Praise for Gallery 3

TL;DR
reMarkable Paper Pro’s Display Advantages: The Paper Pro boasts a higher PPI (229) for color and black and white text compared to Kaleido Three’s 150 PPI for color, resulting in a clearer and less grainy display.
Criticism of Gallery Three: Some creators criticize Gallery Three without nuance, overlooking its advantages as color display and overall PPI.
Flashing Issue: While flashing is a concern for some, the Paper Pro’s display advantages outweigh this issue for many.
Screen Brightness: The reMarkable Paper Pro is usable in most lighting conditions without the front light, unlike some other E-Ink devices.
Flashing Feature: The flashing feature on the reMarkable Paper Pro can be seen as a useful emphasis tool, highlighting important information and encouraging further review.
Gallery Three Discussion: While there is room for improvement, Gallery Three on the reMarkable Paper Pro is currently an impressive and useful feature.

I love E-ink and I enjoy watching much of the content from many of the creators who talk about E-ink devices and hardware. That being said, yesterday I watched a video from a creator who was trashing Gallery Three without any scrap of nuance. In fact, many of these creators continue to harp on about how they hate the flashing on the reMarkable Paper Pro and lament that reMarkable chose to use a technology that was “not ready”. I’m not here to tell people what to think about the use of Gallery Three or to comment about how one should feel about the flashing; however, I do want to point out three pieces that often get missed in the conversation, one regarding PPI, another regarding screen brightness, and the other about the flashing.

To the first point, while many complain that the reMarkable devices don’t feature a 300 PPI screen (a complaint more understandable with the release of the Pure), few seem to talk about the Paper Pro’s PPI advantage over Kaleido Three’s 150 PPI for color. The Pro renders color and black and white text at 229 pixels per inch, and it does so without the annoying color filter on Kaleido, which introduces grain to the display even if minimal. I personally find the extra grain on Kaleido devices more problematic than any flashing or lower PPI because the fuzziness bothers my eyes. In any case, I find that few creators talk about the Paper Pro’s ability to offer users color without a color filter and with a higher PPI.

A second point I’ll bring up has to do with screen brightness. Again, many in the creator space fail to acknowledge that the reMarkable Paper Pro is quite usable in most lighting conditions without the front light, especially those models which have been manufactured more recently. I’ve tried some of the Kaleido devices (Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Boox Note Air5C, etc.) and in my opinion, those devices are almost usable without a front light except in the best of lighting conditions. When I need a front light, it is there, and there are certainly great black and white devices from reMarkable and other companies; nonetheless, with the reMarkable Paper Pro, I’m often good to go without one.

Finally, a word about the flashing. This may be unique to me, however; when I was in school, I was almost always compelled to use blue or black ink for assignments. Thus, color has always been something that I’ve used for emphasis. I highlight an important quote in yellow, edit an essay in red, or connect arguments in green. The flashing on the reMarkable is also a sort of emphasis; at least I look at it that way. It is a reminder that what I just marked up or wrote is important and offers me a second chance to absorb it. For example, when I highlight a sentence in an article that I find important, the flash beckons me to read the sentence again, which reinforces its importance in my brain. Ultimately, the flashing doesn’t have to be a problem; although, I acknowledge that everyone’s mileage may vary.

To make a long story short, I hope that the E-Ink creators can add some more nuance to their discussion of gallery three. Yes, there is certainly room for improvement; however, it’s also an impressive and incredibly useful at present, at least for one user.