MAIL21  > We are not charging for Blogo during the beta period, and we tried very hard to make it clear that the trial is for 15 days after the launch. I'm sorry if this information was not clear to you.

How clear can it be, when each time I launch the app I get a nagging reminder, telling me that my trial period will be over in 21 (not 15?) days and that I should buy the app now...?! ;)

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> I communicated with this user, and the problems he is having are system-related and not due to a lack in support for his platform.

As I said before, you did respond fast and I really appreciate your effort...!!

Still there quite a few issues to work out, not just the problems with setting up blog accounts but also the constant crashing when trying to post and some others...! Anyway, this here is not the place to discuss all that...and I am pretty sure that your team will work it all out eventually...  
(Version 1.0b)

MAIL21  Okay, what's the idea of labelling an app beta and then still making it time-limited and wanting to charge for it...?! This is really spreading all around now...!?

Anyway, this app seems to be ignoring every GUI guideline Apple has ever come up with...!?! Not sure why the devs thought it was necerssary to do that...

It looks interesting though, although it only offers the most basic features, from my point of view...but then again, that will probably do for the majority of bloggers anyway...

I encountered a strange problem though: While I had no probems setting up the first blog account, it just won't accept the information for the second one...!? Both are set up the same way though, both running on Wordpress...yet I keep getting a message that my blog (the second one) "does not allow automatic discovery" which it actually does, and even after providing the link it asks for, it just won't connect...

So, not bad for a start...but not really convincing either...  
(Version 1.0b)

MAIL21  This is one of the ugliest pieces of software for the Mac that I have seen in a long time -- but yet quite useful if you want to administer or edit content on your iPhone...!

But even though it says "support for iTunes 7.5" it wouldn't work at first, but instead asked me for an older framework ...!? After that it worked okay...

Oh, and charging for each and every useful feature now seems a bit weird, although I do understand that people need to make money...but then at least get someone to put a decent GUI on that app and maybe even get it localized...!?  
(Version 4.7.1)

MAIL21  "Have you tried Adium?"

Yes, of course I know about Adium and I have used it in the past and still do, when I have to comminicate with people on other services...

I just like iChat better and I guess I kind of was hoping that Apple would try to implement other protocols instead of focussing on eye-candy like exchangable backgrounds and other "fun stuff"...!? :(

And since they do co-operate with Yahoo! on several other levels, that would have been a good start...  
(Version 3.0b2.78326)

MAIL21  "You can chat with Yahoo members on iChat, i do. Also AOL, Gmail and Hotmail members"

No you can't -- at least not in a seamless, elegant way, so to speak...!

While yo (of course) can communicate with ther AOL users (iChat = AIM) and even Gmail users (via Jabber) the only way you can communicate with Yahoo! and/or MSN users is by using an additional jabber account and setting that up as a gateway to the other IM systems...

Which means you have to use two different separate accounts which iChat then displays in two different contact lists and so on...

That was not the solution I had in mind...  
(Version 3.0b2.78326)

MAIL21  Just wondering...wouldn't it be soo much easier (and better for all of us) if Apple and Yahoo! just worked together on this and implemented Yahoo! messenger compatibility in iChat...?!? Oh well, one can dream...  
(Version 3.0b2.78326)

MAIL21  It's back...and it works in Leopard...! Even though they had ro take a re-route with an additional menu, it seems...  
(Version 1.4)

MAIL21  Actually it worked quite well for me under Tiger...! So are there any plans of bringing this back for Leopard...?!?  
(Version 1.0.3)

MAIL21  It also took me a few attempts to finally get it installed and running...but now I'm really glad that it's back...!! :)))  
(Version 2.8)

MAIL21  Since all the other popular Safari plugins are back under 10.5 I'm sure that there is hope for PithHelmet running under Leopard as well, right...?! Right...?! It just has to...so please give us a new version for Mac OS X 10.5 as soon as possible...! :)  
(Version 2.7)

MAIL21  It's not really such a big deal...but how about including a German localization...?!  
(Version 2.0.1)

MAIL21  One of the few widgets which actually make sense and are really useful...! Nice implementation of the search and info system for public transportation in Munich...!

(Wieso schreiben wir hier eigentlich auf Englisch, wenn das Widget außer uns Münchnern ohnehin kaum jemanden betrifft...?! ;-)  
(Version 0.90)

MAIL21  The download only contains an installer package...a little more information abou the app and what it does, how it's use would have been nice...!? Especially since it doesn't tell you where it's installed and seems to require root privileges...  
(Version 2.5.1)

MAIL21  Well, if some others find it "horribly unstable" maybe they should check their system in general...!? I have been using Xtorrent for quite a while and it works just fine (as do the other apps by the dev which I use) and has become my favourite torrent app for the Mac...!  
(Version 1.1v52)

MAIL21  Whoah, did all the Shareware prices explode after Leopard came out...?!?

