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parkher · 08-18-2013, 07:44 PM

With 2.6.1, I eliminated the footer altogether - I prefer it this way.
With 2.8.1 it may not be as straightforward. Metazoa's patch generator seems to be the easiest way to modify the footer.
I did not switch to 2.8.1 yet, so I'm not sure.
But Metazoa says his patcher does not eliminate the footer in 2.8.1 completely.
Now he released mz_koboreaderpatch_06 where there are four additional things that you can do only with 2.8.1.

The new things exclusively for 2.81 are:

1. Removing the native fonts from the list (only from the list - the fonts themselves are still available if/when required) - it would be a good feature but I am using only one additional font so I still have it on the first page.

2. Controlling the brightness of the light with the step = 1% instead of 10% with +/- buttons - I don't use the light at all - so I don't care.
Actually, I do care - I want very much to be able to map the useless to me light on/off hardware button to "next page" so I could avoid touching the screen (yuck!!!) as much as possible

3. An additional Russian language keyboard layout (so, I assume there was a Russian keyboard already?) - so far I never attempted to use a Russian keyboard on Aura, so, I guess - I don't care.

4. The browser now should download any files - I never used the browser on Aura and I was not aware what files it could or could not download - so I don't care.

So, I don't see a compelling reason to move to 2.8.1 yet.

Here is mz_koboreaderpatch_06:

http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewt...c0ad98#1079433
or directly:
http://rghost.ru/48210870

08-18-2013, 07:44 PM	#47
parkher Evangelist Posts: 467 Karma: 369018 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: BL Alita/Mimas/Ares, OB Note2/Note, KA One/H2O/HD, S PRS T2/T1, PB 902	With 2.6.1, I eliminated the footer altogether - I prefer it this way. With 2.8.1 it may not be as straightforward. Metazoa's patch generator seems to be the easiest way to modify the footer. I did not switch to 2.8.1 yet, so I'm not sure. But Metazoa says his patcher does not eliminate the footer in 2.8.1 completely. Now he released mz_koboreaderpatch_06 where there are four additional things that you can do only with 2.8.1. The new things exclusively for 2.81 are: 1. Removing the native fonts from the list (only from the list - the fonts themselves are still available if/when required) - it would be a good feature but I am using only one additional font so I still have it on the first page. 2. Controlling the brightness of the light with the step = 1% instead of 10% with +/- buttons - I don't use the light at all - so I don't care. Actually, I do care - I want very much to be able to map the useless to me light on/off hardware button to "next page" so I could avoid touching the screen (yuck!!!) as much as possible 3. An additional Russian language keyboard layout (so, I assume there was a Russian keyboard already?) - so far I never attempted to use a Russian keyboard on Aura, so, I guess - I don't care. 4. The browser now should download any files - I never used the browser on Aura and I was not aware what files it could or could not download - so I don't care. So, I don't see a compelling reason to move to 2.8.1 yet. Here is mz_koboreaderpatch_06: http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewt...c0ad98#1079433 or directly: http://rghost.ru/48210870 Last edited by parkher; 08-19-2013 at 03:55 PM.