I wanted to buy Coda 2 and started testing it today. Shortly: Coda 2 is a really pleasant html editor with a lot of functionality you don't want to miss. What I really appreciate is that Coda 2 is a real time saver: Its autocomplete function works fine and without hassle.
Nevertheless I have one big complaint: Coda 2 misses the WYSIWYG CSS editor that Coda 1 once owned. The new CSS editor of Coda presumes that you already know all availabe CSS attributes. This is a huge step backwards and prevents me from buying Coda 2 – as low as the introductery price may be.
Great, I'm looking forward to the final version of TextMate 2.0. I wrote my last Website using TextMate und CSSEdit only, so there was absolutely no need for a WYSIWYG editor. Thanks to the developer for the continuous hard work!
There was a time when Spotlight was a huge help to find files. But Apple made Spotlight more and more unfit: It didn't find the files I was searching for, and I didn't like the way the results were displayed.
That was the moment when Alfred came into play. The installation was really easy, and I liked Alfred's user interface. Alfred just worked for me in a few minutes, and since then, I never used Spotlight anymore.
I prefer Alfred to Spotlight because of the following reasons:
1) Alfred's much faster.
2) Alfred find's ALL my files (in contrast to Spotlight).
3) I can control my search by far easier than using Spotlight: To start applications and to open folders, I just type in a word. To search for files and its content, I press the space bar before entering my search term.
4) Alfred knows what I want to search for. In other words: Alfred seems to remember my search behaviour much better than Spotlight does.
5) I can configure custom searches, for example to directly find a term in wikipedia or to look up an translation of a word in leo.dict.org.
6) Alfred places the results of my search before my very eyes – I don't have to look in the right upper corner and read the results in a tiny font size.
7) Alfred is prettier.
These are my seven good reasons to use Alfred. As I bought Alfred's powerpack to expand Alfred's functionality, there are even more reasons to use Alfred. Thank you, developers, to offer such an huge time saver for free.
I like DockMenus a lot because it's simple and intuitive. I always wanted to remove the clutter from my desktop but DragThing appeared to complicated to me (too many options I don't need), so I bought DockMenus. To make DockMenus even better, I have three suggestions:
1) Make the icon in the menubar optional: Once the DockMenus are installed, you won't need its menubar icon anymore. To make the menubar icon visible, you could press the alt button on your keybord while opening DockMenus. This behaviour is well known from apps like Desktop Curtain.
2) Add an option to the preferences to show the titles of the items directly in the DockMenus.
3) When a DockMenu is fixed on the right side of the screen, it's not possible to see the names of the items when the mouse moves over the items. This is as the names of the items always appear on the right side of a DockMenu, so if the DockMenu is fixed on the right side the item names are outside of the screen.
Beware: 1Password 3.8.x is discontinued. The upgrade to version 4 will cost 50 $, and as version 3.9.x of 1Password is Mac App Store only, all loyal costumers that don't want to or cannot upgrade to MacOS X 10.7 are left behind. Also, there's no reduced upgrade price for users of version 3.
All in all, the behaviour of AgileBits is very disappointing: There's no obvious reason to offer 1Password 4 in the Mac App Store only and for Lion users exclusively. I once spent 40 $ for this application, and as the browser plugins are not updated anymore for 1Password 3.8.x I'll either have to stick with my current browser versions or I'll have to search for a replacement for 1Password. Sorry to say that, but this isn't the way to treat loyal customers, AgileBits! Shame on you!
So do you guarantee that the future browser plugins will work together with Snow Leopard – even in two years? I can't and won't upgrade to Lion just because of 1Password 4's system requirements. Anyhow, it's very disappointing that you offer 1Password solely in the Mac App Store.
Sir Gadabout! Why should I apologise for things I've said? Just my "Shame on you" was a bit harsh, and yes, here's my excuse for that. But all the rest remains as I said it:
- 3.8.x IS discontinued: There will be no 3.9 for Snow Leopard users.
- There is no guarantee that updated browser plugins will work for 3.8.x users.
- There will be no permanent upgrade price for ugrading to version 4, so if you miss the time that 1password is offered at a reduced price in the MAS, you have to pay the full 50 $. Probably YOU are stopping by in the MAS every day to look if there are any apps to get at a bargain price. Believe me, not everyone does like the MAS, nor has everyone the time to visit the MAS regularly.
- There is certainly no obvious reason to offer 1Password 4 in the MAS only. Many developpers continue to offer their apps independently from the MAS.
In the end, the only goal of the MAS is to bind developpers and users to Apple and to dictate Apple's conditions. Once this system is installed, you can't go out. This is called trusted computing, and it's Apples obvious goal (just have a look at what happens with the iPhone/iPad). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPyqRObDX3c
Beside that, I bought 1Password one year ago at the full prize. Do you really think I will spend another 50 $ for an application that stores passwords? Keep on dreaming! I will definitely leave 1Password, and I regret that I have ever bought it.
As always: If there's no trial version, I will not buy this software. By the way, 12 $ is quite a steep price for just changing the UI of the excellent ProVoc. If you charge for the iPhone/iPad App, that's ok, but not for "ProVoc 2".
