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Originally Posted by PinkET
I know they do, but they follow the madness of the day, much like politicians do. (title-bar in, title-bar out, light on bottom, light on top etc..).
They should make a roadmap of where they want to go, instead of making ad-hoc decisions. They could make a lot of criticism disappear with giving the user as much configurability as possible.
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The didn't removed the title bar. The title bar is still there but without the text. The bar has still the same dimensions.
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Originally Posted by mystika1
I do think Kobo listens and monitors the opinions here. I remember so many people fussing about the black band on the bottom of the screen because it was wasted space. I never found it to be a problem. Now, kobo removed it in the last firmware update.
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I agree Kobo removed the black bar at the bottom. I hope (count on it) that they will fix the dimensions of the blank top bar with the release of the next firmware.
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Originally Posted by mystika1
Yes, it would be nice to fully customize your reader, bottom line. But.. I don't know any eink reader that does this.
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No product is perfect or fully customizable. But there are more flexible readers on the market. For example the Cybook Odyssey and Odyssey HD can:
- show/hide title bar in reading mode (top bar)
- show/hide page number bar in reading mode (bottom bar)
- enable/disable use of ligatures; to improve text quality
- enable/disable publisher styles: option to ignore publisher’s original styles (allows full customization of the publication and also faster processing of complex editions).
- enable/disable hyphenation: hyphenate text for better typographic white space.
- enable/disable ligatures: make ligatures between letters in order to improve the quality of the text.
So this reader is a good aternative for the Kobo Glo.
If Bookeen releases a Aura HD alternative that offers the same customizability then I'll order it instantly.