New Kobo Aura HD eInk eReader 1440x1080

[93terp]

Originally Posted by simond

You're not the only one, my Aura feels quite a bit faster than my Glo. I have noticed that it seems to ghost slightly more though.

And I must say it feels quite a bit faster than my KPW. I know that's not an entirely fair comparison in that I don't think they use the same processor, but it's a data point nonetheless.

[david_e]

I wonder if some of you actually ever get around to enjoying the books.

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Originally Posted by david_e

I wonder if some of you actually ever get around to enjoying the books.

Heh. I wonder the same thing. I wonder if these people realize that they represent 0.001% of the readership.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by david_e

I wonder if some of you actually ever get around to enjoying the books.

I actually try to read a lot and not worry about issues. So what if I get 20% less characters on the page due to margin sizes, or fonts don't show perfectly. It's the words damnit; they're the important stuff; the looks are secondary

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by david_e

I wonder if some of you actually ever get around to enjoying the books.

I've read one entire book on the Aura since I got it yesterday, that enough?

Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan

Heh. I wonder the same thing. I wonder if these people realize that they represent 0.001% of the readership.

What difference does that make?

Originally Posted by PeterT

It's the words damnit; they're the important stuff; the looks are secondary

Except if the looks distract from concentrating on those words. The widows and orphans thing definitely does for me. I'm getting used to the normal 3/8" space at the bottom.

[Feher]

Originally Posted by david_e

I wonder if some of you actually ever get around to enjoying the books.

When one starts reading, they would enjoy definitely.
But it hurts every time when one looks at these distracting bugs especially when they can be fixed so easily.

Useless computer games are going into 3D and here we are struggling with simple layout of text

[david_e]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I've read one entire book on the Aura since I got it yesterday, that enough?

Absolutely not!

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

What difference does that make?

To me, none at all. I'm not judging any of you, I'm just slightly intrigued by what motivates the behavior.

And I've got nothing much to do until mine gets here, hopefully on Monday.

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

For heaven's sake Jon, give it up.
What does it matter?

I agree. He needs a hobby.

[Frankr]

I got mine yesterday. I would love it except the display has a few very bright spots that are very distracting when the light is on.

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Except if the looks distract from concentrating on those words.

I doubt that anyone would argue with that, but there is an issue of degree. Kobo readers have paragraph bugs that can leave a huge chunk of the screen blank. By that I mean there is several centimetres more blanks space than there should be for widows and orphans. I can see that as being a little bit distracting, since it can interfere with the flow of reading. Fretting about the footer and 1 to 2 cm variation on top of that seems a bit excessive though.

Originally Posted by Feher

Useless computer games are going into 3D and here we are struggling with simple layout of text

I've been noticing that sort of thing a lot lately: tremendously sophisticated software was produced in the past, yet modern developers seem to be unable to replicate that even with vastly more comprehensive libraries doing most of the heavy lifting.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by Frankr

I got mine yesterday. I would love it except the display has a few very bright spots that are very distracting when the light is on.

Maybe you can supply a photo on that?

That appears to be out of the ordinary from what I've been reading on the different threads here.




Don

[booklover6]

Getting the font and margins how you want them can be very important to the reading experience. That is one reason why I am getting a Kobo, to see if it will suit my needs. I've got my kindles (hacked) right where I want them, my Sony, no. So if the Kobo can do better, the Sony goes bye bye.

[Dr. Drib]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

I doubt that anyone would argue with that, but there is an issue of degree. Kobo readers have paragraph bugs that can leave a huge chunk of the screen blank. By that I mean there is several centimetres more blanks space than there should be for widows and orphans. I can see that as being a little bit distracting, since it can interfere with the flow of reading. Fretting about the footer and 1 to 2 cm variation on top of that seems a bit excessive though.

In my experience with the Kobo Glo, that seems to happen much, much less so now that 2.5.1 has rolled out. (In fact, I can't remember seeing this happen in quite some time now.)



Don

[BeccaPrice]

Dear Author has a review of the Aura (he didn't like the Paperwhite, and is coming from a Kindle Touch).

He quite likes the Aura, but says that it treats side loaded books differently than it treats books downloaded directly from Kobo.