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Old 12-01-2010, 06:17 PM   #127
sordie
Edge User
 
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Originally Posted by Chubulor View Post
But the Edge's Reader app is Entourage's own software using Entourage's own hardware, so it's baffling that the lack of landscape view and the annotation/zoom bug haven't been taken care of yet.
Actually Chubulor, I believe you may be mistake about this. I get the indication that Entourage is using a port of Xournal, an open source Linux software - I have seen this suggested by a number of web sources. My guess is they do not have a very good grasp on the entire source code given the difficulties they are experiencing in introducing new features (including adding text to the Journal). This is to be expected when porting a large code to a new platform - eink/Android. I can tell you that Entourage's implementation is better that the port on IREX DR800 - but that port is being done by couple of amateurs in their spare time. Unfortunately, one downside of working with ported code is that the ability to add all of the requested features is not a sure bet, (it's kind of like remodeling an old house, every time you open up a wall to do something you encounter 5 new surprises that have to be dealt with as well).

Last edited by sordie; 12-01-2010 at 06:28 PM.