Happy birthday MobileRead???

Billi · 10-22-2012, 03:24 PM

Judging from Alex' join date here: is today the tenth birthday of MobileRead? Do we have something to celebrate?

Alexander Turcic · 10-23-2012, 04:00 AM

Hi Billi,

I never thought of my join date as a way to estimate the age of our community.

Frankly, there are a few different dates that could be considered, but there are all very close together.

We have something in plan to give MobileRead the proper birthday hug it deserves... stay tuned.

Maggie May · 10-23-2012, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

Judging from Alex' join date here: is today the tenth birthday of MobileRead? Do we have something to celebrate?

Well spotted Billi.

aceflor · 10-23-2012, 08:07 AM

Is this the reason why MR does not display properly, at least for me, today ? Neither with Safari, nor with Firefox....

Weird.... Opera mini does the job well....

jgaiser · 10-23-2012, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aceflor

Is this the reason why MR does not display properly, at least for me, today ? Neither with Safari, nor with Firefox....

Weird.... Opera mini does the job well....

Ok.. It's not me... Safari on my iPad is *very* weird with what appears to be little ebook readers around the perimeter. Firefox on Linux works just fine.

aceflor · 10-23-2012, 01:41 PM

The same for me with firefox and chrome on my windows netbook and safari on my ipad. The only one working properly is Opera on my ipad .

StoryEnthusiast · 10-24-2012, 06:49 PM

Wow, coming up to the 10th year! I must be quite late to the party. However, I'm glad to be part of this community.

HomeInMyShoes · 10-24-2012, 09:53 PM

Better late than ever. And just in case I miss the real festivities, Happy Birthday MobileRead. Here's hoping for many more decades of fun and good information.

sun surfer · 10-27-2012, 11:36 AM

Two things strike me:

-That there were e-readers and enough momentum on them to have a site way back in 2002!

-That I was eight years late to the party!

DaleDe · 10-27-2012, 11:59 AM

Certainly, mostly PDA based but some dedicated readers existed. See our wiki on eBooks for a history of the entire process. See MobileRead also.

jgaiser · 10-27-2012, 01:00 PM

Yeah. I was reading on a Rocket Reader sometime prior to 2000. Actually, still have it in a box in storage though I doubt it still works.

10-22-2012, 03:24 PM	#1
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Happy birthday MobileRead??? Judging from Alex' join date here: is today the tenth birthday of MobileRead? Do we have something to celebrate?

10-23-2012, 08:07 AM	#4
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,470 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	Is this the reason why MR does not display properly, at least for me, today ? Neither with Safari, nor with Firefox.... Weird.... Opera mini does the job well.... Last edited by aceflor; 10-23-2012 at 08:11 AM.

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10-23-2012, 04:00 AM	#2
Alexander Turcic Fully Converged Posts: 18,163 Karma: 14021202 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Switzerland Device: Too many to count here.	Hi Billi, I never thought of my join date as a way to estimate the age of our community. Frankly, there are a few different dates that could be considered, but there are all very close together. We have something in plan to give MobileRead the proper birthday hug it deserves... stay tuned.

10-23-2012, 01:41 PM	#6
aceflor Wizard Posts: 3,470 Karma: 48036360 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: where the sun lives, or so they say Device: Pocketbook Era, Pocketbook Inkpad 4, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Scribe	The same for me with firefox and chrome on my windows netbook and safari on my ipad. The only one working properly is Opera on my ipad .

10-24-2012, 06:49 PM	#7
StoryEnthusiast K. C. Lee Posts: 584 Karma: 3652522 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New Zealand Device: Android phone	Wow, coming up to the 10th year! I must be quite late to the party. However, I'm glad to be part of this community.

10-24-2012, 09:53 PM	#8
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Better late than ever. And just in case I miss the real festivities, Happy Birthday MobileRead. Here's hoping for many more decades of fun and good information.

10-27-2012, 11:36 AM	#9
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44637926 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Two things strike me: -That there were e-readers and enough momentum on them to have a site way back in 2002! -That I was eight years late to the party!

10-27-2012, 11:59 AM	#10
DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Certainly, mostly PDA based but some dedicated readers existed. See our wiki on eBooks for a history of the entire process. See MobileRead also.

10-27-2012, 01:00 PM	#11
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,281 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	Yeah. I was reading on a Rocket Reader sometime prior to 2000. Actually, still have it in a box in storage though I doubt it still works.