Quote from: J-Mac on February 13, 2010, 05:45 AM

I will say that the Breevy developer reacted much smarter to the attacks and slurs than the DA guy did. BTW, I'm now using Breevy.  

Do you know if there are any advantages of Breezy over DA?  I was using DA, then switched to MacroExpress Pro, but it's a bit too heavy for launching applications (though good for a lot of other things), so I've been looking at the newest version of DA...  how does Breezy compare?

I had DA 1 and I have a license for DA2 or 2.5, but the developer changed his product to a subscription-based program. I didn't renew my "subscription".

I had a lot of problems using DA. For one thing, it could not handle abbreviations well, often deleting the word and replacing it with the first letter doubled and sometimes tripled. Also in some programs DA did not register line feeds/breaks, thus rendering a name and address field all on one line without spaces. Things like that. Further, it choked on Vista for about the first six months, not opening or opening and immediately closing. Some things he fixed; others he seemed to ignore. Check my posts at their forum for a recap.

Breevy is very similar but I haven't had the same kinds of difficulties with it so far.

Jim

One last comment: Personally I don’t care much either way, banned or not. I just said "Good..." meaning that it would have been nice for a change to read through a thread about a new text expander - any new text expander - and not have to see it turn into a stink bomb war!

Thank you.

Jim

I had DA 1 and I have a license for DA2 or 2.5, but the developer changed his product to a subscription-based program. I didn't renew my "subscription".

That was actually sort of a 'lost in the translation' moment.  What the new license is in essence is a purchase with a 1 year upgrade protection policy, i.e. if you buy, then you get all version (major and minor) released during the year for free, instead of the former lifetime upgrade policy.  You can keep using your version for as long as you like (which is substantially different from an 'subscription' policy where you can't use the software after your subscription runs out a la Auction Sentry Deluxe).

Quote from: wraith808 on February 13, 2010, 04:15 PM

I was using DA, then switched to MacroExpress Pro, but it's a bit too heavy for launching applications (though good for a lot of other things)

You might like to know that Insight Software, makers of Macro Express, also offer ShortKeys, which seems to be specifically an expander, and presumably a subset of Macro Express itself.

Thanks, but that doesn't launch apps, which is really what I use DA for.

Quote from: rjbull on February 13, 2010, 08:15 PM

Quote from: wraith808 on February 13, 2010, 04:15 PM

I was using DA, then switched to MacroExpress Pro, but it's a bit too heavy for launching applications (though good for a lot of other things)

ShortKeys

Thanks, but that doesn't launch apps, which is really what I use DA for.

Two suggestions: if you want a text expander that launches, try Typing Assistant, which does.  It's payware.  If you just want a launcher that works from shorthand/keywords, have you written off SlickRun, freeware?

@rjbull: We invest several thousand Euros every month to drive traffic to our website. I kindly ask for your understanding that we do not want to give competitors free exposure/advertising. If you want to discuss other products, you are welcome and free to do it everywhere else (e.g. here) but please do not do it in our support forum that is solely dedicated for technical issues with PhraseExpress as explained in our forum disclaimer (which ironically have inspired DirectAccess quite a bit for "his" forum disclaimer. This guy is just plain incredible. *duckandcover* :-)).

Your actual support request was quite general in nature and it would require a 30 minute training to configure PhraseExpress for your specific task if we would have to start from "zero". That is why we recommended you to start with the manual that explains the general concept with many step-by-step video tutorials.

This would give you an overview about the PhraseExpress concept and would make it much easier for us and for you to go into details afterwards. We are there to help but it makes it easier if you made some first steps with PhraseExpress first before engaging with advanced configuration. I am sorry that I have not made this clear in my first reply to you.


> "It was basically about features being integrated rather than a byte-for-byte copy that I remember."

Just one example and evidence.


@J-Mac: Unfortunately, my Breevy related postings have been censored/deleted here and I have been banned from this forum (so much about “1984”). That said, I find it important to mention that I never said that Breevy stole from us. I rather mentioned that the Breevy maker seem to have been very attracted by the DirectAccess user interface. My posting had nothing to do with PhraseExpress. I actually was advocate for DirectAccess in that particular matter.


> how can we expect someone to not reply to a thread claiming he has no proof people are stealing his work?

This is a very good point. A few users here are twisting my words as they like and expect from me not to set it straight.

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I'm using Nagarsoft's wording.
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Oh, I understand your reasoning, I just don't think that was the intent, as I clarified by asking Nagarsoft directly, hence the "lost in translation" reference.

> "It was basically about features being integrated rather than a byte-for-byte copy that I remember."

@wraith: You already impressed in earlier postings by never willing to recognize the actual information provided. Just one example and evidence to help you regarding the byte-for-byte theft accusation.

I'm not getting drawn into this, as I've already deleted the comment, but let's just say that I never rebutted any statements you made about that software (and indeed, never discussed it with you, as I don't know anything about it, nor have I ever used it).  My statements were in direct response to the claims against DA, which I do use, so please don't twist what I said?  And can we drop it since I removed the comment that you quoted before you quoted it, so you did this just as an irritant, which in the end is irritating mouser more than me.

Thank you for doing so.

