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vferdman · 10-27-2011, 11:30 AM

I noticed that the latest firmware has no bookmarks as such. It has "Auto-bookmarking" that works well most of the time, but sometimes I want to dogear a page and then thumb through the book backwards (or forwards) and then come back to the place I dogeared. As far as I can see there is no way to NOT lose your place in the book if you want to look back in the book and then come back. Sometimes i would want to dogear several pages. Maybe instead of dogear we can call it a post-it sticky with a reference mark of some sort. It's similar to annotation, but not specific to a place on the page. Also, annotations are not so quick to get to. Placing a bookmark in a book should be as fast as we can dogear a paper book.

I would also like to support requests for clock next to the battery meter.

More choices for page turn areas (horizontal stripes are a great idea)

More choices of organizing library views. It is really hard and slow to get to the book I want with recent reads or by author or title.

I have lots of books in Russian and the search feature is useless for those. Perhaps some sort of alternative keyboard that is configured via desktop and you can have, say, three (or whatever number) of alphabets available.

Also, and I realize this is a cost issue, but availability of a model with a larger screen. The current screen has very little text area, though it's perfectly serviceable. Something with text area of an average size book would be amazing. I am not sure how much more cost it would add, but i would pay a bit more for more screen.

I am really enjoying the reader A LOT! It is my first one (I own a Kobo Touch) and I am really becoming very fond of it.

10-27-2011, 11:30 AM	#466
vferdman Member Posts: 12 Karma: 176190 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Touch (black)	Better bookmarking I noticed that the latest firmware has no bookmarks as such. It has "Auto-bookmarking" that works well most of the time, but sometimes I want to dogear a page and then thumb through the book backwards (or forwards) and then come back to the place I dogeared. As far as I can see there is no way to NOT lose your place in the book if you want to look back in the book and then come back. Sometimes i would want to dogear several pages. Maybe instead of dogear we can call it a post-it sticky with a reference mark of some sort. It's similar to annotation, but not specific to a place on the page. Also, annotations are not so quick to get to. Placing a bookmark in a book should be as fast as we can dogear a paper book. I would also like to support requests for clock next to the battery meter. More choices for page turn areas (horizontal stripes are a great idea) More choices of organizing library views. It is really hard and slow to get to the book I want with recent reads or by author or title. I have lots of books in Russian and the search feature is useless for those. Perhaps some sort of alternative keyboard that is configured via desktop and you can have, say, three (or whatever number) of alphabets available. Also, and I realize this is a cost issue, but availability of a model with a larger screen. The current screen has very little text area, though it's perfectly serviceable. Something with text area of an average size book would be amazing. I am not sure how much more cost it would add, but i would pay a bit more for more screen. I am really enjoying the reader A LOT! It is my first one (I own a Kobo Touch) and I am really becoming very fond of it.