Kobo store price comparisons - Page 3

07-17-2024, 05:42 PM

#31

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Originally Posted by fotonmoton

Hi, Peter. Could you please open developer tools, go to console tab and put "KOBOPRICE" in the filter? Then reload page and make screenshot of what you get. In the meantime you can try to use the script with violentmonkey + userscript from github. Try to follow instructions above.

This is the filtered log using Chrome and the chrome extension.

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Spoiler:

SLOW doesn't describe this functionality!

Also, at the end the box displayed the price for Canada "converted" using some conversion rate...

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07-17-2024, 05:50 PM

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Logging out from the site does work a great deal quicker and displays data. Again I think it's doing a double conversion on the LOCAL price; CA: $1.99 to $1.45

Additionally i also have Kobo Plus

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07-17-2024, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

Logging out from the site does work a great deal quicker and displays data. Again I think it's doing a double conversion on the LOCAL price; CA: $1.99 to $1.45

Additionally i also have Kobo Plus

Yes, I think it's Kobo Plus getting in the way. Will look tomorrow into it. I've got some prices for this particular book when not logged in.
Thanks for feedback.

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07-17-2024, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by fotonmoton

Last version shows you the progress so even if it slow you can visually check where you are.

I thought about ability to set different currencies but, as you said, you just look at usd and be sure that it will be cheapest in your currency as well. Are you using userscript method or you also installed extension for chrome?

I used Firefox and the Mozilla-approved extension.

07-17-2024, 10:01 PM

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Are you using chrome extension? Regarding speed: I intentionally fetch prices not in parallel. I experimented with parallel fetching and triggered anti DOS protection. This is why I try to simulate simple opening tabs one by one.

I'm using the Firefox extension downloaded from Firefox.

07-17-2024, 10:04 PM

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Also, at the end the box displayed the price for Canada "converted" using some conversion rate...

As near as I can tell, all the converted prices are shown in US dollars. $16.99 Cdn is close to $12.42 US.

07-17-2024, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

As near as I can tell, all the converted prices are shown in US dollars. $16.99 Cdn is close to $12.42 US.

To my mind it's a fairly poor choice

07-18-2024, 03:55 AM

#38

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Originally Posted by DNSB

As near as I can tell, all the converted prices are shown in US dollars. $16.99 Cdn is close to $12.42 US.

yes, you are right.

07-19-2024, 11:37 AM

#39

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Originally Posted by DNSB

Doesn't work for me when I am signed in to my account that has Kobo Plus. The screenshot is after 15 minutes. If I sign out, I get results but takes way too long to return any results (~ 7 minutes). I also tried a dummy account created when I set up a Kobo Clara 2E and took the same test of patience time to return any results.

I've subscribed to Kobo Plus to reproduce this behavior. With the latest version of the script I get some prices when signed and signed out. Also, I've noticed that subscription books miss a lot of prices and available for purchase mainly in US and CA. This is the cause of slow loading for this books: you need wait for timeout for each country which is 10 sec.

Here's a new version (1.2.3):
- fetch two book prices in parallel. Should speed up loading a little bit

userscript - koboprice.user.js

Firefox add-on - kobo_price-1.2.3.xpi

Firefox and Chrome public extensions are still in the review. Will write here when they will be available to download.

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07-19-2024, 11:43 AM	#40
fotonmoton Member Posts: 19 Karma: 29470 Join Date: Jul 2024 Location: Ukraine Device: Kobo Libra 2	I think Firefox add-on is updated to the latest version: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...on/kobo-price/

07-20-2024, 02:59 AM	#41
chrisridd Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2209358 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: London, UK Device: Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura ONE, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	The latest update for Firefox (1.2.3?) is a big improvement. The big progress percentage is helpful, as is displaying the results as they come in. Hopefully getting the results two at a time doesn't cause problems. It gives a nice speedup! All my testing is while logged out of the store, by the way. Last edited by chrisridd; 07-20-2024 at 03:05 AM.

07-20-2024, 04:49 AM

#42

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Originally Posted by chrisridd

The latest update for Firefox (1.2.3?) is a big improvement. The big progress percentage is helpful, as is displaying the results as they come in.

Hopefully getting the results two at a time doesn't cause problems. It gives a nice speedup!

All my testing is while logged out of the store, by the way.

Thanks for the feedback, Chris🤝

07-20-2024, 07:02 AM

#43

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Google chrome extension updated to the latest version

https://chromewebstore.google.com/de...geellagidbkiah

I've checked, you can actually use extensions from Google chrome extensions store on android. For this you will need the Kiwi browser:

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Kiwi supports most chrome desktop extensions! Get them from the*Chrome Webstore*and enable them in options ( ⋮ )*->*Extensions.

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07-28-2024, 10:12 AM	#44
fotonmoton Member Posts: 19 Karma: 29470 Join Date: Jul 2024 Location: Ukraine Device: Kobo Libra 2	Sums up all the above in the project description, added a little bit of explanation. https://github.com/fotonmoton/koboprice

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