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Originally Posted by theonna
Оf course it would depend on input method, but since for years now there weren't readers with cyrillic, hindu or other non english keyboards, it was possible to read those with unicode fonts, but impossible to use any search functions. Thus- a solution- file manager.
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I wish that I could comment further on this, but I'm kinda anglo-centric.
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Why? Kobo database already coexists just fine with file manager
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Huh? If you're talking about the computer's file manager, it could be argued that Kobo does so because it suspends access to file system while connected to the computer via USB, and rebuilds the database when the connection is terminated. It works, sometimes ...
... but not always. Try adding books by FTPing into a modded Kobo device and you'll find that reboot is necessary in order to detect the new books.
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it is not even necessary to have any file/folder creating or moving abilities from the reader itself. it is all comes down to using your desktop with faster processor and bigger monitor to deal with organizing library
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Processor and screen size aren't really an issue here. The issue is that people are typically more concerned with the book title, author, and cover than the file name. I'd have to check the specification again, but I'm pretty sure that the author and title bit can be retrieved by opening the file, going to a particular offset, doing a minor amount of parsing, then closing the file. (Covers though are more complicated.) This has to be done on a book by book basis. The database approach is different: the file is opened and closed once per query, rather than once per book. The data is gathered and returned at one time, which makes filtering more efficient. Data structures are such that sorting is more efficient, as well as the original query.
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they can just request not to even put them into a database, just use the books as is.
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Which only works if you don't want any data stored about your reading, which includes the last page read. But let's ignore the counter arguments for a moment.
For the most part, I probably agree with you on a personal level. I like bypassing the cruft and getting down to business. For me, the filesystem does that well.
I just don't think that serves Kobo's business model very well, since that model probably depends upon both readers who probably lack basic tech skills and their bookstore.