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Old 09-29-2009, 04:13 PM   #46
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Then suddenly an Astak forum pops up - clearly a set of Hanlin clones, but they rate their own forum. Now the benefits of the common forum are diminished because info has to be searched for in two places. Could it be becasue the Astak is the US clone and gets some preferential treatment? Did someone request the separate forum and get approval? Was it just a mistake that is now too late to rectify?

The Cool-ER is different to any other device, has been out for some time, has sold like hot-cakes, and still no MR forum. makes it hard to find good info on the Cool-ER, and as far as ePubs go, it seems to be one of the few devices that can display them well, so I'd like to know more.
The Cool-er is simply a Netronix clone. Interead didn't add anything. There are a couple other distributors with identical hardware.

If the Cybook Opus got its own forum, it would probably be a subforum under a forum named Bookeen. (That's what the current Gen3 forum would be renamed as.)
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The Cool-er is simply a Netronix clone. Interead didn't add anything. There are a couple other distributors with identical hardware.
But the interesting thing is the software so what does it use? Netronix standard software that is used by other or something else?
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Old 09-29-2009, 06:07 PM   #48
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But the interesting thing is the software so what does it use? Netronix standard software that is used by other or something else?
The software it's running (Adobe DE) was ported by Netronix.
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Sure those that know a lot about ereaders know that Cool-er is a netronix clone. But for the average end user? They are most likely not going to know that.

If they are coming here looking for information on a Cool-er they have to know to dig through threads in the News and Commentary section and the Which One Should I Buy?

The forums have some very good information on the Cool-er but for users that information is not easy to find.


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Old 09-30-2009, 11:29 AM   #50
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Now the benefits of the common forum are diminished because info has to be searched for in two places.
We do need a common forum. One for things that are not specific to just one device. For example, we have a number of "What light is best" type threads all over the place. They could all be in the common forum since they are not just device specific.
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The Cool-er is simply a Netronix clone. Interead didn't add anything. There are a couple other distributors with identical hardware.

If the Cybook Opus got its own forum, it would probably be a subforum under a forum named Bookeen. (That's what the current Gen3 forum would be renamed as.)
If we are going to have a forum section for Netronix & clones, then the Bookeen forum should be a sub forum under a Netronix forum. But as was said before, new users aren't going to know all this stuff. I think we need a reorganization BIG TIME to handle these sorts of issues.
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If we are going to have a forum section for Netronix & clones, then the Bookeen forum should be a sub forum under a Netronix forum. But as was said before, new users aren't going to know all this stuff. I think we need a reorganization BIG TIME to handle these sorts of issues.
No. Bookeen is a software developer as well as a seller of rebranded Netronix clones. The Mobipocket firmware on the Gen 3 puts Bookeen in a category that's different from the other resellers. Also, Bookeen has an exclusive device (Cybook Opus).
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The Cybook forum has been renamed so it will reflect both the Cybook Gen3 and the Cybook Opus.
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The Cybook forum has been renamed so it will reflect both the Cybook Gen3 and the Cybook Opus.
And appropriate thread prefixes have been added which can be optionally used when posting discussions.
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Make it mandatory and that will make things easier to follow.
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No. Bookeen is a software developer as well as a seller of rebranded Netronix clones. The Mobipocket firmware on the Gen 3 puts Bookeen in a category that's different from the other resellers. Also, Bookeen has an exclusive device (Cybook Opus).
Regardless, the firmware is what makes the Opus different from the Gen3 and support/whatnot is different. It's not the same. Not even close. The Gen3 doesn't do folders and ePub. The Opus does.
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Make it mandatory and that will make things easier to follow.
Why? I am pretty sure the majority of threads will apply to both devices. Actually I think ADE / Mobi prefixes might even be more appropriate or good in addition... not sure though. Setting up a forum taxonomy here isn't simple.

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Regardless, the firmware is what makes the Opus different from the Gen3 and support/whatnot is different. It's not the same. Not even close. The Gen3 doesn't do folders and ePub. The Opus does.
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Make it mandatory and that will make things easier to follow.
100% ACK (optionally = nobody uses it)

(Actually some will use prefixes, but if not mandatory it'll always be a mix, you can't be sure and have to look + sorting/filtering with prefix makes no real sense...)
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100% ACK (optionally = nobody uses it)
It's optional now and people are using them. It's been our experience that *enforcing* thread prefixes is not practical. What if a user wants to talk about multiple devices of the same vendor? What if he does not want to talk about the company but not about a specific device?

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(Actually some will use prefixes, but if not mandatory it'll always be a mix, you can't be sure and have to look + sorting/filtering with prefix makes no real sense...)
Why doesn't it make sense? It makes sense that it immediately pops up all threads of a particular prefix. If you are concerned about missing threads that are not prefixed, you can always browse the forum itself, use the "New Posts" feature, or use the Search feature in general (if you are looking for something specific).
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