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Since this update the annotations / notes are "broken" on my Kobo H2O original and epubs. Sometimes fine for a while. Eventually ALL the Chapter headings of ALL highlights or annotations are changed to be the Chapter last annotated. Same viewing on Kobo or Calibre Kobo Utilities import.
Doing a reset via hole (not power off) fixes it for a while for NEW annotations and then all those Chapter numbers/names are overwritten with last chapter.
I might have 40 to 600+ annotations per book I'm proofing.
A second unrelated issue is that some but not all images appear like tiny thumbnails rather than the size they used to be. Only the text has changed. Some books have had over 20 revisions converted and transferred to Kobo. It's not happening with the other non-Kobo eReaders, except they used to be less good for annotation (The Kindle PW3 is now easier, faster to use for annotations than the Kobo, but there is a bug on the Annotations import).
A third issue is highlight selection. It's SLOW to extend as you drag right. If you let go and use the (O) handle that often doesn't budge. If you try to select to near start of the next line and slightly "wobble up" to previous line the highlighting is cancelled. If there is an image on the page it's very very much slower or may appear to hang if a larger image. Really the earlier SW version that had only ONE bug in highlighting was FAR better. It had the bug where if *exact* "End of Line" was selected the highlight & note would vanish after message claiming success.
Do Kobo test at all with ePubs or only kepubs?
Also it seems very hit or miss if a book allows changing line spacing. Really it's rubbish now compared to when I bought it in mid 2017 (maybe May 2017). Yes it's nice I can turn off the header & footer (only since last update). I can't see anything else that has improved. The Home page is less functional and only about 1/3 any use. Forced advert text added! The Kindle PW3 is far better if only I could get the annotations off. Even the Sony PRS350 and Nook Simple touch are more reliable as "Touch" or something seems to hang / freeze often and I have to close sleep cover for about 15s for it to recover. Or tap power.
The "Smart" keyboard for adding a note may be nice for someone that never used older Firmware or never uses a laptop. I find it ghastly to use. There should be an option to turn off the auto caps feature which reacts to newline or period-space combo. The key layout and style is poor and not enough dead space between virtual keys so the small PRS350 touch keyboard and Kindle PW3 keyboard are faster / more accurate to type on.
I've now done a factory reset which automatically loaded 4.12.12111 again. I'll see does that fix anything. Highlight is STILL much slower to respond than any other model I have or earlier Firmware.
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