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Old 03-18-2021, 05:57 AM   #61
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Out of many readers, I have yet to wear out a power button.
The switch on my Glo has worn down enough to make it hard to use. This is is a sliding switch and the grip on it was never very good. Now I have to used a fingernail under the edge to move it.

But, I do agree with you. If someone is comfortable without a cover on their ereader, they should use it that way. As well as putting their ereader in a pocket, not worrying about ligatures, starting Discworld from one of the sub-series, not upgrading to Windows 10, using per-screen page numbering, like USB C, putting space between paragraphs and no indents or not minimising the CSS in a stylesheet.

Have I forgotten anything?

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Old 03-18-2021, 07:28 AM   #62
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Have I forgotten anything?
Probably best to start a new thread on this subject.
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Old 03-18-2021, 10:17 AM   #63
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In no particular order, and not certain any of these would be "Kindle Killers" per se, but they'd make the Kobo devices more perfect for my use case -

1. Page #s in TOC.
2. Haptic or page turn buttons for the Aura One LE.
3. Bring back the external SD card feature.
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Old 03-18-2021, 10:19 AM   #64
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Global search (the ability to search across your whole library, like you can on Kindles).
Not sure I understand this one. I can do global searches across my whole library on any Kobo device I'm using.
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Old 03-18-2021, 10:43 AM   #65
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Not sure I understand this one. I can do global searches across my whole library on any Kobo device I'm using.
Yes, for a title, author or series. But you cannot search for a word or a phrase in all your books at once. You can search the contents only in the book you have currently open.
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Old 03-18-2021, 10:59 AM   #66
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For me the real Kindle Killer features are Calibre integration and the ability to patch. Without those I wouldn't have got a Kobo at all, but stuck solely to Kindles.
This!!! I couldn't agree more!
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Old 03-18-2021, 11:22 AM   #67
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The switch on my Glo has worn down enough to make it hard to use. This is is a sliding switch and the grip on it was never very good. Now I have to used a fingernail under the edge to move it.

But, I do agree with you. If someone is comfortable without a cover on their ereader, they should use it that way. As well as putting their ereader in a pocket, not worrying about ligatures, starting Discworld from one of the sub-series, not upgrading to Windows 10, using per-screen page numbering, like USB C, putting space between paragraphs and no indents or not minimising the CSS in a stylesheet.

Have I forgotten anything?
Oh no, you've done it now!
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Old 03-18-2021, 11:22 AM   #68
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Yes, for a title, author or series. But you cannot search for a word or a phrase in all your books at once. You can search the contents only in the book you have currently open.
OK, I see what you're asking for, something like a full indexing as is done on the Kindles when uploading new content to the device.
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Old 03-18-2021, 11:56 AM   #69
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starting Discworld from one of the sub-series,
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Old 03-18-2021, 09:43 PM   #70
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Not sure if it'd be a killer feature for a lot of people, but making PDF readable instead of whatever passes for PDF these days would have prevented me from buying an Inkpad X in the first place.

(I can't even remember if Kobo has reflow, but last time I checked, reflow per se wasn't that good to begin with, so...)
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Not exclusive features but:
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  3. Ligatures in Kepub
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Old 03-19-2021, 12:34 PM   #72
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Not exclusive features but:
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I'd go for KePub fixed so it didn't need to have a special format and fixed so all the bugs are removed.
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Old 03-19-2021, 09:02 PM   #73
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As a designer, I'd love to see Kobo be an industry leader in typographic rendering. It could be a Kindle Killer if they were on par with Apple Books and other better ebook renderers.
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