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Old 10-10-2017, 04:10 PM   #1526
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Device: Kobo Libra 2, Forma and Aura One; Kindle Voyage; Galaxy Note 10
Tap Zones

With apologies to Rev Bob and JSWolf, who have already made it clear that it's not important to them, so why should Kobo make the change, I repeat my most desired change:

With the larger width of the Aura One, the four choices for tap zones are not sufficient for those of us who like to tap instead of swipe to change pages. Choices 2 and 3 (reading left to right in settings) have a back page column width that is way too wide to skip over with your thumb if you're holding the reader one-handed on that side; Choice 4 has a page forward bottom third of the screen that is way too low and small for my thumb to easily reach it (it should be at least the bottom two-thirds of the screen). I would ideally like a Choice 5 that is like Choice 1, except that all tap zones, save for bringing up options, are page forward (i.e., you only get to page back by swiping). See attached lousy sketch.

Now that Kobo, in the latest firmware, gives us the choice to choose swiping only or both tapping and swiping, I would love it if they went this one step further. Or, at minimum, significantly decreased the page back column widths in Choices 2 and 3.

My 2 cents. If you don't need it, or want to tell me just to get used to swiping, or want to insist on telling me that one of the existing four options should be satisfactory, please save your breath! (although I know some of you won't.... )
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