Why does the Kobo home page round down on time remaining estimates?

Cactus Chef · Yesterday, 11:23 PM

I've noticed that estimated time left displayed for books on the Kobo's home screen always seem to round down, even where most would round up. For example, the book I'm currently reading shows "1 hour to go" on my home screen, but when I open the book and pull up the stats page, it estimates 1.8 hours to finish

Why does it not round to 2 hours?

DNSB · Today, 01:36 AM

For me, the time left estimates are more a source of humour than anything useful. I've gotten use to seeing things like you have read for 57 minutes and finishing the book will take another 2 hours when I am at the 75% mark of the book.

John F · Today, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

For me, the time left estimates are more a source of humour than anything useful. I've gotten use to seeing things like you have read for 57 minutes and finishing the book will take another 2 hours when I am at the 75% mark of the book.

Interesting... Kobo rounds down because DNSB reads so quickly.

Yesterday, 11:23 PM	#1
Cactus Chef Guru Posts: 940 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: East Coast, United States Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Clara HD, Galaxy Tab S5e, Kindle 4th Gen	Why does the Kobo home page round down on time remaining estimates? I've noticed that estimated time left displayed for books on the Kobo's home screen always seem to round down, even where most would round up. For example, the book I'm currently reading shows "1 hour to go" on my home screen, but when I open the book and pull up the stats page, it estimates 1.8 hours to finish Why does it not round to 2 hours?

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Today, 01:36 AM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 54,219 Karma: 182161593 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	For me, the time left estimates are more a source of humour than anything useful. I've gotten use to seeing things like you have read for 57 minutes and finishing the book will take another 2 hours when I am at the 75% mark of the book.

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