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Originally Posted by booklover6
So you are saying you are keeping the old home screen on the other devices? I am the opposite, I am running the new FW on my Glo HD and my Aura H2O. But want to keep one with the original home screen, and that is my Mini.
I actually like the new FW.
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Since you asked....
I put the new firmware on my Glo HD and I do like it, especially how it's noticeably faster, plus a few of the other tweaks. Plus, it means I can access my Kobo library from a device again since I don't have to keep it offline, which is handy.
But I still strongly prefer the old home page; it's so much easier to navigate among the books I'm reading (generally more than the four max I can get on the home screen with the new firmware) and my most-used categories. And given that more tiles fit on the home screen with more area, I'm staying with older firmware on the two bigger devices for now; they're my reading workhorses in any case and I like how the old home screen makes it easy to browse for my next read. I still hate the wasted space on the new home page, with one quarter devoted to one shelf and one quarter devoted to a link to my books - what good does that do that I can't get with a click elsewhere on the page?
I've also got a Glo and I'm on the fence. I turned it into a book depository for my Calibre library and I'm finding that quite useful. Here, given the age of the device and the number of books on the SD card, I'm a bit in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" camp. But the added speed would be nice and given its function I wouldn't be bothered by the new home screen, so I suspect I'll go ahead at some point.
Which leaves the Mini. It would be more functional with the latest firmware and it wouldn't break my heart if I bricked it, so I figure I'll go for it.