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Actually, I am very impressed that Irex is monitoring this forum and that someone from the dev team (?) responds to the posts.
I knew what I was doing when I went with Irex and I'd rather deal with a smaller European company with a vision, than something like Dell or Sony... It was worth paying over the odds for. I get the impression that iRex genuinely has a vision and is passionate about eBooks.
I'd rather hear straight talk ('no we won't do it') or ('we don't know when we'll be finished with that release..') than glossy corporate sales talk and empty promises. Irex gives the impression of keeping the corporate BS at a relatively low level which I appreciate a lot.
In short; I respect the company and went with them quite deliberately.
My expectations on firmware and new functionality are completely realistic.
Like I said I have worked in software development for many years and I know there will always be bugs, and that a development team can only work on a limited number of new features at any time. I happen to think DjVu is important but I realise I might be in a minority among the current users.
The bugs in the latest Beta seemed like clearcut cases of regressions and my point was simply that I was keen to see them fixed asap. I don't enjoy reading texts where the last few characters on every line are chopped off. i am sure most people would find that reasonable.
Likewise words at the bottom of the screen are chopped off PDFs in the latest Beta firmware.. I think testing ought to have picked this up, but mistakes happen and it's not biggie if there is a patched version of the Beta available soon.
Right now I am happy that I went with Irex and I have every faith that the firmware will improve with every new release.
Btw, I am a woman.
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