DEREKLERNER  Studiometry v. 5.0.7 Address Book syncing not functioning correctly.

MAC OSX 10.5.1 Address Book syncing and Studiometry v. 5.0.7 does not seem to be communicating with Address Book correctly. Address 1:, Address2:, City, State/Prov:, ZIP, & Country are not showing up for contacts in Address Book and these fields are not pulled into Studiometry.

If a contact is an associated contact to a Client there seems to not be a way to enter in or view this associated contacts Company name within Studiometry. (1/20/2008, Version: 5.0.7)   (Version 5.0.7)

SONJAY  This program allows me to track my billing and generate invoices faster and easier than any other program I've tried.

But its comprehensive feature set makes it difficult to learn. I was disappointed when Oranged.net shut down their user forums a while back. There's a new Studiometry Forum for user--to-user support at http://www.studiometryforum.com  (Version 5.0.5)

NERGIZE  We've used studiometry for the past 6 or so months in our studio and it is constantly a headache. If you want to use it in a shared environment, forget it. We have one copy set up on one computer (that only runs this program) as the server, and all of the employees connect to it. About 1/2 the time when we try to connect, it fails and usually can only start working again if we reboot the machine.

Don't even bother with the built-in calendar. It's worthless. And despite what the site says, it won't sync with ical. Well, not usefully at least.

The price is ridiculous! $190 for something this difficult to use? If you're in a studio setting, the price get's crazy. For 6 people it was over $800. And you're lucky to get a response if you email the developer.   (Version 4.1.5)

OSKU PENTTINEN  I disagree with many of the complaints outlined in this group. I have been using Studiometry with my design business for about a year and find it has all the tools I need to track projects and bill my clients appropriately. In fact it has more features than I need, and it's good to know they are there incase the need arises. I have had no stability problems, it runs just fine. The invoices can be a little intimidating to custom create from scratch but that flexibility is fantastic when you want a look specific to your corporate image. The fact that you can create a template inside the software or through Illustrator and InDesign makes it a very usable and flexible tool. I send most of my invoices as PDF by email and it does a perfect job every time. It also reminds me nicely when client bills are overdue. It is a big tool to learn and I suspect that the majority of the complaints are due to people not reading the documentation fully, and with performance issues their equipment maybe poorly configured and maintained to begin with. I look forward to enhanced and improved versions of the software.  (Version 4.1.3)