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Originally Posted by MGlitch
1)They also make the Libra easier to grip, and honestly unless you’re living in a pigsty you’re not going to pick up that much dirt with the back.
2) You can choose to have it as swipe only to go back or forward in a book. Which effectively disables touch as a swipe requires a not insignificant gesture relative to the screen size.
3)This sounds like an issue with the PDF formatting rather than the reader. However locking it in either landscape or portrait whichever is needed will allow you to hold it in the other orientation without a flip. This change is a 90 degree change. 180 would put the previous top of the device at the bottom and in your example of a total lock would have the PDF be upside down. If a PDF needs to be read upside down that again sounds like an issue with the source material rather than the device reading it.
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1) If it was an inverted surface it would be non-slip and not pick up stuff. It's thoughtless and can't be justified.
2) I don't see why since there are two options that there are not 4; tap, swipe, swipe or tap and off (but disabled on models with no buttons). Lazy programming. I've used touch screens for 30 years and programmed for 40.
3)Of course it's because the scan of the book is stored on a portrait page PDF. It's not a problem on my 10" tablet, nor printing, or on the laptop. It makes using landscape text on portrait PDF pages nearly unusable. Again lazy thoughtless programming. This is common with PDFs of old books. Yes, obviously the PDF generation was stupid, but that's common. The Dev mode SHOWS all four orientations and lets you change to any specific one (either Portrait). There is, unlike Android or Win10, or Linux Mint no way to turn off the auto flip in Portrait or Landscape. Stupid, thoughtless, lazy programming.
I may see if changing the tilt angle sensitivity in Dev mode fixes it. Currently PDFS where the content is at 90 degrees to the page aspect (sadly common) are unusable on the Libra, despite the fact that many more PDFs are readable compared to the Aura H2O due to slightly bigger screen and slightly higher DPI.
Just because Kobo never put a switch on the front is no reason to move from side to back. Also a sideways slide doesn't press accidentally. Again I wonder how much thought and testing is done. I have the Nook Touch and the rear button on it is really annoying.
Plus points
However, it's €40 less than I paid for the Aura H2O, it's a better resolution screen and the slight extra size helps. It's a better purchase than the same price 6" model Kobo in Argos, or the recent Kindle PW4, unless you really want 6" screen. The area,quality and amount of text is closest yet to a paperback of all ereaders I've had. The Kindle DXG was a bad purchase as it was heavy, too big and low resolution. Also far too slow on PDFs.
I'd have liked the wide bezel and buttons to be top/bottom and not increasing width. It's too wide for any pocket on suit, jacket or coat.
I knew the IR touch was doomed due to deeper bezel, higher cost and rising power consumption with larger screens (the IR LEDs). It probably can't work above a certain screen size, so I knew that no current ereader would be as bright without a front light as the Aura H2O original. It's still fine and no worse than any other modern capacitive eink. I have bright enough room and bedside light that I don't need the front light.
I know there is no perfection. However no-one ever should excuse obvious flaws. The rear surface, power switch location, page turn software, and rotation software are obvious ergonomic flaws that should never have happened.
The GUI in reading mode when bringing up menu on this revision of SW is flawed on every model by having no Home icon and WiFi icon. Even on models with no page turn buttons the page turn options are too limited.
On balance if you are happy with the size, this a very good value ereader and and maybe the best choice. Easily could have been much better at no extra cost and the software issues are easily fixed.