The official website says it's a LGPL product, but the licence that shows up at installation says it's also partially GPL... But linking against GPLed libs is not allowed from proprietary code. What's with that ?
This app is awesome ! It even has QuickLook support now !
The French localization is messed tho (wrong encoding). I've fixed it, you can download it here:
http://maconnect.ch/download/edrawings_fixed_fr_localization.zip
Un-zip the file and put it in:
/Applications/SolidWorks eDrawings.app/Contents/Frameworks/EModelViewFW.framework/Versions/A/Resources/French.lproj
This application is fantastic ! You can even limit the download speed, which is exactly what I need at the moment.
But you can't add several links at once, so if you have 10 links you'll have to manually add them
Well the point here isn't that your product isn't working. The problem is that you are overcharging your product. And just to prove my point, I re-wrote your software with just 100 lines:
http://maconnect.ch/download/BatchPDF.zip
And it does more. Like opening rtf or .doc. It it freely available, sources (under BSD) also included.
See ? Now it's a 100kB software. I know that you have to justify the RB and MBS licence to your accountant. But $40 ? According to that, I should charge my 100-lines product $200.
Why are you being rude now ? Feel free to insult me by email. Also, my products are free, so I don't see why I'd do what you say. I don't need advertising, I don't want advertising.
The size of the app does not matter. That wasn't my point.
I'd be more than happy to explain my point again, without offending anyone. Just contact me by email if this is what you want.
I really think that maybe we should have this conversation by email.
First of all, excuse me for my poor English, it's not my mother tongue. Also, I'll try to ignore your impolite and immature behavior. Such as that bad comment about my software. How else can I tell you : I don't care about good advertising. I care about good, constructive criticism. Not how many stars you gave me.
To come back to the center of our debate, I'll answer to your last comment. That's the least I can do after my first comment here.
> 1.
You are absolutely right about this. (I also understand that unchecking the "Mac" checkbox and checking the "Linux" one at compilation time is a painful task that justifies on its own an exaggerated price.)
> 2.
Again, you are right. Though that's exactly what I said on my 3rd comment.
> The reason it is 7 mb is because the code is compiled and can be used on 3 OS. Did you think of that?
Now don't forget that I also am a developer. I know how compilation works. There are 3 separate binaries, one for each OS. But again, I don't care since the size is not important. Since we both agree about this point, let's don't talk about it anymore.
> 3.
I complained about it because I thought it was set too high. You are receiving feedback, that's something developers usually WANT. I tried to be objective, I even wrote a small app to prove my point. Macupdate is about giving opinions, so that's what I did. I'm ready to apologize if my behavior was not appropriate, but really that's not what I'm seeing right now. (Also, you will notice by checking my profile that this is not how I usually react.)
> 4.
I'm sorry. I've been a user of RB for years. I mean, really YEARS. I think I started with version 2.0, but I cannot really remember. I know everything about its constant beta stage, non user-friendly interface and the slow binaries it produces. My opinion about RB is that you constantly have to look for plugins, and constantly hit limitations.
I agree that MBS is the best plugin for RB and that you can do almost anything with it.
I really hope this clarifies the situation, and that you can now see what my point was. Now I'd really love to hear what other people think about your software. Really. I mean, maybe I am completely wrong. But isn't that the purpose of comments here at macupdate ?
Well that's a good question, but I cannot answer it : developing software is not my primary job, I don't need money from that (you can tell by how awful my website looks). Therefor, it would be hard for me to give the proper price.
If customers are ready to pay $40, then good for you. I'm just saying that I won't. I mean, I can get really advanced and rich programs for that money (like, for example, ExpanDrive, which I will probably purchase in a short while. Or like GraphicConverter, LittleSnitch, QuickTime Pro,...).
I'm glad you can see my point of view now, I hope you will consider it.
I've just spent 30min on phone to explain someone how to completely remove this crap.
The mac was very slow and there was like 10 deamons running and eating the CPU time.
