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Originally Posted by corona
I think it's really asking a lot that on a device like this, which is meant to be really simple to use, a whole bunch of stuff should be user-configurable. I think it's a compromise, and I do think there are some of us here who are satisfied. I'm definitely not resentful -- that's a big word! I really appreciate the way they are getting on here and talking with us. I think they definitely paid attention to what was being said here about needed changes. That they didn't make them exactly the way all of us would have liked is just how it goes, IMO.
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I appreciate what you're saying but the device already offers configuration options regarding text size and font, book and cover display etc, and will likely add the purely cosmetic option to configure blank vs book cover in shut down mode. Surely an additional option to configure something as fundamental as auto shutdown is not too much to ask?
Resentful might be a big word but is is smaller than "perplexed and somewhat p***d off", which appears to be how quite a few people on this forum, not just me, are feeling about having choice over a fundamental aspect of the user experience taken away.
We're all aware of and very happy about the fact that Kobo are active and responsive on these forums. A consultative company = happy customers = more sales. But as I stated in a previous diatribe, at no point was the issue of battery lifetime raised as a concern, nor was the suggestion of an automatic shutoff.
OK, I'm off to have a cup of tea and a good lie down.