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Originally Posted by Tzar
And that is because I have become wary of the never-ending stream of bugs in the Kobo software and I have much less patience than I used to towards this state of affairs. It's beyond me how they can solve some bugs but "create" new ones that weren't there at almost every release. When I read about this minimum light bug with release 2.5.0, I was flabbergasted: for God's sake, with the number of people that are reading at minimum level in dark because it's just too bright otherwise, how could something like this be missed during testing? For the first time, I decided to simply skip on an update. Seems like 2.5.1. has solved that issue so I may consider upgrading. But there are bugs that remain unsolved since ages: I still cannot get annotations to work properly (they get erased, some aren't recorded) and bookmarks keep behaving weirdly.
Although I prefer Kobo's philosophy (open format reader, not trying to keep you captive of their ecosystem, etc), these software issues are bothering me more and more and I'm at a point that when Amazon will get out something similar to the Aura HD, I may very well be tempted to look if the grass is greener on the other side...
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After trying out a few eink devices, when I switched to a kpw, it was like when I 'd switched from windows to os x. I started actually using the device and enjoying it, instead of being constantly frustrated and debugging it. The difference is night and day. Plus with calibre it's easy to keep your library in mobi too (files are too small anyway) and makes the closed garden thing of the kindle really a non issue.
I like that I can buy from amazon, have them back everything up, access my annotations (which work like a charm) from everywhere, and get all the amazon perks in general and also be able to put in there whatever epub I want, via calibre's piece of cake epub to mobi.
And it feels great to have stable, bug free software to use. Even the browse is really neat, article mode works great. I wish they'd add a copy past thing system wide, a proper rss reader and a notepad, but at least for the last two there are work arounds.
I simply love my kpw, and it's not just that the screen is gorgeous, it's because the software has given me a very enjoyable bug free experience, where I could focus only on what I want to do, that is read and annotate.
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I am sorry, but I think that is rather rude response. Everyone has their own opinion as to which colour bezel suits them best. So far I have 2 white Kobos, 1 black KPW and I have ordered the Onyx Aura, those are my personal choices. I would not presume to tell anyone that their colour preference does not matter because clearly it does. It is good to have choice, we all have different criteria, and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but while I think you are entitled to express your personal preference, I do not think it appropriate for you to state that someone else's opinion does not matter. They may disagree with you but their opinion still matters and is equally as valid as yours or mine.
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It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact which type of bezel produces better perceived contrast for the text on the screen of the device. I too like white bezels more, so I am of the same opinion that I prefer them, I said as much. Perceived contrast though is indeed better with a dark bezel around the device as a matter of fact, what can we do about it, it just is. Even if someone opines that with a white bezel they perceive a better contrast on the text of their device than with a dark bezel, their opinion is simply not correct, they are mistaken, that's simply not the case.