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DESCRIPTION

"Runner-Up Best Mac OS X Leopard Application" -- Apple Design Award 2008

"The 3D timelines look absolutely stunning" -- MacWorld

Create timeline charts that inspire with Bee Docs' Timeline for Mac OS X!

Bee Docs' Timeline 3D Edition presents full screen, interactive, three dimensional timeline charts. Full motion 3D Timelines can be sent to Apple's iPod, iPhone, AppleTV, or Keynote presentation software with a single click or exported to High Definition video formats.

Stunningly Beautiful Timelines -- Film makers, museum curators, professors, novelists, grad students, and business leaders use our software to create elegant timelines. Join them and create your masterpiece today!

WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.2:
  • Image quality for event images is improved
  • Bulk Edit automatically switches to Chart View before entering full screen 3D
  • 3D: Images other than 72 DPI now display properly in 3D
  • 3D: Tick mark text is now rendered at a higher quality
  • FIXED: Mail Timeline function now ensures that new message is visible
  • FIXED: German and French localization fixes
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Bee Docs
Downloads:17,391
  - Version d/l:511
Education:Teaching Tools
License:Shareware
Date:12 Sep 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$40.00
DEVELOPER POLL
Q: In what field do you use timelines?
Education / School
Genealogy
Legal Exhibits
Scientific / Engineering
Project Management
Customer Relations
Other
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Jun 13 2008
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GROOVYDAVE  A nice little app that creates wonderful motion for presentation.

Would like to see:

A way to import other themes and templates.

Expandable windows on events. Would be a lot easier when adding tasks to events.  
(Version 2.1.2)

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May 13 2008

HERVé 5  - idea and realization both look great

- when I tried to import my iCal (intense, 5-users-based and extending 3 years in the past) the previous version just crashed :-(

Will try again with this one

I'd say: OK for small timelines of a couple of dozen items...

- lacks flexibility for defining time interval  
(Version 2.1)

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May 12 2008
*****

HANLERYO  I've been using this for the past 4 months and have made great timelines and have bowled over my colleagues and left them in awe. Great product.  
(Version 2.1)

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Apr 3 2008
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JOHN2563  I sent email to the developer, and I am still waiting to hear back from him. It has been several days.

I like the concept but it still needs a lot of work.

Major problem with exporting a timeline, into a Tab- Delimited file, then reimporting the same file, and it loses information. Useless Feature, if it cannot work correctly.   
(Version 2.0.8)

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Apr 3 2008

MACUPDATE ADMIN  New version available, just released today. No word on what has been fixed/improved/added.  
(Version 2.0.9)

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Apr 3 2008

ADAM BEHRINGER  John, I'm sorry you haven't been able to get through to me. I take pride in providing great service, so I'm disappointed that we weren't able to connect earlier. I searched my e-mails including those caught in my Spam filters and didn't find any e-mails from you...

Would you please try again? My e-mail is Adam at BeeDocuments dot com.

I did try an export to tab-delimited file and then re-imported it and it seems to work for me. Maybe if you send me your specific document I can work out what the problem is.

Thanks, Adam  
(Version 2.0.9)

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Feb 12 2008

MESOMYS  It would be great if it has support for Geological time scale.  
(Version 2.0.4)

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Apr 3 2008

ADAM BEHRINGER  Bee Docs' Timeline handles dates back to about 1,000,000 BC. I understand that some people would like an even larger range for geological timelines.  
(Version 2.0.9)

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Feb 3 2008
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NERRADV  I just downloaded this app and found it very easy to use. I have been looking for something that would visually display the projects that we have in our office with meetings, deadlines, etc.

I am not a left brained project manager geek and the project management apps like OmniPlan, Merlin, etc are just too complicated and unattractive for what I was looking for.

Bee Docs makes it quick to set up a timeline that our designers and technicians can understand and is easy on the eyes. While it isn't as detailed as a PM app, it more quickly shows us what is overlapping and where the fires are. It does let you add pictures and notes to each event which is also very nice.

It is missing a few features that would be nice such as the ability to manipulate fonts and manual layout. Automatic layout works though so not too much of a complaint.

I don't know of anything that is perfect so I give it a 4. I tried a couple other "timeline" apps as well but I ended up buying Bee Docs Timeline.   
(Version 2.0.3)

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Jan 29 2008

STéPHANE CARPENTIER  If you're still under tiger, avoid this software. The most recent version for this OS is 1.6 and it lacks a lot of features !

Please Beedocs, extend Timeline compatibility to tiger !

Moreover version 1.6 suffers from bad interaction with foreign languages: I can't enter a few months (like february, for example).  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Jan 8 2008
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OLIVERNIELSEN  I downloaded the demo, and was shocked how unintuitive and buggy such a relatively simple app can be. I really tried to make it work, since I needed a timeline app. But no luck with this one. Back to Merlin, even though it is overkill for timelines.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Aug 14 2007
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MOATS  Very easy and enjoyable to use, stable and attractive. However, it seems like it is missing some features that would make it ideal. As it is now, it is minimal, which is not necessarily bad, as it is clean and uncluttered. The paging options are nice, as well.

Some absent features are: added means to communicate lengths of events, or associated events (using tags, perhaps,) a greater range of style options, greater range of export options, and compatibility with .Mac and other services/programs.

Overall, the $39.98 price-tag seems a little steep but I can also see myself using Timeline for a good long time.  
(Version 1.6)

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Mar 8 2007

BNG  I tried out this product (the video tour was very helpful :)) and I have to say it's pretty good. Intuitive, easy to use, and a nice UI to boot, but there are some obvious enhancement possibilities in my opinion. I noticed some other reviewers had some of the same things in mind: multiple timelines, hyperlinks, notes, etc. The only other timeline software for Mac I could find is called Timeflyer(www.asinglepixel.com). I also tried it out and I was able to create multiple timelines and add hyperlinks and notes. You can also export your timelines to pdf, png, and even Quicktime. There is also a beta of 3d views. I am interested to see if Bee Docs has any of these features in store for a future release.   
(Version 1.52)

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Mar 14 2007

ADAM BEHRINGER  BNG, indeed we are working hard on a new version of Bee Docs' Timeline that should be ready soon after Leopard ships. It will have many of the features that you have requested.

For the latest info on the new version, including some screenshots of the design, check out my blog (www.beedocuments.com/blog)  
(Version 1.52)

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