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Originally Posted by arspr
Ken, do not get me wrong. No offence intended in this post. More over you, (and any other coder who hacks/extends/develops/enhances Kobo original software), completely deserve full recognition and praise because of your work...
But it doesn't matter if Koreader either works or not... (or if my Adobe Acrobat, or my Foxit reader, also work). We are speaking about Kobo built-in pdf reader... Your no-bug situation does not change the buggy Kobo one... don't you think? 
More over, take in mind that your software (and others) are not the solution for "casual" users. They are always somehow hackish, somehow tricky to install and launch (as a mere example: I have to launch Koreader and then open a pdf, I cannot go to the library and directly open a pdf in Koreader...). So, yes, your software is great..., but it's not for everybody..., no matter how good you make it. 
IMO, if you want Koreader to be a completely replacement of Kobo Nickel software (or whichever name it has) you have to do something like PRS+ for old Sony eReaders, which absolutely and transparently blends into the device original software and enhances/replaces parts of it. |
First, The KOreader Project is
NOT something that I created. It is a project that includes contributions of a number of posters here at MR (but not me) that include some who were the original authors of the project at GitHub.
I did post and try to maintain an install guide that, I hope, makes it easier to add KOreader (and some other programs) to The Kobo E-readers. The installation process has evolved in a number of ways, but I try to keep the guide reflecting ways to have the programs working as the user might wish.
There are several ways to "Launch" Koreader now, with The Kobo Start Menu and Advboot as well as the older "fmon" method that starts in the Nickel UI.
With the Start Menu or Advboot, you select to start Nickel OR KOreader, so the Nickel UI need not be started to use KOreader. (This also prevents a number of background processing routines that Nickel keeps running, from using resources while Koreader is running.)
When KOreader starts it is in its File Manager where you can indeed find and select a PDF that will open the PDF in the Reader. You can also have KOreader "Start with last opened file." If you use calibre to add your ebooks to your device, you can do a search on the metadata and have a listing of ebooks that have metadata that match the search terms. You can also "Browse Series" or "Browse Tags". With KOreader's OPDS support and a wireless connection, you can also browse the online catalogs, such as at "Project Gutenberg", "Feedbooks", "ManyBooks", the Internet Archive, or a Local calibre catalog. You can also add others like the Bean Freecatalog.
So, there are a number of ways to select books to read, with KOreader.
I am always suspect when terms that suggest that anything is "Always" something, or "never" something, are used. One of the great benefits of this sort of software development is that it "evolves", with improvements being made over time. But while there are some of us who may fiddle with one aspect or another, the basic functionality of the program is such that Plenty of "Casual Users" use it all the time.
Luck;
Ken