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macsek · 11-15-2015, 06:48 AM

Thanks for all the comments.
Especially for the ones suggesting solutions. I did smile on some of the comments, like of eschwartz about "Satisfaction guaranteed.*" :-D

I have a programmers background, so I know bugs exist. The question is their severity. And the main question is how quickly known bugs are repaired. I would also mention here the willingness of the company to introduce new features requested by the users. And I know the money comes from happy users buying ebooks from kobo, not from users reading sideloaded books originating elsewhere.

The answer to the question "why did you buy new kobo devices if you have not been satisfied" is: I stepped up in hardware (display light, water-resistance) and hoped faults to be eliminated sooner or later. "Sooner" has already passed, that is why I have started this topic.

I did know I will start a kind of flame war. Have you noticed where have I posted this "personal opinion thread"? On the kobo lovers tinkerer forum. I want kobo to know about it, but being visible to other power users (you).
I would be happy to have a relatively fault-free device. I do hope kobo will wash out the bugs and will have enough resources even to bring in requested features.

PS: my daily reader is the H2O, it is on fw 3.17.3, not upgraded to 3.18 because of comments I read here, on mobileread. It is nice to know the highlight issue is almost solved in 3.18.
I have kobo start menu and koreader installed as well, many thanks for tshering. It is nice to be able to run alternative reader softwares, but this is not for the masses. Most users will adjudicate the stock firmware.

11-15-2015, 06:48 AM	#47
macsek eReader fan Posts: 58 Karma: 9999 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Hungary Device: Currently using Kindle PaperWhite 4 /32. Also have a Kobo Aura One	OP here Thanks for all the comments. Especially for the ones suggesting solutions. I did smile on some of the comments, like of eschwartz about "Satisfaction guaranteed." :-D I have a programmers background, so I know bugs exist. The question is their severity. And the main question is how quickly known bugs are repaired. I would also mention here the willingness of the company to introduce new features requested by the users. And I know the money comes from happy users buying ebooks from kobo*, not from users reading sideloaded books originating elsewhere. The answer to the question "why did you buy new kobo devices if you have not been satisfied" is: I stepped up in hardware (display light, water-resistance) and hoped faults to be eliminated sooner or later. "Sooner" has already passed, that is why I have started this topic. I did know I will start a kind of flame war. Have you noticed where have I posted this "personal opinion thread"? On the kobo lovers tinkerer forum. I want kobo to know about it, but being visible to other power users (you). I would be happy to have a relatively fault-free device. I do hope kobo will wash out the bugs and will have enough resources even to bring in requested features. PS: my daily reader is the H2O, it is on fw 3.17.3, not upgraded to 3.18 because of comments I read here, on mobileread. It is nice to know the highlight issue is almost solved in 3.18. I have kobo start menu and koreader installed as well, many thanks for tshering. It is nice to be able to run alternative reader softwares, but this is not for the masses. Most users will adjudicate the stock firmware.