Quote:
Originally Posted by taming
[*]What is now the most wonderful thing in the entire world (AKA shortlist) used to be a much maligned part of the dreaded carousel that took up significant screen space on the home page.
|
I never complained about the shortlist or the carousel.
And the shortlist used to be in the dropdown menu (and I would not complain if it still was, but it isn't anmyore).
Quote:
|
Are there problems with the build. Yes. For sure the way custom fonts display is a problem for people who liked them the old way. We have somehow lost diacritical marks in other fonts.
|
If I was a company, threads like this would be very valuable to me.
Yes, there will always be people who'll complain about everything. But lots of the remarks, complaints, requests or bug reports should be considered helpful (even if some of the things people ask for will never be implemented).
Quote:
|
But really does this firmware build look like something that was marketing driven? Really? What new marketing ploy was built in? What reader advances and features first saw the light in this build?
|
Wishlist (on the homescreen)?
Books similar to those you are reading?
Discover?
Not sure, but I think all of that is new or at least changed a lot.
Also you could consider the planned release in Japan a big factor in the development of the new firmware - if you want to sell a "technical gadget" in Japan, it needs to be very "up to date".
Quote:
Originally Posted by taming
Change is hard. And it isn't always seen as a move forward. The developers now know something they had no clue about before the build was released--some people love the shortlist. Let's cut them some slack for not being omniscient mind readers and see if here is a response to this in future builds.
|
No one says they should be mindreaders. But there are numerous ways to find out what people might want.
Like this thread, for example...
Or creating polls to get to know what the customers want or not.
Also Kobo could give people more choices about what they like on the homescreen. With the carousel you could decide wether you wanted the shortlist, recommendations or new releases. Why not do someting similar with the Wishlist part?
Some people my want their shortlist there, others maybe one of their other shelves, others may love the wishlist on their homescreen.
These are only suggestions and remarks. And they don't mean to say that I dislike the new firmware (I actually like it a lot, even though my Kobo is slower now in the menus - it's not when reading).