle system so that the web browser is actually usable now. So you can browse Hacker News and many other sites directly, n WiFi. Even on my ancient Kindle it works.
This is currently at the top of my list of next purchases. Out of curiosity, has your experience using it this way been good? Also curious if you've tried using Oreilly's web platform on it for consuming technical material.
Sure, it's no longer a super niche field. I don't really want a smart e-ink tablet, though. Just something to read technical books and occasionally browse the web (for the same content, basically).
I got one but ended up returning it. My use case was for reading technical books, PDFs and taking notes. I went back to using an iPad when I realised the scribe was heavier.
I read normal books on the kindle, PDFs on the iPad.
If it's for reading only, it's fine, but if you plan on doing a lot of writing and markup, skip it. The handwriting features are very limited, and you can't write on the actual pages or write margin notes at all, you can only write on virtual post-it notes that are kept separate from the book.
As a Scribe owner, let me say that using the web on there is far from pleasant. Yes it has the most RAM of a Kindle ever, but 1GB is not much unfortunately.
Also the biggest bottleneck is honestly the web browser itself. It _technically_ works, but it's super stripped down and JS-heavy sites especially struggle.
Yes every kindle since the very first one had an "experimental" web browser in various stages of usability. All currently supported kindles have a web browser that is fairly usable though very slow.
They have for years, but the browser was historically very stripped down and didn't get get certificate or SSL/TLS algorithm updates, leaving parts of the web inaccessible as time went on. I only ever use it to hit Project Gutenberg for public-domain ebooks (though their redesign a few years ago made that a lot harder)
Calibre have build in newspaper/magazine/site scrapper.
https://calibre-ebook.com/
Would be interesting to create a plugin for hackernews.
My left eye is in bad shape and have family history of retina detachment.
I also start migrating to e-reader.
think about e-ink monitor
https://onyxboox.com/boox_mirapro
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 55.7 ms ] threadThought I'd share again since I needed it, found it and thought it was a perfectly simple and efficient tool. I liked that I could download the ePub directly instead of figuring out how to allow KTool to send files to my Kindle when I could do it easily myself.
I read normal books on the kindle, PDFs on the iPad.
Also the biggest bottleneck is honestly the web browser itself. It _technically_ works, but it's super stripped down and JS-heavy sites especially struggle.
It would be so much more seamless as an app. I'm surprised Amazon never opened up an app ecosystem on the kindle.
I'll just use my tablet with one of the many HN reader apps. I don't really have eye strain issues. But I wish them well.
I like the layout though.
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40568585