I really like the convenience and functionality of MAI and I know that it has been "improved" in this new version, but still...15 bucks is just over the top, sorry...  
(Version 2.0)

MAIL21  2.5.2 brings everything back to normal again, thanks for the quick fix...! :)  
(Version 2.5.2)

MAIL21  Can't install on Leopard:

I just tried installing the version for iChat 4 running 10.5 and this is what I got:

"The following part of the installation has failed: run preinstall script for moreichatsmileys3forleopard". Please contact the developer."

What's up with that...?! :(  
(Version 3.0.1)

MAIL21  Tried that, still no luck with Safari...! :(

As I mentioned in my other post it does work with other browsers though...weird...  
(Version 2.5.1)

MAIL21  Actually 2.5 DID work for me...even with Safari 3 and Leopard...but 2.5.1 DOES NOT...!?! What's up with that...??? :(

(It still works in other browsers though...)

BTW, the first time I downloaded 2.5.1 the version was labeled 5598, after not being sure what went wrong I deleted it, downloaded and installed again -- and now it's 5560...!?!)  
(Version 2.5.1)

MAIL21  Not sure what I am missing here, but none of the plugins I tried seem to be working...!?! Inquisitor, PithHelmet, FLVR...nothing...!? I even installed them again and they don't work...and also the freshly installed ones don't show up in the PlugSuit list of installed plugins...!?!

And if that wasn't bad enough, it broke my install of 1password as well...!! 2.5 worked for me, then I installed 2.5.1 today, which worked as well...until I installed PlugSuit -- now I can't get 1Password to show up in Safari anymore...!! :(((

Hopefully I can uninstall it somehow and at least get 1Password working again...! I'll worry about the other plugins later then...  
(Version 1.0)

MAIL21  Yeah, that totall sucks...!! Even though that feature was highlighted in a Keynote by SJ and even though it was included in the previous developer releases they seem to have removed it within the last few days...!?! Hopefully it is just a bug they found and are working on so that the feature will return in 10.5.1 real soon...!?  
(Version 10.5)

MAIL21  Everything's running smooth and nice here on our two MBPs, and checking out the new goodies is real fun...! But besides the obvious eye candy there's lots of useful stuff packed into 10.5, just take the time to evaluate und you will see...! Yes, there's still a few things to complain about, but I guess there always will be...!? ;)  
(Version 10.5)

MAIL21  This is a great app, very useful and I can only recommend to everyone to at least try it out -- you won't really understand how convenient it is, unless you use it for a while...! But we've reached version 2.5 now and still no localizations...?! That's a bit disappointing, especially since it was said they would include a few more languages long ago...  
(Version 2.5)

MAIL21  Again, this is one of those neat little things that Apple should have included with OS X! But since they again didn't do it in 10.5 I'm glad that there's this simple and useful alternative...!  
(Version 1.3.2)

MAIL21  Not only is this app (like so many Windows ports) far from being intuitive and pleasant to use, it's also quite ugly, considering those blocky icons in the toolbar...! I'll stick with the already great apps for the Mac, such as Transmit, Cyberduck, Interarchy...and, and, and...  
(Version 3.0.2)

MAIL21  Not bad, I like it...would it be possible to make it a plugin for the AppleTV as well...?! That would be pretty cool...  
(Version 2.1)

MAIL21  Too bad, I was willing to give this a try since I have a paid license for the previous version...but with this kind of "upgrade policy" I will just stick with the old one...!

I actually like David's apps and have bought several of them and only give ratings of the software, not the man behind it...but one has to wonder what's up with him so totally ignoring the needs and wishes even of his faithful and loyal customers...!?  
(Version 2.0v200)

MAIL21  Sorry, but I don't really get it -- what's the point of the app...?! I mean, where's the advantage over just using the menu command in the Finder...?!

Even though it does allow me to authenticate, it still only gives me permission to read...?! That's the same I get via Finder, without having to use another app...!?

Maybe I am missing something here, but I was hoping that I could mount a volume and have the same permissions like when I connect to it through Transmit or some other FTP app...  
(Version 2.0)

MAIL21  This is probably the most Mac-like browser out there, always has been...! Anyway, too late now, too expensive...  
(Version 5.5 beta 1)

MAIL21  It just keeps getting better and better...my favourite browser by now...!!  
(Version 0.7.3)