Touch Kobo Touch future firmware feature request thread - Page 49

The Terminator · 02-21-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Eveline198029

[HIDDEN SPAM LINK IN QUOTE DELETED BY MODERATOR]do you have 1.9.4?

1.9.4 is a very old version. What exactly do you mean?

odin500 · 02-27-2012, 04:36 PM

On the top of the font selection box stick a search box(text box) that filters fonts.
Maybe even a favorite font menu as well.

More ways to sort your books in the Library and shortlist menus like:
Recently Added
Number of pages
Percentage read\Pages Read
Percentage to finish\Pages to completion

On Reading Life let People see stats on all the books they have read or in the process of reading.

Synchronize personal settings as well as books read.

When the system is processioning books let people see what books are being processed, so that if their is a problem then they know which book caused it.

Xennex1170 · 02-27-2012, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by odin500

On the top of the font selection box stick a search box(text box) that filters fonts.
Maybe even a favorite font menu as well.

More ways to sort your books in the Library and shortlist menus like:
Recently Added
Number of pages
Percentage read\Pages Read
Percentage to finish\Pages to completion

On Reading Life let People see stats on all the books they have read or in the process of reading.

Synchronize personal settings as well as books read.

When the system is processioning books let people see what books are being processed, so that if their is a problem then they know which book caused it.

1) You must have a ton of fonts on your device to want a search function.

2) I can agree with having a few more 'sort' functions

3) Seeing stats for each book might be more fun as additional info when viewing books in 'single book per page' mode of the library. But it may also be good to have it in Reading life and page through books that have at least least 1% read to filter out unread book in HUGE libraries. Also have a an option to filter out or view only 'finished' books.

4) Synchronizing personal settings depends on how far it goes.. I wouldn't think having your wifi spots synced would be prudent.

5) This may also be good as an option that can be toggled on/off in the settings. Sort of like a debug mode. I would think it would make the processing a bit longer if it was standard.

odin500 · 02-27-2012, 05:15 PM

Hope this does not sound sarcastic, but I'd like to thank you for fleshing out some of the ideas.

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Originally Posted by Xennex1170

1) You must have a ton of fonts on your device to want a search function.

I once had like 600mb of fonts on my system now I Only have about 55mb(340 fonts) of fonts. as you guessed it's rather annoying having to navigate to the end.

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Originally Posted by Xennex1170

4) Synchronizing personal settings depends on how far it goes.. I wouldn't think having your wifi spots synced would be a good idea.

I've just has to reset my device so many times it can get annoying I think what I should do is just backup the device it's self. What I would like though is to have the system be able to backup my reading stats because it does not seem to work on epub files.

odin500 · 02-27-2012, 05:49 PM

The ability to analyze what is in a book or books: like this z-ray feature i keep hearing about.

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Originally Posted by KoboOwner

Integrate with Evernote for annotation / notetaking

I would like to vote for this feature as well

markv · 02-29-2012, 07:09 AM

Not sure if someone put this already or not. But much like Kindle, it would be handy if you could just email yourself a book to your device.

kyriu · 02-29-2012, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Mithradyr

I'm a university student and I've recently discovered that the Kobo Touch cannot connect to WPA Enterprise networks. Would it be possible to add this feature into the firmware or would it be limited by the wireless card in the KT? If it could be added that would be great.

I second this. eduroam gives university students access to wifi in all campi of Portugal and most universities in Europe. Having this in the touch would certainly make life alot easier.

PiersS · 03-02-2012, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by GHG

YIKES! I just downloaded and installed the latest firmware upgrade and discovered that they have slipped in the start of advertising at the bottom of the home screen. I don't want to see the latest featured, short listed or new releases at the bottom of my Kobo screen. I get emails DAILY from Kobo. I don't need advertising on my Kobo Touch too!!. I paid full price for the device and want just my books showing.

My firmware request: dump the advertising!!

I only just now updated my firmware and had an instant dislike to the Recommended bar on my main page. Instant. It took me longer, perhaps a minute or so, to dislike the Just for You page in the library area, but at least I don't HAVE to look at it .. Why not provide an option to turn this on, or a button so that anyone WANTING requests can then get them

Has anything happened with this request? I could read all the pages going forward from this OP, but might as well ask, maybe somebody knows something.

robko · 03-02-2012, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by PiersS

I only just now updated my firmware and had an instant dislike to the Recommended bar on my main page. Instant. It took me longer, perhaps a minute or so, to dislike the Just for You page in the library area, but at least I don't HAVE to look at it .. Why not provide an option to turn this on, or a button so that anyone WANTING requests can then get them

Has anything happened with this request? I could read all the pages going forward from this OP, but might as well ask, maybe somebody knows something.

