08-10-2012, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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[Kobo] v5.6 for iOS is now available in the App Store.
Kobo v5.6 for iOS is now available in the App Store.
What's New ★ Added support for more languages: French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Dutch. ★ Use the new Storage Management feature to select which books to keep on your device. ★ Links within PDFs are now tappable. ★ Added support for side-loaded Adobe DRM ePubs and PDFs. ★ Bug fixes, including an issue where specific books failed to open. |
08-14-2012, 11:37 AM | #2 |
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It's a shame that Kobo is no longer integrated into the readers hub.
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08-15-2012, 11:11 AM | #3 |
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I have this version on my 2nd Gen iPad and my pages are losing the top and bottom line. I only see 1/2 of it, irritatingly not enough to work out what's written. The line does not appear on the previous or next page either. I have tried all fonts and sizes. A change will sometimes make it work for one page but not after a page turn.
This app used to be great now it's hit and miss whether it syncs or not and doesn't display correctly. |
08-31-2012, 04:12 PM | #4 | |
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Do you see this issue with all books or just a few of them. Can you tell me the book title and author and I'll have a look and see if I can reproduce the issue |
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08-31-2012, 04:49 PM | #5 |
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Thank you so much for replying.
I am running IOS 5.1.1 The books are Patricia Cornwall, 'Trace' and 'Book of the Dead'. I have a James Patterson 'Kill Alex Cross' which I have given up on. The chapters are listed twice and changing a chapter takes me back to the start of the book. Many thanks. Amanda |
08-31-2012, 05:04 PM | #6 |
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I was so excited to hear about the addition of sideloading that I reinstalled this right away. It works even with DRM-free ePubs. Hooray!
Then I started using it and was immediately reminded of why I don't use it: - Boot up and the app switches to Mobile Safari, then back again. Weird. - First thing I see on the screen is an alert to connect my Kobo account with my Facebook account. No thanks. - Finally navigate to my library and start my book. All of a sudden I'm interrupted by a popup that takes up 1/3 of the bottom half of the screen. "Congratulations, you have linked your account to Instapaper!" What the fuck? No, I didn't, and I didn't give anyone permission to do so. - Default settings are set to skeumorphic page curl effect and "Kobo styling," whatever that is. Looks like crap. - Try to adjust text size. It's either fine-print small or ridiculously large, nothing in between. - Read one page and test the bookmarking function. Tapping the top right-hand corner works fine, except I get another massive popup: "Congratulations, you have started a new book. You have earned the Once Upon a Time award!" Allofmywat.jpg - Reading fairly quickly. The app can't keep up. Every time I turn the page, a giant pink ribbon shoots out of the right side of the screen with a little Loading icon before bringing up the next page of text. Seriously? - Relaunch the app a second time and immediately get bombarded by a spam popup: "Please rate the Kobo app in the App Store." Deleted. Never again. |
08-31-2012, 05:36 PM | #7 |
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You can switch off all that stuff in 'settings', just pull the text up within the window. I missed the 'pull up' to start with. I also hate all that stuff.
Mine doesn't do the Safari swap thing though. That's weird. |
08-31-2012, 06:58 PM | #8 |
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09-01-2012, 04:49 AM | #9 |
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This is cool! Thanks for sharing
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