I have a few points here.
First, my message was not an attack on Q or his software. I used qwitter
and while it was around it was useful. It had a lot of issues and rather
than rewrite it, it was abandoned for better horizons. Whether or not
you agree with this is sort of irrelivant as it happens all the time. If
it was freeware, then by all means the author can do what he or she
wants and that's done over and over again. If it was hope, I feel like
the author at least has some small obligation to the end-users.
My points were that I do dismiss it, but not out of hand. I don't
believe it is fair to require $1200 in licensing fees from users before
you decide whether or not you'll make something. If I buy a piece of
software, I buy it based on the software itself. Having not tried it, I
will not pledge any money toward the future of something that may not
even be released or that I may not even like.
On 12/2/2013 10:12 PM, Alex Hall 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.
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