No problem, MSWallack; I wasn't reacting specifically or only to you, but I was especially disappointed by what Phil (or Paul – I always forget, sorry) said. It's really outrageous to suggest that Kris's disappearance from these forums or Marvin's minimal development in recent years is due to a fellow MobileRead user's feedback on the app. If Phil tried to be at least 1% fair, he would remember or recognize that Kris's disappearance act from these forums basically started after Version 2 was released and was very much unrelated to my presence on this board, which has been intermittent at best and minimal in the last couple of years.
If there's something that frustrates me about this board, it's that, ever so often, it focuses on lambasting fellow Marvin users, fellow MobileRead members. Why not, for heaven's sake, focus
on the app, on how to make it better? If some users here are fine with how Marvin already is, and they need nothing more from Marvin (and as I said in the opening post, I surmise Kris himself may be among those users!), that's perfectly fine – for you. But please understand that it's not nearly enough for many other Marvin users, especially those who work with literature professionally as I do. I earn my living by proofreading, among other things, and I always hesitate when recommending Marvin to my colleagues because professionally, Marvin simply isn't where it needs to be. Yep, no other app is there, either, but is that an excuse? Everyone else is crappy, so let's stay crappy, too?
I assure you there are many, many, many users apart from myself who expect Marvin to sync their bookmarks, highlights and annotations. It's a
basic feature for an e-reader in 2017. Look at the
Appstafarian page on Facebook – many users request it there as well. I hardly ever post to that page, but Kris has been largely absent from there as well, user queries are left without a response – is Phil going to blame that on me as well?
This is insane.
Please understand I'm not "blaming" Kris in the least. I have 100% understanding that he just can't focus on Marvin the way he used to in the frantic Version 2 days and previously, if the financial compensation isn't what it rightfully should be. I said so in the opening post. Even if the financial compensation was OK, every human being can reassess their priorities in life. Kris owes us nothing. If he decides this is as far as he wants Marvin to take, that's going to be it – and the search for a professional-grade e-reader will need to continue elsewhere.
Finally, MSWallack, I'd like you to consider that what is or isn't "courteous" is very much in the eye of the beholder, and may be culturally conditioned. I'm sickened by this hypersensitivity as frequently displayed here, where any criticism of the
app is being interpreted as "attacking Kris", "being rude", "calling his child ugly" and other such nonsense. This is political correctness at its worst, and it's rampant on MobileRead. If you insist on calling "rude" what was simply an honest expression of opinion, intended to improve the app, people will, sooner or later, get sick of all the political correctness, of the apparent need to never say anything directly and apologize a thousand times before expressing even the slightest, indirect hint of a critical opinion... and when people finally get sick of all this hypocrisy, you get someone like Trump as a result. Please think of that and don't automatically impute the worst motives to what your fellow MobileRead users may post here. I'm extremely busy and if I ever post here, I assure you that my only and exclusive intention for doing so is not to lambaste anyone or to make anyone feel bad, but
to make Marvin better. That's it. That's the only thing this board should be about, shouldn't it?
Another year has passed without anything but cosmetic fixes in the most recent minor update, so I thought it was warranted to start this thread in order to deliberate on Marvin's current status and its future. That's it. No bad motives behind that. If you can't bear reading my posts, simply set up a filter so you never see my posts. Feel free to ignore me. Easy, right?
