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Jelbee · 06-08-2010, 10:02 AM

I agree with a compiled list so Kobo has all of our suggestions/requests in one concise list.

Mine have been beaten to death already, but I figure if they hear the same requests from 100 people, they're more likely to heed them.

The Kobo platform is atrociously useless. Let me edit my reading list, see all the books that are on my synced Kobo, and let me drag and drop files in a user-friendly fashion. Without going online.
Better yet, let me edit the "I'm Reading" from within my Kobo itself. When I hand someone my Kobo to inspect this "fancy new gadget they've never seen" and they open Anna Karenina, I don't want to skip through 200 chapters to the end of the book to get it off of my "I'm Reading" list.
Skip to a page. As someone mentioned before, page-turning for 300 pages on something that isn't recognizing chapters, or doesn't have them is time-consuming and painful.
Font scaling issue. You know the drill. Just because I've mastered editing the CSS file to solve the problem doesn't mean I want to have to do it. And the average user isn't likely to go to the trouble of Googling a support forum, reading through a how-to thread and cracking open the .epub to edit a stylehseet. They'll just get annoyed and exchange the Kobo for a Kindle or a Sony with the notion that "more expensive" means "functional."

Good luck to the Kobo folks; I can only imagine the kind of panicked pressure you're facing from demanding consumers. Here's to getting the update out and your work life calming down.

06-08-2010, 10:02 AM	#186
Jelbee Member Posts: 15 Karma: 28 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	I agree with a compiled list so Kobo has all of our suggestions/requests in one concise list. Mine have been beaten to death already, but I figure if they hear the same requests from 100 people, they're more likely to heed them. The Kobo platform is atrociously useless. Let me edit my reading list, see all the books that are on my synced Kobo, and let me drag and drop files in a user-friendly fashion. Without going online. Better yet, let me edit the "I'm Reading" from within my Kobo itself. When I hand someone my Kobo to inspect this "fancy new gadget they've never seen" and they open Anna Karenina, I don't want to skip through 200 chapters to the end of the book to get it off of my "I'm Reading" list. Skip to a page. As someone mentioned before, page-turning for 300 pages on something that isn't recognizing chapters, or doesn't have them is time-consuming and painful. Font scaling issue. You know the drill. Just because I've mastered editing the CSS file to solve the problem doesn't mean I want to have to do it. And the average user isn't likely to go to the trouble of Googling a support forum, reading through a how-to thread and cracking open the .epub to edit a stylehseet. They'll just get annoyed and exchange the Kobo for a Kindle or a Sony with the notion that "more expensive" means "functional." Good luck to the Kobo folks; I can only imagine the kind of panicked pressure you're facing from demanding consumers. Here's to getting the update out and your work life calming down.