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Originally Posted by EldRick
Odd -single-finger light-level works fine on my H2O and Aura One.
I never heard of using two fingers - perhaps that's why it's flaky for some people...
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Originally Posted by DNSB
The two finger light adjustment is a feature specific to the orignal 6" Aura with the capacitive touch screen.
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That would explain why the one-finger swipe on the left margin didn't work.
That said, I did find a pattern to the light adjustment flakiness: when first loading a book, either from the home screen or upon waking the device from sleep, the two-finger swipe doesn't work on the first attempt, but it does seem to work more or less reliably after that. However, there is another oddity: sometimes the two finger swipe registers as a tap and hold, so instead of adjusting the brightness, the dictionary pop-up opens instead. (And this behavior is not limited to just the latest firmware; the previous official 6" Aura firmware also had these issues.)
These might sound like minor annoyances, but they happen just enough to impact usability, especially for a feature that should "just work" every single time. As I've said, firmware 3.12.1 works
perfectly in this regard: the two-finger light adjustment is 100% reliable and 100% predictable, the way it should be.
People might say that such an old firmware is "obsolete", but since my library consists exclusively of side-loaded books, and since my Aura functions exactly as it needs to to allow me to read my books without software bugs getting in the way of my enjoyment, I don't see any good reason to "upgrade". Maybe if Kobo adds Over Drive support to older devices then a compelling case could be made, but until then...