06-15-2018, 01:12 PM | #556 |
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06-15-2018, 01:37 PM | #557 |
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Which means it doesn't have direct Overdrive support like the Aura One does.
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06-15-2018, 03:13 PM | #558 |
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Since Overdrive/Kindle support depends on being in the USA, for most of the world, there is no Overdrive support for Kindles.
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06-15-2018, 05:41 PM | #559 |
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06-15-2018, 07:18 PM | #560 |
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The thing is, Kobo's parent company, Rakuten, OWNS Overdrive (and has for over two years). It's crazy that they don't deploy integration with it across their ebook-reader line.
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Overdrive isn't very popular on the east side of the North Atlantic though. UK libraries started using it a while back but have since then moved over to BorrowBox instead. The Netherlands has their own "online library" and has ignored Overdrive completely. Germany did get Overdrive in 2015 I think but I don't know if it caught on and/or if it's still used. I don't know about other European countries but I never hear/see Overdrive mentioned around "here"... Having said that, since direct integration with Overdrive was already built into the firmware for the [I can't remember which Kobo device and I'm too lazy to look it up], it really doesn't make sense to not have the integration in the other Kobo devices as far as I can see... |
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06-16-2018, 08:52 AM | #562 | |
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Agree totally with the rest of your comment though. It doesn't make sense for Kobo not to integrate it in their other models. The Aura One is different enough with its bigger screen to make it stand apart from the other models, there's no real need to keep it as the only one that is fully integrated with Overdrive. |
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06-16-2018, 09:17 AM | #563 |
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Third (and last) impression…
So I've had some time to do some actual reading on my [s]Clara[/s] Nova. I have a mixed opinion of the thing, but overall enjoy reading on it a lot. Hardware: in my second impression post I said it was very comfortable to hold, and I do still agree with that, however... yes. The back is just hard plastic (unlike the velvety back of the Glo) with sort of perforated circular dents in it. I don't really understand why they'd put dents in it... maybe to attempt to give it a better grip? However, less surface area equals less friction equals... well... it's slippery. I never realised the velvety back of the Glo was functional as well as nice design until now. I have a ‘hard' time finding a comfortable grip on the Clara when reading on my back if I only want to use one hand for both holding and turning pages. The “thumb vertically along the edge of the side bezel & rock the thumb towards the screen to page turn”-method works perfectly, but I have to squeeze the device a little between my thumb and the fingers at the back to get enough friction so the device doesn't slide away. The device is noticeably lighter than the Glo in this position though, so while I need to squeeze harder to ensure no sliding, I might not actually be squeezing harder than I would the less-slippery Glo due to the weight difference. So I've dropped the device several times (on the settee and bed and myself) while reading on my back... and here's another advantage of capacitive screen: clothes, duvets and cushions went all over the screen, but nothing happened The on/off button is a little difficult to find when reading in the dark! I can slide my finger over the bottom edge to search, but because there's also a micro-USB port any rough/uneven area I feel could also be the port. And if I go by location (it's in the middle, duh!), it's hard to find the exact right angle to press in because I might be pressing the edge of the bezel rather than the button... so in the dark, I tend to press the button with my nail (yuk!). The frontlight is lovely. For my sensitive eyes/taste it could have gone down even lower in brightness, but at maximum orange/yellow it is acceptable at 1% brightness in almost complete darkness. However I hardly ever read in (almost) complete darkness so I usually end up reading at about 3% brightness with a small light still on somewhere in the room. And yes, there is some ‘bleeding' onto the screen from some of the LEDs (along the right bezel near the bottom) which annoys me, but only when I look directly at it... which I never do while reading. (It might be annoying while reading for those who prefer no margin though.) Firmware: Note: I am using the Clara's factory firmware, 4.7.10733 (I have not let it update to 4.8.11090). First of all, I haven't come across any (real) bugs at all. The sort-by-recent issue discussed earlier in this thread isn't present in this firmware. And: Quote:
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And while we're still on the light... I still find it difficult to get small changes in brightness percent when sliding my finger up/down along the left bezel. And even if I do get it exactly right and try to lift my finger off the screen without wiggling it, the percent still changes. It's easier to go by watching the light brightness instead of waiting for the percent digits printed on screen to catch up, but still, changing to an exact percentage isn't easy. So if I require an exact percentage, like 3%, instead of messing around in near darkness (soooo annoying if the light drops to 0% and your finger's already lifted away from the screen and you can't see what you're doing any more and you can't get the light back on!) I go through the frontlight menu instead. And now for a bug, I think: there's no response when trying to tap the small sun on the left... I have to tap the big sun on the right first, before the left small sun responds. I really enjoy the auto natural light feature. Works great! Strange though, even if it is way passed the bedtime I set, the slider setting never goes all the way to the right (towards the moon): it is always one position to the left of the moon Bug? What I also find odd, is that the standard bedtimes you can select start and end at relatively late times: earliest selectable time is 21:00 (9:00 pm), and latest is 3:00 am. What about childrens' bedtimes, and bedtimes of people that get up at 3:00 am, or just an early bedtime setting for people who like reading the orange-y-ist natural light early in the evening (and also like the auto-setting to change to blue in the morning and during the day)? (Anyone know the config file line to add for customising this?) Quote:
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So that's all the minor points I discovered moaned about*, but they're all quite minimal. Overall I'm very happy with the device. *Except the missing games which I'm still hoping to get back when the patch thingies are magic-ed for Clara-compatible firmware by the much appreciated developery people around here. Last edited by Mrs_Often; 06-18-2018 at 12:21 PM. |
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EDIT: 9pm: (\0\0\0\xf\x4\x81\x90\x80) 9:30pm: (\0\0\0\xf\x4\x9d\a\xc0) 10pm: (\0\0\0\xf\x4\xb8\x7f\0) 10:30pm: (\0\0\0\xf\x4\xd3\xf6@) hmmmmmmm Last edited by Mrs_Often; 06-18-2018 at 02:43 PM. |
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On that basis, to set bedtime to 10:17PM (22:17), we would need the last 4 octets to be 04C80F60 hex so \0\0\0\xf\x4\xc8\xf\x60 would be needed. |
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