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Originally Posted by davidfor
Are you saying you don't get the menu now? The change that I see is that if you highlighted more than one word, the first item on the menu went from "Save highlight" (or something like that) to "Undo highlighting". From the point of view of accidental highlights, or ones you make and decide not to keep, the difference is really whether you tap the menu item or tap elsewhere on the screen to remove it. But, that goes the other way as well. If you are highlighting and want to keep it, you need to tap the menu to do so, or tap elsewhere if you change your mind.
When this was changed, I told Kobo that I didn't like it. Their response was that it was done in response to other user requests. From my point of view, it isn't a good change, but, it is one I understand. If the assumption is that most highlights are deliberate, not having to move your finger to the menu to save it, is a good thing. And I don't make enough accidental highlights that it really makes a difference to me. And if I am honest, I used to loose highlights because I'd accidentally tap the screen and then have to start again. Now, I long press on the highlight to get to the menu again.
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I just preferred the old way where it didn't automatically highlight, so if I had selected accidentally while trying to do something else, I could tap anywhere on the screen to unselect, instead of aiming for the little unselect box and accidentally hitting one of the other choices....
I don't intentionally highlight very often. I do have a tendency to accidentally select words when trying to adjust the light or even turn the page, especially if I'm tired. (I have page turns set to swipe because setting it to tap resulted in even more user errors.) So for me, the current system is more annoying. I guess for people who like to make a lot of highlights the current system is preferable.
I wish Kobo would make a 6-inch reader with buttons for page turns and for accessing the menu. That would really be the solution to my problems. I miss that about my old Sonys.