LL performs very well for me and does just what it says, very fast, useful and informative, easy to read and to digest..
Log files can get to be VERY large quite quickly, and the ability to examine these in a much more orderly manner than just the raw log file is just so much easier and far less daunting.
The developer was very quick to respond to a small Bug only affecting Snow Leopard - thanks Andy, much appreciated.
IMO this is good - but not quite as good as QuickCal - qv
As I already have Caliander for display purposes only - its event input is poor, compared to Fantastical and/or QuickCal - I needed a decent input screen. QC is it in my opinion.
BUT
why oh why has Apple not created (a) the tools that developers need (eg) for decent repeating type events (like MS Outlook and Express) and (b) written its own killer calendar app ??
iCal by itself is poor
But Fantastical is otherwise very good - just not the very best IMO
I have tried hard to use Wuala (Mac OS Snow Leopard and now Lion) - but for me, it has been a total failure.
The user interface is very poor, the “manual” is long and repetitive, and apparently not up to date. It seems to miss out completely on essential information, and refers to non-existent buttons and menu items. How does one sync folders ?? Not clearly stated, yet fundamental to its purpose. The user interface is poorly thought through and generally obscure and impenetrable.
I liked the manner of encryption - and the manual is very good at explaining this. On everything else that matters, it is a total loss. I have no doubt that it all “works”, but it is just too hard. Really, if the developers are serious about their product, they should put some effort into the UI. The font size used is also far too small, hardly readable.
All in all, it looks like a product that is quite unfinished, simply not ready for prime time.
Endorse others' comments - terrific piece of software.
I Recently had need to reinstall everything on my MB Air. There was ONE feature still missing when I had finished, and I could not recall where it previously came from.
Then I remembered - a setting in LB which ensures that “other applications are hidden when opening an item”
Marvellously useful feature, I wonder why it should be hidden away in preferences / actions / options ?? It maybe deserves greater prominence in the Menu Bar
I guess the adage is true - if all else fails, consult the instructions !!
I am the wrong person to write a first review, principally because
I rather dislike the whole concept of the App Store, and having just now learnt to use it my dislike has increased further.
I much rather would try out a new app - and if I like it, THEN buy it. The Apple model is all wrong. The fact this item is FREE does not alter my dislike.
This software has no help info whatsoever - OK, on the face of it it is a very simple app - so simple I wonder if it is any real use. For example, when I last visited British Colombia sales tax was added on, and the tax seemed to vary with the product on sale. Perhaps somebody from BC can correct me on this ?
So giving a breakdown of the tax incurred on the Total payment is nice, but not necessarily the information being sought - if the GST or whatever is to be ADDED to the price on display - one wants to know the total price
Sorry if this sounds like a rant - my issue is not this particular app, now DELETED, but the whole principle of the Apple Store itself. BAD MOVE Apple.
Well I guess it had to happen - an app that I would like to try before I buy, from the developer - not from the Apple Store, where it appears I now have to buy it before I get to try it out !! I am not yet familiar with the A/Store, but I gather one must access this via the Dock. Well, a message for you Steve: - some of us don't hardly ever use the Dock - not at all - thanks to Dock Gone. One of the nice aspects of the Mac is the ability to "tune" one's system just the way one wants - and the Dock does not feature for me.
Pity - looks like I won't be able to try this interesting app for a while anyway.
I cannot figure the complaints - this is for me just a wonderful useful piece of software. I have been using it for very many years on a variety of iBooks MacBooks and now a MB Air; at this stage I am up to OS 10.6.6 - no issues, it just works. As a keyboard junkie, I can in an instant set a keystroke of my own choosing to do most anything sitting in the drop down menus on almost all software. I can use it in Mail, to move items to particular folders, just on a keystroke. I can apply my own keystroke to my favourite Bookmarks in FFox or Safari - there is almost no limit to its usefulness. For me, I much prefer the keyboard to the mouse - so much easier and faster - I rate it as the single most important software utility on my system, and I cannot imagine computing without it.
Log Leech
normb reviewed on 23 Apr 2012
Log files can get to be VERY large quite quickly, and the ability to examine these in a much more orderly manner than just the raw log file is just so much easier and far less daunting.
The developer was very quick to respond to a small Bug only affecting Snow Leopard - thanks Andy, much appreciated.
+2
Fantastical
normb reviewed on 03 Jan 2012
As I already have Caliander for display purposes only - its event input is poor, compared to Fantastical and/or QuickCal - I needed a decent input screen. QC is it in my opinion.
BUT
why oh why has Apple not created (a) the tools that developers need (eg) for decent repeating type events (like MS Outlook and Express) and (b) written its own killer calendar app ??
iCal by itself is poor
But Fantastical is otherwise very good - just not the very best IMO
Wuala
normb reviewed on 13 Aug 2011
The user interface is very poor, the “manual” is long and repetitive, and apparently not up to date. It seems to miss out completely on essential information, and refers to non-existent buttons and menu items. How does one sync folders ?? Not clearly stated, yet fundamental to its purpose. The user interface is poorly thought through and generally obscure and impenetrable.
I liked the manner of encryption - and the manual is very good at explaining this. On everything else that matters, it is a total loss. I have no doubt that it all “works”, but it is just too hard. Really, if the developers are serious about their product, they should put some effort into the UI. The font size used is also far too small, hardly readable.
All in all, it looks like a product that is quite unfinished, simply not ready for prime time.
I have gone over to DropBox - which just works.
+1
LaunchBar
normb reviewed on 05 May 2011
I Recently had need to reinstall everything on my MB Air. There was ONE feature still missing when I had finished, and I could not recall where it previously came from.
Then I remembered - a setting in LB which ensures that “other applications are hidden when opening an item”
Marvellously useful feature, I wonder why it should be hidden away in preferences / actions / options ?? It maybe deserves greater prominence in the Menu Bar
I guess the adage is true - if all else fails, consult the instructions !!
Sales Tax
normb reviewed on 11 Apr 2011
I rather dislike the whole concept of the App Store, and having just now learnt to use it my dislike has increased further.
I much rather would try out a new app - and if I like it, THEN buy it. The Apple model is all wrong. The fact this item is FREE does not alter my dislike.
This software has no help info whatsoever - OK, on the face of it it is a very simple app - so simple I wonder if it is any real use. For example, when I last visited British Colombia sales tax was added on, and the tax seemed to vary with the product on sale. Perhaps somebody from BC can correct me on this ?
So giving a breakdown of the tax incurred on the Total payment is nice, but not necessarily the information being sought - if the GST or whatever is to be ADDED to the price on display - one wants to know the total price
Sorry if this sounds like a rant - my issue is not this particular app, now DELETED, but the whole principle of the Apple Store itself. BAD MOVE Apple.
-3
PDF Signer
normb reviewed on 05 Apr 2011
Pity - looks like I won't be able to try this interesting app for a while anyway.
Menu Master
normb reviewed on 01 Apr 2011
-1
The BEST outcome would be for Apple to consider building similar features into the OS.
Doesn't seem very likely though does it ??