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roger64 · 05-18-2013, 06:14 PM

What worries me in this thread is that complaints about title display are just considered by some experts to be childish whining: it makes me realize how few Kobo probably cares about them.

I bought a Kobo Glo (most of the bookshops sold only the PW) about six weeks ago after really looking for it just because it displayed EPUBs and I did not want MOBIs. It replaced an old Sony PRS-505.

I remarked, with philosophy, some fuzzy things: "long paragraph bug"..., not too precise superscript display, random access to endnotes, woefully unaccurate slider to go to another page, psycho-rigid sideloaded font-names, allergy to embedded fonts... I do not add to this some genuine formatting defects I spotted on kepubs.

I thought they were balanced by some pretty good ideas: nice light display, fonts, line-height, margins optional settings, dictionaries.

Not knowing Kobo at all, I have been an optimist. It lasted till 2.5.2.

There are few things about which I really care. The second most important thing for me after the EPUB standard is the quality of the page display. That's why I hardly stand the big space taken by the page count display. I can't accept that Kobo decided for me to add a title display.

The direct consequence will be that for now on, I will stop syncing to Kobo as long as we do not get an official option about it. No access to shop of course. I am ready to keep 2.5.1 as long as my Glo. After all, I kept my Sony four years and a half without updates...

Kobo, do you hear me? No shop. Now my Glo complains and tells me: "Your wishlist is empty." Ah, ah, this time, I do not care.

05-18-2013, 06:14 PM	#451
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	What worries me in this thread is that complaints about title display are just considered by some experts to be childish whining: it makes me realize how few Kobo probably cares about them. I bought a Kobo Glo (most of the bookshops sold only the PW) about six weeks ago after really looking for it just because it displayed EPUBs and I did not want MOBIs. It replaced an old Sony PRS-505. I remarked, with philosophy, some fuzzy things: "long paragraph bug"..., not too precise superscript display, random access to endnotes, woefully unaccurate slider to go to another page, psycho-rigid sideloaded font-names, allergy to embedded fonts... I do not add to this some genuine formatting defects I spotted on kepubs. I thought they were balanced by some pretty good ideas: nice light display, fonts, line-height, margins optional settings, dictionaries. Not knowing Kobo at all, I have been an optimist. It lasted till 2.5.2. There are few things about which I really care. The second most important thing for me after the EPUB standard is the quality of the page display. That's why I hardly stand the big space taken by the page count display. I can't accept that Kobo decided for me to add a title display. The direct consequence will be that for now on, I will stop syncing to Kobo as long as we do not get an official option about it. No access to shop of course. I am ready to keep 2.5.1 as long as my Glo. After all, I kept my Sony four years and a half without updates... Kobo, do you hear me? No shop. Now my Glo complains and tells me: "Your wishlist is empty." Ah, ah, this time, I do not care. Last edited by roger64; 05-18-2013 at 06:30 PM.