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Old 07-06-2007, 05:44 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
I only wish that were true. As I recall, one of the first threads here was suggested enhancements and Connect is so massively wrong that it's inspired a wealth of replacements by several of the very bright developers here.
I must respectfully disagree with you.

The fact that people are suggesting enhancements does not mean that the current Reader does not do its job well. For reading fiction, cover to cover (the task it was designed to do) it does a superb job. One cannot use the fact that people are requesting that it does more as a reliable indicator that it doesn't do a good job now.

One of the most frequent early requests, for example, was that the Reader display pictures in RTF files. Despite that probably being "number 1" on most peoples' "wish lists" back in December, it's never mentioned today. Why? Because now we have a wealth of tools for creating books in the Reader's native "LRF" file format which displays pictures just fine.

As far as "Connect" goes, the reason for the replacements is not particularly that there's anything wrong with Connect, but that people wanted to be able to use the Reader with operating systems other than Windows. Personally I think that Connect is just fine. It's rock solid (for me, at least) and it has an absolutely wonderful Reader "emulator" in it which lets you view Reader books on the PC. I create a lot of Reader books and these days I never bother loading them onto the Reader to see what they'll look like - I just use the emulator in "Connect". Does a great job.

What do you perceive to be "massively wrong" with Connect, may I ask?
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