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I got a Touch shipping with 1.9.5 and upgraded straight to 1.9.11. As I'm reading a lot of english books and me not being a native speaker, I use the dictionary/translate feature a lot. So here are my suggestions for new features, most/all of them were already mentioned, but I guess the frequency of request is considered by the devs as well:
- When marking a word, the touchscreen seems to be "off" a little bit, i.e. I need to tap slightly above the word I want to mark. Please look into that.
- When I try to mark a word and miss, allow to tap again and mark another word to correct. Maybe limit the words being selectable to adjacent words only, thus taping the screen by accident (and not next to the temporarily marked word) wouldn't trigger another action. Now I need to tap close on the bottom on the screen and try to select again (and maybe mark the wrong word again).
Example:
a = word
X = selectable words (to correct the marked word)
M = marked word
a a a a a a
a X X X a a
a X M X a a
a X X X a a
a a a a a a
- Instead of a pop-up window to select either the dictionary or the translation, put two icons in the lower left corner, thus the user saves a tap.
- Sometimes the dictionary entry is not useful, or the translate function doesn't yield a hit (even after editing the search term). Usually chances for a hit are better when using the dictionary. So I found myself using the dictionary after the translate function quite often (or, rarely, vice versa). ATM I need to close either, be taken back to the book, select the word again, tap to get the pop-up, select the other option and hope I get a result. It would be easier if the dictionary and the translate window would have an option to "switch" to the other function, while keeping the marked word in the clipboard. Maybe an icon next to the arrow on the upper left hand side leading to the edit function would be sufficient. Or put in a drop down for the title in the middle, like used for switching between sorting for authors or book titles.
- Please allow for sorting books in series and anthologies. Especially readers with a knack for science fiction and/or fantasy will love it!
- Put a clock somewhere on the homescreen, maybe even put one in the middle of the bottom row whenever an option menue is opened.
- Sometimes (two times while reading a book of 800 pages) the touch screen freezes. So I have to power down the reader and power up again. Thankfully the position in the book is retained. So improving stability (I know, that is very, hm, unspecific) is always welcome!
Now readers might get that the impression I'm rather not satisfied with the Kobo, but I have to disagree strongly. I like it a lot, but there is always room for improvements. If I wouldn't be satisfied, I'd just return it and don't bother to write a longer posting with feedbacks. So please keep up the good work!
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