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gmw · 09-18-2017, 08:10 AM

I am now the proud owner of a brand new Kobo Aura One*. I'm generally pleased, the screen is an obvious step up on my old Sony. Everything loads much faster, though the actual responsiveness of the interface is not as much improved as I thought it would be. But there does seem to be a niggle...

Using touch on various controls seems inconsistent - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. ... I know the Sony wasn't always perfect in this regard, so maybe I just have fat fingers and should follow Homer Simpson's lead in mashing the keypad with my hand to order a special dialling wand.

The most (but still not completely) consistent problem is experienced in the lower right corner.

If I tap on the page number display at the bottom of the screen, I get the controls appear at the top and bottom of the display. The bottom has the "< Books" button on the left, and then the "<->", "Aa" and "..." buttons on the right.

The "< Books" area seems to work fine. But in the right corner I find that most of the time I have to tap on (or closer to) the "Aa" area to get the "..." menu popup, and on (or closer to) the "<->" area to get the font control up, and on some imaginary area to the left of "<->" to get the page control to come up.

Is this normal, and just something you get used to? Or should I suspect a problem with my device? (I did let it update to the latest firmware 4.5.9587 as one of the first things it did after setting it up.)

* After 7 years of loyal service, by Sony PRS-650 is finally being if not retired then at least reverting to part-time duties.

09-18-2017, 08:10 AM	#1
gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,818 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Insensitive / inaccurate touch issues I am now the proud owner of a brand new Kobo Aura One. I'm generally pleased, the screen is an obvious step up on my old Sony. Everything loads much faster, though the actual responsiveness of the interface is not as much improved as I thought it would be. But there does seem to be a niggle... Using touch on various controls seems inconsistent - sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. ... I know the Sony wasn't always perfect in this regard, so maybe I just have fat fingers and should follow Homer Simpson's lead in mashing the keypad with my hand to order a special dialling wand. The most (but still not completely) consistent problem is experienced in the lower right corner. If I tap on the page number display at the bottom of the screen, I get the controls appear at the top and bottom of the display. The bottom has the "< Books" button on the left, and then the "<->", "Aa" and "..." buttons on the right. The "< Books" area seems to work fine. But in the right corner I find that most of the time I have to tap on (or closer to) the "Aa" area to get the "..." menu popup, and on (or closer to) the "<->" area to get the font control up, and on some imaginary area to the left of "<->" to get the page control to come up. Is this normal, and just something you get used to? Or should I suspect a problem with my device? (I did let it update to the latest firmware 4.5.9587 as one of the first things it did after setting it up.) After 7 years of loyal service, by Sony PRS-650 is finally being if not retired then at least reverting to part-time duties.