[Barty]

Originally Posted by issybird

You don't have to patch; there's a quick hack that gives an option for removing the header and footer entirely and it persists through firmware updates. There's a description of the method at Nate's blog:

http://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/201...kobo-ereaders/

That post goes back to 2014. Why hasn't kobo addressed this when it is way ahead of kindle in term of customization? Yes it is easy to fix but why should people have to dig around the net to find a workaround for an obvious stupid annoyance. And you shouldn't have to choose between huge wasted space and having no page info. I don't understand what the thinking is.