In the major firmware 2.0 threads, we are kind of treading water, discussing this and that, sometimes getting on each other's nerves and nursing tech frustration, while waiting for 2.01. One topic hasn't received an airing: destructive upgrade resets.
Why doesn't the Kobo update in a way that retains as many of one's existing settings, shortlist, bookmarks, reading stats, and so forth? Firefox and Thunderbird, for example, are into continuous update these days (FF has gone from like v.5 to v13 in not much more than a year) without losing bookmarks, addons (except for some addon developers who lag on updating), history, email folders, etc.
Could Kobo do this similarly--that is, nondestructively and friction-free?
For those who update via WiFi, Kobo would have to put a mirror image of most (or all?) of what's on your gadget while it installs new firmware and restores library, settings, etc. Couldn't the installer see if there's space in main memory and card for temporary files? If not, tell the user, sorry there's not enough working space, so please connect your Kobo into a computer for an hour or so while we do our thing and leave everything as we found it.
For those--the majority, I think--who already rely on having a computer handy, to run Calibre and ADE and public library/Overdrive eborrowing, Kobo would simply use the computer's resources to copy everything over, clear the device back to empty if necessary, and reinstall eveything cleanly.
Is this simpleminded? I wouldn't expect Kobo to update anywhere near as frequently as Firefox but surely it can stop annoying so many users in losing things during destructive resets, especially if that ends up bricking the gadget.
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