Thread: Dumbing down the Kobo UI for an older person
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Old 12-04-2020, 04:50 AM   #2
davidfor
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Originally Posted by mxbndr View Post
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  • Defaulting the search to the device or Overdrive, instead of the store, which they will never use
The default for search is different depending on where you are. And it remembers what you last used. Once you do a search of My books from the home screen, it will remember that.
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  • 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)
Exactly what is on the home screen changes as you use the device. Open a few books and there will be four across the top rather than the a store-based tile in the top right. And the middle-right will change to either an author or a collection as you open and read books.
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  • Disabling the store entirely
  • Making the borrow-from-Overdrive option more prominent and not in an overflow menu
These are contradictory. The store is used for borrowing. If a book in the store is in your library, it will have options to borrow it as well as buying the book.
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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.
Some of the patches will help with what you want. I don't patch or use NickelMenu, so I will leave those suggestions to others.
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