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dirtyharriet · 12-30-2011, 06:53 PM

This is a great thread and it helped me a BUNCH!

I had the same problem as a couple of other people here, where after the update my book directory would not come up - the menu stayed highlighted and then when I clicked it again, it would load the book underneath. Pain!

I also had MAJOR ghosting in the drop down menus. And I HATE the stupid recommended books thing on the bottom of the screen. Stupid, stupid, stupid! This update is a freaking MESS.

I chose the kobo over the kindle because it didn't have ads and other crap. Then I saw that stupid bottom bar, and the fact that under the scroll down menu 'store' appears above 'books' and I felt VIOLATED! Seriously. If kobo wants to recommend books to me, they should just suggest other books at the end of my e-book, similarly to how paperbacks do it. Where there is a 'other titles by this author' or 'other titles you may enjoy' section. But it seems to me the kobo store is on the forefront of this update. And I didn't buy a kobo for the store, I bought it to read books. So my books, and my library should be at the forefront of the menus, etc.

As far as I'm concerned this update was a step backwards for kobo. I reverted back to 1.9.14, and will continue with this version until kobo realizes the error of their ways. And if they don't, then I will be running 1.9.14 until my kobo dies - and then I'll get a kindle or a nook.

12-30-2011, 06:53 PM	#189
dirtyharriet Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: kobo touch	This is a great thread and it helped me a BUNCH! I had the same problem as a couple of other people here, where after the update my book directory would not come up - the menu stayed highlighted and then when I clicked it again, it would load the book underneath. Pain! I also had MAJOR ghosting in the drop down menus. And I HATE the stupid recommended books thing on the bottom of the screen. Stupid, stupid, stupid! This update is a freaking MESS. I chose the kobo over the kindle because it didn't have ads and other crap. Then I saw that stupid bottom bar, and the fact that under the scroll down menu 'store' appears above 'books' and I felt VIOLATED! Seriously. If kobo wants to recommend books to me, they should just suggest other books at the end of my e-book, similarly to how paperbacks do it. Where there is a 'other titles by this author' or 'other titles you may enjoy' section. But it seems to me the kobo store is on the forefront of this update. And I didn't buy a kobo for the store, I bought it to read books. So my books, and my library should be at the forefront of the menus, etc. As far as I'm concerned this update was a step backwards for kobo. I reverted back to 1.9.14, and will continue with this version until kobo realizes the error of their ways. And if they don't, then I will be running 1.9.14 until my kobo dies - and then I'll get a kindle or a nook.