04-24-2018, 05:28 PM | #1 |
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kobofirmware 2.0 - An easy way to get the latest firmware links
As some of you may have noticed, I have been working on (and just finished) a major redesign of my kobofirmware page over the past few weeks.
Here are the main improvements and new features:
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04-24-2018, 10:56 PM | #2 |
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Here are some screenshots of the 3 new views and the new design for the latest version table.
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04-25-2018, 12:31 AM | #3 |
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Looks good. Are the tables taken from the Wiki page? Or another source? If the "All old versions by hardware" table comes from the Wiki, is there any reason to strip the link to the discussion thread?
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04-25-2018, 12:36 AM | #4 | |
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The old versions are automatically stored in a db by a script I made here, and this is the code used to generate the table based on it. What do you think of the shades of red and green I picked? I personally feel like they are a bit glaring, but I'm not sure what I should change it to. |
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04-25-2018, 12:57 AM | #5 | |
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Hmm, I think I agree that they aren't quite right, but, I have no idea what to suggest instead. I'm terrible with colours and am quite happy to let my wife dress me when it comes to colour combinations |
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04-25-2018, 03:04 AM | #6 | |
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I do think the colors are a bit glaring. I assume you are working with excel: you can choose a set of colors in the theme that are softer, or alternately choose them in the "other colors" wheel. |
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04-25-2018, 08:00 AM | #7 |
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You're welcome.
The tables are not made using excel. They are generated on the fly with JavaScript. |
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Also note that the wiki does not have anything like the version availability table (the one with colors) or the affiliate table. It will not ever be able to have something like the affiliate table, as it needs to be automatically generated from the API. Same here. Last edited by geek1011; 04-25-2018 at 08:07 AM. |
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04-25-2018, 01:53 PM | #9 |
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This looks very nice and clean so thanks for putting in that work and sharing it with us... thumbs up!!
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04-25-2018, 03:46 PM | #10 |
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04-25-2018, 04:36 PM | #11 |
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Excellent work geek1011! I like it so much.
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04-25-2018, 04:38 PM | #12 |
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04-25-2018, 10:42 PM | #13 |
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It's a bit unfair to ask because it requires manual upkeep, but a list of known bugs for each released firmware could be helpful to some. I see posts of the "what's broken in version x.y.z?" with some regularity.
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04-25-2018, 11:38 PM | #14 |
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You're welcome! I'm actually already planning on a better changelog feature already (but I don't have an ETA yet).
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04-26-2018, 08:28 AM | #15 |
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I was referring more to the issues discovered and reported by the community members for each firmware than to the official changelog from Kobo. Things like "broken reading stats in 4.7.xxx" and so on. That's why I said it requires manual upkeep as you can't fetch that automatically from anywhere . I think the changelog you show right now is perfectly adequate.
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