Hello,

Big thanks to you and Esther.  The update that came out today did the trick. 

Ricardo Walker
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Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info

On Apr 6, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Justin Ekis <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ricardo,
> 
> If you just installed Java this week, you might try running software update 
> and then try stanza again. There was a Java update released on Tuesday, and 
> then another one this morning. Java updates are normally quite rare, and so I 
> would guess maybe there was something wrong with the first update. 
> 
> I hope this is helpful. It's sure good to be participating on the list again.
> 
> Justin
> 
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 4:45 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
> Thanks Esther,
> 
> Now I'm at a complete loss.  The app still won't open.  The first time I ran 
> the app, it said I needed to download Java run time, so I did.  The 
> installation was successful.  Then the app wouldn't launch.  It doesn't show 
> up in the app switcher.  When I press command tab, I hear it say stanza and 
> when I go to force quit, its in the table saying not responding.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
> [email protected]
> Twitter:@apple2thecore
> www.appletothecore.info
> 
> On Apr 5, 2012, at 5:34 PM, Esther wrote:
> 
>> 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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