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pakoe · 09-12-2014, 01:08 AM

"Search in Book" in an epub is horribly buggy (Kobo Mini, firmware 3.4.1). Above all, the "Results" list ist not even sorted (the order of the results even changes, when returning to the list by tapping the "Results" link in the left bottom corner!). The search doesn't seem to be reliable either: Performing the same search several times can yield a different number of results.
No bugs but nice to have:
-- Search shouldn't start on page 1 but on the current page. Or let the user choose where to start. This is not just a matter of convenience but essential in case there are more than 100 results (only the first 100 are shown) and the current page is behind them. Then I simply don't get the results I'm looking for (example: search for the next occurrence of a person's name in a novel).
-- In search results list for each result its page number (or percentage in book) should be given. This would help to decide which one of a lot of results is the right one.

09-12-2014, 01:08 AM	#1057
pakoe Member Posts: 23 Karma: 25468 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany Device: Kobo mini	"Search in Book" in an epub is horribly buggy (Kobo Mini, firmware 3.4.1). Above all, the "Results" list ist not even sorted (the order of the results even changes, when returning to the list by tapping the "Results" link in the left bottom corner!). The search doesn't seem to be reliable either: Performing the same search several times can yield a different number of results. No bugs but nice to have: -- Search shouldn't start on page 1 but on the current page. Or let the user choose where to start. This is not just a matter of convenience but essential in case there are more than 100 results (only the first 100 are shown) and the current page is behind them. Then I simply don't get the results I'm looking for (example: search for the next occurrence of a person's name in a novel). -- In search results list for each result its page number (or percentage in book) should be given. This would help to decide which one of a lot of results is the right one. Last edited by pakoe; 09-12-2014 at 02:27 AM.