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According to the poll discussion and what feature to put next, I would want to state the following, and it's not meant as offense but more something like "...ok, let's think about this for a moment...":
The project started as "File Explorer" for the 505 because Kartu seemed to find this feature missing. There were maybe some other hacks he found useful, so he did implement those. He started the project on googlecode on his own (I guess more or less) and published his findings/developments/etc. here in the forum, which I find great as it makes my reader much better. Then other people jumped in helping with coding and documentation, without specifically pushing any features, just being happy that something gets done and the reader improves.
So why do we have a discussion where the poll should be, what features should show up in the poll, how the results have to be read....
I think, if I wanted specific features the 505 doesn't have and it was around for some years, why not just be happy about any improvement. If I really wanted some specific features (e.g. touch, I chose this because this cannot be implemented in code), I would buy a different reader that has those features.
Just because other readers offer a feature the 505 doesn't have doesn't mean that everybody wants/needs that feature. I can do without a dictionary (stop, don't say I knew he'll write that), I can also do without games or key bindings. Now that the key bindings are there, I find it great, but I also could have lived without.
Conclusion: If the project page would be run by me, I would withdraw the poll and just have a request page. This way I could just do what's doable or what I have the time for. In the end it's still someone putting his spare time in to make the reader to his own likes.
Excuse me for writing so much and really don't be offended. I just find this project so great and it makes me sad that there's so much pushing. Lay back, enjoy a book and the extra features other readers may not have because hacking them would be too difficult. And enjoy any other feature to come.
What if development just stops here?
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