[Faterson]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Anything that distracts and gets between me and the words on the page is not needed.

Background textures don't distract me at all. If anything, they motivate me to continue reading the book. They make the page more beautiful to look at. And that's crucial, as already explained by me several times.

Look at this background texture from Moon+ Reader as an example:



That's absolutely beautiful – makes for a far more elegant reading experience than any dull solid-color background.

I will never go back to reading books with a solid-color background. That's just dull, boring, demotivating and unattractive to me.

That's why I say custom background textures are among must-have features for me, if I am to switch to BookFusion as my main (or only) e-reader.

Originally Posted by DNSB

Black text on a plain background, white or lightly coloured text on a black background are my preferred choices.

That's perfectly fine. Those are your personal choices, and mine are different. Each of us is different.

Originally Posted by DNSB

You are welcome to your choices but please don't assume that your peculiarities are shared by the entire world.

I never assume anything of the sort, unlike many participating in these discussions (see some earlier posts in this thread).

However, if BookFusion's ambition is to be a competitor, even a successor and replacement for Marvin and Moon+ Reader, BookFusion can't simply pick and choose among Marvin's and Moon's features, and disregard all the others.

Especially not long-established features that have been around for decades. For heaven's sake: custom background textures were supported by Stanza (!) back in the 2000s. (See the screenshot in my previous post.)

So, this is a non-negotiable item for me: it's "custom background textures or bust" for me. Just because you or others in this thread don't happen to be using the feature doesn't mean it can be thrown in the trashcan.

I don't use Calibre, for example. Am I arguing for BookFusion to stop supporting Calibre because of that?

Not in the least. I know many people use Calibre, so of course I understand BookFusion needs to support it.

Bottom line: If BookFusion wishes to compete with Moon+ Reader and Marvin, it needs to support every feature that they do, and more. It's as simple as that.