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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby
How bad would a programing team have to be to write code that would care how a file came to be on any media? If they are writing code for a device that has a removable media port, wouldn't it be prudent to assume that people who buy the device expect to be able to use the external storage in a normal manner? Removing the removable media from the device and using it as external removable media in a PC, with full access to all the file handling capabilities of the PC, to manage the files on said removable media, makes more sense than making all file handling dependent upon a finicky Database. One that can't seem to handle anything not exactly what it wants, it seems unable to deal with the simplest obstacle, poorest error handling I've ever seen.
If the Kobo software can't handle files being added to the external uSD card, outside of the Kobo device, it has a real problem, not those who use the SD cards as they are intended.
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Ken, when you can replace a file with a modified version, how dumb would a programming team have to be not to check to see if that has happened? So yes, they appear to expect people to change the files on the removable media. At this time, my opinion is that they have gotten too enthusiastic in checking the books' information matches the information in the database during power on, however as I mentioned in my earlier message, the gentleman who updates all his ebooks externally has not had the issues he had earlier with missing files and/or scrambled tables of contents.
To compare how I replace an ebook with how he replaces an ebook:
Delete ebook(s) from Kobo UI_____Power off his Kobo
Connect Kobo to computer_______Remove uSD card and insert into reader
Copy modified ebook(s)__________Copy modified ebooks
Eject Kobo____________________Eject uSD card and insert into Kobo
Processing screen______________Power on Kobo and wait for the scan
_____________________________of the uSD card during the boot process
Start reading__________________Start reading
In both cases, we are using Sigil to edit epubs and Calibre and/or drag and drop to copy files.
As for poor error handling, if you think Kobo's firmware has poor error handling, you haven't been around computers for very long. I have unfond memories of such things as a customer information system that corrupted the database when a clerk made the error of inserting a corporate phone number that used letters instead of number -- 1-800-CALLCDI as an example of such a number.
Regards,
David