Firmware 3.2.0

[PeterT]

My understanding is that its also based on the affiliate info so maybe capture that data too.

[dmapr]

I've tried with and without serial number and every affiliate I could find a mention of and I'm still only getting a link to 3.1.1.

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by Nick Payne

On Aura HD, I notice with FW 3.2.0 that when I bring the reader out of sleep, the entire screen momentarily flashes negative (white text on a black background) before resuming its normal appearance.

I get this on my Glo too. With 3.1.1 it didn't refresh the screen at all after sleep, so sometimes a ghost of the sleep screen was still visible after waking. In 3.2.0 it refreshes, but does this funny inverted screen thing too which is a bit irritating.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

I get this on my Glo too. With 3.1.1 it didn't refresh the screen at all after sleep, so sometimes a ghost of the sleep screen was still visible after waking. In 3.2.0 it refreshes, but does this funny inverted screen thing too which is a bit irritating.

I was noticing that it also does this when going into sleep mode which does give a cleaner image on darker covers.

The 28%/28% brightness is still there.

Regards,
David

[EndlessWaves]

Originally Posted by vice-versa

As for myself, I'm on the contrary very happy with the new advanced font settings. I've never managed to get such a sharp font before. I'm not bothered with jagged appearance of the font

I'm finding the opposite actually, it seems to be more blurry than before:



That's only in preview though, I haven't actually applied it yet.

[davidfor]

For those who have adjusted the advanced font settings before, you might want to save your current settings before trying the the new interface. The settings are stored in the "Kobo eReader.conf" file. Look in the "Reading" for lines like

readingFontSharpness\Georgia=@Variant(\0\0\0\x87\xbd\x88\x88\x89)
readingFontWeight\Georgia="@Variant(\0\0\0\x87=\xcc\xcc\xcd)"

There should be two lines for each font that has been adjusted. Putting these back in the config file after a change should restore the adjustment you had before.

Also, the new method still writes both lines.

[murg]

Originally Posted by EndlessWaves

I'm finding the opposite actually, it seems to be more blurry than before:



That's only in preview though, I haven't actually applied it yet.

Pixel optimisation is a weird thing. The image on the right may actually look better on the screen at normal sizes.

[jackastor]

[QUOTE=DNSB;2773348]Have you tried going to Settings => Accounts and signing into your Pocket account?

Regards,
David[/QUOTE


that sounds like a corrupt update. I had a similar issue with 3.1.1 when I did a factory reset. Only solution was to reset and restart and only after being downgraded to 2.9.9 (master reset) and then updating to 3.1.1 did it get resolved.

regards

Jack

[bcij]

Originally Posted by unoprata

Yeah, epub images zooming is still not working...
Wanted this feature as well...

How do I tell if a book is epub?

I have 2 books - both with images. I was able to zoom in on images on one and not the other before the update.

After the 3.2.0 update, I'm now able to zoom in on both. I don't connect my aura hd to my pc. I got the update via wifi.

[PeterT]

You can tell from the Library view; it shows the format of the book.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by bcij

How do I tell if a book is epub?

I have 2 books - both with images. I was able to zoom in on images on one and not the other before the update.

After the 3.2.0 update, I'm now able to zoom in on both. I don't connect my aura hd to my pc. I got the update via wifi.

Take a look at the book's entry in the library view. If you see KOBO EPUB near the right hand edge, it's a .kepub.epub and opens with the ACCESS renderer, if you see EPUB, it's an .epub and opens with the ADOBE RMDSK renderer.

Regards,
David

[EndlessWaves]

Originally Posted by murg

Pixel optimisation is a weird thing. The image on the right may actually look better on the screen at normal sizes.

It doesn't.

Personally I've never come across a font smoothing that I'd actually want to use and inevitably turn it off after a while. I find the high contrast of sharp edged text much preferable to the more rounded but fuzzier effect produced by smoothing/anti-aliasing/subpixel rendering etc.

[bcij]

Thanks PeterT and DNSB. I had Library view set to display covers instead of lists - which is why I couldn't tell the book type.

So both books are KOBO EPUBs. The one I had zoom issues prior to 3.2 with was a tech book - the images only occupied part of a page. The one that didn't have zoom issues had the images not sharing the page with text.

'Happy now that I can go back to using the AuraHD instead of the Arc to read the tech book.

[hoichi]

Originally Posted by EndlessWaves

I find the high contrast of sharp edged text much preferable to the more rounded but fuzzier effect produced by smoothing/anti-aliasing/subpixel rendering etc.

I'm with you when it comes to aesthetics but I believe you're somewhat imprecise technically. ClearType in Windows is quite sharp but it does use subpixel rendering— granted, to a very different effect than, say, the Mac text rendering engine.

[Leonatus]

As far as the Kobo Touch is concerned, the new firmware seemes to be not yet rolled out in Germany. I had to do a factory reset yesterday (once more ...), and what I got via the Kobo Desktop was Version 3.01 again.

Well, I'm not very keen on getting the new firmware installed; its advantages appear to be quite neglectable in realtion to the Touch, and - above all - I wouldn't like to get "my" - Sergey's - Launcher to become corrupted.

But it were an option, if there were any notification if the "not recognized nSD card issue" should be amended by the new firmware. In fact, firmware 3.0.1 runs pretty stable on my Touch (thanks to the developers so far!), but the nSD card will not be recognized at booting the shut-down reader - never. That's annoying.