The design is really great, and the interface on the iPhone is very easy to use. That being said however, it does currently have some serious drawbacks.
If you look at BusyCal, it will say "Mail" as the lead category where sub-categories go (where To-dos go) - in iCal they will be listed as under "MobileMe." I couldn't get To-dos to appear in Things after verifying that iCal and Mail To-dos were synced. Bizarre. Apparently you have to create To-dos in Things to get To-dos to appear in BusyCal/iCal/Mail. Irritating, especially since I already have 15+ repeating To-dos listed already.
Another problem (one expected in a future release - good!), is web syncing. I have to turn off Wi-fi at work, so with out web syncing, this is a serious problem (by default I usually leave Wi-fi off on my iPhone).
But overall, my main problem is the price. Things just doesn't offer feature-wise the sort of value I would be happy to pay $50 for. $10 - $12, maybe. Simplicity is a word I've seen often mentioned with Things, and true, it is. But I'm not going to pay $50 for simplicity.
Things is an almost-but-not-quite solution for task management. It really needs to be more on line with project management to justify the price. A calendar, gantt chart, etc. Then it would be worth the price tag.
Definitely a must-have for those who need a quality scheduling app. Had a few very minor bugs on release, the devs have been awesome about addressing them. Well worth the price.
Normally I am a Safari user, but I use SeaMonkey to do online Grad school work. It gives the illusion of being bare bones, but it is anything but. Setup is a breeze, the exact same setup as Thunderbird. Newsgroups format is very simple and setup with UMUC's servers went without a hitch. A very good multi-purpose app.
A nice app, but needs some tweaking to make it more appealing. The events and To-do's that appear on the desktop don't fit the entire screen (tried this on my iMac and MBP). You can't edit the events without opening iCal. You can't customize the colors to make them less noticeable. You are essentially just putting iCal on the desktop - so why not just open iCal (or BusyCal, which is better), and then hide it until you need it?
Overall a nice effort, but needs some additional features and bug fixes to make it worth 11 bucks.
So bug riddled and slow that it is best to avoid this release. Not only does Steam crash often and frequently, but Portal itself takes 6 minutes to launch! Both are horribly slow and sluggish to respond on my BRAND-NEW Mac Pro. Plenty of memory and a zippy graphics card to boot. Steer clear of this stinker and wait for the devs to put out a more quality product.
I have tried to add a new radio station and it won't accept it (it was somafm's Secret Agent). somafm's Groove Salad is already in Radio Gaga, but for some reason the app won't accept Secret Agent. I tried adding several other somfm stations, and it won't accept them either. I tried adding all of the different types of links to the stations that somafm provides on it's website, but no joy.
This would be a great app if it weren't for that one problem. It's a bit restrictive to limit a user to preset stations without the ability to add more on their own, I hope that this is just a bug with this release. I will stick with iNet Stream Archiver for now.
On a side note...users also cannot delete (or reset) any of the information in the most listened to radios list. It would be great if this was customizable, it would provide a quick reference list of custom stations without having to create a radio list for each.
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+3
Things
Robertcoogan reviewed on 23 Aug 2010
If you look at BusyCal, it will say "Mail" as the lead category where sub-categories go (where To-dos go) - in iCal they will be listed as under "MobileMe." I couldn't get To-dos to appear in Things after verifying that iCal and Mail To-dos were synced. Bizarre. Apparently you have to create To-dos in Things to get To-dos to appear in BusyCal/iCal/Mail. Irritating, especially since I already have 15+ repeating To-dos listed already.
Another problem (one expected in a future release - good!), is web syncing. I have to turn off Wi-fi at work, so with out web syncing, this is a serious problem (by default I usually leave Wi-fi off on my iPhone).
But overall, my main problem is the price. Things just doesn't offer feature-wise the sort of value I would be happy to pay $50 for. $10 - $12, maybe. Simplicity is a word I've seen often mentioned with Things, and true, it is. But I'm not going to pay $50 for simplicity.
Things is an almost-but-not-quite solution for task management. It really needs to be more on line with project management to justify the price. A calendar, gantt chart, etc. Then it would be worth the price tag.
BusySync
Robertcoogan reviewed on 27 Jul 2010
+4
SeaMonkey
-1
TimeWorks
Robertcoogan reviewed on 20 Jul 2010
Overall a nice effort, but needs some additional features and bug fixes to make it worth 11 bucks.
-1
Weather Vane
ShareBox
+6
RealPlayer SP
+1
1Password
Robertcoogan reviewed on 15 May 2010
+3
Steam
Robertcoogan reviewed on 14 May 2010
-1
iTrash
Radio Gaga
This would be a great app if it weren't for that one problem. It's a bit restrictive to limit a user to preset stations without the ability to add more on their own, I hope that this is just a bug with this release. I will stick with iNet Stream Archiver for now.
On a side note...users also cannot delete (or reset) any of the information in the most listened to radios list. It would be great if this was customizable, it would provide a quick reference list of custom stations without having to create a radio list for each.