Timeline 3D5.1.4

I've been checking out Timeline since version 1. Even registered version 2. The app is now at version 3.6 and, honestly, I cannot see much improvement over previous version. Granted, 3D was a big step forward… but in reality I'm not using it. Printouts just work in 2D. So, frustratingly, Timeline 3D still has the same shortcomings as version 1: + You cannot create a customised timeline. You're stuck with the date options the app gives you. In my case, I'd need for example a timeline just showing the months of the year. Now, in Timeline you cannot do that. It's either month and year or month and date. + The templates… still the same as under version 1. No additions here. Too few, not really nice looking. I'd wish for a better design. + No option to determine spacing between tick marks or compress empty areas on a timeline. Very annoying to work with. At $65 this is a heavily overpriced limited one-trick pony.

I've been checking out Timeline since version 1. Even registered version 2. The app is now at version 3.6 and, honestly, I cannot see much improvement over previous version. Granted, 3D was a big step forward… but in reality I'm not using it. Printouts just work in 2D. So, frustratingly, Timeline 3D still has the same shortcomings as version 1: + You cannot create a customised timeline. You're stuck with the date options the app gives you. In my case, I'd need for example a timeline just showing the months of the year. Now, in Timeline you cannot do that. It's either month and year or month and date. + The templates… still the same as under version 1. No additions here. Too few, not really nice looking. I'd wish for a better design. + No option to determine spacing between tick marks or compress empty areas on a timeline. Very annoying to work with. At $65 this is a heavily overpriced limited one-trick pony.

It appears as if 3.2 doesn't exist. When I download, I get something that calls itself 3.1.1, but when I Get Info it appears that it is simply 3.1 again. I assume the is some sort of glitch here and that if 3.2 actually exists, the developer will make it available. If it doesn't exist, he should let us know that as well. I like this program and it has really improved over time, frequently in response to users' requests. It doesn't deserve this treatment.

Even from Developer's site you get only 3.1 and NOT 3.2 !??

It takes for ever to "render" for 3D presentation the existing timeline (bdt3 file). After I've been patient for about 7 min, the "famous" 3D appears! But - it stutters, no matter I was using buttons in the upper right corner, or arrows on my laptop. And, last but not least - it "eats" up my CPU! This problems I didn't have with entire version 2. Now, what? Go back from v.3 to v.2? Where to find it to download again?

Incredibly easy to use and beautiful results

This app just keeps getting better and better. Many thanks to the developers.

Have you tried searching for 'Bee Docs' with a space in Spotlight? It at least brings up the folder for me. I agree with you that it's odd that the App itself doesn't appear.

Software is rigid. Only support Gregorian calendar. Can not use any form of historical calendar, so it's absolutely useless for any kind of historical time lines. It has very very few features, and zero flexibility. You can not create arbitrary events and drag them around the time line. Considering the price, $65, this is probably the worst rip-off I have seen for any software on the Mac, ever. Well, Stuffit might give it some competition. It's worth $9.99 and not a penny more. Save your money, use a drawing app instead.

I've been using the app extensively for the past week and give it high marks with certain caveats. Exporting to Quicktime takes a long long long time. I gave up several times using the timeline I'd created. Yesterday I created a smaller timeline with 42 entries and decided to let it run till it was finished. Started at 2:30pm and it finally finished at 9:30am this morning. The finished mov runs 2:37 mins. Intel iMac Dual Core, 2.8GHz, 4GB RAM with nothing else running. MenuMeters never indicated that either processor was using more than 8% capacity. I believe a much quicker way to create a QT file will be to export jpgs to iMovie or use a screen capture application while running in 3D. Exporting to another app will also allow for re-ordering the slides which for some reason drop an occasional one mid-timeline only to stick it at the end. When creating a timeline with multiple rows, I'd like to see dropdown menus similar to iCal which allow for which row the event is added/modified. Barring that feature, I'd like to see a way to have each row be a distinct separate color so there is no need to repeatedly scroll to the end of the timeline to see which row an event is being added to. I'd like to also see a feature that will allow the entire timeline to be seen on one screen even if the font size is so small it can't be read. Having that visual can be helpful in understanding a timeline. I believe this is a well-done app, and I also believe it has great potential to be even better. I will recommend it to others but I will stress that the export to QT feature -- as is -- should not be the one of the reasons anyone purchases the application. I've emailed the developers on weekdays and have had rapid responses. I have no qualms about their customer service.

I'm disappointed with the forced move to upgrade to the Pro version of Timeline. Dropping support and future upgrades for the standard version, instead focusing on the overpriced pro version is not a strategy that will be appreciated by users.

It would be great if it has support for Geological time scale.

I tried out this product (the video tour was very helpful :)) and I have to say it's pretty good. Intuitive, easy to use, and a nice UI to boot, but there are some obvious enhancement possibilities in my opinion. I noticed some other reviewers had some of the same things in mind: multiple timelines, hyperlinks, notes, etc. The only other timeline software for Mac I could find is called Timeflyer(www.asinglepixel.com). I also tried it out and I was able to create multiple timelines and add hyperlinks and notes. You can also export your timelines to pdf, png, and even Quicktime. There is also a beta of 3d views. I am interested to see if Bee Docs has any of these features in store for a future release.

Good but not great… Stable, nice and Mac-y interface but too limited. No parallel timelines, no hyperlinks inside the timeline. And I couldn't find a way to apply a font to a specific entry. Am I missing something? I guess I'll have to wait until this piece of software is updated.

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This is a wonderful piece of software! It is just what I was looking for. I wish that it had the ability for multiple timelines in paralell. This would help with makeing visually accessible comparisons (imagine country histories). Also, since I use this software for school, it would be great if there were a section for notes on each event and to be able to footnote events (for references and comments). Great work!