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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Australia
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Yeah I upgraded from, 1.9.17 and lost all my shortlist, reading % and bookmarks. I assumed that was normal.. Maybe it wasn't. |
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Location: Windsor, Nova Scotia
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Just out of curiosity, any idea when we'll be seeing this fixed version Sameer?
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Device: Kobo Touch, Clara HD
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But if it is having trouble sitting there connecting and showing a network error, that seems to be a different story. |
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Device: kobo touch
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My impressions so far
good: - cleaner home screen layout - advanced font options (but the useless small preview is awkward) - top margins - more responsive in library views - shelves not so nice: - somewhat slower page turns (epub) - page turn taps are sometimes not recognized (not a big issue, but the previous version worked better in this regard) - 'Discover' tab on the home screen too intrusive (got to mention that I'm using the device strictly off-line and I'm not interested in accessing the kobo store or 'social reading' features. But I doubt that the discovery feature is so important as to deserve such a prominent space on the home screen. I for one would prefer to see a shelves tab at this place) - adding books to shelves only possible from the shelve menu (should also be possible from the context menu per book in library views) - standard dictionary selection should be made an option (it's awkward having to always look at the french translation first before you can switch another dictionary ... you may even consider this a bug ...) - clock disappeared from reading context menu bugs: - shelves not working after update (signing out of the account fixed this though) - cover display bug: read book A --> switch to book B --> put device to sleep --> cover for book A is displayed (as soon as you turn a page in book B the correct cover will be displayed) |
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#291 | |
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Device: Kobo Touch, Sony PRS-T1
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Nevertheless, I'll wait with updating until the slow page turns of epubs is solved. I imagine that as extremely annoying, as 1.19.17 feels slow enough already. I can see me already, wondering if that was a dead tap or just page turn molasses... I hope I don't have to wait 3 months for a 2.0.x that fixes this. Again, quick page turns are essential. I spend 99.9% reading on my Kobo. I can live with anything else you throw at me, changed carousels, home pages, short lists... Thanks! hooplehead |
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: UK here & there
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Phew !
Only just seen this thread, looks like I missed a potential whole lot of hassle.... |
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After getting 2.0 I did a factory reset in order to get back to 1.9.14 but manual update of that rom is no longer working. Which I did plenty of times before 2.0.
It simply boots back to 1.9 after I disconnect the cable. EDIT: Please Ignore, all is good after the third factory reset. Last edited by Atilla; 07-13-2012 at 02:50 PM. |
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#294 |
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: The Netherlands
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Agh! I haven't upgraded yet. I've been so excited about 2.0 since it came out... I'm so happy Kobo put the home screen back to uncluttered! And I'm excited about the dictionary pop up too, and about the top margin issue being fixed.
But I've had to wait until the weekend to upgrade -- and now it's *finally* weekend and 2.0 is gone! Gasp. I'll just sit here and refresh the page every two seconds hoping for a message confirming 2.0 is back. |
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#295 |
"Why is it doing *that*?"
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Device: Black Kobo Touch & Glo, responsible for 2 PaperWhites
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I popped in to see if there was a new firmware upgrade before I synced my KT - to update my Reading Life stats. Honestly, when I saw there was a 2.0 upgrade, my first thought was "Cr*p!". As my husband, a software developer, always says "Do NOT be on the bleeding edge of software!", I thought I would read all *20* pages of this thread.
I'm trying to figure out the difference between .17, which I have, and the changes in 2.0, which I don't really want. I thought there already was a French Dictionary, or am I thinking of the translation dictionary? Are the shelves similar to the ones in Ibooks? I don't really need shelves, I like to browse my library for things I forgot I added, and go "Oh! Hey! Yeah, I wanted to read that!" Is it possible to see screenshots of the main screen? I don't quite understand what it now looks like if the shortlist bar is gone. The font issue really bugs me, where sideloaded fonts are no longer rendered properly. I swiped "Calligrapher" off my husband's work laptop, it's a beautiful font but would be unreadable if it went much lighter. I have no Kpubs other than the few free ones I got from Kobo, and all my reading books are sideloaded on a microsd card. It seems, from what I read here, that the "enhancements" are only working on kpubs and preloaded fonts, so no real incentive to upgrade. I'm concerned over the bricking of KTs, as mine was bought last September and coming to the end of it's warranty life. I would hate to try and swap it for a new one based on firmware issues. A last question: if I just wanted to sync my Reading Stats, and I have firmware .17, would I be able to just do that without upgrading it to 2.0 as it's been removed from the server, or will it try and update what I've got? My firmware wish is for it to give me a choice of updating or not when I sync. Thanks so much for reading my ramblings. ![]() |
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#296 | |
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Location: Canada
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So, 5 "tabs" off the homescreen and, unless I'm misinterpreting, three of them are to sell books? "Discover", "Find books", "Wishlist"? Was no one listening to the fuss about "Recommended" in the last couple of upgrades? And no Shortlist or clock, but I do appear to have an icon that will tell me I'm in airplane mode all the time. At least Search appears to be immediately accessible, though it would be useful if one of those useless marketing tabs could hold a saved search list. Can we have a Yes/No choice of which tabs we want to see? Including Shortlist, maybe a couple of Shelves. Those who want instant access to advertising can choose it, those who want a device that helps them organize their library and read it can choose alternatives. I do know that if I get advertising/merchandising in my face every time I power up my annoyance level goes up incrementally, and the chance of a sale goes down incrementally. |
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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It's really hard to immagine a home screen that will a) please everyone, and b) be acceptable to the fact that Kobo's primary missoin is to sell content. However, I think the best thing kobo can do to the interface is leave it the *expletive* alone. Not because I don't have my own ideas for improvement, but the last thing the non-technical users (who are probably Kobo's primary target audience) want or need is an interface that is contantly changing with forced updated. Ugh! |
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Location: Vancouver Island, Nanaimo
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Putting more crap (advertising) on the Kobo just pisses me off. I buy books that I like, when I like to, when I can afford it. I don't need reminders that there are books I can buy, that's why Kobo has my frikken email address that they email me almost every other day with new recommended books to buy, I also get recommended reads when I visit their website, I ALSO get recommended reads when I run the Kobo desktop software... WTH would I want even MORE advertising on my Kobo... my frikken Kobo is for my READING PLEASURE. If they want to sell me more books, offer more/better discounts, offer me books I am interested in, I love Sci-Fi, not Fiction, not non-fiction and sure as hell not romance, or worse yet Romance Erotica. Yet, I still get offers of these books and rarely do I get offers on Sci-fi. Although I haven't yet given up trying to train them as to what I like. Despite all the in-your-face advertising of recommended books for me... I still have to search for books I would like to read and most of the books I have in my Previews list are still in there, even though I want to buy them, because I don't feel like being ripped off by the publishers who insist that an epub book is worth the same or more than the blocks of wood they are still trying to push on us. /end rant... going for dinner with the wife... mmmm curry.... |
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VirgoGirl
Early today Jul13 2012 Kobo announced they have stopped updates to 2.0 until they solved the problems people are having. Until then no forced updates when you sync your Kobo Touch with Kobo desktop or directly over KT reader's wifi. |
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