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Apple Safari

Teksestro rated on 30 Nov 2011
[Version 5.1.2]

Tower

Teksestro reviewed on 21 Nov 2011

Wonderful app - good interface, stable, and feature-full. I have to agree with the other posters, however, that the pricing makes it a deal breaker for me. Compare with GitBox (currently $20), and SourceTree (currently FREE), and the $60 tag seems to be out-of-touch with the market.

[Version 1.2.7]

Glyphs

Teksestro reviewed on 11 Nov 2011

Finally, a font editor for the new millennium.

The feature-set is already wonderful, and considering that this is still in version 1, the future of the app looks promising. It will certainly have an impact among font designers.

However, the market of font foundries and people who make money out of designing type is very, very small. IMHO, either you have to make a VERY high-end tool, and charge thousands, or - if you are going to market for the masses, like this tool is supposed to be - then you have to make it affordable.

As several others have already mentioned: a $300 price tag is not affordable for the masses.

I also have to agree with a previous comment, that if English is not the developer's first language, then they should hire the services of an expert translator. At $300/pop they should be able to afford it.

[Version 1.1.6]

Bean

Teksestro rated on 07 Nov 2011
[Version 2.9.8]

Fake

Teksestro reviewed on 31 Oct 2011

Extremely polished interface, very easy to use, and incredibly useful for automating functional and integration tests of web apps - in a visual way, and regardless of the language and framework(s) used.

It loses half a star for me because of pricing: $30 is too much for a single-purpose app such as this. Consider, for instance, that many developer 'helper' tools in the App Store cost below $10, and that some of the automation features included here are available for free in other packages.

For $5, I'd buy it, and make it part of my workflow.

[Version 1.8.3]

LiveCode

Teksestro reviewed on 12 Oct 2011

Version 5 is a great improvement to the graphics layer of the framework - apps do perform a lot faster. The interface and the ease of use remains. It's still super easy to make a functional prototype in no time.

However, it is disappointing to see that the promises of international text support - ie. UNICODE - by version 5.0 did not materialise. LiveCode is still hopeless at dealing with languages other than English. In the days of internet and global communications, really, there is no excuse.

Other shortcomings - like ability to import and export vector graphics - are still missing.

Overall, a good upgrade, proving that the product is still evolving, however the question now is whether these features will help expand the user base, or whether basic issues which are never addressed, release after release, will keep potential users in the global market at bay.

[Version 5.0.0]

Apple iTunes

Teksestro rated on 12 Oct 2011
[Version 10.5]

LiveCode

Teksestro reviewed on 10 Dec 2010

It is wonderful to see Revolution/LiveCode evolving and improving as a platform. Although I don't understand the reasoning behind the name change of the product - I thought 'Revolution' was quite a good name - it does seem like the new pricing structure is more flexible, and fairer: you pay according to the number of platforms you wish to develop in and for. Nevertheless, pricing seems to be going up, rather than down.

Unfortunately, it is disappointing to see that many basic features that have been lacking for many, many, many years are still missing in the new version - such as proper support for unicode and international text in general, import/export of vector graphics, and many more. The developers have promised that many of these issues will be addressed by version '5.0' - so, depending on which features your app requires, it may still be prudent to wait for that version.

[Version 4.5.2.1150]

Revolver Office

Teksestro commented on 15 Sep 2010

For single users there are often simpler apps that will fit your specific needs - try Daylite or Billings, Contactizer Pro, and the Jumsoft packages, for starters.

For multi-user setups, I cannot believe that a company charges a *monthly fee* for usage of their software. This kind of business model has been tried and tested so many times over the decades, and always fails. Customers want to feel that they own their software, and that they will always have full access to their data. Unless they change their pricing model, I'm afraid they will continue to alienate many potential small business customers.

[Version 8.2.0]

OpenLaszlo

Teksestro commented on 18 Sep 2009

Programmers interested in solutions such as this should also consider looking at:

* Capuccino Web Framework: http://cappuccino.org/

* SproutCore: http://www.sproutcore.com/

[Version 4.6.1]

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