Hi Ricardo,

OK, here's the link to the Stanza.dmg file that I used to install Stanza 
desktop on a 13" MacBook Air running Lion, OS X 10.7.3:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/460554/Stanza.dmg
It shows up under Mission Control right after my Dropbox installation, which I 
think was done in mid-February.  Had to do all these from scratch on a new 
machine, because my MacBook Pro went in for service, and I thought it would be 
easier to start fresh instead of using Migration Assistant from a cloned 
backup.  So the download came from the CNet site.

I had no trouble opening up the duplicate download that I just tried, following 
the outlined instructions.  (Of course, I didn't try to install the program 
again.)  I haven't yet applied the latest java updates from software update, 
but that's the only difference I can think of, apart from possible machine 
architecture.  

Try this, and let me know what happens.  I probably won't keep the link active 
very long, because I prefer to direct people to the original source for 
programs that are available.

Cheers,

Esther

On Apr 5, 2012, at 9:53 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:

> Hi Esther,
> 
> Yup.
> 
> I did.  Are you running Stanza on snow leopard or Lion?  I'm starting to 
> think their is a compatibility issue with Lion.
> 
> Thanks for any further assistance you can provide.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
> [email protected]
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
> 
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Ricardo,
>> 
>> Are you sure that you're using the correct download link on the CNet 
>> download page?  Try going to:
>> http://download.cnet.com/Stanza/3000-2056_4-198177.html
>> Then make sure you use the link that VoiceOver identifies as "Download Now 
>> CNET Secure Download" to start your download.  One of the nuisances about 
>> the download.com pages is that there are multiple items labeled as 
>> "download" links on each page, and they point to downloads for other items.
>> 
>> I just checked that this works, and that the resulting download does open up 
>> correctly.  Lexcycle's home pages have been off line since November 2011, 
>> slightly after their final update release of Stanza for iOS 5, so you can't 
>> go there for the downloads of Stanza Desktop for either the Mac or Windows 
>> any more.  Sites that point to the source link, such as MacUpdate, won't 
>> work.  On the Windows side there are more alternate sources, but the 
>> softonic pages seem to be a reasonable choice for Stanza desktop:
>> http://stanza-desktop.en.softonic.com/download
>> 
>> I was going to put this information into a comment on the AppleVis site, 
>> along with some information on how to navigate, but just never had the time 
>> to complete my draft.  I assume you're going to use this for file format 
>> conversions, which is what the app was primarily designed for, as well as an 
>> uploader for the Stanza iOS app.  You can use it to read ePub, but there are 
>> some focus issues.  Like, if you if you try to use the bookmarks function to 
>> move to a page, you need to move to the first visible item with 
>> VO-Command-Home in order to start reading at the first paragraph on that 
>> page.  
>> 
>> Most of the web navigation commands can be used (enabling the 1 letter 
>> navigation feature in VoiceOver Utility for QuickNav is useful), and 
>> navigation by headers works well.  You can navigate by paragraph, line, 
>> sentence, word, character, etc.  Hope you're not planning on using this as 
>> an ePub reader, because while it's doable if you take time to work through 
>> the focus quirks, I find the experience annoying, so for straight text 
>> reading (not interacting to review text) Adobe Digital Editions Preview 1.8 
>> is better, or even the new paid app, Bookle, in the App Store, which is 
>> still somewhat primitive.  (You don't have to press an arrow key to read the 
>> next page, the way you currently do in Adobe Digital Editions Preview, but 
>> it's irritating that, for example, you can't move back from the start of a 
>> chapter to the last page in the previous chapter with one key press -- you 
>> get taken to the start of the previous chapter.)
>> 
>> HTH.  Cheers,
>> 
>> Esther
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 5, 2012, at 6:57 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I've been trying to get Stanza for the Mac with no dice.  When I try to get 
>>> it directly from there site, I get a safari can't connect with the server 
>>> message.  I downloaded it from download.com but, it crashes with out even 
>>> opening.  I have to force quit it.  Can someone send me the Stanza app via 
>>> dropbox?  I'm appreciate it.
>>> 
>>> TIA
>>> 
>>> Ricardo Walker
>>> [email protected]
>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>> 
>> 

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