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Originally Posted by DrChiper
Well, Kobo themselves seem not believe in their colors either. Because, hey, this is a Color ereader, but where are the colors? Besides the startup screen, home-screen and selected icons coloration (bottom homepage) NOWHERE is colorization actually used. The whole ereader experience should sparkle with color usage, but now it is just as any B&W ereader. At least for instance the statistics screen could make use of color. But no, its the user who must provide the colors by uploading according color EPUBs. And it seems that they even must update these sometimes to get those colors really shown.  |
The boot screen has colored leaves, though I can’t say it’s a stunning use of color. The reader menu in a book shows the color of the pen. The selected tab at the bottom is usually colored red, and the tabs in My Books are also colored red. Corporate icons in More have colors. WHY, IT’S A VERITABLE SMORGASBORD OF COLORS EVERYWHERE LIKE DAUBS OF…no, you’re right. For a color ereader, Kobo’s UI color usage is so restrained as to be invisible. It seems an odd design choice for something they’re marketing as the hottest new thing.
It’s possible that they didn’t want the UI to compete with all those lovely color book covers.