First, I must express my appreciation for this Open Source project for Bangla. I believe that only an Open Source project can meet Bangla-speaker's requirements for a standardized characterset, namely Unicode. I have been following Unicode's progression since 1996. I was excited to see Alpona's use of Unicode for individual characters, but the conjuncts were actually implementing the private use area of Unicode.

At first, when I installed Avro, I couldn't get it to work correctly. I believe the fonts may not have been installed along with the program. I then downloaded the fonts from your Download directory, but the file "OTF_bangla_fonts.exe" would not install because it said that the file was corrupted. I tried downloading several times, but each time it said it was corrupted. I eventually found "open_type_bangla_font_installer.exe" and downloaded that. It worked well and installed the fonts for me. I also had a hard time finding the "usp10.exe" and "usp10.zip" file (both are used for the same purpose). They were in an area that required Forum membership. I nearly gave up when at first I couldn't get it to work. It would have been my loss! I now have disabled Alpona and Bijoy and am using Avro wherever possible (also recommending it to my friends).

In order to help other "newbies" install and use Avro, I thought it might be good to have both the "open_type_bangla_font_installer.exe" and "usp10.exe" download links included along with the main "setup_avrokeyboard_112.exe" download link on the Download Bangla Software page.

Maybe this could help others who want to try out your AWESOME Bangla utility.

Thanks!

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First, I must express my appreciation for this Open Source project for Bangla.

---Bob, if you are talking about Avro Keyboard, I must clarify one thing, Avro Keyboard is a FREEWARE, you can freely use and distribute it, but it is NOT an open source project. [B]I haven't published the source code anywhere...

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At first, when I installed Avro, I couldn't get it to work correctly. I believe the fonts may not have been installed along with the program. I then downloaded the fonts from your Download directory, but the file "OTF_bangla_fonts.exe" would not install because it said that the file was corrupted.

---Where did you get the [B] OTF_bangla_fonts.exe ? I believe this file is not present on our server.

I have rechecked the Avro Keyboard installer. It is successfully installing the fonts, but I am not sure about font updating. If you have any old version installed, installing new fonts MAY create problem.

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In order to help other "newbies" install and use Avro, I thought it might be good to have both the "open_type_bangla_font_installer.exe" and "usp10.exe" download links included along with the main "setup_avrokeyboard_112.exe" download link on the Download Bangla Software page.

---Thanks for your suggestion. I'll place the download link of open_type_bangla_font_installer.exe on the page you specified. But I want to meet people on the forum, so I want to keep the usp10.zip file here. I think the people who are coming here, coming only to get this file. This is a promotional strategy, nothing else...

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Maybe this could help others who want to try out your AWESOME Bangla utility.

---We get recharged from your appreciations! Thank you too!

Here I should explain why Mehdi (even I) wants to meet people at this forum. As Mehdi said Avro Keyboard not a Open Source Project but this is a free utility for all.

We, developers, make a software by spending lots of time and effort, and we wish to see what others speak about the uses, problems and other matters.

And there are many people who don't want to spent a little time to get a good one, they don't want to share their experience, they just download then either use it or leave it.

But we think onc should take some effort to share their experience/use software like Avro Keyboard.

Thanks.