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Found Deals and Discounts / DisplayFusion 50% off till January 5th

« on: January 01, 2010, 06:16 PM »

Spotted on their homepage just now.

Many have migrated from Ultramon to DisplayFusion after getting impatient with the former's extremely slow development, including me. They still have their respective strengths and weaknesses, and DisplayFusion is a .NET program, which might scare some people away. So far I have no regret, however. DisplayFusion is indeed more actively developed and its author is more receptive to suggestions and feature requests.

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General Software Discussion / TreeSheets - an interesting and innovative note taker (freeware)

« on: March 24, 2009, 09:03 PM »

Caught this one on the mind-mapping blog: TreeSheets - fast, visual organisation for notes.

Its homepage is here: http://treesheets.com/.

It has a very unusual approach, and its interface might take some getting used to (its unorthodox use of mouse wheel, e.g.), but having tried it for the last two days, I have to admit it's very addictive. The first time you launch it after installation, a short tutorial (sample) document is open. Follow along and you'll be amazed at what it can do. (And if you're not impressed, or don't like its approach, it's pretty safe to uninstall it right away, for you've seen all it can do.)

Warning: it's a very young product, so don't expect it to do everything your favorite note taker can do.

[edited to add screenshot - mouser]

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General Software Discussion / Google Chrome -- a new browser coming (in beta) in a few hours

« on: September 01, 2008, 05:44 PM »

Some of you probably heard the rumor. Now it's a fact:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html

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General Software Discussion / Acronis charging customers for bug fixes

« on: September 19, 2007, 10:14 PM »

I bought Acronis TrueImage Home 10 two months ago to go with my new Vista machine, and run into several bugs immediately. Soon I found their official support forum and realized some of the bugs were there long ago. I filed two additional bug reports and assisted in locating the source of one of them. I even found and reported (to the company and on the forum) a workaround for it. They thanked me and said they'll be fixed.

From time to time I checked their web site for updates, but one never came. The latest build stays at 4942, released in March. Then today there's finally a new version -- TrueImage Home 11 and it costs $30 for upgrade! (Some on the forum said people who bought version 10 less than 30 days will be offered a free upgrade via email, but some who did said it's not true. Doesn't matter here since I don't qualify anyway.)

Come to think of it, we aren't even sure if those nasty bugs were fixed. They tout new features but say nothing about bugs fixed. (Have to admit I didn't look hard since I was so upset.)

Just to vent my frustration with Acronis, a company well praised here, on Wikipedia, and almost everywhere I know.