Thread: Kobo Firmware 2.6.1
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Old 06-09-2013, 07:15 AM   #213
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Originally Posted by Danger View Post
My first thought on that "Sleeping" square was... SERIOUSLY? [...] I actually preferred the banner although I would rather it at the bottom than the top but it's not a big thing. This is just ugly.
Agreed. My preferences, in order:

1. One banner as in 2.5.x, but at the top or bottom (user-configurable) of the screen.
2. A frame like 2.6.1's "not full-screen" view, but with much less padding - making the top and bottom bars the size of the banner, and the sides scaled to match. In essence, a double banner.
3. A smaller version of the 2.6.1 rectangle, without the excess space between the power status and the amount read, which the user could position manually. (I realize that the current placement is probably intended to hit a generic dead spot on covers, but it's not universal.)

Other improvements:

a. Use the actual cover image's dimensions when in a "frame" environment, instead of shoehorning standard epub covers into a 6x8 rectangle and framing THAT. Lots of covers are more like 6x9; there's zero point in double-matting them. (This includes both the sleep/off screen and home screen tiles.)
b. Make the power/sleep status and the amount read the same size.
c. Display the page number next to the percentage read.
d. Allow the user to pin tiles on the home screen - favorite shelves, for instance.
e. Rearranging tiles would be handy, too.
f. Center the text menu at the bottom of the home screen!
g. Allow the user to trump book-specified styles that they don't like, such as font faces, line spacing, and margins. (My current book looks like it's double-spaced and locks the font face. Not cool, at least not for regular text.)
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