# koreader v2024.11 — KOReader 2024.11 "Slang" - Product: koreader (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/koreader) - Vendor: koreader - Date: 2024-11-20 - Version: v2024.11 - Original notes: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/tag/v2024.11 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/koreader/releases/v2024.11 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Dictionary issues on Android - **changed** — Wi-Fi connection reliability improved on Kobo and other platforms where KOReader manages Wi-Fi - **added** — Color support when reflowing - **added** — Use left and right keys for page turning option - **changed** — Text editor speed improved when adding or deleting characters on large files - **added** — Text editor select mode now indicated with wider cursor - **fixed** — Annotations now allow equal datetime fields - **fixed** — Page bookmarks now allow equal page numbers - **added** — Read timer value added to AltStatusBar and Footer - **added** — Author option added for alt status bar - **changed** — Page turn vertical tap zones inverted - **fixed** — ToggleSwitch long-press behavior - **fixed** — ReaderAnnotation doesMatch function - **changed** — NetworkMgr improved to handle wpa_supplicant rescans better - **fixed** — HTTP proxy setting now applied on startup - **changed** — Kobo frontlight state tracking improved on suspend and resume - **fixed** — Panel zoom properly handles renderPage not rendering the whole page - **added** — Show and hide virtual keyboard with additional keyboard shortcuts - **fixed** — Panel-zoom tiles no longer cached to disk and caching and rendering fixed - **changed** — Certain network features now work in Flatpak - **fixed** — Annotations export fixed ![koreader-2024-11-slangie](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cb9e68bf-aa0f-47c7-a093-46fbf8bb19c3) **Note for Tolino users: this release freezes the system, see https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/12769 for more information. See https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/11068 for how to download a newer nightly build.** Some of you on Android may have had dictionary issues. That should be fixed now. Connecting to Wi-Fi should be more reliable on platforms where we manage it ourselves, most notably Kobo (https://github.com/koreader/lj-wpaclient/pull/11). Color is now supported when reflowing (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12085). This month's logo was contributed by @Sonnenfee We'd like to thank all contributors for their efforts. Some highlights since the previous release include: * Certain network features will now work in Flatpak () @kii-chan-reloaded * 'Use left and right keys for page turning' option added (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12174) @Commodore64user * Text editor: enhancement (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12176) @hius07 (1) Speed up adding/deleting chars (by avoiding a call of expensive splitToChars), noticeable on big files. (2) Indicate select mode: wider cursor. * Annotations: more fixes (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12181) @hius07 (1) Allows annotations with equal datetime fields. (2) Allows page bookmarks with equal page numbers. * kopt: color support (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12085) @benoit-pierre * bump base (updated build system) & fix macOS CI (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12187) @benoit-pierre * AltStatusBar/Footer: add the read timer value (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12002) @zwim * bump translations (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12193) @pazos * CRE call cache: don't wrap setViewMode (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12194) @poire-z * bump crengine: various fixes and optimizations (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12200) @poire-z * Add author option for alt status bar (koreader/crengine#575) (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12197) @trash-pandy * Page turns: invert vertical tap zones (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12195) @hius07 * Annotations: pageno honors reference pages and hidden flows (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12214) @hius07 * ToggleSwitch: fix long-press (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12215) @hius07 * SDL: Return true in NetworkMgr:isConnected on !hasWifiToggle platforms (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12217) @NiLuJe * Kobo: Refactor various aspects of the Kaleido/MTK support (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12221) @NiLuJe * ReaderAnnotation: fix doesMatch func (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12231) @hius07 * bump base (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12241) @benoit-pierre * NetworkMgr: Attempt to handle wpa_supplicant rescans better (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12236) @NiLuJe * miscellaneous build system changes (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12242) @benoit-pierre * make: handle old build data directory (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12259) @benoit-pierre * ReaderFooter: improve (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12243) @hius07 * Annotations: fix exporting (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12261) @hius07 * make: install missing `cr3.css`… (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12262) @benoit-pierre * [fix] NetworkMgr: apply HTTP proxy setting on startup (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12260) @Frenzie * Kobo: Track frontlight state more accurately on suspend/resume (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12256) @NiLuJe * Make W-Fi scan more reliable (https://github.com/koreader/koreader/pull/12265, https://github.com/koreader/lj-wpaclient/pull/11) @NiLuJe * ReaderAnnotation _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/tag/v2024.11]_