Think of it this way: koreader is a community response to Kobo's lack of response to our requests. Kobo can serve what they see as their core market, which is probably people who buy ebooks from Kobo and are looking for an experience that is as simple as a print book. koreader developers can serve the interests of our demographic, which is clearly more specific and is more accepting of complexity. As an added bonus, koreader is open source and is mostly developed in an interpreted language. This allows us to contribute to the project as well or, if our modifications aren't accepted, it is much easier to modify the software for personal use and share those modifications with like minded users. This is, in short, what I've been waiting for. It is a win-win situation. I am grateful to the core koreader developers, koreader porter (giorgio130), enthusiastic koreader moders (cgm999 and xor_), and users who have suggested both ideas and code to improve the project.

Please don't frown upon Kobo for their lack of response to specific requests. They are probably doing what they think is best for their product and their business.

Please do offer some sort of appeciation for those who are extending Kobo's hardware to our specific requests, because they have provided us with both a product (koreader) and the tools to improve that product (open source, and in a scripting language which makes it more accessible for semi-technical users to contribute).