This is a dandy little program but not ready for prime time. One thing nobody has mentioned is that it COPIES all your photos to a library folder in your user/documents folder.

I didn't have any problems with speed and added over 11000 images from one folder. When I saw my drive had just decreased by 12gb I knew immediately it was sparkbox. Isn't there some way to add all the images WITHOUT making a COPY, perhaps the library db could keep track of the original and use an alias instead? Although I don't have any problem with small thumbs, the original -- COPIED??? I certainly don't need to keep 2 copies of all my photos and graphics. And that really doesn't help me tell where the original is, does it, not great for organization?

One HUGE advantage is the websnap. Frequently I build websites and have tons of images that ultimately get rejected residing in the folder. Going to the posted webpage and grabbing them all I can zip the current folder, clean it out and just dump all the used images in there and send just those to the client. Keep goin, I think you've got a fantastic idea here.

My open with does not work and is greyed out. Is that because it's the demo?

Great concept but not yet ready for prime time. After only a few minutes came across basic functionality issues. For example, refused to import .tif files until I changed to .tiff. No way to empty trash from within program. Basic functionality. I'm inclined to buy but don't want to spend a lot of time importing, organizing, etc., only to come across a game changer....

Pros:
It meets my needs to organize my images, I always want something could organize them, and I don't want to put them in iPhoto.

It's a Lion app, multitouch and fullscreen runs pretty well

Manage style is easy and familiar

Color search is cool

Cons:
the stability needs to improve

no clear guide to show how to use

preferences is almost empty

Gave this a try as it seemed to be just what I was looking for to deal with my chaotic collection of archive images.

Felt right at home upon opening the app- very Mac- knew what to do straight away and cracked on importing my stuff.

However, very soon found the app to get slower and slower as the images went in- we're not talking thousands at this point, more like 300 or so- until the beggar pretty much refused to do anything but spin that beachball...

I also noticed that, once a few folders had been created, subsequent orders to create a new folder would result in that folder appearing in the previously-created one and then having to be dragged out and dropped onto the 'catergories' icon.. annoying but quickly fixed I guess.

So there we go. In the bin goes another experiment. Shame really, as this would have been great for my needs, and at the best possible price too! The thing's just not ready.

I emailed the dev while sparkbox was downloading, asking about the likely price out of beta. Better write again with a copy of these comments now!

Aging (2006) but faithful MBP 2.2 /15inch/SL 10.6.8/2 gig RAM

This is the one I have looked for all the time.
Amazing!