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Originally Posted by MGlitch
Curious as to why no progress bar, the way Kobo implemented it it is very unlikely that the bar will prohibit you from maximizing text. At least I've not yet found a mixture of settings which will allow the text to come to the very bottom edge of the screen (it comes close, but there's still space enough for the progress bar).
Unless it's just to have a cleaner display of course.
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Because that's what I currently have. (no progress bar)
Plus, I would want a progress bar for the current chapter. If it is the current chapter, I would need to check the chapter actual length occasionally to figure out how long the chapter was. A progress bar with chapter ticks would be helpful for shorter books, but once the length of the book gets longer, the ticks become less helpful.
I want to read. I try to stop on chapter breaks. I want a quick way to determine how long a chapter is (should I continue reading or stop for this session) and how much I have left to finish a chapter (I know I'm falling asleep and will I be able to stay awake end of the chapter or not).
If a progress bar is an option, great. I just have my doubts as to how practical it would be for me, or if I would turn it off because it isn't useful for me (like the progress bar in the current Kobo firmware).
For me, overall book progress isn't of primary importance, and it being one or two clicks away is fine.