Hi J-Mac, thanks for the welcome.
How would you compare Breevy to those two?-J-Mac
Comparing Breevy to Direct Access, the layout of the main window is somewhat similar, with some big differences of course, but I will have to say that Breevy uses much less CPU and memory than DA, startup is much faster, and also, the UI is more responsive and not nearly as laggy as DA's is.
There are no existing bugs that I know of at the moment, but if you should happen to come across one please let me know and I'll do my best to fix it as quickly as possible for you.
Comparing Breevy to Phrase Express, I tried to make Breevy as clear and straightforward as possible to use, while still being very functional. I'd like to think Breevy wins in that department.
I included a quick-start guide as well as some helpful examples that hopefully will get you started creating and using abbreviations in just a few minutes. If you ever decide to try Breevy, please let me know if I've failed to make it straightforward enough and I'll work on it.
While being easy, it's also powerful, and most of the important features PE has, Breevy has. As I mentioned previously, as well: Breevy is in active development, so I'm constantly improving it, and if you'd like a feature added to Breevy that you think would be useful, just shoot me an e-mail.
Import from other apps? Import Word's Auto-correct dictionary?-J-Mac
Right now Breevy can import from it's own exported abbreviations, as well as from PC Shorthand. However, I do plan on adding other importers in the near future... MS Word AutoCorrect is at the top of my list. I would like to note that Breevy comes with its own Typo AutoCorrection set with 6500+ abbreviations to correct common spelling errors, that you can import by clicking File -> Import Typo AutoCorrection Set.
How do you fire off a phrase/word? Select your own shortcut? Or locked into one default? Very important one for me: how weel does it handle abbreviations?? (can't, don't, etc.?)-J-Mac
Each abbreviation can be fired in three different ways:
1) Immediately: As soon as you type the abbreviation in an application (such as 'addr') it'll be replaced.
2) After the trigger key is pressed: First you must type the abbreviation, and then the trigger key (Ctrl by default, but this can be changed). If you don't press the trigger key after the abbreviation, the abbreviation won't be replaced. Also, if the trigger key is a visible character (like a Space) it won't be shown on the screen.
3) After a word-ending character is pressed: After you type an abbreviation, you must type a word-ending character, such as a space, period, etc (you can modify what these word-ending characters are as well). So if you had an abbreviation of 'addr', if you typed 'address' it wouldn't be replaced, but if you typed 'addr.' or 'addr ' (period, space, etc) it would be replaced.
You can set the default trigger mode for new abbreviations, and then modify it (as well as the case mode) on a case by case basis for each abbreviation you want to use a different trigger mode for.
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