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Qu-s 1.2
#4
Posted 13 May 2009 - 06:21 AM
I think that a three mouse rating is quite low for this great little app. I personally find the dashboard sticky notes obtuse and useless, so this is a great replacement/enhancement. Comparing it to full-blown to-do apps also seems like a spurious comparison as this really has a different goal in mind.
I agree with Urban Design, the immediacy of having these adhered to your desktop without being directly manipulate-able is very effective for the way I work. Also the attention to detail in the overall visual design of the app (and it's ability to fade into the desktop without being visually intrusive) was one of its big appeals.
I have been running this now for over a month without any issues (no stability problems). I think that reviewing it against a browser that is still in Beta is again somewhat spurious, so I would expect that any review should take into account it's interaction with fully released software and not a public beta.
Anyway, for any who care, I would rate this a solid 4 mice and maybe even 4.5 (I have to agree about the window sizing, although I think I understand the aesthetic reasoning behind this decision).
I agree with Urban Design, the immediacy of having these adhered to your desktop without being directly manipulate-able is very effective for the way I work. Also the attention to detail in the overall visual design of the app (and it's ability to fade into the desktop without being visually intrusive) was one of its big appeals.
I have been running this now for over a month without any issues (no stability problems). I think that reviewing it against a browser that is still in Beta is again somewhat spurious, so I would expect that any review should take into account it's interaction with fully released software and not a public beta.
Anyway, for any who care, I would rate this a solid 4 mice and maybe even 4.5 (I have to agree about the window sizing, although I think I understand the aesthetic reasoning behind this decision).
#5
Posted 13 May 2009 - 05:35 PM
I used version 1.1 and it was a huge memory hog. It slowed down my system numerous times and crashed enough to become a nuisance. Don't know how much it has improved with v1.2, but I definitely agree it's not the most stable app out there. I'd say 3 mice is fair.
#6
Posted 13 May 2009 - 11:39 PM
+1 ARM
Memory usage and some other glitches mentioned in this review earn the product a 3 mice. I think the developer is onto something here and the app is beginning to mature but it took up way too much memory IMO for an app of its style and manipulating some of the data wasn't as fluid as I'd like. Perhaps by verison 1.5 or even 2.0 we're looking at a 4 to 4.5 mice app.
Memory usage and some other glitches mentioned in this review earn the product a 3 mice. I think the developer is onto something here and the app is beginning to mature but it took up way too much memory IMO for an app of its style and manipulating some of the data wasn't as fluid as I'd like. Perhaps by verison 1.5 or even 2.0 we're looking at a 4 to 4.5 mice app.
#8
Posted 14 May 2009 - 03:12 PM
It is one of those things where I liked that the app was right there on the Finder, until I found myself trying to click on a note and realized they were embedded in such a way that you have to switch over to the app. As for the comparisons to other apps, I see your point but I tend to view the overall utility of an app, and not just the feature set and price. I need to stay organized -- do I use an app that costs more and does more or costs less and does less?
#9
Posted 17 May 2009 - 09:39 AM
I also like the embedded nature of these notes/stickies. It works well with icalviewer. The programmer/designer really has a good aesthetic sense. It has been pretty stable on my machine and when I checked activity monitor it didn't seem to be hogging memory when sitting passively in the background. Printing and organizing the stored stickies is what I'd like to see improved but despite that, this is now my default note taker.
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