Again, all great points and thank you for putting the information up about the different formats. I agree, we should not simply dismiss the potential of this program just because we may not agree with things that the developer has done previously. Having said this I would hope that people would at least give it a look and make an educated decision on whether not they want to back the project.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 2, 2013, at 10:12 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's a book/file reader. It handles epub, daisy, pdf, and other formats, and > can save your place automatically when you close a book. It has other > features as well, but I'm not a user of the program so can't enumerate them. > > Yes, Qwitter was quite a big deal, but as I recall there were problems beyond > users asking questions. Hope has not been updated, but honestly, it works > well and is not lacking any features I can find, so does it really need an > update? I'm not saying I would commit to buying Q-Read for Mac, since I know > I would not use it enough (I read mostly on my iPhone) but look into this > more before dismissing it out of hand. Yes, iBooks is now on the Mac, but can > anyone really call using it a good reading experience? >> On Dec 2, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I think I’d have to have a lot more information before I decide to commit. >> For example, what books does it access. which formats. What are its >> advantages over other readers? It sounds like a good thing in principle, but >> what is it in practice? >> >> Teresa >> >> "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan >> >>> On Dec 2, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Dave O. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Especially from a developer who's history is of abandoning software when >>> his users start to ask questions regarding software bugs or features that >>> he feels aren't important or worth his time. >>> >>> And I agree with Tyler. $30 is a lot to commit to for something when it >>> doesn't exist. >>> >>> But personally, I don't give that developer a dime of my money. Not ever. >>> >>> Ask the users of Qwitter and Hope how they feel. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > [email protected] > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
