Touch Kobo Touch future firmware feature request thread - Page 38

ArmorDog · 12-12-2011, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filmo

French is one of Canada's National Languages yet I'm reading can't get French dictionary or French translation of English on Kobo E-Readers. This is more stupid than USA not fully using metric system. Really a shameful situation.

I live in Florida and don't speak French.

I agree that these should work on the Kobo but it is nowhere near as stupid as the USA not using the metric system. =]

Akto · 12-13-2011, 04:22 AM

Is it possible to use the Kobo browser in landscape mode? Can't find the trick to do it if it exists.

Else this would be a nice, and very practicle, option to add without too much work for the Kobo team.

Thasaidon · 12-13-2011, 04:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akto

Is it possible to use the Kobo browser in landscape mode? Can't find the trick to do it if it exists.

Else this would be a nice, and very practicle, option to add without too much work for the Kobo team.

I agree I would very much like this feature and was surprised that the KT did not have this feature from the beginning.

Xennex1170 · 12-13-2011, 04:44 PM

When viewing CBRs I noticed that you can rotate it clockwise.. How about an option to rotate counter-clockwise.. You can get the same result rotating 3 times but it would be nice to only have to rotate once. Especially if you press too many times and have to rotate a bit more to get it to where you wanted.

Koboyashi · 12-14-2011, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kobousr

PDFs: If you're zoomed into a pdf document, you should be able to turn
the page while remaining zoomed in and the position should be fixed. Most people don't read single page pdf's and still need to turn the page after they found the zoom _sweet spot_ and _position_. Gets very annoying

I agree. That's very annoying

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spindlegirl · 12-15-2011, 06:59 AM

I've bequeathed my Kobo Touch to my husband and I have one future firmware upgrade request.

I would love it if the Touch can create Sideloaded Periodicals (i.e. those generated from Calibre's free news feed) as actual "Newspapers". I have a new e-reader which does this and have been going to town creating magazines from all my favorite RSS feeds, but when a newspaper is transported via calibre for the KT (using a built in recipe) it treats it as another book.

grinch · 12-15-2011, 12:40 PM

User defined Folders in library.

pan & scan & zoom for cbr/cbz.

word search in books.

Lanscape mode for every ebook type.

for pdfs: zoom ration on double click should be user definable...sometime the double click is too. big or too small

robko · 12-15-2011, 01:16 PM

Assuming you're on the latest firmware (1.9.14):

Quote:

Originally Posted by grinch

word search in books.

Click on the middle bottom of a page, click on the "book" icon, choose search in book.

Quote:

for pdfs: zoom ration on double click should be user definable...sometime the double click is too. big or too small

Click on the middle bottom of a page and you can use the slider on the left (or +/- buttons on either end of it) to adjust your zoom. Not quite as convenient as the double click, but it's what we have currently.

YukonTrooper · 12-15-2011, 02:54 PM

Has the Kobo dev team thought about adding a popup dictionary definition feature to the Touch, along with using a better built-in dictionary? I find the popup definitions an indispensable feature on the Kindle 3 and it's something that's pushing me towards the Sony as my new reader.

Akto · 12-21-2011, 11:30 AM

The first time I inserted a sdhc card in the reader, I was very surprised to note that it doesn't appear under the technical information, storage.

It would be nice to have an extra line showing the information relating to the micro sd card once inserted.

Any news regarding the e.t.a. of the next update ?

Koboyashi · 12-22-2011, 07:40 AM

I'd like to tap on the airplane icon to switch off the Airplane Mode...

Xennex1170 · 12-22-2011, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Koboyashi

I'd like to tap on the airplane icon to switch off the Airplane Mode...

toggling between Airplane mode and connection would be a cool feature.

Xennex1170 · 12-22-2011, 09:29 PM

How about being able to move/copy sideloaded books between the onboard storage and the microSD card. That way you can keep your library on one or more SDs and just move/copy over the books you want to read in the near future then remove the SD to reduce battery drain on powerup.

