Thread: New Home Screen vs Old Home Screen
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Old 05-11-2017, 07:58 PM   #154
davidfor
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Sorry, but a lot of you are still assuming the new home screen works exactly like the version in the 4.3 firmware. It doesn't. It looks like the same but there are changes. I'm pretty sure that if you never connect to Kobo, the only thing about the store you will see is the link in the bottom left. That takes about the same amount of space as the store link in the old home screen. I do sync with Kobo and I do buy books from them. But, right now my Glo HD only has something store related in the bottom two places. The store link on the left, and the number of "Super Points" I have on the right. That is LESS Kobo stuff on the home screen than I typically saw on the old tiled home screen.

Of the store related items, there are several that won't appear for people who don't buy books from Kobo. "Related Books" only appears if you read books from Kobo. The "Wishlist" only appears if you have put books in the Wishlist. Super points only appear if you have bought books. Recommendations will probably appear if a sync happens.

I'm not trying to say that the new home screen is better than the old tiled home screen because I don't think it is. But, things are not as bad as the recent posts here make out.
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