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mxbndr · 12-03-2020, 11:15 PM

Hello!

First, I just want to say that I appreciate this forum as a resource, and I'm grateful for your participation with my challenge. I initially posted this to reddit, and that community was both kind and generous, and also sent me here.

I want to dumb down my Libra H2O for an older library user not used to smart devices. What are the best things I can do?

Some ideas (most of which I'm optimistic about but don't yet know how to change):

Easy

Changing the screensaver to have instructions rather than the book title or nothing (I know how to do this with the "screensaver" folder)
Making the default reading font larger (settings)
Making the default UI font larger (settings)
Loading up the ereader with books ahead of time (I am good with Calibre)

Hard

Defaulting the search to the device or Overdrive, instead of the store, which they will never use
Disabling the store entirely
Cleaning up the homescreen to get rid of things like "Top 50 Picks" so it's less cluttered and confusing (I would love for it just to show his most recent book, and a link to Overdrive)
Making the borrow-from-Overdrive option more prominent and not in an overflow menu

I would love your suggestions for how to accomplish the above, and also welcome your suggestions for anything I missed. The reddit thread folks suggested exploring the yaml files in the patcher, as well as NickelMenu. While I have successfully patched the device, I have yet to successfully leverage NickelMenu, and don't yet know at-a-glance what the patches are that would serve my needs.

Thank you!

12-03-2020, 11:15 PM	#1
mxbndr Grateful Plebe Posts: 39 Karma: 13638 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Libra H2O	Dumbing down the Kobo UI for an older person Hello! First, I just want to say that I appreciate this forum as a resource, and I'm grateful for your participation with my challenge. I initially posted this to reddit, and that community was both kind and generous, and also sent me here. I want to dumb down my Libra H2O for an older library user not used to smart devices. What are the best things I can do? Some ideas (most of which I'm optimistic about but don't yet know how to change): Easy Changing the screensaver to have instructions rather than the book title or nothing (I know how to do this with the "screensaver" folder) Making the default reading font larger (settings) Making the default UI font larger (settings) Loading up the ereader with books ahead of time (I am good with Calibre) Hard Defaulting the search to the device or Overdrive, instead of the store, which they will never use Disabling the store entirely Cleaning up the homescreen to get rid of things like "Top 50 Picks" so it's less cluttered and confusing (I would love for it just to show his most recent book, and a link to Overdrive) Making the borrow-from-Overdrive option more prominent and not in an overflow menu I would love your suggestions for how to accomplish the above, and also welcome your suggestions for anything I missed. The reddit thread folks suggested exploring the yaml files in the patcher, as well as NickelMenu. While I have successfully patched the device, I have yet to successfully leverage NickelMenu, and don't yet know at-a-glance what the patches are that would serve my needs. Thank you!