He was completely unable to connect to MSN, in spite on the fact that the filtering WAS TURNED OFF.
Do not install this. Wasn't worth the 14 days trial.
Perian
Maconnect rated on 06 Mar 2011
[Version 1.2.1]
Gtk+ on OS X
thanks
eDrawings Viewer
The French localization is messed tho (wrong encoding). I've fixed it, you can download it here:
http://maconnect.ch/download/edrawings_fixed_fr_localization.zip
Un-zip the file and put it in:
/Applications/SolidWorks eDrawings.app/Contents/Frameworks/EModelViewFW.framework/Versions/A/Resources/French.lproj
+2
Folx Pro
But you can't add several links at once, so if you have 10 links you'll have to manually add them
PEnGUIn Encoder MP4
(I'd give it 4 stars, but I couldn't figure out how the rating-thing works here)
+1
+21
Text to PDF
http://maconnect.ch/download/BatchPDF.zip
And it does more. Like opening rtf or .doc. It it freely available, sources (under BSD) also included.
See ? Now it's a 100kB software. I know that you have to justify the RB and MBS licence to your accountant. But $40 ? According to that, I should charge my 100-lines product $200.
+21
+21
The size of the app does not matter. That wasn't my point.
I'd be more than happy to explain my point again, without offending anyone. Just contact me by email if this is what you want.
+21
First of all, excuse me for my poor English, it's not my mother tongue. Also, I'll try to ignore your impolite and immature behavior. Such as that bad comment about my software. How else can I tell you : I don't care about good advertising. I care about good, constructive criticism. Not how many stars you gave me.
To come back to the center of our debate, I'll answer to your last comment. That's the least I can do after my first comment here.
> 1.
You are absolutely right about this. (I also understand that unchecking the "Mac" checkbox and checking the "Linux" one at compilation time is a painful task that justifies on its own an exaggerated price.)
> 2.
Again, you are right. Though that's exactly what I said on my 3rd comment.
> The reason it is 7 mb is because the code is compiled and can be used on 3 OS. Did you think of that?
Now don't forget that I also am a developer. I know how compilation works. There are 3 separate binaries, one for each OS. But again, I don't care since the size is not important. Since we both agree about this point, let's don't talk about it anymore.
> 3.
I complained about it because I thought it was set too high. You are receiving feedback, that's something developers usually WANT. I tried to be objective, I even wrote a small app to prove my point. Macupdate is about giving opinions, so that's what I did. I'm ready to apologize if my behavior was not appropriate, but really that's not what I'm seeing right now. (Also, you will notice by checking my profile that this is not how I usually react.)
> 4.
I'm sorry. I've been a user of RB for years. I mean, really YEARS. I think I started with version 2.0, but I cannot really remember. I know everything about its constant beta stage, non user-friendly interface and the slow binaries it produces. My opinion about RB is that you constantly have to look for plugins, and constantly hit limitations.
I agree that MBS is the best plugin for RB and that you can do almost anything with it.
I really hope this clarifies the situation, and that you can now see what my point was. Now I'd really love to hear what other people think about your software. Really. I mean, maybe I am completely wrong. But isn't that the purpose of comments here at macupdate ?
+21
If customers are ready to pay $40, then good for you. I'm just saying that I won't. I mean, I can get really advanced and rich programs for that money (like, for example, ExpanDrive, which I will probably purchase in a short while. Or like GraphicConverter, LittleSnitch, QuickTime Pro,...).
I'm glad you can see my point of view now, I hope you will consider it.
unPoster
Psst
maconnect reviewed on 09 Apr 2007
+1
eDrawings Viewer
Thanks a lot SW corp
Kids GoGoGo X
maconnect reviewed on 19 Sep 2006
The mac was very slow and there was like 10 deamons running and eating the CPU time.
He was completely unable to connect to MSN, in spite on the fact that the filtering WAS TURNED OFF.
Do not install this. Wasn't worth the 14 days trial.
Cocoa Cookies
doesn't work at all here.
Harmonic
MacFreePOPs
iSale