Existing users, 
 iComic - 3.0.3Download your favorite web comics |
|
||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||
Feedback Summary:
| This Version: | |||||
| Overall Rating: | Not rated (0.0) | Features: | Not rated (0.0) | Support: | Not rated (0.0) |
| Ease of Use: | Not rated (0.0) | Quality / Stability: | Not rated (0.0) | Price: | Not rated (0.0) |
Key to Types of Feedback:
Reviews 
Troubleshooting 
Usage Tips 
Developer Notes 
Commentary 
Featured Reviews
iComic .sit? - Version: 3.0.3, 11/12/2006 03:44PM PST
lest78
When downloading I am getting a ".sit" file... how do I open this?
Beach Ball of Doom 
- Version: 3.0.3, 5/28/2006 10:04AM PST
starwynd
This program has been one of my favorites for a long time. It saddens me that there has been no signifigant updates in forever. iComic is one of my most often crashing programs. It seems to get confused a lot, and simply shuts down. The spinning beach ball is quite annoying, too.
That being said, one can't blame the program for plug-ins breaking. The comic sites change their code from time to time. iComic does have a very good feedback group on Yahoo! where coders often fix plug-ins that break as soon as someone mentions it. I've never had to wait too long for a plug-in to be fixed.
My biggest complaint about iComic is the frequent and often unexplained crashing. I don't like widgets, so I will not be using iComic 4. I still hope for an update to iComic 3 one day. I still love this program, tempermental as it can be, and don't see myself switching any time soon. You simply can't beat the price.
That being said, one can't blame the program for plug-ins breaking. The comic sites change their code from time to time. iComic does have a very good feedback group on Yahoo! where coders often fix plug-ins that break as soon as someone mentions it. I've never had to wait too long for a plug-in to be fixed.
My biggest complaint about iComic is the frequent and often unexplained crashing. I don't like widgets, so I will not be using iComic 4. I still hope for an update to iComic 3 one day. I still love this program, tempermental as it can be, and don't see myself switching any time soon. You simply can't beat the price.
Most Recent Replies: View All 2 Replies
- Beach Ball of Doom
Nice - Version: 3.0.3, 3/12/2006 09:41PM PST
nuttdangrover
Not sure about the dashboard stuff, but the application itself is superb. Lots of Mac polish. Really fun to use. My only complaint is about the availability of its plugins and their tendency to not work.
iComic 4.0 - Version: 3.0.3, 7/30/2005 03:36AM PST
amcgee
A new version of iComic for Dashboard is available:
iComic 4.0
http://www.ruxp.net/iComic/dashboard.asp
iComic 4.0
http://www.ruxp.net/iComic/dashboard.asp
Nice, but... - Version: 3.0.3, 6/26/2005 09:52PM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
Xeater
I love iComic, so it pains me to do this, but I am going to remove it from my HD and move on to an alternative comic app. iComic is buggy and still needs some serious optimizations, for example when it's updating a comic strip, the app shouldn't go into hibernation, it needs more threads for greater usability. I wouldn't mind waiting for the bug fixes, but from what I can tell iComic is a dead application - no new updates in almost two years.
Thankfully iComic was free, but it's death is still a loss to me. I was hoping to see iComic mature into a fine application.
Thankfully iComic was free, but it's death is still a loss to me. I was hoping to see iComic mature into a fine application.
Love it but... - Version: 3.0.3, 4/26/2004 07:42PM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
patrekur
It really is still beta software. According to the iComic forum responses 3.0.3 broke the referrer which means kingfeatures comics and others don't work anymore. Had a look at writing a plugin for Dr. Fun which I figured out sure enough. However involves hacking in perl and is ony something developers will like to do. Some of the plugins reinvent the wheel and have nasty bug. One I found (not included) thought it was checking if a comic had already been downloaded but got it wrong and it ended up downloading all the comics every refresh!
I really wonder if these perl scripts are really the way to go....
Never the less. Great little app!!
I really wonder if these perl scripts are really the way to go....
Never the less. Great little app!!
Pretty nice app, but... - Version: 3.0.3, 12/29/2003 06:32PM PST
Atomikron
I'd love to be able to add comics in a simpler fashion, Comictastic-style; if this could be implemented, this software would be a lot more useful. Still, it's fun, the GUI is nice, and pretty stable, besides the occasional crash. Nice work. :)
iComic or Comictastic? Hmmm - Version: 3.0.3, 12/9/2003 01:29AM PST
(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)
agitprop23
iComic's look-and-feel is slightly superior to Comictastic, but really... a 1,445-word document to explain how to add a new comic? I have to edit an XML doc and then test it using command line? What? That's sadistic, even for freeware. :)
At least it launches now - Version: 3.0.3, 11/25/2003 12:24PM PST
(2 of 5 users found this comment useful)
billbarstad
Wow! It launched and retrieved comics! Still a piece of crap!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iComic_group/
iComic is open source and the source code can be found here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/icomic/
If you are a developer please consider picking up it's development (no development has been done for nearly 5 years) and restore it to the great app it was intended to be. Please post your progress in the Yahoo discussion group.
(I'm not the original developer, just someone who loves iComic)