Unfortunately, no matter how much we love Marvin or appreciate Kris's work in creating it (and we do, both), we just need to recognize that Marvin is a half-dead app, and has been for a couple of years now. That is, it's not being developed consistently. There was a short burst of activity around the Marvin 3 release, but it really was brief – a one-off occurrence. Marvin 3 features many flaws that remain unresolved; lost features from Marvin 2 still haven't been restored, etc.
No need to blame anyone. It's obvious Kris has other priorities in life now, and that's OK. Let's just keep it real here.
For myself, I no longer expect anything at all from Marvin at this point. If it just remains alive – well, that will be OK enough for me. Marvin is a half-finished app, but that's better than no app.
I purchased MapleRead today and Hyphen a few months ago, but as of right now, I still prefer Marvin over them, despite Marvin's half-finished state and no consistent development.
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