You can set it to show your shortlist and that will be persistent until you sync (I believe Sameer from Kobo indicated this will be fixed to be constantly persistent in the next firmware). The other option is to use the plug-in talked about in the threads below.

D.. · 03-03-2012, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by robko

You can set it to show your shortlist and that will be persistent until you sync (I believe Sameer from Kobo indicated this will be fixed to be constantly persistent in the next firmware). The other option is to use the plug-in talked about in the threads below.

Sorry what plug in? Is there any way of deleting these advertising bars, it takes long enough to delete the previews, but havent found a way round these and as everyone says, really annoying!

voom · 03-03-2012, 08:52 AM

This Plug-In: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=163997

Be sure to grab the latest Version here: https://github.com/ah-/koboplugins/downloads

The Terminator · 03-03-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PiersS

I only just now updated my firmware and had an instant dislike to the Recommended bar on my main page. Instant. It took me longer, perhaps a minute or so, to dislike the Just for You page in the library area, but at least I don't HAVE to look at it .. Why not provide an option to turn this on, or a button so that anyone WANTING requests can then get them

Has anything happened with this request? I could read all the pages going forward from this OP, but might as well ask, maybe somebody knows something.

Sorry, didn't know you were on Vox.

The Terminator · 03-03-2012, 01:59 PM

It's not Advertising.

Suzanna · 03-03-2012, 03:52 PM

I just finished beta reading a manuscript for someone, and *loved* that I could read their book on my Kobo and make notes right on the reader. Thank you for making this feature available for side-loaded epubs! I then went through the list of annotations on the Kobo and transcribed them onto this person's word file. It would be great, though, if there was some easy way to export these notes (I know the Kindle has a "my clippings" file where all the highlights/notes are lumped together) so that we wouldn't have to retype them.

I realize this is probably a low-priority request, but I imagine many people, especially writers and students, would love this additional feature.

(I didn't read this whole thread so I don't know if anyone else has already requested this. I imagine another voice in support of the idea wouldn't hurt, though.

)

The Terminator · 03-03-2012, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sao

I just finished beta reading a manuscript for someone, and *loved* that I could read their book on my Kobo and make notes right on the reader. Thank you for making this feature available for side-loaded epubs! I then went through the list of annotations on the Kobo and transcribed them onto this person's word file. It would be great, though, if there was some easy way to export these notes (I know the Kindle has a "my clippings" file where all the highlights/notes are lumped together) so that we wouldn't have to retype them.

I realize this is probably a low-priority request, but I imagine many people, especially writers and students, would love this additional feature.

(I didn't read this whole thread so I don't know if anyone else has already requested this. I imagine another voice in support of the idea wouldn't hurt, though.

)

Calibre says it will export notes. I haven't tried it out though.

02-27-2012, 04:36 PM	#722
odin500 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 11516 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Some Features On the top of the font selection box stick a search box(text box) that filters fonts. Maybe even a favorite font menu as well. More ways to sort your books in the Library and shortlist menus like: Recently Added Number of pages Percentage read\Pages Read Percentage to finish\Pages to completion On Reading Life let People see stats on all the books they have read or in the process of reading. Synchronize personal settings as well as books read. When the system is processioning books let people see what books are being processed, so that if their is a problem then they know which book caused it.

03-03-2012, 01:59 PM	#733
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	It's not Advertising. Last edited by The Terminator; 03-12-2012 at 12:59 AM.

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02-29-2012, 07:09 AM	#726
markv Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Not sure if someone put this already or not. But much like Kindle, it would be handy if you could just email yourself a book to your device.

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voom Just me :) Posts: 106 Karma: 1282 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Touch	This Plug-In: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=163997 Be sure to grab the latest Version here: https://github.com/ah-/koboplugins/downloads

03-03-2012, 03:52 PM	#734
Suzanna Living in the past Posts: 432 Karma: 6011289 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Arc	I just finished beta reading a manuscript for someone, and loved that I could read their book on my Kobo and make notes right on the reader. Thank you for making this feature available for side-loaded epubs! I then went through the list of annotations on the Kobo and transcribed them onto this person's word file. It would be great, though, if there was some easy way to export these notes (I know the Kindle has a "my clippings" file where all the highlights/notes are lumped together) so that we wouldn't have to retype them. I realize this is probably a low-priority request, but I imagine many people, especially writers and students, would love this additional feature. (I didn't read this whole thread so I don't know if anyone else has already requested this. I imagine another voice in support of the idea wouldn't hurt, though. )