[GeoffR]

This thread is for reporting features and bugs (and their workarounds) that are new in firmware 2.6.1.

To keep the thread useful for those who just want to see what is new in this firmware, please don't post your opinions on whether the feature is good or bad, comment on the competence of the firmware designers, etc. Just factual descriptions of what has changed in this firmware please.

I'll update this opening post with a summary of what is new as people report.


New Features:

ePub reader no longer shows the book title at the top of the page, but has a larger.top margin instead.
Glo no longer has the reading settings option for a solid black bar at the bottom of the page.
Aura/Glo has a new storefront layout.
Tapping on a link to an external website in an epub now opens the site in the browser, like kepubs.


New features that might be bugs:

Touching the screen soon after waking to an open book, or after opening a book, triggers a screen refresh.
Invoking the search function from the home screen or shelves list now defaults to a bookstore search.


Previously Aura-only features that now work on other models (Glo only?):

Glo now uses a tiled home screen like the Aura.
Glo full-cover sleep/power-off screen shows mode and reading progress in a box instead of a banner.
Glo now shows time left to finish the current book on the sleep/power-off screen (kepub only).
Glo light indicator is now at the top of the screen and percentage brightness is shown when adjusting.
Glo has a new Reading Life settings option: Kobo notifications off/on (default off).
Glo now has the same bookstore layout as the Aura: home page Bookstore menu with seperate pages for:
- Storefront: Carousel of recommeded books at top as in previous firmware, other things such as wishlist at the bottom.
- Related reading: Carousel of purchased books at top, carousel of similar books to currently selected book below.
- Recommended for you: Carousel of recommended books, similar but different to the Storefront one.
- Categories: Browse by genre categories as per previous firmware.
- Reading lists: Browse by bestseller lists etc. as per previous firmware.
- Wishlist (wishlist is not shown at bottom of the new tiled home screen, only via bookstore menu.)


Bug Fixes:

Ghosting issues when scrolling PDFs fixed.


New Bugs:

The Glo has new wifi icons, but the help page that describes what the icons mean still uses the old wifi icon.
The ePub reader does not display PNG images. [Now fixed in firmware 2.6.1b (55e7f0d3f0)]
Opening a book triggers a double screen refresh.


Attached photos show the new home screen, bookstore, and sleep screens on my Glo: