Until e-ink displays can hit 1280x1024 at a reasonable price point, they're just not worth it.
A screen's resolution alone is not an indicator of reading comfort or font size. Even a high-resolution display will look coarse if its physical dimensions are large.
The spec to look for is pixels-per-inch (ppi): http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
The SVG project might actually benefit from this development, as it will impact the speed of javascript. A big chunk of SVG's "interactive" component is javascript.
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Until e-ink displays can hit 1280x1024 at a reasonable price point, they're just not worth it.
A screen's resolution alone is not an indicator of reading comfort or font size. Even a high-resolution display will look coarse if its physical dimensions are large. The spec to look for is pixels-per-inch (ppi): http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
You're right - who doesn't yearn for the good old Pine and Gopher days? I spit on you AJAX and Web 2.0.
The SVG project might actually benefit from this development, as it will impact the speed of javascript. A big chunk of SVG's "interactive" component is javascript.