Kobo for iPad: options like 'highlight' & 'note' are obscured by iOS 'cut' & 'define'

Cameronpaterson · 10-24-2011, 06:08 AM

Hello

I recently started using Kobo for iPad in earnest. Not a bad app in many ways - easy on the eye and includes options not available on the eReader Touch, such as sharing to Twitter. However, there is one bizarre quirk which I have been unable to figure out and would welcome advise on: touch a specific word on a page and a contextual menu offering such options as highlighting, taking a note, or sharing to social media, etc - or at least it would, if this contextual menu was not invariably half-obscured by the built-in iOS contextual menu which invariably appears directly over it, offering you access to the built-in iOS dictionary, cut, paste, etc. How on earth do you prevent this from happening?

The Terminator · 10-27-2011, 12:11 AM

I think what I saw was a bug the tech-spec's

lessthanyouthink · 11-01-2011, 05:33 PM

It's an unfortunate bug related to iOS 5 – don't worry, it's been fixed in the next app update.

Cheers,
Charles

Cameronpaterson · 11-02-2011, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lessthanyouthink

It's an unfortunate bug related to iOS 5 – don't worry, it's been fixed in the next app update.

Cheers,
Charles

That's good news. Should we expect the next app update soon-ish?

lessthanyouthink · 11-02-2011, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Cameronpaterson

That's good news. Should we expect the next app update soon-ish?

I hope so, but I can't really say as it's kind of out of our hands at this point.

Cameronpaterson · 11-02-2011, 07:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lessthanyouthink

I hope so, but I can't really say as it's kind of out of our hands at this point.

Do you mean it's been submitted for approval by Apple?

lessthanyouthink · 11-02-2011, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Cameronpaterson

Do you mean it's been submitted for approval by Apple?

Bingo.

lessthanyouthink · 11-04-2011, 11:52 AM

…and the update is now available in the App Store

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id301259483?mt=8

Ham Cannon · 11-04-2011, 12:52 PM

The new app looks great... except page and highlight syncing with the Touch are still broken! AAARGH!

Cameronpaterson · 11-04-2011, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lessthanyouthink

…and the update is now available in the App Store

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id301259483?mt=8

Saw it, thank you

lessthanyouthink · 11-04-2011, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ham Cannon

The new app looks great... except page and highlight syncing with the Touch are still broken! AAARGH!

Hmm, bookmark syncing should be totally fixed now, but currently annotation syncing is only between iOS apps and the Vox, though it is coming to the Touch soon.

10-24-2011, 06:08 AM	#1
Cameronpaterson Addict Posts: 207 Karma: 4264 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Yorkshire, England Device: Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Glo, iPad, iPhone	Kobo for iPad: options like 'highlight' & 'note' are obscured by iOS 'cut' & 'define' Hello I recently started using Kobo for iPad in earnest. Not a bad app in many ways - easy on the eye and includes options not available on the eReader Touch, such as sharing to Twitter. However, there is one bizarre quirk which I have been unable to figure out and would welcome advise on: touch a specific word on a page and a contextual menu offering such options as highlighting, taking a note, or sharing to social media, etc - or at least it would, if this contextual menu was not invariably half-obscured by the built-in iOS contextual menu which invariably appears directly over it, offering you access to the built-in iOS dictionary, cut, paste, etc. How on earth do you prevent this from happening?

10-27-2011, 12:11 AM	#2
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	I think what I saw was a bug the tech-spec's Last edited by The Terminator; 11-02-2011 at 06:27 PM.

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lessthanyouthink Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 162678 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: iPad / iPhone / Kobo Touch	It's an unfortunate bug related to iOS 5 – don't worry, it's been fixed in the next app update. Cheers, Charles

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lessthanyouthink Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 162678 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Toronto, ON Device: iPad / iPhone / Kobo Touch	…and the update is now available in the App Store http://itunes.apple.com/app/id301259483?mt=8

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