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Originally Posted by leftright
I just wish that the Kobo Dev's would get the basics right.
Improve the upgrade, downgrade and restore of the eReader via desktop. (there is currently no way to do a restore of a unresponsive unit via desktop).
Improve the update of eReaders library after deleting and re-downloading the same books.
Decrease delay of feedback (display) of selected items/menus, i.e. if I select a item it should show that it's selected immediately, no lag, This would prohibit the nasty "press it twice because I think it hasn't sensed the first press" thereby actually deselecting selection.
Why transpose the "No, Yes" confirmation dialogue menu, standard windows and applications is "Yes, No" (keep it standard please, humans are creatures of habit)
Is it really necessary to have so many confirmation dialogues when deleting something, i.e.
Library > Delete > Delete books ? > "No, Yes".
what is wrong with, > Delete "Yes, No" ?.
Keep the light adjustment menu standard across all platforms, I really detest that to adjust the brightness it's done one way in reader "x", and differently in another reader.
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- I can't speak much to the desktop software since I don't use it, but the number of people who would want to downgrade (while maybe proportionately large here) is going to be minuscule in the grand scheme of things. Also, you generally don't want people running old software as it creates support headaches. Restoring from the desktop software would be nice, though, as sometimes things can get a little janked if you've been poking around too much.
- The display provides UI feedback about as quickly as I imagine an eInk screen can on my device. It puts a black border around the things I tap on the home screen and "buttons" are inverted reasonably quickly in menus. You may have other things going on that are the source of your problems; perhaps something gumming up the processing or debris on the screen that may be making taps hit and miss?
- The general practice has been to place the option that "confirms" an alert dialog on the right-hand side for a while now. This has been reinforced with the advent of touch screens since a majority of people are right handed and it generally requires less movement to place the "confirm" option on the right-hand side.
- I believe that Kobo has standardized it now (although not sure about the Mini/Touch). For certain the Glo/Aura/Aura HD all have the same brightness control. The general feeling that I've been getting is that the older Mini & Touch will be getting minor updates for bugs and a smaller things, but that they are certainly not a front-runner for what the Kobo e-reading experience is (despite how much people may love the mini).
While I don't necessarily disagree with you on all the points, I feel that people here are unfairly critical of the Kobo developers. Many of your points aren't things that are "wrong" with what they've been doing, but rather a differing in opinion in how you feel they
should be done. Kobo is pretty clearly in the middle of rebranding themselves and repositioning their entire ecosystem to be competitive. I think we've seen a lot of bumps in the road as they've pushed to unify the modern line of devices and going forwards we'll start to see some improvements elsewhere.