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Old 06-14-2017, 07:39 AM   #1484
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
I say leave the games and web browser. I extremely seldom use them, but I don't mind them being there.
The browser functionality comes in quite handy for looking things up on Google when the dictionary isn't helpful. The beta part is just the standalone interface; all of the underlying code has to be there anyway (because, y'know, that's how ebooks are displayed!), so why not make it user-accessible?

Plus, while mine's definitely an odd use case, I use the browser feature to grab copies of in-progress books from my wi-fi USB drive without having to fire up a computer. My complaint in that respect is how Kobo assumes that connecting to a network means you want to connect to the internet, which makes it impossible to connect the reader to a wireless LAN. Sure, that's usually a safe assumption, but not always! As a result, my "browse my USB drive" trick works at home (where the stick joins my home network and can be seen on it) but not on the go (where the stick is the hub for a LAN and there's no internet access). Not cool...
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