Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Another Disappointment From Kobo
I try so hard not to be negative, yet it seems inevitable that every post I make these days is critical. Perhaps that is why I have not been posting much lately.
Moving along now, it's been a little over a year since I bought my Kobo Touch. Coincidentally, Firmware 2.0.0 has, at long last, appeared. Is this a good thing? You decide.
New Features:
- Custom Shelves (finally)
- The Home screen now has a single carousel (although they kept the wrong one and hid the wishlist again)
- Adjustable font weights (Currently works for most of Kobo's font's but does not work for sideloaded fonts and, in fact, breaks them (see below under Newly Broken Features))
- French Dictionary
- Switch between accounts on your Kobo
New 'Features':
- Improved custom recommendations (i.e. Better Spying)
- Pin books to your Wishlist so you can buy them later (With an obtrusive link on the Home page)
- Find books similar to the ones in your library (Also with an obtrusive link on the Home page)
Newly Broken Features:
- Sideloaded fonts are set to the lowest possible weight with no way to adjust them
- The clock is now buried within a menu, even when reading
- The wishlist hearts no longer work
- Page turns in sideloaded books are now much slower
Still Missing:
- Proper Library sorting options (genre, length, etc.)
- Support for book series
- User adjustable first line indent options
- A Bug free experience
Please Note: This upgrade is known to brick some Kobos. In fact, the firmware is no longer being pushed to devices until they get it working.
Personally, I'm quite glad that I didn't download this 'upgrade'.
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