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Upgrading RoboForm from v6 to v7: worthwhile?

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rjbull:
I just tried updating RoboForm to the 6.10.1, which doesn't (yet) work.  It just brings up the URL but doesn't fill anything.  The installation process loaded the RoboForm page as usual, but didn't say the copy was registered.  Instead, it's showing that they upgraded from v6 to v7, which would be a paid upgrade for me, and fairly expensive, especially as I licenses for two fixed-PC copies of AI RoboForm v6 plus one for portable RoboForm2Go v6.

Has anyone upgraded, and if so, what do you think, please?

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CWuestefeld:
As it happens, I was just rebuilding my work system yesterday and ran into the same problem you mention. However, the problem cleared up, and it worked for me a little later yesterday afternoon.

But when I first encountered it, I logged a support query with them, and I had a reply this morning. The important part of that reply was:

Go to http://activate.roboform.com/?lang=en in the browser to which RoboForm has attached
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From that URL, you can enter your name and your Order ID to register your existing copy.

As to the upgrade... Their licenses are pretty expensive, and I'm having a hard time seeing that it's worth the expense.

superboyac:
I tried the beta fairly recently and it didn't work well.  They are also going towards a ribbon like interface, I believe.  So that's what I noticed.  I switched back to v6 for the time being.  As long as the ribbon isn't too big or has the option for the classic or smaller toolbar, I think I'm ok with the upgrade.  It is a pretty awesome program.  Works very well.

CWuestefeld:
Roboform 6 is fantastic. It's got some annoyances particularly around the user interactions, but it does what it's intended to do very well. From the quote above, it sounds like v7 might smooth some of the UX annoyances, but I'm not sure it's worth the $$.

They are also going towards a ribbon like interface
-superboyac (December 16, 2010, 12:11 PM)
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I'm a big fan of the ribbon in Office (although I hope this comment doesn't spur further debate!). But I have to say that it's not always appropriate. In particular, I think that it's been a bad thing for SnagIt. At least the way they've divided up the various ribbons, it now takes me quite a few extra clicks to do my usual thing, compared to the old version. My point is that a ribbon in RF could be a positive or a negative, it's not clear until we actually interact with it.

40hz:
As to the upgrade... Their licenses are pretty expensive, and I'm having a hard time seeing that it's worth the expense.
-CWuestefeld (December 16, 2010, 12:07 PM)
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I'm glad somebody else said that. I've wanted to like Roboform for a long time. I think it's a fine app as far as it goes. But I always thought it far too expensive for what it does.

I had this same discussion with a few friends last week when one of them began extolling the virtues of RF. Most of us had tried and liked it. But we all (but one) thought it not worth the asking price for the convenience and features it provided.


It does, however, continue to sell - so not everybody is on the same page with me and my friends.

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