@rjbull: We invest several thousand Euros every month to drive traffic to our website. I kindly ask for your understanding that we have no interest to have third party products mentioned in our forums and give competitors free advertising. If you want to discuss other products, you are welcome and free to do it everywhere else (e.g. here) but please do not do it in our support forum that is solely dedicated for technical issues with PhraseExpress

When I made that post I genuinely believed that IntelliComplete had been withdrawn from sale, other than the Server edition which comes with some editors (in fact, now I check, it is back on FlashPeak's site).  What I wanted to know was whether PhraseExpress worked, or could be made to work, the same way that IntelliComplete or Comfort Keys do.  I don't think asking is unreasonable.  It's a convenient way of describing what I mean.  We've all looked at other products.  Merely mentioning them is not to be automatically construed as advertising, even if I like them at some level.  Pretending they do not exist is futile.  If one is not allowed to make comparisons, it is hard to see how users can make suggestions for improvement. 

Please read http://support.phraseexpress.com to learn more why we use a support forum rather than email based support.

We do not know everything - Enthusiastic users can step in and share their knowledge.

Your behaviour is hardly calculated to encourage "enthusiastic users."

Your actual support request was quite general in nature and it would require a 30 minute training to configure PhraseExpress for your specific task if we would have to start from "zero". That is why we recommended you to start with the manual that explains the general concept with many step-by-step video tutorials.

In an ideal world, everyone would read the manual.  In practice, nobody does.  Nobody has time.  You answered my other query about sorting; if you didn't answer this one, my natural assumption was that PhraseExpress could not do as I wanted.

it makes it easier if you made some first steps with PhraseExpress first before engaging with advanced configuration. I am sorry that I have not made this clear in my first reply to you.

There are things I need it to do that may not be at what you consider beginner's level.  I rarely have time to wade through exercises, and rarely do I need to.  If I do, there's probably something wrong with the software.

my Breevy related postings have been censored/deleted here and I have been banned from this forum (so much about “1984”).

It was I that mentioned 1984, not J-Mac.  Even in societies that approve of free speech, there are limits to what you can say, such as libel, or incitement to hatred.  DC may be a discussion forum, but the moderators still have to keep the peace.

we have no financial benefit if you use PhraseExpress as it is free-of-charge (as in "we worked 8 man year for you and you can take advantage of this work without pulling your credit card") for personal use and we granted DonationCoders an exclusive 70% discount.

Which I took up.  And upgraded to the more recent and more expensive Pro version, which didn't have a further DC discount.  So it's not as if you hadn't received any monies from me.

My statements were in direct response to the claims against DA, which I do use, so please don't twist what I said?

No twist at all. I can also help you in this case (Byte-wise stealing at 1:03).

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I removed the comment that you quoted before you quoted it, so you did this just as an irritant

You made my day: You write junk. Then, you realize that it was junk and removed it. Now, you accuse me of "irritating" because I accidentally took your junk serious?!

Wow! This requires a very strong personality.

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My statements were in direct response to the claims against DA, which I do use, so please don't twist what I said?

No twist at all. I can also help you in this case (Byte-wise stealing at 1:03). But no need to reply on that one. I have provided it to you already and you ignored it at that time.

One thing is strange anyway - Is it that you have an "agenda" and set a Google Alert trigger on us just waiting to bash? I wonder because you show up  e v e r y  s i n g l e  time whenever our name is mentioned. Why not just ignore, please? I asked you that before but you ignored that as well. Do so from now on, PLEASE!

I'm on the boards regularly.  It's you that does it.  Look at my post count, and how many times I post in relation to you.  And I removed the post in reference to mouser's request.  And now I'm done.  Thanks.

ok guys and gals, let's wind down this thread.. if you feel absolutely compelled to say something that hasn't been said, and feel like you need to get in another punch before the teachers break up the fight, go for it, then let's lock this unfortunate thread and move on.

I think everyone owes Michael an apology- I think Michael does a great job!

He's PhraseExpress's loyal terrier; he's apparently intelligent- BUT also has blinders on to the world. His point of view is the ONLY one; there is no other manner of discussion...

But I guess I'd be omnipotent too, if I was the only one doing support, and all I had was my 'canned responses' to deal with all these 'people'.
God forbid if someone asks a question that's not in his 'response list'.

I found this thread by mistake; I was doing some general searches, thinking that I might find a different side of PhraseExpress support, but NO, here he is again... with his normal shtick. Showing the crowd how cute and lovable he can be... with all his little smile icons and curt comments, he must be a HOOT at parties. It's just so hard to show everyone humor via an email- how lovable he is...

It's so nice to see a person, in a support position, being so open-minded and understanding on so many levels to customers, AND potential customers.

I've to admit that, I'm NEW to this forum; but if I was just a John Doe off the street, and just reading this response from Michael, I’d think he was arrogant and attacking. There's a difference between defending your point and being attacking on topics. It seems like every inquiry or comment made about PhraseExpress is approached with this National Socialist/Conformist point of view. And that really doesn't work for a lot of people. What? You can't see how forum and forum are completely different words?

And when Michael says there's blind animosity, it's probably because those people [probably customers] asked a question [covered in the user manual], posted a remark [slightly off topic] and then was subsequent corrected with the gentleness of an atom bomb; AND somehow they were angered by this... Why would he want to waste his time on you, when the answer is in the manual? Everyone loves to hear READ THE 'FOCUSED' MANUAL!

Please forgive me; I'm not real good at 'satire'.
Have a nice day!