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- Version: 3.9.9, 3/4/2004 09:35AM PST
Darin Loertscher
This program was not a finished product by any means of the word. It's hardly worth your time and definitely not worth money. The interface is very basic and plain, noticed 2 bugs just trying it out for a minute. I don't trust this program with my personal info entered in a journal.
Just what I needed - Version: 3.9.7, 2/11/2004 04:12PM PST
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Hockpooh777
This is just what I needed. This Daily Journal is solid in 10.3.2, easy to use, and keeps my words for my eyes only. The Author is a kind decent person that replies to emails with lightning speed. This is worth the money.
Programmer wanna be - Version: 3.9.6, 2/11/2004 08:22AM PST
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dj_mac
Ok, I can see how a little program like this would be kind of nice to store your personal thoughts in. Especially if you don't want to deal with a REAL word processor and have things that you have to KEEP SECRET.
However ... sticking a registration window in my face right off the bat, then forcing me to create a password (maybe I don't need one?), before I can enter the program to check it out, is annoying.
This kind of shareware would be much easier to swallow, and really test if it weren't an obvious effort to make a few extra bucks. That's not what shareware is about, is it? It's about making good software that people cannot resist using and they feel they OWE you for doing such a great job of programming and making their life better. This is not that kind of software. Maybe some day, but not this week.
One technical problem I had was that I could not see the dates in the date pop up.
Suggestions,
Loose the stupid RED, IN YOUR FACE, registration box. Put in a simple menu option to pay up if people LIKE the software. If they like it, they will pay you. Shareware works. I've been paying for it for years (18+) if its good. If you annoy them right away, they aren't going to pay jack.
Make the password protection optional. Not all of us have to hide our feelings or daily affirmations from our wives, family or fellow employees. Making everything optional will win you big shareware points!
#1 rule of good design. Keep it simple. Loose the foo-foo colors and use standard OSX backgrounds. A nice grey stripe background on your main journal window would look great. You already have a good working layout for buttons, etc. You could tone down the buttons. Keep them all the same size. Different sizes look cheap. Solid color backgrounds left the building back with OS 6-7. Think "tasteful" OSX user ... And make the application for others, not yourself (no offense).
Otherwise, I think this could be a cool little journal application. Keep working on it, and we'll check it out again when the next version comes out.
However ... sticking a registration window in my face right off the bat, then forcing me to create a password (maybe I don't need one?), before I can enter the program to check it out, is annoying.
This kind of shareware would be much easier to swallow, and really test if it weren't an obvious effort to make a few extra bucks. That's not what shareware is about, is it? It's about making good software that people cannot resist using and they feel they OWE you for doing such a great job of programming and making their life better. This is not that kind of software. Maybe some day, but not this week.
One technical problem I had was that I could not see the dates in the date pop up.
Suggestions,
Loose the stupid RED, IN YOUR FACE, registration box. Put in a simple menu option to pay up if people LIKE the software. If they like it, they will pay you. Shareware works. I've been paying for it for years (18+) if its good. If you annoy them right away, they aren't going to pay jack.
Make the password protection optional. Not all of us have to hide our feelings or daily affirmations from our wives, family or fellow employees. Making everything optional will win you big shareware points!
#1 rule of good design. Keep it simple. Loose the foo-foo colors and use standard OSX backgrounds. A nice grey stripe background on your main journal window would look great. You already have a good working layout for buttons, etc. You could tone down the buttons. Keep them all the same size. Different sizes look cheap. Solid color backgrounds left the building back with OS 6-7. Think "tasteful" OSX user ... And make the application for others, not yourself (no offense).
Otherwise, I think this could be a cool little journal application. Keep working on it, and we'll check it out again when the next version comes out.
to steve 9988: - Version: 3.4, 1/11/2004 02:44PM PST
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kunstmaler
you write "Follow his instructions about upgrading to preserve your prior text" and give the programer 5 (!) stars. are you kidding?
no way i would use such useless code. there is so much other software out there doing a much bette job than this...
no way i would use such useless code. there is so much other software out there doing a much bette job than this...
why a fee - Version: 3.4, 1/11/2004 01:14PM PST
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cassiopeia_nld
when MacJournal does the same, is easier to use and is freeware
I dont grasp why asking money for a notepad-like thing
I dont grasp why asking money for a notepad-like thing
Good job - Version: 3.3, 1/10/2004 10:41AM PST
Steve9988
The developer describes this as a simple jotter but I found it was more than this and just what I was looking for. It seems simple, intuitive, with all basic features of a daily journal. And it has a screen to view consecutive entries. Keep mit simple. (MacJournal fights me.) This program didn't show me the faith messages others chose to find offensive. This guy seems to be trying to do a good job with his software. (Follow his instructions about upgrading to preserve your prior text.)
From his web site: - Version: 3.3, 1/10/2004 10:25AM PST
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sooloo
Shortly after my baptism it happened, I can remember it clearly. It was a thought, it just popped into my head, out of the blue. Well out of the darkness actually, but I didn't know it at the time. The thought excited me, it was wrong, it was dirty, it had a serious element of risk, but it excited me. Did I dare do it was the taunt, O how I wanted to do it! Yes you guessed it, I did it, and lots of times until I got caught, and suddenly there were floods of tears, Mums not mine. I didn't see what all the fuss was about, it wasn't that big a deal what I was doing, so I thought. I had no idea how it could destroy lives, least of all mine! I stopped doing it. Mum and dad kept me in for ages which was a real pain as I was just starting to play the guitar with my friends and forming a group. This was in Liverpool when the shadows were the tops. The Beatalls were just round the corner, and from then on, Liverpool would never be the same again.
Will Everybody Please Get Off this guy's case - Version: 3.1, 1/7/2004 07:30PM PST
Razzledazzle
give him a break.
weird godly software - Version: 2.8, 1/5/2004 02:54PM PST
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kunstmaler
for all of you who cherish satyrical articles in german language: here is something about the author of this piece of godly-awe-inspired code nobody needs:
http://www.raketa.at/raketa.php?id=2287
http://www.raketa.at/raketa.php?id=2287
