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Originally Posted by maxyn83
If I want to annotate, I would use better apps like goodreader or goodnotes.
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Absolute nonsense. Annotating is
core functionality of an e-reader. Just because
you happen not to use it doesn't mean it's not core functionality.
Only on
this sorry message board could
anyone seriously argue that annotations, and their cross-device (ideally cross-
platform) syncing, are not part of core functionality of an e-reader.
Kindle does it, Google Play Books does it (they are just atrocious overall due to their lack of customization options), etc. – so, Marvin should definitely do that as well. I've just received a recommendation for
BookFusion, so I'll be taking a look at it (it syncs both cross-device and cross-platform).
By the way, you gotta be kidding when suggesting a heavy-handed PDF reader (!) like GoodReader as a replacement for a versatile EPUB reader.
Incidentally, I had to ditch GoodReader after many years as a PDF reader, too, because of its inability to store Dropbox versions properly, which sometimes leads to data loss. (I notified GoodReader developers about it, but no fix has occurred so far.) So, I'm now reduced to using the obtuse Adobe Acrobat Reader as my PDF reader.
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Originally Posted by maxyn83
As for mapleread CX, I just downloaded it and when I tried to download books via Apple Files app, it's not even seamless.
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Each of us has different needs. What you mention is something I couldn't care less about. Importing a book takes a few
seconds. I don't care how I import books, as long as it can be done quickly, and it
can be done quickly in MapleRead. (Generally, I avoid using
any Apple software, because it's patently low-IQ, and so I don't use the Files app at all. I typically load my books via Dropbox and its share sheet.)
But I spend many hours
reading a book, so I do care about the quality of
that lenghty process. Not the import of books, organizing books into collections, etc. – all of that is secondary stuff to me.
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Originally Posted by Turtle91
Trolling would be continuously stating the same complaint over and over and over and over......
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Not at all. Check or update your dictionary.
If a fundamental flaw/issue remains unresolved in a software program for 10+ years, and there now appears to be no hope for it to be fixed, then restating the issue is not trolling but stating the obvious facts, as opposed to the fantasizing at the start of this thread, portraying Marvin as a nearly flawless e-reader.
Restating the issue means we insist that the issue must be fixed. If not by Marvin (abandonware), then by its competing/successor apps.
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Originally Posted by Turtle91
You have been complaining about this since the beginning ...
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Of course. Because this core functionality has been missing in Marvin from the beginning. As opposed to Kindle, Google Play Books, etc., which had it 10+ years ago, and Moon+ Reader Pro on Android as well (although not cross-platform in Moon).
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Originally Posted by Turtle91
Kris (the actual developer of Marvin) did NOT want to go with your recommendations.
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You're lying as always, so talking to you is an utter waste of time.
Kris many times explicitly stated that annotations syncing was among his
priorities for future Marvin development.
But he stopped developing Marvin, so we're unlikely to get it, and so it now appears that Marvin will remain a half-finished product forever. I know many people who ditched Marvin because of this particular missing core feature (annotations syncing), and they settled for an, overall, inferior solution like Google Play Books, just because it
does offer annotations syncing.
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Originally Posted by Turtle91
Or, as mentioned many times previously, learn how to code and develop your own app.
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That's like getting a bad meal in a restaurant, complaining to the restaurant's management/the cook, and receiving the reply: "Well, cook your meal yourself!"
Nope. A piece of software should offer quality functionality. If it's not there, the users of that software (especially
paying users) have every right to complain about the low quality of the software, and demand that the missing functionality be supplied, bugs fixed, etc. They are
not software developers, nor do they have any desire or time to turn into developers – they are their
customers. Telling them to develop software for themselves is the epitome of arrogance and stupidity, but it's on a par with the level of discussions on this message board.
