SCREENTOM  Great software. Great support. Thanks for the good job.  
(Version 2.0.1)

DONEBYLEE  I love Leap 2.beta and plan to purchase when 2 becomes official.

Only gripe is that I now wish I could REPLACE Finder with Leap. It would be great to have the Leap interface when I open folders and drives instead of Finder.

Oh well, I guess I will just have to retrain myself to always start in Leap. Unless someone knows of a way...???  
(Version 2.0b10)

FRANKEED  Odd that this software has "Leaped" from version 1.1 to 2.0. Sounds like they're trying to squeeze more money out of users who got Leap through the MacUpdate bundle last year.  
(Version 2.0b9)

CHRIS REED  I use Leap as a supercharged search engine.

Superb at letting me see the content of a stack of folders or narrow down the search to specific file types.

So a useful and unique complement for finder and Pathfinder.

I commented below, saying I was underwhelmed by Leap, so in fairness I have followed this up. I have to say this version seems much faster and less buggy, and like the comment below, with the plumbing cleaned out. I payed for the upgrade.

However, like other commenters, I found the spotlight comments location for tags and keywords did not work for me. I placed my own keywords in the spotlight comments using Hazel but Leap did not see them. I could see them in the Get Info box, but not Leap.

I am a visual thinker so file structure work for me. I can see the organisation. Tagging doesn't do it for me. I don't get it.

The tagging thing works for imported pdf's really well, but they are a small part of my HD content.  
(Version 2.0b7)

HMURCHISON  Leap 2.0 Beta is available here

http://www.ironicsoftware.com/beta/Leap_2.0b2.zip

It has redone plumbing and a freshened UI. It supports OpenMeta tags now

I've just downloaded it but it's only $19 to upgrade Leap 1.x and $29 if you want to get

Deep, Yep and Fresh with Leap 2.0.

Leap is quickly becoming a replacement for the finder for me once I get my tagging strategy down.   
(Version 1.1)

ANON BUD  I rather like this app. Granted, it has taken me a while to tag most of my files, but staying on top of things hasn’t been that difficult. I just make sure I tag a file after saving it and the rest just speaks for itself. I can find tagged files easily and this has helped me in my workflow a good deal.

When I first started using Leap, I used the option of integrating Leap’s tags with Spotlight comments. This was somewhat buggy for me and did not work very well. I’ve turned off this Spotlight comment option and things are much much better.

My only wish is that Leap would use the ”cloud-like“ (don’t know if that’s the right phrase) tagging that Yep uses. You know, where tags are sized according to the number of files associated with them? That would make this app visually more appealing to me.

Overall, very nice. I use it all the time, next to Finder.  
(Version 1.1)

CHRIS REED  Like many reviewers, I really like the idea but struggle with the execution. I too struggle with odd buggy niggles. I create a tag, ask it to suggest completion and sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't, or adds the wrong one itself. Sometimes a tag it shows is there in one list, doesn't show in the inspector or tag window. I will highlight a file in list view and tag it then the highlight will jump up to the file above. The loupe seems to have a mind of it's own at times and stick with a document I looked at two documents ago. The beach ball spins frequently whilst it 'does something'. Like many apps, the help menu is more like an sales brochure or upgrade list, and lacks an index of menu items or features or a structured contents guide. The app needs you to understand a different way of working ie tags not folders but in 'Preferences' it seems like a general chat about all the clever things the app can do, but no clear guide to what the given options mean or do. I have to go back and forth through the whole document page by page to find what I want. I see menu items but cannot find a reference to them in the help doc. So the knowledge I need to work with the app means the idea of tags over folders is hampered by the my failure to 'get' app not 'get' the idea. I keep finding uses for it but give up when I try and use it. It seems like an app designed by a committee with too many ideas that don't quite gel. The developer also seems quite keen to tell reviewers they are wrong or 'don't understand'. Maybe all in all, it works for people who don't like file structure or organised help documents. Maybe it's me ?  
(Version 1.1)

RONALDJOHN  Update. Unfortunately Leap, which I would love to give a 5 star rating, continues to be, in my experience, frustrating as the software seems to have control issues. I tag a file, close the tag window, and within seconds Leap removes it. I move a few files to a folder to be tagged and when I open the folder in Leap, some of the files are already tagged - incorrectly. When I try to remove the tags Leap returns them as soon as I close the tag window. I can't imagine why this is happening but the old saying about looking before you leap may be applicable.  
(Version 1.1)

THECAUSE  It would be nice if Leap could be integrated into the menu bar akin to Quicksilver, and accessible by a key command. I don't use it often because it feels bulky as an application that takes up an already maxed out dock.  
(Version 1.0.6)

RONALDJOHN  I am a small business owner that uses Leap daily to tag files on a dual core iMac and I find my productivity hampered by performance and unreliability issues. I have little icons in my menu bar that measure processor use. Launching Leap sends them shooting through the top of my machine where they remain while Leap is in use. The culprit isn't Leap directly but something called syslog which apparently is antagonized by Leap and it slows everything on my iMac, Leap included, to a crawl. This gives the seemingly simple process of tagging files a feel like one is slogging their way through thick viscous liquid. Leap is also the only tagging software I have encountered that handles the task of writing tags to Spotlight Comments unreliably. I have to check every file I tag to make sure Leap has tagged the comments field. If not I must go back to Leap and open the tag window, remove a tag, close the tag window, reopen it and put the removed tag back in. And this is no guarantee the problem is solved. I have had to this numerous times on certain files. I find this somewhat incomprehensible as this is a core issue and for a product like Leap to not handle this flawlessly boggles the mind. Make no mistake about it, Leap, in concept, is remarkable software that has the potential to vastly improve one's computing experience but until the developers solve these issues I cannot give it a higher rating.  
(Version 1.0.6)