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Originally Posted by MGlitch
@icallaci why not use percentage and time remaining which are both offered by kobo and won’t change with any change you make in the settings. Yes the estimated time might not perfectly align with the time you really take but I’d have to imagine you’ll get a sense of the difference. And since even ADE page numbers will count content you’re not going to read they’re probably both equally accurate in the end.
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Why not use percentage and time remaining? Because my mental estimates are based not just on my reading speed or the number of words remaining, but on what kind of environment I am reading in (a doctor's office with the TV going, my own quiet living room, a park with children and conversations and music all vying for my attention, in my car waiting impatiently for someone to hurry up and get back so we can go home already, a stadium with 40,000 screaming fans), as well as other factors. I can do it better and take into account more factors than any algorithm yet created. But most of all, because the information I personally find useful is already provided, while people who don't want to see that information don't have to.