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Originally Posted by corroonb
Do kepubs still have terrible formatting with no indents and just a space between paragraphs? It looks that way with the latest firmware on the Kobo Touch.
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That depends on the initial release date of the book. Books released before early 2013/late 2012 could still have these issues.
Kobo is to blame for this, not the publisher as Kobo made a decision to bypass some of the internal CSS of the book by "injecting" additional code to the book. These problems would not exist (anymore; even with older releases) if Kobo had chosen to parse/bypass this code on the user-agent (ereader) instead of adding it to the book itself. That is what other ereader manufactures do. If they can do it, why can't (won't) Kobo do it?
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Originally Posted by Rand Brittain
Kobo software has some bugs. It's also fixed a lot of bugs. For all the complaints I could come up with (seriously what the heck, Kobo Nickel?) Kobo does update the firmware on its devices more often than any other ereader company I could think of.
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Originally Posted by cybmole
OK - it may vary by country - never seen or heard of those here in UK
and how buggy are they ?
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It is not the frequency that matters most. What matters if they fix known bugs. I can't say Kobo doesn't but it takes Kobo a lot longer to fix bugs then most other manufacturers. Although Kobo does update its firmwares more freqently this does not mean that known bugs are also fixed. Or a bug suddenly reappears after a firmware update (imo, this is a typical Kobo issue or more likely to happen to Kobo readers then any other brand).
No firmware is bug free but Kobo firmware seems more buggy (to me, but you may disagree).
Note: I still own a Qisda ES600 (which is sold under various brandnames) which I bought in 2010. It still works but the screen is no match to the screens used in newer devices.