Today, it's a sad day: While Espresso 2.0 is born, CSSEdit died. CSSEdit still is my favorite tool to develop new web designs although it lacks CSS3 support. Its ease of use makes CSSEdit a fast and clear application that offers unequaled opportunities. Use it in combination with your favorite text/HTML editor and you won't ever need one of those WYSIWYG code creators to make nice-looking websites. CSSEdit is a good reason to stay with Snow Leopard. I still can't believe that this great little application is not updated anymore. Really a huge loss!
As much as I like Transmit as much I do dislike the ugly gray sidebar icons introduced in Version 4.1.7. For all those who think the same way as me, here's a download link for the previous version 4.1.6 that still have the coloured sidebar icons:
http://panic.com/museum/transmit/older/
Hopefully, the guys at Panic will make the gray icons exclusively visible for lion users and don't bother us (snow) leopard users with this pain in the eyes.
I'm really interested in buying this software, but without a demo? No way! It's a shame that developers put their software in the MacAppStore whitout offering a possibility to test the software. In the time before the MacAppStore, no developer could afford to sell their software without a demo to test it thoroughly. Thank you Apple for offering this customer-unfriendly behaviour.
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Coda
Morannon reviewed on 24 May 2012
Nevertheless I have one big complaint: Coda 2 misses the WYSIWYG CSS editor that Coda 1 once owned. The new CSS editor of Coda presumes that you already know all availabe CSS attributes. This is a huge step backwards and prevents me from buying Coda 2 – as low as the introductery price may be.
TextMate
+5
Alfred
Morannon reviewed on 01 Dec 2011
That was the moment when Alfred came into play. The installation was really easy, and I liked Alfred's user interface. Alfred just worked for me in a few minutes, and since then, I never used Spotlight anymore.
I prefer Alfred to Spotlight because of the following reasons:
1) Alfred's much faster.
2) Alfred find's ALL my files (in contrast to Spotlight).
3) I can control my search by far easier than using Spotlight: To start applications and to open folders, I just type in a word. To search for files and its content, I press the space bar before entering my search term.
4) Alfred knows what I want to search for. In other words: Alfred seems to remember my search behaviour much better than Spotlight does.
5) I can configure custom searches, for example to directly find a term in wikipedia or to look up an translation of a word in leo.dict.org.
6) Alfred places the results of my search before my very eyes – I don't have to look in the right upper corner and read the results in a tiny font size.
7) Alfred is prettier.
These are my seven good reasons to use Alfred. As I bought Alfred's powerpack to expand Alfred's functionality, there are even more reasons to use Alfred. Thank you, developers, to offer such an huge time saver for free.
DockMenus
Morannon reviewed on 14 Nov 2011
1) Make the icon in the menubar optional: Once the DockMenus are installed, you won't need its menubar icon anymore. To make the menubar icon visible, you could press the alt button on your keybord while opening DockMenus. This behaviour is well known from apps like Desktop Curtain.
2) Add an option to the preferences to show the titles of the items directly in the DockMenus.
3) When a DockMenu is fixed on the right side of the screen, it's not possible to see the names of the items when the mouse moves over the items. This is as the names of the items always appear on the right side of a DockMenu, so if the DockMenu is fixed on the right side the item names are outside of the screen.
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1Password
Morannon reviewed on 03 Nov 2011
All in all, the behaviour of AgileBits is very disappointing: There's no obvious reason to offer 1Password 4 in the Mac App Store only and for Lion users exclusively. I once spent 40 $ for this application, and as the browser plugins are not updated anymore for 1Password 3.8.x I'll either have to stick with my current browser versions or I'll have to search for a replacement for 1Password. Sorry to say that, but this isn't the way to treat loyal customers, AgileBits! Shame on you!
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+99
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+99
- 3.8.x IS discontinued: There will be no 3.9 for Snow Leopard users.
- There is no guarantee that updated browser plugins will work for 3.8.x users.
- There will be no permanent upgrade price for ugrading to version 4, so if you miss the time that 1password is offered at a reduced price in the MAS, you have to pay the full 50 $. Probably YOU are stopping by in the MAS every day to look if there are any apps to get at a bargain price. Believe me, not everyone does like the MAS, nor has everyone the time to visit the MAS regularly.
- There is certainly no obvious reason to offer 1Password 4 in the MAS only. Many developpers continue to offer their apps independently from the MAS.
In the end, the only goal of the MAS is to bind developpers and users to Apple and to dictate Apple's conditions. Once this system is installed, you can't go out. This is called trusted computing, and it's Apples obvious goal (just have a look at what happens with the iPhone/iPad). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPyqRObDX3c
Beside that, I bought 1Password one year ago at the full prize. Do you really think I will spend another 50 $ for an application that stores passwords? Keep on dreaming! I will definitely leave 1Password, and I regret that I have ever bought it.
-1
iconStiX
iVocabulary
+6
CSSEdit
Morannon reviewed on 29 Sep 2011
+1
Transmit
http://panic.com/museum/transmit/older/
Hopefully, the guys at Panic will make the gray icons exclusively visible for lion users and don't bother us (snow) leopard users with this pain in the eyes.
+5
Hype