Thread: Kobo Firmware 3.11.0
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Old 10-25-2014, 05:29 PM   #199
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Originally Posted by violent23 View Post
Firstly they do have a choice, to use it or not. They obviously chose to use it even though it is a detriment to how .ePubs display on their devices and the features the device is able to utilize such as .epub3. You are also failing to account for Kobo's willingness to use a very old version of RMSDK that has many know bugs itself.

As for reproducing it, I need no help here. I know it exists and to date there is no fix for it. The only one who can fix it is Kobo and so far they have chosen to ignore it. No matter what arbitrary info I or anyone else provides you (even though I already gave you everything I know, i.e. stock Aura, stock fonts, stock lowest margin setting, stock justification on, stock retail kobo purchased eBooks downloaded directly to the device) nothing will change. It is the firmware itself and there is frankly nothing you can do for me in this area.
I am using a Sony Reader PRS-T1 and it uses an earlier version of the ADE RMSDK. I don't see anyone complaining about it the way you seem to be. I know it has some bugs (Adobe's bugs), but overall it works well for the eBooks I read. I don't actually need ePub 3 as I read text. I don't read audio or video. I don't read right to left text or vertical text. For the eBooks I read, ePub 2 is good enough and that's what the RMDSK in my T1 supports. It will work with s basic ePub 3, but then that sort of ePub 3 uses no actual ePub 3 features other then the NAV ToC.

Kobo HAS to use Adobe's RMDSK because of the DRM support. Without it, you could not borrow most library ePub and most bought eb with DRM (not Kobo's own DRM) would not work. if I am not mistaken, the one being used in firmware 3.8.0 and 3.11.0 is the one that's equivalent to ADE 3. It's newer then the one I use on a regular basis. It does support hyphenation and the one in the T1 does not.

What is wrong with regular ePub reader (ADE RMDSK)on the Kobo that's not a problem on other Readers that use some version of ADE RMDSK? I m interested if what you think is a bug is actually the way it is or if it might be a bug unique to Kobo.
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