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04-08-2016, 12:18 PM | #32 | |
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I like the version of Marvin I have and I paid for it. I really do not want to pay for a new version. |
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04-08-2016, 03:55 PM | #33 |
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Marvin works fine in the current iOS version on all of my devices.
To me, Marvin is currently a half-finished product, and I'll be happy to pay for a new version if it adds some currently missing functionality, above all the syncing of highlights and annotations. That's the number 1 gaping hole in Marvin's functionality right now, and has been from day 1, as I see it. |
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My big wishlist items are 1) get back to syncing meta data with Calibre. 2) Allow manual arrangement (i.e. manual sorting) of various collections. |
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04-08-2016, 08:26 PM | #35 |
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Nope, you can't have everything, but syncing highlights and annotations is part of core functionality of an e-reader, and I know people who have ditched Marvin because it still doesn't offer it, in year 5 of its existence.
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Let's face it, most people only read on one device and could care less about any sort of syncing. |
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04-10-2016, 12:33 AM | #37 |
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04-10-2016, 07:14 AM | #38 | |
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57% used a dedicated e-reader 55% used a tablet 29 % used a computer 32 % used a cell phone http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/01/1...nership-jumps/ A different survey shows that roughly 27 percent of the people surveyed read ebooks, The average college education person reads around 17 books in a year. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...-survey-finds/ Those surveys indicate why there isn't a ton of ebook management software out there. Most people simply don't have enough books to need it. |
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04-10-2016, 07:20 AM | #39 | |
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04-10-2016, 11:13 AM | #40 |
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Thanks for the info! My requirements are different, though. My ebook library numbers 3862 items; and, conservatively estimated, I read at least three ebooks a week - that amounts to more than 156 per year. I switched from paper books to ebooks completely a few years ago, and I do use more than one device.
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I disagree with you, Paul, but that's fine – we're not obliged to share identical opinions. My contention is that any e-reader software worth its salt in 2016 must synchronize highlights and annotations – it's a non-negotiable feature, even if many users (or even their majority) like yourself never use highlights and annotations.
The progress in any area of human endeavor has always depended on the minority that demands more than just the run-of-the-mill standard. Otherwise, one might as well stick with atrocious, bare-bones e-reader software from Apple, Amazon and their ilk. |
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Sure, it's would be a boring place if we all agreed. As long as he gets the features that _I_ want, I don't mind if he spends a couple of minutes on your favorite features. |
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04-11-2016, 12:09 AM | #43 |
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I agree that the core reading experience of a ....ahem....reading app....should be the downloading, display/rendering, and syncing of the reading position between devices.
Unfortunately, some people are never happy and continually push for their individual desired features. While I don't have a problem with that philosophically, I have a problem when people put down another's work when their request is denied. That kind of "negative encouragement" rarely works, and IMO falls directly in the category of bullying and verbal abuse. Once or twice may not be a big deal, just rude, but when you hear it over and over without stop - even in the face of direct denial from the developer - it falls into that category. [not intended as calling out any individual or implying MR policies have been violated - just a general comment] I would much rather give positive feedback on the stuff that I like, positive criticism on the stuff I think needs changing, and a polite request for features I'd like to have added. If the developer decides not to indulge my request, I won't go whining to everyone and start putting down the app. BTW, I won't say I told you so, but I'm glad there weren't too many people jumping on the "Marvin is abandon ware" wagon... I will just be quietly vindicated Ooops...did I say that out loud?!?! lol |
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Who would've guessed this would become one of the more intense threads on the forum...
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