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Old 03-10-2012, 03:11 PM   #16
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No problems with the 2 kobos I've had. I don't tap the screen I swipe it
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Old 03-10-2012, 03:46 PM   #17
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Maybe you just got a bad Kobo, I know two other people who haven't had any other trouble with touch screen responsiveness. And I've had two touches (one returned because of a faulty USB port) and they both worked fine.
I dunno Terminator. I know you're a beta tester for kobo and it makes your attempts to put a positive spin on this thread seem awfully transparent, and not very believable. Sorry.
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I have 2 kobo wifi's and 1 kobo touch. Have read every post here about kobo touch. Just a common user not a tester. Beta testers provide free service to kobo as they read books they get privilege of extra work documenting software problems buggy software they are testing. Their only reward is contributing to better released software with fewer bugs. If they are not being truthful about software problems they are worthless as beta tester. So no incentive to spin or minimise software problems.

Forums like this one always have more threads about problems than about how perfect things are. Don't assume everyone is having same problems with their Kobo. Yes support could be much better.
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Old 03-10-2012, 04:32 PM   #19
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I dunno Terminator. I know you're a beta tester for kobo and it makes your attempts to put a positive spin on this thread seem awfully transparent, and not very believable. Sorry.
Beta testers don't get anything special.

And I do agree that the bottom bar should be removable, and I don't really like it, but I don't mind it very much. Come on, how much time a day do you spend looking at your Home Screen? The best firmware that I've tried is 1.9.16 with the latest plug-ins from -ah, take a look at those.

With them you can:

1. Make shelves to sort your books.
2. Remove the bottom bar completely.

And a ton of other stuff.
Have you tried the plug-ins? You just have to download the file and copy it into the .Kobo directory.

What I've been saying is that you have to make the best with what you have, if given the option I would remove the bottom bar too.
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Old 03-10-2012, 04:35 PM   #20
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What forums have you been on for the past six months? This has been a persistent problem, despite reassurances that it has been fixed or will be fixed in the next update. . .

However, I've actually had better success with 1.9.16 than past FWs. Now I really only see this problem when I quickly flip back a page to catch something I missed and then flip forward again.

But, as with all things Kobo, YMMV.
Yes I know, I've had a few rant threads directed at Kobo before.
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Old 03-10-2012, 04:54 PM   #21
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I have had the page turn problem, too - in several iterations of firmware.
However, I got a 'pen' for touch screens, and with that my page turn problem has disappeared! Actually, most problems using the touch screen are gone.
Of course, when it is inconvenient to use the 'pen', just a finger is what I use; with the associated problems.
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Old 03-10-2012, 05:31 PM   #22
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Maybe you just got a bad Kobo, I know two other people who haven't had any other trouble with touch screen responsiveness. And I've had two touches (one returned because of a faulty USB port) and they both worked fine.
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I have 2 kobo wifi's and 1 kobo touch. Have read every post here about kobo touch. Just a common user not a tester. Beta testers provide free service to kobo as they read books they get privilege of extra work documenting software problems buggy software they are testing. Their only reward is contributing to better released software with fewer bugs. If they are not being truthful about software problems they are worthless as beta tester. So no incentive to spin or minimise software problems.

Forums like this one always have more threads about problems than about how perfect things are. Don't assume everyone is having same problems with their Kobo. Yes support could be much better.
Did you guys participate in this pole:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=166744
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Old 03-10-2012, 07:37 PM   #23
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I voted none, I've only had this happen on older firmwares a few times, and usually that would result in double turn. What if you used just swipes? (I use taps), Sony doesn't even support taps. And I've turned quite a few pages on my Touch.

The last two firmwares I can't remember ever having a failure to flip.
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Old 03-10-2012, 08:14 PM   #24
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I'm another swiper, and I don't have page turning problems.

And attacking a person's integrity because they were a beta tester? I think that's taking the Kobo hatin' a little too far.
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Old 03-10-2012, 09:24 PM   #25
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I have a few problems with the kobo touch, page responsiveness ain't one of them.
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Old 03-11-2012, 05:51 AM   #26
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I voted none, I've only had this happen on older firmwares a few times, and usually that would result in double turn. ...
Look at the numbers in the poll. A very large percentage of people (in the poll) are experiencing this one particular problem.

Kobo monitors this forum. I've emailed them a link to the thread with the poll.
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What if you used just swipes? (I use taps), Sony doesn't even support taps. And I've turned quite a few pages on my Touch.
I bought the Kobo because I wanted tapping for page turning, it's tap zone options, and formatting options. If I knew page turning was going to be unreliable (and wouldn't be fixed), I would have stuck with my Sony 505.

Also, I'm not convinced swiping is any better. I've tried swiping in the hopes it will work better, but it doesn't.

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The last two firmwares I can't remember ever having a failure to flip.
Which is the frustrating thing. There appears to be working configurations out there, yet Kobo can't release a fix in a timely manner.
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Old 03-11-2012, 09:01 AM   #27
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I know... It's The Terminators fingers!

He has 8 (and two thumbs) so a few of us should be able to get a finger from him and then, we'll be able to turn pages correctly!
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I have had the touch for a couple of months now and i have only turned two pages at the same time once and have never done this again. I put this down to being too heavy handed.
My wife has the sony prst 1 and I found it to be less responsive than the touch.

I have bought into kobo and have bought the vox as well. I understand everybody has their own standards but every device comes with its own problems and I am sure the kindle has its own and you will be visiting the kindle forum.
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Old 03-11-2012, 01:34 PM   #29
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I'm another swiper, and I don't have page turning problems.

And attacking a person's integrity because they were a beta tester? I think that's taking the Kobo hatin' a little too far.
Actually I like Kobo and really wanted to make the product work for me, when I get my get my next eReader in a year or two I'll give Kobo a serious look.


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...every device comes with its own problems and I am sure the kindle has its own and you will be visiting the kindle forum.
Agreed, Every device does have it quirks. It really annoys me that kindle doesn't read epub. But in the case of my kobo the page turn bug was often. From reading forums, it seemed like a very good chance my next one would do the same thing. Given that page turns are what i'll be doing the most, i thought it better to just deal with the quirks of another brand.

As for calling out the Terminated, no offence was intended, I just call em as I see em. It was my opinion and nothing more. I would regard him as a benefit to the community non-the-less.
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I think we have to agree that Kobo's Touch screens seem to vary, but also note that most people on this forum are experiencing problems, that's why they come here.
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