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evanbernstein · 10-14-2011, 11:14 AM

I also panicked the other day when iOS 5 broke Stanza, my most beloved app. So I tried a few out and the one that I've found that I like the best so far is MegaReader http://www.megareader.net/

The developer has been posting on this thread here http://getsatisfaction.com/stanza/topics/ios_5_issues and offered up free codes (while they last) to ex-stanza users. You can also demo out the app by downloading the free version of QuickReader (which is the same app, just with speed reading capabilities added). So you can see what all the settings you can mess with are in the app.

You can see on the thread on getsatisfaction above how the developer, Patrick, is responding quickly to missing features. He has already told me that on the short list are:
- an option for paragraph indention
- an option for paragraph between paragraphs

He also wants to implement:
- sliding up and down for brightness. His response "This seems to be the most popular request. I never knew it was so important!". I don't know how hard/easy it is, so it might not be the short-short list.

I told him a bunch of things that I loved about stanza (seeing the grey bar at the bottom of the screen to show progress, showing progress of books from the bookshelf/library) and he thought they sounded like nice features to add at some point.

So, so far, this is the app I'm using, and would gladly have paid $2 for it. So please use the contact page on his website and let him know what features you want so we can all have the Stanza replacement we are looking for!

10-14-2011, 11:14 AM	#101
evanbernstein Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: iphone, ipad, Marvin	the best stanza replacement I've found so far I also panicked the other day when iOS 5 broke Stanza, my most beloved app. So I tried a few out and the one that I've found that I like the best so far is MegaReader http://www.megareader.net/ The developer has been posting on this thread here http://getsatisfaction.com/stanza/topics/ios_5_issues and offered up free codes (while they last) to ex-stanza users. You can also demo out the app by downloading the free version of QuickReader (which is the same app, just with speed reading capabilities added). So you can see what all the settings you can mess with are in the app. You can see on the thread on getsatisfaction above how the developer, Patrick, is responding quickly to missing features. He has already told me that on the short list are: - an option for paragraph indention - an option for paragraph between paragraphs He also wants to implement: - sliding up and down for brightness. His response "This seems to be the most popular request. I never knew it was so important!". I don't know how hard/easy it is, so it might not be the short-short list. I told him a bunch of things that I loved about stanza (seeing the grey bar at the bottom of the screen to show progress, showing progress of books from the bookshelf/library) and he thought they sounded like nice features to add at some point. So, so far, this is the app I'm using, and would gladly have paid $2 for it. So please use the contact page on his website and let him know what features you want so we can all have the Stanza replacement we are looking for!