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Originally Posted by Manichean
I'd rather Calibre did one thing (ebook management and conversion) well than lots of things badly.
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Originally Posted by Manichean
Things tend to get done badly when the focus of a software goes too big...
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Originally Posted by kiwidude
Ever heard the expression "jack of all trades, master of none"?...
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Originally Posted by theducks
 ...I'm a Ludite. 
My phone just makes calls
My book reader displays books (it will play MP3's,but it is a PITA. That is probably a side feature from the Text to Speach).
My Library manager (Calibre) does e-books...  |
Like our quacking friend, I'm also a bit of a luddite only my e-book reader won't play mp3s. While there are devices and programs that will do many functions, they rarely do any of those functions well. Smart phones are great (except for the monthly bill they incur!) but the small screen severely limits their numerous capabilities. Their one strong suit is portability. Nero used to be the standard for burning CDs but became so feature bloated, none of the features worked well anymore.
Calibre is a huge program with equally huge capabilities. It does what it does well because it concentrates on doing one thing: managing e-books. If calibre were to take on managing videos and music, besides being more complex to use (since each medium has its own unique needs for management), it would become so huge, it would monopolize computer resources. Many people have such huge e-book libraries, they complain about the time it takes to boot calibre (this issue has improved dramatically since I started using calibre and probably will keep improving). It would be worse if calibre added people's video and music collections. Adding to the potential bloat would be the players, conversion routines, etc. needed for the added media.