Thanks for their Contributions: davidfor and jgoguen - Page 2

Barcey · 08-04-2013, 09:01 AM

Yes thank you for your efforts. Don't forget that you can thank them even more via the "donate via paypal" option in the plugin screen.

PeterT · 08-04-2013, 09:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barcey

Yes thank you for your efforts. Don't forget that you can thank them even more via the "donate via paypal" option in the plugin screen.

Actually, that only applies to jgoguen; not davidfor.

Willa · 08-04-2013, 09:26 AM

Adding my thanks . . and including Peter T and DNSB

dmapr · 08-04-2013, 12:42 PM

Definitely. Many thanks!

Urdu · 08-04-2013, 03:09 PM

Thank you guys!

Halvah · 08-04-2013, 08:18 PM

Grateful thanks to davidfor, jgoguen, PeterT, DNSB and others for their tireless efforts in advising and guiding us through the tortuous and convoluted channels of Kobo programming. As a relatively new convert to ereaders and a perpetual lurker on these forums I really appreciate the often sage advice given. Kudos to all.

jgoguen · 08-04-2013, 09:07 PM

Don't forget about Kovid, who gave us calibre as a solid and dependable base to start with. This whole thing would have been a lot harder for all of us if he hadn't done all the really hard work for us. Daniel Andrei also deserves thanks for discovering that a simple file name tweak was all it took to get over the first KePub hurdle (http://dsandrei.blogspot.ro/2012/07/koboish-ebooks.html).

Thank you to everyone who's supported us in making the Kobo drivers as good as they are. The work I do is built solidly upon what davidfor has already done for the main Kobo drivers, which handles the hard parts of interacting with the Kobo devices and frees me to deal with Kobo's KePub format.

An especially big thanks to everyone who's contributed to the extended driver in some way. I've had bug reports, feature requests, conversations, disagreements, questions that made me think, code contributions, money (half way to the cost of that troublesome Aura!), and support in debugging problems, all in quantities that far exceeded what I was expecting when I started what was really just a little weekend project to see if I could make my Glo give me access to the better (IMHO) rendering engine. I'm still somewhat amazed to look and see over 1400 downloads of the current version of my driver just from the official calibre install methods. The extended Kobo driver wouldn't be half as good as it is if it weren't for all of your contributions.

davidfor · 08-04-2013, 11:05 PM

I've been trying to think of how to respond to this thread without sounding like I was at an awards ceremony

jgoguen has pretty much summed it up. Like him, I started work on the driver (originally created by Timothy Legge) because I wanted to fix some bugs and add some new function. Everything else has been my curiosity and because it is fun here. The help from everyone in working out the problems has been great.

moffattm · 08-04-2013, 11:45 PM

I'd just like to add my thanks to davidfor and jgoguen, and also to PeterT and DNSB and all the other people that chime in from time to time with useful (and often witty and insightful) comments.

Leonatus · 08-05-2013, 03:44 AM

Congratulations and many, many thanks to all those helpful people! I'm often astonished about their immense knowledges, their great abilities and their common sense!

Jürgen

paola · 08-05-2013, 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moffattm

I'd just like to add my thanks to davidfor and jgoguen, and also to PeterT and DNSB and all the other people that chime in from time to time with useful (and often witty and insightful) comments.

treadlightly · 08-05-2013, 10:41 AM

Big thanks to all who work on the drivers and post on this board to help Kobo owners make their devices perform as they wish them too.

Lynx-lynx · 08-06-2013, 12:26 AM

Add my 3 cheers to all the Kobo forum 'workers' who freely give their knowledge, expertise and humanity for the benefit of our ereading pleasure!!!

PeterT · 08-06-2013, 12:36 AM

OH THE HUMANITY!

HansTWN · 08-06-2013, 02:37 AM

3 cheers for all of those who contributed to improving our Kobo devices, with tricks, hacks or with advice.

