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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer
As GeoffR first noted, the new Kobo 3.1.0 firmware introduces a major new bug to the ACCESS renderer used for .kepub.epub books.
To quote Geoff: "Well the kepub reader stylesheet is quite screwed up in this firmware version. There is no vertical space between objects so everything just runs together. Also everything is in the same sized font, book title, chapter headings, text, everything. What a mess."
It may not be that all books are affected, but it's blatantly obvious -- the rendering under 3.1.0 looks atrocious -- with the titles I've checked from the Canadian Kobo store. Here are three that clearly demonstrate the problem; they look AWFUL under 3.1.0:
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebo...inking-clearly
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/social
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-CA/ebook/burning-paradise
GeoffR's JPGs, posted above, don't do justice to the mess; comparing the above books on a Mini (which is immune to the 3.1.0 upgrade) or another E Ink Kobo that hasn't yet been bumped to 3.1.0 and you'll see. (I bought these books, but I imagine the problem shows up in the free previews, too.)
It's not just chapter heads that are affected but also subheads within a chapter, epigrams, picture captions -- anything with complex formatting.
It looks TERRIBLE.  |
Is it just me, or does everyone else get the idea that Kobo don't actually test anything before releasing it...
3.1.0 was pushed to my Aura 6". I also manually updated my Mini and girlfriend's original Touch N905 and the poor formatting appears across the board. It's awful, just awful. I hope it's fixed soon.
I'm not having any of the WIFI issues that others seem to be experiencing though.
Also not having any USB issues with the GF's Touch as others are reporting; connects to pc/charger just fine with no reboots. To install, I did a hard reset back to stock (power off - home button + power-slider), then dumped the 4th Gen tgz and let it update to 3.1.0 before setting it up.