Mini Wikipedia, new translation options, and many other tweaks to nickel - Page 6

BatmansDouble · 02-03-2014, 07:11 AM

Is thesaurus supposed to work?

davidfor · 02-03-2014, 08:37 AM

It did in at least one firmware version. But it does an on-line lookup, so it needs the WiFi to be connected.

erikssenmar867 · 02-28-2014, 03:09 PM

I have noticed that the feature "PhraseTranslation" does not work more with fw 3.2.0 on my aura HD.
What about you guys? Is there a possibility to reactivate it?
It's very useful with reading books in other languages

GeoffR · 03-13-2014, 05:12 AM

Starting with firmware 3.1.x there was an (annoying, IMHO) new feature where a categories tile is added to the home screen at the start of every sync.

Happily it there is also a feature setting to turn it off. Just add this to your Kobo eReader.conf file and the tile doesn't appear anymore:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
ShowCategoriesFteTile=false

Nick_1964 · 03-13-2014, 07:00 AM

An option to just stop the annoying firmware updates would be much more handy, but thank you Geoff I will put this in,I find it also terrible when they add things to my homescreen

arasyi · 03-13-2014, 07:58 AM

Tested on Glo, 3.2.0:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
SmartShelves=true

Automatically create collection based on author, series, and document type (might need a restart). Not as powerful as calibre, but I do like it.
EDIT: You cannot delete/edit the created collections. But you can still create you own collection

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
Quotestr=true

Add quotestr menu which belongs to the same group as "Add Note" and "Highlight" when you select a sentence. Try it

davidfor · 03-13-2014, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arasyi

Tested on Glo, 3.2.0:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
SmartShelves=true

Automatically create collection based on author, series, and document type (might need a restart). Not as powerful as calibre, but I do like it.
EDIT: You cannot delete/edit the created collections. But you can still create you own collection

If you use this, DO NOT use calibre for shelf management.

Lucas Malor · 03-17-2014, 02:24 PM

There's something strange... I added ExportHighlightsEnabled to the conf file. Now I changed it to ExportHighlights, as suggested before. But if I save, disconnect and connect again, the conf is unchanged.

EDIT: solved after factory reset

eXistenZ · 03-24-2014, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arasyi

Tested on Glo, 3.2.0:

Code:

[FeatureSettings]
Quotestr=true

Add quotestr menu which belongs to the same group as "Add Note" and "Highlight" when you select a sentence. Try it

Tried it, but I don't understad what is supposed to do

davidfor · 03-25-2014, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eXistenZ

Tried it, but I don't understad what is supposed to do

When you select text in a book, the dictionary/annotation menu will display. Under "Add note", there should be an extra menu item, "Quotestr". Selecting that displays the highlighted text in a window. The only option on the window is to close it. Unless I am missing something, it is pretty useless. It is probably some sort of experiment or test bed a Kobo developer has created.

Lucas Malor · 03-26-2014, 10:44 AM

Do you know what this option do?

PHP Code:


			
[ReadingLife]
ODM=false

PS: is it me, or setting numPartialUpdatePageTurns with a number higher than 6 does not work anymore on 3.2?

diane55 · 05-14-2014, 08:22 AM

The tweak for taking screenshot from Kobo does'nt work anymore with the 3.3.0 version.

[FeatureSettings]
Screenshots=true

Nick_1964 · 05-14-2014, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by diane55

The tweak for taking screenshot from Kobo does'nt work anymore with the 3.3.0 version.

[FeatureSettings]
Screenshots=true

I am almost sure they read with "us" blocking all leaked features.
Stupid, I buy an expensive Aura HD to find out that I had to wait for patches from willing people to use it.
Ok, photo/screenshot is not an advertized feature, but only the stupidity that I can't use the whole page and to find out that another device like my Sony at 6 inch displays more text (with the same font settings) then an unpatched 7 inch Aura HD.
And with every upgrade to make it "better" they disablethe patches more and more, hide them deeper in the firmware.
The only right as a buyer you have now with Kobo is: Never attach it to the internet unpatched, never do a sync, don't use the Kobo software for PC because they can disable everything and change my device that I buyed with a set of options,into something else, and disable options I had and payd for.

Ken Maltby · 05-14-2014, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I am almost sure they read with "us" blocking all leaked features.
Stupid, I buy an expensive Aura HD to find out that I had to wait for patches from willing people to use it.
Ok, photo/screenshot is not an advertized feature, but only the stupidity that I can't use the whole page and to find out that another device like my Sony at 6 inch displays more text (with the same font settings) then an unpatched 7 inch Aura HD.
And with every upgrade to make it "better" they disablethe patches more and more, hide them deeper in the firmware.
The only right as a buyer you have now with Kobo is: Never attach it to the internet unpatched, never do a sync, don't use the Kobo software for PC because they can disable everything and change my device that I buyed with a set of options,into something else, and disable options I had and payd for.