08-04-2013, 08:18 PM	#21
Halvah Bodhisattva Posts: 179 Karma: 298728 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Glo, Clara2e	Grateful thanks to davidfor, jgoguen, PeterT, DNSB and others for their tireless efforts in advising and guiding us through the tortuous and convoluted channels of Kobo programming. As a relatively new convert to ereaders and a perpetual lurker on these forums I really appreciate the often sage advice given. Kudos to all. Last edited by Halvah; 08-04-2013 at 08:21 PM.

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08-04-2013, 09:01 AM	#16
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	Yes thank you for your efforts. Don't forget that you can thank them even more via the "donate via paypal" option in the plugin screen.

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Willa Davidfor's friend 😊 Posts: 295 Karma: 284140 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: U.K Device: Libra 2	Adding my thanks . . and including Peter T and DNSB

08-04-2013, 12:42 PM	#19
dmapr Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 600816 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura One	Definitely. Many thanks!

08-04-2013, 03:09 PM	#20
Urdu Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 12364 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Forma	Thank you guys!

08-04-2013, 09:07 PM	#22
jgoguen Generally Awesome Person Posts: 1,100 Karma: 2191133 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: /dev/kmem Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kindle Oasis	Don't forget about Kovid, who gave us calibre as a solid and dependable base to start with. This whole thing would have been a lot harder for all of us if he hadn't done all the really hard work for us. Daniel Andrei also deserves thanks for discovering that a simple file name tweak was all it took to get over the first KePub hurdle (http://dsandrei.blogspot.ro/2012/07/koboish-ebooks.html). Thank you to everyone who's supported us in making the Kobo drivers as good as they are. The work I do is built solidly upon what davidfor has already done for the main Kobo drivers, which handles the hard parts of interacting with the Kobo devices and frees me to deal with Kobo's KePub format. An especially big thanks to everyone who's contributed to the extended driver in some way. I've had bug reports, feature requests, conversations, disagreements, questions that made me think, code contributions, money (half way to the cost of that troublesome Aura!), and support in debugging problems, all in quantities that far exceeded what I was expecting when I started what was really just a little weekend project to see if I could make my Glo give me access to the better (IMHO) rendering engine. I'm still somewhat amazed to look and see over 1400 downloads of the current version of my driver just from the official calibre install methods. The extended Kobo driver wouldn't be half as good as it is if it weren't for all of your contributions.

08-04-2013, 11:05 PM	#23
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	I've been trying to think of how to respond to this thread without sounding like I was at an awards ceremony jgoguen has pretty much summed it up. Like him, I started work on the driver (originally created by Timothy Legge) because I wanted to fix some bugs and add some new function. Everything else has been my curiosity and because it is fun here. The help from everyone in working out the problems has been great.

08-04-2013, 11:45 PM	#24
moffattm Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 1440670 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Kobo Original, Kobo Glo	I'd just like to add my thanks to davidfor and jgoguen, and also to PeterT and DNSB and all the other people that chime in from time to time with useful (and often witty and insightful) comments.

08-05-2013, 03:44 AM	#25
Leonatus Wizard Posts: 1,050 Karma: 11391181 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Guben, Brandenburg, Germany Device: Kobo Clara 2E, Tolino Shine 3	Congratulations and many, many thanks to all those helpful people! I'm often astonished about their immense knowledges, their great abilities and their common sense! Jürgen

08-05-2013, 10:41 AM	#27
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	Big thanks to all who work on the drivers and post on this board to help Kobo owners make their devices perform as they wish them too.

08-06-2013, 12:26 AM	#28
Lynx-lynx Treachery of images ... Posts: 4,115 Karma: 92523791 Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Device: Sony 650, Kobo Glo, H2O, Aura One, Forma, Libra 2, Libra Colour	Add my 3 cheers to all the Kobo forum 'workers' who freely give their knowledge, expertise and humanity for the benefit of our ereading pleasure!!!

08-06-2013, 12:36 AM	#29
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,367 Karma: 78877538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	OH THE HUMANITY!

08-06-2013, 02:37 AM	#30
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	3 cheers for all of those who contributed to improving our Kobo devices, with tricks, hacks or with advice.