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If "check for news and product updates" is enabled it "phones home" to check that once a week (or whatever your setting says).
You can disable it if you want to.-myarmor (March 08, 2014, 10:03 AM)
Also, if you can't compare a file manager to other file managers, what is the point then?-Jibz (March 07, 2014, 10:30 AM)
An interesting comparison, but are all these prices in the same currency? I know that DOpus's prices are in Australian dollars, but I don't know about the others. For an accurate comparison, they should all be in (or converted to) the same currency.-cyberdiva (March 07, 2014, 09:06 AM)
"I took it, but gave it back smiley"
Now THIS is interesting stuff!
Would you condescend to comment?-peter.s (March 06, 2014, 11:12 AM)
"Auto filters on folders? That's just plain cool."
Of course it is, but then, again, this automatic filtering of files should be accessible from within your main application, automatically presenting you a dataset reflecting what you're doing in your real work environment: Any file commander is just INTERFERING, badly or slightly, but interfering, with that "natural workflow" which in most cases, today, has NOT yet been realized for most people.-peter.s (March 06, 2014, 10:00 AM)
Well, you don't have to make it a policy that is published. But if a user contacts you and inquires about it, I would be more in the mindset of "keep them happy" and provide the upgrade only upon request if you are < 1 year in.-Josh (March 06, 2014, 01:30 PM)
I really don't feel that, in my case, the "three year payment" holds water. I purchased this product 10 months ago. I only received two update notifications from the program stating that an update was available. Now, less than a year later, I am being told I have to pay again to move to the current version, and oh by the way the cost is just above half of what I paid originally.
And yes, I saw the comparison about MS office. The difference there is, I have received 7 licenses to Office (2007-2013) that have cost me LESS than a single license of DOpus. Just because "retail" is expensive, doesn't mean there aren't promotions and/or other ways to obtain office in a legitimate fashion.
That said, I am not trying to be negative. In my case, however, I feel a tad upset about being asked to pay for a product I just paid for 10 months ago. I DID NOT receive the number of updates being mentioned here. I purchased the product in a state where those updates had already occurred.-Josh (March 06, 2014, 12:38 PM)
That's the two PCs and a laptop deal. (The single licence is one PC and a laptop.) The upgrade price for "ordinary" customers on that deal is AUS$74. I paid AUS$71 for the previous version on 30th April 2011. So it works out at about AUS$8 per PC per year. My how extortionate!-michaelkenward (March 06, 2014, 04:31 AM)
Yes, but those are features, not benefits. It's a traditional marketing pitfall to present the customer with features but not explain the benefits of those features, which is what I'd need to understand better to make the purchase decision. I was just hoping maybe someone here who understands the product more can articulate those a bit further.-dr_andus (March 06, 2014, 05:40 AM)
And that's why I apologised straight away - not just that I hadn't checked the details - but that I realised I had said it in such an obnoxious way that it was pretty unreasonable, and understandable if it got a knee-jerk response.-tomos (March 05, 2014, 05:31 PM)
We aren't really upset or anything, but please look at it from our point of view - we get an email from DonationCoder saying "hey, can we have a discount please!", so we come to DonationCoder to see what people are saying, and find a thread where mostly what they're saying is what horribly nasty thieves we are.-JonPotter (March 05, 2014, 02:14 PM)
With all due respect, when I look at the entire thread, there was one person who took issue with the upgrade window (as he understood it), one person agreeing that (if that were in fact true) it left a bad taste, and a few others commenting it seemed a somewhat expensive upgrade.
I'd hardly characterize that as anybody calling anyone a horribly nasty thief. Or that the thread was hostile or derogatory towards DO.
Apparently there are differences in individual perception. So be it. It happens.
So I'd like to suggest, going forward, thicker skins and softer words. And as Cliff Stoll so aptly suggested, many years ago, when online discussion forums were just starting to take off:
Lets:
1) Try not to offend.
2) Try not to be so easily offended.
(see attachment in previous post) Pax!-40hz (March 05, 2014, 04:16 PM)
Right... but I bought a two machine license.-wraith808 (March 05, 2014, 03:35 PM)
Ah, so it's a bit like Windows, which you can install on up to five machines? (assuming you buy five licenses of course)-Jibz (March 05, 2014, 04:13 PM)
SlickEdit is still better in the sense that the user can use it on multiple computer.When I bought DOpus 8, I bought a dual license so that I could use DOpus on two computers (probably my laptop and my desktop). When I upgraded to version 9, I was pleased to see that the single-user license now covered a laptop in addition to the desktop, so I was able to save some money. This policy continued in version 10 and, I hope and assume, in version 11 as well (I haven't yet upgraded). Here's a statement of the policy in the User's Manual for version 10: The standard license is a single-installation license which allows the installation of the SOFTWARE on one physical machine only, for exclusive use on that machine only, plus one personal laptop owned by and in exclusive use by the registered purchaser.-tn_dang (March 05, 2014, 10:48 AM)-cyberdiva (March 05, 2014, 04:01 PM)
I'm still on 9. I love DO. I just can't justify the price that often. It was the same with SlickEdit.SlickEdit is still better in the sense that the user can use it on multiple computer.-wraith808 (March 04, 2014, 01:32 PM)-tn_dang (March 05, 2014, 10:48 AM)
You can do the same with DO. I do currently.-wraith808 (March 05, 2014, 11:21 AM)http://www.gpsoft.co....au/order_intro.html
Directory Opus is licenced on a per-machine basis.-tn_dang (March 05, 2014, 02:52 PM)
Directory Opus Pro Single - Single machine licence plus one personal laptop
Directory Opus Pro Dual - Two machine licence plus one personal laptop
Directory Opus Pro Five - Five machine licence plus one personal laptop
Still sounds like a threat - and just a little bit 'convenient' to me.-40hz (March 05, 2014, 10:25 AM)
I'm still on 9. I love DO. I just can't justify the price that often. It was the same with SlickEdit.SlickEdit is still better in the sense that the user can use it on multiple computer.-wraith808 (March 04, 2014, 01:32 PM)-tn_dang (March 05, 2014, 10:48 AM)
We are not very impressed as hard working developers when we see stuff like this on DC….
Does not give us a warm feeling towards you when this kind of untruths and garbage is published without moderation or correction.
"they have a sickening habit of reducing the upgrade discount after a short period of time. It's currently roughly a 45% reduction - last upgrade, that went down to a 10% reduction within a couple of months"
Surely you don't really need four wheels, do you?
-cranioscopical (March 04, 2014, 02:04 PM)