CNL · 12-23-2011, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xennex1170

How about being able to move/copy sideloaded books between the onboard storage and the microSD card. That way you can keep your library on one or more SDs and just move/copy over the books you want to read in the near future then remove the SD to reduce battery drain on powerup.

This would be amazing. I spent a long time trying to figure out how to do this when I first got my kobo, to avoid the sd book closing bug.

bowtie29 · 12-24-2011, 09:40 PM

Would love to see books sorted by last date added and the option to show just book name/list of current reads instead of book covers on home page. I've loaded a bunch of epubs that don't have photo/book covers and can't tell them apart in the current book cover format - all I see is really, really small text of the first page. The original Kobo had both these features.

Would also like to see page count of each book in library view so I know how big the book is before I open it. Thanks!

12-15-2011, 12:40 PM	#562
grinch Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo TOuch	User defined Folders in library. pan & scan & zoom for cbr/cbz. word search in books. Lanscape mode for every ebook type. for pdfs: zoom ration on double click should be user definable...sometime the double click is too. big or too small Last edited by grinch; 12-15-2011 at 12:42 PM.

12-24-2011, 09:40 PM	#570
bowtie29 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 24 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: kobo touch	Recently added sort feature and other requests Would love to see books sorted by last date added and the option to show just book name/list of current reads instead of book covers on home page. I've loaded a bunch of epubs that don't have photo/book covers and can't tell them apart in the current book cover format - all I see is really, really small text of the first page. The original Kobo had both these features. Would also like to see page count of each book in library view so I know how big the book is before I open it. Thanks!

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12-13-2011, 04:22 AM	#557
Akto Member Posts: 15 Karma: 628 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo touch	Is it possible to use the Kobo browser in landscape mode? Can't find the trick to do it if it exists. Else this would be a nice, and very practicle, option to add without too much work for the Kobo team.

12-13-2011, 04:44 PM	#559
Xennex1170 Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 289856 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Device: Kobo Touch	When viewing CBRs I noticed that you can rotate it clockwise.. How about an option to rotate counter-clockwise.. You can get the same result rotating 3 times but it would be nice to only have to rotate once. Especially if you press too many times and have to rotate a bit more to get it to where you wanted.

12-15-2011, 06:59 AM	#561
spindlegirl Wizard Posts: 1,594 Karma: 21245891 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra h20, Paperwhite 2017, Phone & Tablet w Moonreader	I've bequeathed my Kobo Touch to my husband and I have one future firmware upgrade request. I would love it if the Touch can create Sideloaded Periodicals (i.e. those generated from Calibre's free news feed) as actual "Newspapers". I have a new e-reader which does this and have been going to town creating magazines from all my favorite RSS feeds, but when a newspaper is transported via calibre for the KT (using a built in recipe) it treats it as another book.

12-15-2011, 02:54 PM	#564
YukonTrooper Member Posts: 15 Karma: 22512 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle 3G	Has the Kobo dev team thought about adding a popup dictionary definition feature to the Touch, along with using a better built-in dictionary? I find the popup definitions an indispensable feature on the Kindle 3 and it's something that's pushing me towards the Sony as my new reader.

12-21-2011, 11:30 AM	#565
Akto Member Posts: 15 Karma: 628 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo touch	The first time I inserted a sdhc card in the reader, I was very surprised to note that it doesn't appear under the technical information, storage. It would be nice to have an extra line showing the information relating to the micro sd card once inserted. Any news regarding the e.t.a. of the next update ?

12-22-2011, 07:40 AM	#566
Koboyashi Zealot Posts: 137 Karma: 207434 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Glo	I'd like to tap on the airplane icon to switch off the Airplane Mode...

12-22-2011, 09:29 PM	#568
Xennex1170 Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 289856 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Device: Kobo Touch	How about being able to move/copy sideloaded books between the onboard storage and the microSD card. That way you can keep your library on one or more SDs and just move/copy over the books you want to read in the near future then remove the SD to reduce battery drain on powerup.