MINER  Apart from the quality of Osk itself, the support from the developer is exceptional. I had a registration issue with the license I bought yesterday, and the iterative response process went at near on-line chat speed. And it resulted in an update to the application the same evening/night. And all of that on the day app was the MUPromo, so I assume there was a lot of working in responding and sending out serial numbers.

Again: exceptional!  
(Version 4.51.1)

MINER  As far as I know, Canvas files can only be opened (and converted) by Canvas.  
(Version 2.7)

MINER  Very, very happy that an update has emerged after a long period of silence.

Great product!  
(Version 2.5)

MINER  Don't forget that there is a Freeway Express too!  
(Version 5.2)

MINER  I agree that in the current state the product is expensive.

That said, I am still looking for a strong IMAP e-mail client, Thunderbird or Apple Mail don't fit it yet.

PowerMail would be great, but that has no IMAP to speak of.

Outspring is fast, clever (that brain works), and has a nice and ambitious plan ahead. It is my daily mailer right now, and whenever there is a quirk, their response it timely, to the point, and helpful.

I think the product will be great, and I made the switch now to be there.  
(Version 1.0.4)

MINER  "Nighthawk when it becomes available"

I think that should say

Nighthawk IF it becomes available.

Paid for the upcoming upgrade over a year ago, and not even a beta in sight.

Everybody may grunt over Chronos, but their product is here, and steadily improved.  
(Version 7.0.2)

MINER  I own license to both too. To be fair: Parallels in its current incarnation is quite good, but indeed the first version 3 releases were horribly buggy.

Fusion is robust, no frills, steady performer. It also has a broader compatibility with Linuxes.  
(Version 1.1.2)

MINER  And yippee!

I paid for the upgrade, to allow the company actually making Nighthawk a product. Did that yippee a year ago and fell thoroughly yippee ripped off now.  
(Version 5.3.1)

MINER  Everyone writes in is own way, there is no single solution that fits all.

I own Scrivener, WriteRoom, Ulysses and Storymill, and use them all, for different kinds of projects or different stages in a project (although Ulysses seems to fade to the background).

StoryMill absolutely has its merits, but like any of these apps: give it some time to really try.  
(Version 3.0.2)

MINER  In addition: I have experienced no problems in Fusion, running XP, Vista, or Linux for that matter  
(Version 4.1)

MINER  I think that is a feature of Leopard, unfortunately  
(Version 3.7b1)

MINER  SD comes with an uninstaller in de folder that you drag to your HD to install.

Use that uninstaller, and you're fine, I have doen that many times when I went to and from iGetter.

M  
(Version 5.0)

MINER  Have you actually looked at a recent version of MINDMAP before you posted this?

Hideous? Nonsense! True Cocoa-style app nowadays. If this is hideous, OS X is hideous.

Fiddly? I don't think so, but that is more personal perhaps. For me this app is much more intuitive than NovaMind or Xmind, but that is personal of course.  
(Version 5.3.2)

MINER  With the update to version 5 and the subsequent edition, CD MindMap has become a full, uncompromised Mac program. Powerful, easy to use, and for me much more intuitive than NovaMind.

I own licenses to both, but CD MindMap is the one I always use.  
(Version 5.2.2)

MINER  A Cinema Display owners best friend!  
(Version 2.5.1)

MINER  Very interesting as I try to chive the same thing now with webdav and Interarchy. This promises to be much more straightforward.  
(Version 1.0.3)

MINER  it even features a portable windows version, in the same license! That is great for cross platform work!  
(Version 2.0.2)

MINER  This is a very interesting promo. Even though I am an active mindmapper, this product is new to me!  
(Version 2.0.2)

MINER  I live to play this on my Palm, I wasn't aware there is a full sized Mac version too.

I'll certainly have a look.  
(Version 1.0)

MINER  I kept Classic running to allow me to work with Acta for quite some time. With the move to Intel I started to work with OmniOutliner, sometimes BrainForest.

Opal is Acta all over again: focus, focus, focus. With its current OPML capabilities it is a strong contender to get OmniOutliner out my Dock again. An app like this should have no learning curve whatsoever, and Opal delivers there.  
(Version 1.0.9)

MINER  I am looking for a replacement for the aging but trusted Kaleidagraph. I know this is not a one-on-one replacement, but it would fit my current needs: less science, more business.

I'll try a couple of hours and then decide whether or not to buy.  
(Version 1.4.8)

MINER  Ever since I discovered Riven and Journeyman, I am a big addict of games like these!  
(Version 1.0.3.1)

MINER  I love Risk games. iConquer I already own, this one I never heard of before.

Sounds interesting, will try immediately!  
(Version 1.15.3)

MINER  I own a license to MusicMatcher, as part of the Roxio BoomBox, but that never completed its work due to crashes. Perhaps this wil finally do the job and come up with some unexpected playlists for me.  
(Version 1.2.2b)

MINER  Not quite sure what this adds to the likes of NoteBook, DEVONthink, and similar simple to advanced snippet collectors?

A day is too short to evaluate that I'm afraid.  
(Version 1.0.1)

MINER  Interesting and useful. I use encrypted PDFs more and more (using OS X and PDFpen) and this can fill a blank spot in my tool box.  
(Version 3.4.4)

MINER  Nice one, if you missed the mega promo with Intaglio, this is the chance to get a drawind app!  
(Version 2.3.1)

MINER  That is an old favorite, though version 1 is still preferred.  
(Version 3.0.6)

MINER  I always used non-Excel programs out of principle for home use (Mesa, Mariner), but this one I use because I really prefer it.

Great app!  
(Version 1.3.5)

MINER  This is a very nice implementation of a proven concept!  
(Version 2.0)

MINER  That is exactly how I feel! I own licenses to all of them (+ Freeway), but always end up using Sandvox lately.  
(Version 3.6.2)

MINER  I am so happy it supports Vista.....  
(Version 7.3)

MINER  Good deal, I've been a faithful user for years!  
(Version 4.7.2)

MINER  Interesting. I currently use Exces, but 'll see how it compares.  
(Version 2.0)

MINER  like that is convenient........  
(Version 2.0)

MIRKO  I started using this app at v2. Like all ConceptDraw, the underlying concept is well executed, but the cross platform nature of the app does show up at the UI.

This version 3 is however a major leap forward in UI goodness (and I keep underestimating how important that is to me).

One killer feature that kept me with CD Project, in v2, is that a Project file can be a small bundle of projects, each of which can be represented in a all encompassing project, but which keeps tracking subprojects clean. The big plus with CD is that activities from different projects in the bundle can be linked to each other in the encompassing project. Difficult to explain, but unique for this program as far as I know.

Unfortunately the upgrade to v3 has temporarily disabled this feature, but CS Odessa ensured me it will return in an update.

Responsive support, too, especially on their forum.  
(Version 3.1)