This thread seems to be about "unauthorized" ways to use Nickel, to make it function more like users may want. That is one approach, another is to use other software, than what Kobo provides, and that can be just as valid and would be much less likely to be subject to the whims of Kobo's marketing efforts. The other reading software just lets you read ebooks, no social media, no gathering statistics, no "prizes". Some of the "other than Kobo" software includes games and utilities, as well as a great Start Menu that can let you avoid the Nickel UI altogether.

I don't miss the database or pretty icon display of book covers. I am not one who needs to know how many books I have read, I read for my own enjoyment, not to reach some goal, or provide others (Google or Kobo) with marketing data. Kobo can keep their "Prizes/Awards", I haven't bought but one ebook from them, anyway. A "Sync" feature might become an issue, if my memory were to fail to the point I couldn't find my place in a book I am reading on more than one device. For books read from a single device, the readers keep track of what page I am on just fine. I have my Library of thousands of ebooks organized in a file structure that the basic "File Managers" used by the "other than Kobo" reading software have no trouble with. (Not subject to Database corruption.)

Good luck getting Nickel and the Kobo supplied readers to function as you want them to, I find using the alternative readers much less stressful and more fun anyway.

Luck;
Ken

Nick_1964 · 05-14-2014, 05:25 PM

So.. if you never use the trunk of your car, only drive when it's dry or in daylight, you find it okay that the dealer rips it all off and remove your lights at your next service repair, unasked ??
And take the rear seat because he find that it no longer needs to be there ?
That is a strange way to look to it, I find very odd...

03-13-2014, 05:12 AM	#79
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	ShowCategoriesFteTile Starting with firmware 3.1.x there was an (annoying, IMHO) new feature where a categories tile is added to the home screen at the start of every sync. Happily it there is also a feature setting to turn it off. Just add this to your Kobo eReader.conf file and the tile doesn't appear anymore: Code: [FeatureSettings] ShowCategoriesFteTile=false Last edited by GeoffR; 03-13-2014 at 05:22 AM. Reason: remove space from FeatureSettings

03-13-2014, 07:58 AM	#81
arasyi Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 5885446 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kobo Glo	More options Tested on Glo, 3.2.0: Code: [FeatureSettings] SmartShelves=true Automatically create collection based on author, series, and document type (might need a restart). Not as powerful as calibre, but I do like it. EDIT: You cannot delete/edit the created collections. But you can still create you own collection Code: [FeatureSettings] Quotestr=true Add quotestr menu which belongs to the same group as "Add Note" and "Highlight" when you select a sentence. Try it Last edited by arasyi; 03-13-2014 at 08:17 AM.

03-17-2014, 02:24 PM	#83
Lucas Malor Pain in the arse Posts: 758 Karma: 77856 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle 4	There's something strange... I added ExportHighlightsEnabled to the conf file. Now I changed it to ExportHighlights, as suggested before. But if I save, disconnect and connect again, the conf is unchanged. EDIT: solved after factory reset Last edited by Lucas Malor; 03-24-2014 at 04:30 PM.

03-26-2014, 10:44 AM	#86
Lucas Malor Pain in the arse Posts: 758 Karma: 77856 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kobo Aura One, Kindle 4	Do you know what this option do? PHP Code: `[ReadingLife] ODM=false` PS: is it me, or setting numPartialUpdatePageTurns with a number higher than 6 does not work anymore on 3.2? Last edited by Lucas Malor; 03-26-2014 at 10:48 AM.

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02-28-2014, 03:09 PM	#78
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Nick_1964 Bookworm Posts: 975 Karma: 768585 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Netherlands Device: Sony prs-650, Kobo Glo HD (2x), Kobo Glo	An option to just stop the annoying firmware updates would be much more handy, but thank you Geoff I will put this in,I find it also terrible when they add things to my homescreen

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05-14-2014, 05:25 PM	#90
Nick_1964 Bookworm Posts: 975 Karma: 768585 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Netherlands Device: Sony prs-650, Kobo Glo HD (2x), Kobo Glo	So.. if you never use the trunk of your car, only drive when it's dry or in daylight, you find it okay that the dealer rips it all off and remove your lights at your next service repair, unasked ?? And take the rear seat because he find that it no longer needs to be there ? That is a strange way to look to it, I find very odd...