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Summary: A Bug
Review: First of all: I want this programme and I really WANT to rate it five stars because the programme CONCEPT and EXECUTION is wonderful, BUT one ...key doesn?t work!!!! It is quote and apostrophe key. I have contacted Chronos and they can?t resove it. I refuse to believe that I am the only one using OSX Jaguar with this problem. I have done everything from rebuilding the desktop to whatever, but still no solution. Until Chronos can fix this bug the programme remains unpurchased.
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Summary: Hotkey features don't work out of the box
Review: So far, I'm quite disappointed with this software, for three reasons:1. Out of the box, the hotkey feature does not work in OS X 10.2. The trick is to download the 2.01 upgrade and the HotKeys patch. Now, I'm a computing professional. My guess is that ma and pa won't think about downloading upgrades as soon as they get home from the store. ALL commercial software should have an auto-update feature that alerts end users of newer versions. It's just too simple of a feature to leave out. The browser grab feature works only with Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator or Mozilla fans won't be able to use it. 2. The application's usability is poor.
a. For one, it's obtrusive. Where Apple Sticky Notes is simple and uncluttered (from a user interface standpoint), StickyBrain provides way too many configuration options on their toolbars (they have three toolbars!). Sure, I can click on the desktop to make the entire application hide, but there's just too much presented on the toolbars. To be effective, only the most critical options should be provided as shortcuts. I'm not even sure if I would use toolbars if I were designing this application. But that's just me...
b. They also don't need as many options for setting look-and-feel. For something that's supposed to simplify my life, it sure does distract me with more decisions on how to decorate my stickies. I can see lots of busy people wasting time monkeying around with their sticky colors and/or textures.
c. Also, if you don't place your toolbars properly, new notes sometimes get created underneath a toolbar. Very annoying. My suggestions: make the toolbars configurable, like vertical or horizontal orientation and removing buttons you don't need. 3. It doesn't import OS X format Sticky Notes! The documentation blathers something about incompatible file formats, but that's only because they don't know what the Sticky Note file format is. My guess is that they're unwilling to invest in the file conversion technology to make this happen. Conclusion: One word -- USABILITY. Chronos needs to tighten up this package for it to provide the seamless, integrated features it advertises on the box. It's fine for techies that know enough to look for ugprades and tweak the operating system to auto-launch this app. Novices will be frustrated trying to get it to work. Once you're set up though, it's a fine upgrade to Sticky Notes.
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Summary: Hotkey features don't work out of the box
Review: So far, I'm quite disappointed with this software, for three reasons: 1. Out of the box, the hotkey feature does not work in OS X 10.2. The trick is to download the 2.01 upgrade and the HotKeys patch. Now, I'm a computing professional. My guess is that ma and pa won't think about downloading upgrades as soon as they get home from the store. ALL commercial software should have an auto-update feature that alerts end users of newer versions. It's just too simple of a feature to leave out. The browser grab feature works only with Internet Explorer. Netscape Navigator or Mozilla fans won't be able to use it. 2. The application's usability is poor.
a. For one, it's obtrusive. Where Apple Sticky Notes is simple and uncluttered (from a user interface standpoint), StickyBrain provides way too many configuration options on their toolbars (they have three toolbars!). Sure, I can click on the desktop to make the entire application hide, but there's just too much presented on the toolbars. To be effective, only the most critical options should be provided as shortcuts. I'm not even sure if I would use toolbars if I were designing this application. But that's just me...
b. They also don't need as many options for setting look-and-feel. For something that's supposed to simplify my life, it sure does distract me with more decisions on how to decorate my stickies. I can see lots of busy people wasting time monkeying around with their sticky colors and/or textures.
c. Also, if you don't place your toolbars properly, new notes sometimes get created underneath a toolbar. Very annoying. My suggestions: make the toolbars configurable, like vertical or horizontal orientation and removing buttons you don't need. 3. It doesn't import OS X format Sticky Notes! The documentation blathers something about incompatible file formats, but that's only because they don't know what the Sticky Note file format is. My guess is that they're unwilling to invest in the file conversion technology to make this happen. Conclusion: One word -- USABILITY. Chronos needs to tighten up this package for it to provide the seamless, integrated features it advertises on the box. It's fine for techies that know enough to look for ugprades and tweak the operating system to auto-launch this app. Novices will be frustrated trying to get it to work. Once you're set up though, it's a fine upgrade to Sticky Notes.
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Summary: I Can't Live Without My Sticky Brain!
Review: This program is great! I have never encountered anything like it. Information is so easily stored and retrieved; it would be impossible to lose track of anything! I use it for lists for the most part; but the capabilities are endless. It even comes with a lot of useful information built in. The program is very customizable. For the one reviewer who wanted to give the program 5 stars but couldn't because of the quote/apostrophe key: whatever the problem was, it's been fixed. I am using Panther and have no problems with that. Everything works as promised. As for the other reviewer who found the program difficult to use, I don't know what to say about that. I suppose any piece of software is better for some than for others; but according to media reviews and my own experience, I would say Sticky Brain is very intuitive and easy to use. In fact, one day I plan to read the manual so that I can use some of the features I haven't explored yet! 5 STARS!
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