Poweruser
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poweruser reviewed on 24 Jul 2006
Mira
poweruser reviewed on 24 Jul 2006
1) it does not work. If I press the menu button, nothing happens.
2) the configuration dialog is a usability nightmare. the user interface looks polished in the screenshots but is a hell to use.
3) it rendered my apple remote unusable until I manually ended its background process mirarcd with activity monitor.
4) I got to work it once and could only select front row - which then did not work.
5) although advertised on the website, i see no way to use applescript anywhere.
6) it needs an installer and is hard to uninstall - why?!
7) finally, it's the most expensive piece of software for the apple remote I've seen so far. And the only one that does NOT WORK AT ALL. Also, I'm bombed with "register now" reminders. The limitation to three menu entries leads to that it can't really be tried out. VERY frustrating ..
Alternatives that work:
If you want a working solution for your apple remote control try Remote buddy (most powerful, www.iospirit.com) or sofa control (applescript only, but works most of the time, www.caseapps.com).
2) Sorry, but for me it is not. Putting all the options in a popup menu with submenus is not userfriendly - at least to me. There is too much information in too little space for me - sorry. But then this may be personal preference.
3) Yes, I did that. I pressed the menu key on the remote right after and: nothing happened.
4) Again: yes. I selected that, Front Row popped up and no matter what key i press on my remote: nothing happens. And when I try to quit Front Row with the menu key, the mira menu flashes up shortly, but i can't quit Front Row that way.
5) Ah. A misunderstanding then. I was looking for an inbuilt editor like in the other products. May give this is try then.
6) I still would prefer a double-click solution for - as it is right now - it looks like a black box to me that I feel uncomfortable with. But that's just my feeling.
7) I wouldn't expect you to say anything else.
Sad to see you can only react to critisism and observations with this kind of retoric. If valid points are FUD and SPAM for you ... ah well.
And I've not tried to manipulate anything in your app. That reminder sheet turned up I believe when adding the 4th entry to the launcher list menu.
But I'm not sure. I was pretty upset alredy when this added to it.
Having said that, your time would be better spent on actually improving on the points I have mentioned than to try to personally attack me for sharing my experience with your product on a site that is built to do just that. But of course you can just as well spend it on sniffing in my profile and complain that I use freemail because I don't see any use in a domain of my own ... *sigh* ...
And, from my perspective, it is also ok to point to other software that solves the same problem. That's not uncommon here either, btw.
I haven't bought any of the others, yet, btw, only tried them out.