Please implement a reader for Mac OS X. I work for a software development company, and we would be interested in working on this project.

Like you, I can’t run Mobipocket on my Mac Mini! (I really have one om my desktop)
Porting our reader to Mac OS X is a big peace of work. And even if the number of Mac users is growing, it is still around 3.5% of internet users.

mobi_eric wrote:

Like you, I can’t run Mobipocket on my Mac Mini! (I really have one om my desktop) Porting our reader to Mac OS X is a big peace of work. And even if the number of Mac users is growing, it is still around 3.5% of internet users.

I work for a development company. We'd be happy to help... Please?

and mobipocket creator too.

mobi_eric wrote:

Porting our reader to Mac OS X is a big peace of work. And even if the number of Mac users is growing, it is still around 3.5% of internet users.

According to <http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0106.htm>, there are over 1 billion internet users. I don't know where you got the 3.5% figure, but that's a significant number of Mac users, don't you think? Even if it's less than 3.5%, according to Apple, there are over 12 million Mac OS X users, so I would think that it would be worth your while to support Mac OS X.

mstonespeedy wrote:

I work for a development company. We'd be happy to help... Please?

Do you have any Macintosh developers on staff so that you can take a serious look at what the Mac OS X port would involve?

It would be really nice to at least provide a minimal version of the desktop reader that would simply read a Mobipocket eBook and sync .mobi files to the Palm. I wouldn't think that would be too difficult, depending on your file format. Then you could add features (and maybe the creator) as you gauge market reception and demand. I'd be happy to talk with you off-line about the size of this effort.

Another vote for an OSX reader, please! My county library has a significant number of titles only available in mobipocket format (or available in PDF and mobipocket, with all the PDF copies checked out), and it'd be great to have access to those titles. As a med student, I'd also be a lot more likely to invest in medical and dictionary titles for my as-yet-unpurchased PDA if I knew I could access them on my desktop as well. Thanks.

I looks like, there is no Pocket Reader for Mac OS X (and not for Linux). Is it correct? Does anyone hear it is in development?

Today, we only have a version for Windows. We have not planned to do a Mac version or a Linux version yet.

eliaspunch , you should now for some smatphones, pda, you do not need the reader desktop , to buy download eBooks, we have a mobile website, so you can enjoy all the mobipocket Reader functionnalities with your hanheld device. So if you plan to buy some, just wonder us whether it should work with our system and we will answer you.

mstonespeedy , the fact is we are also a software development entity (even if we have sometimes some bugs... ), so , you can be almost sure , if one day we do a MAC or Linux version , we will do it ourselves. Sorry for breaking your dreams

But , just be sure we know it would be very interesting to make our softwares exist (and work) on each widespread desktop platform. We keep your comments and suggestion in our minds.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions , if you have any others , just post them!!

Best regards,

Aurélien

My suggestions: Put MobiPocket into your as, if you do not want to support typical systems!

A Mac is not a typical system.
For Linux i bet a Device Reader will be implemented. after all both the iRex iLiad and the Pepper Pad are Linux computers. Not to mention Palm which probably will switch to Linux also.
What i gather from your words is that you want the versions now which is utterly impossible. I am sure it will need a year of development at least. Mobipocket probably has neither a Linux specialist nor a Mac specialist on its payroll yet.

robert_marquardt wrote:

A Mac is not a typical system. For Linux i bet a Device Reader will be implemented. after all both the iRex iLiad and the Pepper Pad are Linux computers. Not to mention Palm which probably will switch to Linux also. What i gather from your words is that you want the versions now which is utterly impossible. I am sure it will need a year of development at least. Mobipocket probably has neither a Linux specialist nor a Mac specialist on its payroll yet.

What is a typical system in your opinion?

A system common enough to create a substantial revenue stream for Mobipocket when supported.

mobi_aurelien wrote:

mstonespeedy , the fact is we are also a software development entity (even if we have sometimes some bugs...), so , you can be almost sure , if one day we do a MAC or Linux version , we will do it ourselves. Sorry for breaking your dreams

My only "dream" for the Mac OS X version of the reader is that it will be implemented. I'm interested in helping simply to get it done more quickly. If you'd like to hire or train in-house developers to get it done, please do! The sooner the better.

mobi_aurelien wrote:

But , just be sure we know it would be very interesting to make our softwares exist (and work) on each widespread desktop platform. We keep your comments and suggestion in our minds.

It would be even more useful to keep requests like this in your bug database so that your management can consider them and prioritize them. Thanks for listening, Aurélien.

robert_marquardt wrote:

A system common enough to create a substantial revenue stream for Mobipocket when supported.

The Macintosh is certainly common enough to create substantial revenue, if a company seriously decides to commit to supporting the platform. Do a little research into the Mac OS X installed user base and projections.

robert_marquardt wrote:

What i gather from your words is that you want the versions now which is utterly impossible. I am sure it will need a year of development at least. Mobipocket probably has neither a Linux specialist nor a Mac specialist on its payroll yet.

I'm not sure how you can put a valid estimate on this effort. Have you analyzed the functional specification for this project, and the existing source code? Are you an experienced Macintosh software engineer? Certainly, the full reader on Mac OS X would be a significant effort, but it would likely be simple and relatively quick to get something basic implemented. Most of us would be happy to at first have an application that simply reads Mobipocket books. Then we can worry about more advanced features later or little by little.

Anyway, why are you arguing about this? This is a suggestion forum - Macintosh users are making our desires known to Mobipocket. If we can't convince you that your opinions are invalid and irrelevant, why would you think you can do the same to us?

Thanks for all the comments you give us for those platforms..., sorry these platforms .

Regards,

Aurélien