Firmware 4.6.10075

[oren64]

Originally Posted by geek1011

A little off topic: There is some spam in the Kobo Firmware releases wiki page.

Edit: Also on the Kobo eReader page

Somebody edit the Kobo Firmware Releases page yesterday, and replace the download links, mark 3 to mark 6 and mark 4 to mark 5, in Firmware 4.5.9587, 4.6.9960 and 4.6.9995, see here.

I don't know who did it but I think it was done intentionally.

I undo those changes, and add Firmware 4.6.10075.

[Dryhte]

Why it would be on the Glo only? There was a bug in the previous firmware (4.6.9995) on the Glo, that it displays a black line around the page after reading for some pages.

I'll see if that's fixed with this release. (If I don't forget - it's my kid's reader)

Sure hope that it fixes this issue.

[isaak]

Originally Posted by tshering

One thing is that wpa_passphrase, wpa_supplicant, and wpa_cli are of noticeable greater size than in 4.6.9995.

Perhaps they patched the KRACK vulnerability.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Dryhte

Why it would be on the Glo only?

I doubt it is only for the Glo. It will probably start going to other devices in a few days.

There was a bug in the previous firmware (4.6.9995) on the Glo, that it displays a black line around the page after reading for some pages.

I'll see if that's fixed with this release. (If I don't forget - it's my kid's reader)

Sure hope that it fixes this issue.

I only remember seeing that reported on the Touch. Are you sure it also affected the Glo?

[Dryhte]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I only remember seeing that reported on the Touch. Are you sure it also affected the Glo?

right... mixed up for a moment. I used to have a Glo but the thing my kid uses is in fact a Touch.

Oops

[geek1011]

Just released for the Aura HD.

[GeoffR]

Upgraded my Glo from 4.6.9995 to 4.6.10075, works fine, I haven't noticed the slightest difference in speed or anything else, but I don't read Japanese books.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I haven't noticed the slightest difference in speed or anything else

Seems like a minor update.

Originally Posted by GeoffR

but I don't read Japanese books.

Not sure what they fixed, don't notice a difference and the only thing I really care about is still as cumbersome as ever - Japanese dictionary lookup doesn't even try to detect word boundaries, and moving the boundaries around manually is unforgiving so it takes five attempts to get the word you wanted.

[Martina Schein]

I have installed this version on my Aura H2O (2014). The reader reacts faster in all respects than before.

[WiBu]

Any 4.6.10075 update news about KA1?
Did anybody try it?

[npr]

The Mark5 update downloaded and installed in my Aura. Definitely feels faster.

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

Japanese dictionary lookup doesn't even try to detect word boundaries,

Agree with you there. It also seems unable to recognize many inflected verbs.

Originally Posted by frostschutz

and moving the boundaries around manually is unforgiving so it takes five attempts to get the word you wanted.

That's not my experience on either my original Aura or my KA1. Most of the time, I find it pretty easy to move the toggles around to select a word or phrase. There are occasionally problems when a word/phrase spans two lines or two pages.

Perhaps my differing experience is because I tend to read in slightly larger font when reading in Japanese?

[drjd]

Just upgraded my Glo from 4.6.9995 to 4.6.10075. It seems comparatively faster in page turns, highlighting the texts and dictionary lookups.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by Question Mark

Perhaps my differing experience is because I tend to read in slightly larger font when reading in Japanese?

My font isn't huge but not exactly small, either. About 24 characters per line (column)... comes out about 10 lines (columns) per page. The interface even gets in the way of the word you highlighted. (Random screenshot where I selected 手紙 (letter) and the interface covers the 紙 character)

And to successfully select 手紙 in the first place, it starts you out with just 手 or just 紙 (or another character off), you have to move one of those pins (one of them also covers up part of the 手 character), and if you end up selecting 手紙を (one surplus character) dictionary comes up with nothing.

Ruby/Furigana also completely gets in the way of the selection.

It's barely acceptable if you have to use it rarely but if your Japanese sucks ( (: like mine does ) it's rather frustrating. I know it's made for native speakers and not Japanese learners, but... like so many things, it works just fine with Kindle.

I've given up hope that Kobo will ever improve their firmware. Wouldn't have commented if improved Japanese reading experience wasn't mentioned.

[Question Mark]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

I've given up hope that Kobo will ever improve their firmware. Wouldn't have commented if improved Japanese reading experience wasn't mentioned.

Hmmm. Your font size seems to be about the same as mine. The book is also the same: Harry Potter. But my Kobo seems to be behaving slightly differently.

I can't recall the text boxes ever covering up the words/phrases I select. Will try and post some screens shots when I get home from work.