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cutterjohn42 · 02-16-2011, 07:09 AM

opted to NOT read all 10 pages, but here are three quick things that I'd like, #1 is probably mandatory as it should be trivial to implement and should have been an option in the first place as should #2: (Kobo-WiFi)

1.) a GOTO PAGE # option! ONLY reader/reading app w/o one ffs!

2.) dictionary access in ANY document (again see #1 comments)

3.) browser that can browse anywhere. admittedly of limited value and some sites probably wouldn't work well but it'd be NICE to have in official fw.

4.) something like clockwork mod for backup/recovery used in many Android devices. Trust me this makes life much less annoying when messing around with official fw, betas and custom fw.

5.) more font choices. Builtin fonts seem to kind of suck v. my PRS-505 and well, pretty much any other device on the "smallest" font size. Larger sizes are well, just too large even "small". [EDIT2] Might be more of a question of finer control over font size, maybe a menu setting optionally allowing people to pick point sizes for the various DISPLAY menu font sizings... [/EDIT2]

6.) Bookmarks! (see #1 comments)

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7.) possibly assigning the BACK button to page back and the SHOP button to page FORWARD while READING a book. I'd further suggest dedicated page FORWARD/BACK buttons on the top of BOTH edges of the facia in NEW models as I think that most of us would like one handed operation and I for one use my offhand.
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8.) More book sorting options and entry data, e.g. date added & date/time of addition listed, etc.

9.) Store interface that behaves more similarly to the rest of the device, i.e. left and right should page forward/back rather than having to highlight the little arrow and select it.

10.) Store needs more sorting options, e.g. price, date added, date published, etc.

I'm going to keep editing this post as I think of items unless a new post appears below this at which point I'll start a continuation in a new post... in the hopes that some from kobo reads these...
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Add more as I go along but I've only had the Kobo for about 18h, and used it for maybe 3h but these are what jumped out at me immediately.

hate to say it but my wishlist seems to be mostly basic things... surprisingly missing...

02-16-2011, 07:09 AM	#151
cutterjohn42 Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 1029955 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Palm IIIx, EBM-911, REB-1100(dead), PRS-505	opted to NOT read all 10 pages, but here are three quick things that I'd like, #1 is probably mandatory as it should be trivial to implement and should have been an option in the first place as should #2: (Kobo-WiFi) 1.) a GOTO PAGE # option! ONLY reader/reading app w/o one ffs! 2.) dictionary access in ANY document (again see #1 comments) 3.) browser that can browse anywhere. admittedly of limited value and some sites probably wouldn't work well but it'd be NICE to have in official fw. 4.) something like clockwork mod for backup/recovery used in many Android devices. Trust me this makes life much less annoying when messing around with official fw, betas and custom fw. 5.) more font choices. Builtin fonts seem to kind of suck v. my PRS-505 and well, pretty much any other device on the "smallest" font size. Larger sizes are well, just too large even "small". [EDIT2] Might be more of a question of finer control over font size, maybe a menu setting optionally allowing people to pick point sizes for the various DISPLAY menu font sizings... [/EDIT2] 6.) Bookmarks! (see #1 comments) [EDIT] 7.) possibly assigning the BACK button to page back and the SHOP button to page FORWARD while READING a book. I'd further suggest dedicated page FORWARD/BACK buttons on the top of BOTH edges of the facia in NEW models as I think that most of us would like one handed operation and I for one use my offhand. [/EDIT] [EDIT2] 8.) More book sorting options and entry data, e.g. date added & date/time of addition listed, etc. 9.) Store interface that behaves more similarly to the rest of the device, i.e. left and right should page forward/back rather than having to highlight the little arrow and select it. 10.) Store needs more sorting options, e.g. price, date added, date published, etc. I'm going to keep editing this post as I think of items unless a new post appears below this at which point I'll start a continuation in a new post... in the hopes that some from kobo reads these... [/EDIT2] Add more as I go along but I've only had the Kobo for about 18h, and used it for maybe 3h but these are what jumped out at me immediately. hate to say it but my wishlist seems to be mostly basic things... surprisingly missing... Last edited by cutterjohn42; 02-17-2011 at 10:47 AM.