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Originally Posted by vang
All, I am a daily user of koreader_old on a Glo with 2.5.2, Kobo Tweaks and the extra house button. Just for the record, even with all the limitations and bugs, koreader is fantastic. Besides the miraculous reflow, it opens many kinds of files that Kobo cannot (such as doc, djvu and chm) and makes it possible to use large SD cards filled with a mix of many files. Without these features I would consider the Kobo device very near worthless.
Three observations:
1. To the developers: Besides koreader_old I have tried several of the 2.6.x or better versions. None seem to tie into the rather extensive koreader menu system which as I understand it evolved on Kindle and requires a letterpress on a keyboard. koreader will be far more useful once those menu items are made accessible by an on-screen keyboard or some other means.
2. This is an important project for a major family of devices and should be treated like one. Obviously all versions of koreader should be on github. And this thread should soon be broken up into manageable sub-units e.g. releases, developer communications, feature requests, technical problems, etc.
3. I would gladly contribute half the cost of my device to a Kickstarter for the accelerated development of koreader. Besides equipping the known developers here, the funds could be used to draw in professional talent from the Kobo world and/or koreader coders from the Kindle side.
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You sound dissatisfied with the current pace of development? All versions of Koreader are on Github. The Thread is working, some of the things you may think of as distractions are discussions that led directly to improvements. What starts as an attempt to solve an individuals problem sometimes led the discussion to significant advances.
Trying to add paid talent into a project like this might dampen the enthusiasm of those who have already contributed so much, and rightly view the project as theirs.
Luck;
Ken