On Monday, 28th February 2011 at 09:46:55 (GMT -0800 PST), Michael S. Hart wrote:
I'd like to hear more about Stanza! Perhaps someone would be willing to write a little intro/FAQ???
There's a brief intro on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexcycle_Stanza Also, you might want to look at their homepage: http://www.lexcycle.com including the nice FAQ they have there: http://www.lexcycle.com/faq The bad (?) news about Stanza is (like Don Kretz posted) that Amazon purchased Stanza in April 2009, and ever since then, Stanza's development has stagnated. :-( Conspiracy theorists say, Amazon wants to kill Stanza (much like they "killed" Mobipocket Reader after taking it over), in favour of the Kindle app for the iPhone/iPad/iPod touch. So much for conspiracies. The facts are, Stanza for the iPad *was* released for the iPad in 2010, which was after the Amazon take-over. And, unlike what the Wikipedia page says, the most recent Stanza version is, in fact, from a few days ago in February 2011 -- it was just bug fixes, but it was encouraging to hear from Stanza developers again after many months of silence. (And, even if Amazon managed to "kill" Stanza to promote the Kindle app, I wouldn't *really* mind it as long as the Kindle app's functionality exactly mirrored, or even surpassed, Stanza's current functionality. Right now, the Kindle app is pitiful and can't compare with Stanza. Until last month, for example, you couldn't even read any other MOBI files in your Kindle app except for those you purchased from Amazon. Since last month's update, though, you can read all MOBI files, including free ones, in the Kindle app. So, the Kindle app's functionality is slowly improving, although it's still woefully inadequate for now -- and the same is true of iBooks.) -- Yours, Alex. www.aboq.org [processed by "The Bat!", Version 4.2.10.12]