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Old 09-25-2013, 08:43 PM   #16
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Old 09-25-2013, 09:27 PM   #17
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Anyway, the stats are poorly implemented (Instead of accessing them directly from the menu while reading, or from a listed book, its on the worst place ever. And once you finished reading a book, you cant anymore know how much time it took you to finish it, since the stats is now showing you the next book in the list with 0% readed...
They are talking about a different set of stats. If you read a kepub, you get in book stats. This has things like how long to finish the chapter, how long for the next chapter and a bar chart showing the length of the chapters.

But, I agree with you about the other stats and have good news. If you add the following lines to your "Kobo eReader.conf" file, you will have a option on the book menu in the list to display the stats.

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Can anyone tell if the problem with SD card not caching covers is fixed ?
No, the covers are still not cached. If you use calibre to send the covers to the device, they will be used.
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Old 09-25-2013, 09:52 PM   #18
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On an Aura HD and viewing an kepub, you don't get the pinch zoom. You do get the double tap to bring an image to full screen and you can zoom it even further using the slider, rotate etc.

The image storage in the 0-255/0-255 directories would have been better done with hex names for the directories in my not so humble opinion. So I like 00-FF instead of 0-255.
I didn't even think of that, but it would look more natural.
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Blame it on a misspent childhood learning to count to 1023 on my fingers.
A couple of years ago my son asked me if I knew what binary was while he was doing some homework. So, I just started counting on my fingers. He laughed when I reached four. For a few days "four" became an expression in the house
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In my limited testing, the pocket integration works quite well.

What are the files in the stacks directory for?

Some test images look better now.

Reading statistics seem to available from within an ebook only for .kepubs but I never look at them anyways so not a big deal for me. You can still find them for the current active book by tapping on extras/reading stats on the home page.

I do like the return of the return to previous whatever from within a book.
Yes, very good for going back to a shelf if you want to go through a few books quickly.

I think you have everything except a new game. But, that might just be new to the Glo.
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I don't know what is going on with the stats. Kobo may not have reached a final decision about that.

I do know that they decided not to have the stats for sideloaded epubs at a time when the kobo extended driver either wasn't around or wasn't widely used. I also know that many people on MR have never wanted anything about books not purchased from kobo to contribute data to whatever it is that kobo collects. I do NOT know if putting epubs in kepub clothing did that.
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A couple of years ago my son asked me if I knew what binary was while he was doing some homework. So, I just started counting on my fingers. He laughed when I reached four. For a few days "four" became an expression in the house
Hmmmm.... my daughter thought it was very funny as well. Her teacher did not think it as funny when she said you could count past 10 on your fingers and demonstrated how to do so. We ended up in a parent teacher conference which didn't go very well. Shrug.

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Rather stupid poll since the vast majority of Kobo users don't have the 2.9 firmware. Conduct the poll again when they do.
Its like any other poll. It promotes discussion for what its worth.
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Old 09-25-2013, 11:41 PM   #22
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I think you have everything except a new game. But, that might just be new to the Glo.
I've never taken the time to play with the games on my Aura HD. I vaguely remember Chess, Solitaire, Sudoku and Word Scramble being around for a while, not so sure about Unblock It.

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Old 09-26-2013, 12:04 AM   #23
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I haven't tried it (and probably won't). Reports are that stats for side-loaded kepubs has been removed. So I voted for Fail.
I have no firsthand knowledge regarding the topic at hand and I have no interest in educating myself regarding the situation in question. I still feel comfortable passing judgement on the topic I know nothing about.

Shall we call this a "Troll Poll"?

*edit* It's been brought to my attention that I may have violated one of the forum policies. I just want to make clear that I wasnt referring to the poster as a troll but rather that the poll was trollish in nature. Criticise the post, not the person!
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Hmmmm.... my daughter thought it was very funny as well. Her teacher did not think it as funny when she said you could count past 10 on your fingers and demonstrated how to do so. We ended up in a parent teacher conference which didn't go very well. Shrug.
Luckily, I never had that problem with my kids teachers.
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I've never taken the time to play with the games on my Aura HD. I vaguely remember Chess, Solitaire, Sudoku and Word Scramble being around for a while, not so sure about Unblock It.
In that case it is just Unblock It. It seems to be a good implementation of the game.
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I've never taken the time to play with the games on my Aura HD. I vaguely remember Chess, Solitaire, Sudoku and Word Scramble being around for a while, not so sure about Unblock It.

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There are games?
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Sorry, there are no games. But there are black holes that suck your time down them. Time that should have been spent reading a good book. Or even a bad book.
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The title is misleading. What if the stats aren't here on say 2.9.1 but come back on 2.9.2? The version number is known since it runs on the new Aura. Maybe it should be used.
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They are talking about a different set of stats. If you read a kepub, you get in book stats. This has things like how long to finish the chapter, how long for the next chapter and a bar chart showing the length of the chapters.
Is there any way to get time (or even pages) left in chapter for a sideloaded ePub? Coming from a Paperwhite that had this information on sideloaded Mobis, I really miss it. I would rather not use kepubs because of the wasted space at the top of the screen.
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Is there any way to get time (or even pages) left in chapter for a sideloaded ePub? Coming from a Paperwhite that had this information on sideloaded Mobis, I really miss it. I would rather not use kepubs because of the wasted space at the top of the screen.
Unfortunately no. The closest you can do is tap the middle to bring up the bottom bar. The tap the double ended arrow to show the navigation bar. Press the double right arrow to go to the next chapter. Note the page number and press the return arrow to go back to where you were. Now subtract the current page number from the one you noted above. There is no way to get the time left.
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No. I used the KoboRoot.tgz file from the .zip file downloaded from the link used by an Aura when it upgraded (special thanks to Gerald Combs, the creator of Ethereal/Wireshark). The upgrades folder contains some code specific to the Aura and an attempt to upgrade using the full package resulted in a time to re-image the internal uSD card moment.

Using the KoboRoot.tgz file alone has worked on one Glo and one Aura HD. Unless you like being on the bleeding edge, waiting for the official release is likely to be a wiser choice.

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seems to work fine on my Aura HD.
Thanks for sharing David.

2.9.0 seems snapper to me. I vote pass.
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