Marvin 3.0

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by kguil

... I'm hoping late next week or the following one but (disclaimer) please understand that everything hinges on not discovering problems before then ...

Exciting!

[democrite]

Originally Posted by kguil

There are two setups. (a) The system dictionary in which case you have access to all the dictionaries (there are many) natively supported by iOS, or (b) you can set up your own web-based dictionary that can point to whatever you like.

I'm not sure if it's possible to change how the system dictionary appears on iPhone. Like popup footnotes, it appears fullscreen with a close button at the top left. On newer larger devices, that's quite an effort to close and a true popup I'd consider a small yet so helpful addition.

I was using Marvin 2 the other day and now that I use the dictionary more, I was also thinking like other eReaders and eReader commercial apps, perhaps there could be a setting to by default when highlighting a word, show a bottom panel with definition. For languages I'm not so great at, tremendous utility.

Plus: to repeat a request I've mentioned a few times, perhaps OPDS could later be made more simpler. Distinguishing between personal OPDS servers like Calibre, if I could access it with less clicks, if it even cached and updated in the background when I searched, or even the pull down search for my library had an option to include personal OPDS servers, if in a OPDS book list, already downloaded books were marked as already downloaded (if that were possible), some of those things I now almost consider essential. Some of us have libraries large enough, that quick access to remote libraries almost becomes a must. If tapping download didn't have a confirmation, a small detail, and also updated its status in the table row, so one could continue to browse and search during download, that too would be a nice thing.

[svenlind]

Originally Posted by kguil

There are two setups. (a) The system dictionary in which case you have access to all the dictionaries (there are many) natively supported by iOS, or (b) you can set up your own web-based dictionary that can point to whatever you like.

As an example of b). I have used the following command to activate a web based dictionary. (See the Marvin tutorial)

http://www.ordbogen.com/opslag.php?word={define}&dict=auto

It is a Danish site and one language is always Danish. The shown command will do a lookup in all languages that you have subscribed to.

[kguil]

@democrite M3 will support dictionaries (even web-based ones) in popups. I'm also looking into the "panel" dictionary. Also, in M3, there will be a special OPDS auto detect mode to find calibre servers on your local network.

[vs40]

Originally Posted by kguil

There's one bug that's driving me nuts but I'm confident I'll fix within the next two days. After that, I'll let the testers play around with it for about a week, and if there aren't any problems, I'll ship to Apple for review and release.

It seems we will see Marvin 3 at the and of this week?

Thankfully it seems that they're reviewing apps much faster than usual.

Yep! Apple reduced review time to 24h

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by kguil

@democrite M3 will support dictionaries (even web-based ones) in popups. I'm also looking into the "panel" dictionary. Also, in M3, there will be a special OPDS auto detect mode to find calibre servers on your local network.

Autodetect, YAY!

[kyteflyer]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Any hints when Marvin 3 might make its official non-beta debut? It's okay if you can't say. I just have to ask because the suspense is killing me

Also, I'm happy to pay full price for apps I appreciate. I don't really understand why some people balk at paying for apps, but willingly fork over money for movies, beer, coffee, cookies — all things that can only be enjoyed a few minutes or a couple hours, compared to years of enjoyment from a good app.

Me too. I have paid for what seems like dozens of ebook readers for iOS. Of those, Marvin and Shubook are the only ones left standing (I still use Stanza, as well)

[BenG]

Here's a list of Marvin 3.0's features for those who don't follow the blog.

http://blog.appstafarian.com/post/14...vin-30-updated

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by BenG

Here's a list of Marvin 3.0's features for those who don't follow the blog.

http://blog.appstafarian.com/post/14...vin-30-updated

Does the iPad Pro support imply handwritten annotations?

Twitter is to communications as haiku is to literature.

[Faterson]

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Does the iPad Pro support imply handwritten annotations?

Unfortunately, not (yet), but I've been arguing for the feature for years.

But I would appreciate audio annotations even more: in the annotations pop-up window, you press a microphone button and dictate whatever needs to be caputured – that's even faster than jotting down a thought, especially a longer one.

And, I would appreciate the adding of video annotations to Marvin as well: in the annotations pop-up window, you press a camcorder button and record a (likely selfie) videoclip, speaking your annotation.

The audio annotations would be stored in the cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, whatever), and video annotations would likewise be stored in the cloud (YouTube, Vimeo, whatever) – only the link to download/listen to/view that annotation would be automatically inserted into Marvin's annotations pop-up window in that particular spot. (Otherwise, storing audio and video annotations along with the EPUB files would bloat their size too much.)

Am I dreaming too much? I certainly hope not!

Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

Twitter is to communications as haiku is to literature.

You should fix your forum signature, I think – this line doesn't belong in the body of your forum messages. Confusing like hell, every time.

[kguil]

I'm exploring different annotations options including both scribbling on the page and audio notes.

[Faterson]

Fantastic news.

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by kguil

... The beta is doing very well ... if there aren't any problems, I'll ship to Apple for review and release ... I'm hoping late next week or the following one but (disclaimer) please understand that everything hinges on not discovering problems before then ...

Hi there! Is it okay to ask how the beta is going? Not pushing. Just trying to manage expectations — like counting the days to Christmas

[vs40]

Originally Posted by odamizu

Hi there! Is it okay to ask how the beta is going? Not pushing. Just trying to manage expectations — like counting the days to Christmas

Me to! So excited about final release!

[MSWallack]

I'm still wondering whether M3 will import my existing Marvin library.