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VersionTracker - 6.5b

feedback area for new VersionTracker.com features

All Time: (2.2)
Version 6.5b: (3.2)
Selected Version: 6.5b
Release Date: 2003-10-03
License: Beta
Downloads (version 6.5b): 2,158
Downloads (all versions): 12,935

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Product Description:

VersionTracker 6.5 is a significant redesign, and incorporates many functionality and layout features that users have asked for. VersionTracker's look is now cleaner, better organized and just plain yummy!

What's new in this version:

  • Smart Search - The search engine and search results display have been enhanced.
  • Star rating and relevance columns have been added to the search results display.
  • More accurate results - click on Search Tips for new options to help you refine your results.
  • Sorting - The default sort is by "Relevance." You can re-sort by clicking on the column headers.
  • Editors' Picks - show up in blue in the search results.
  • Subscribers - New Advanced Search options, click on Advanced Search and then Advanced Search Tips for details.
  • Redesigned Home Page - Subtle changes for a faster VersionTracker experience.
  • Performance increase - faster page load times.
  • New header and footer - smaller file size, includes a category drop down.
  • Removed the "blocks" around the left navigation items and software updates. End result is a cleaner design.
  • Fewer ads!

Note - The new header and footer will be added to all the VersionTracker pages when the site goes live.

Please leave any feedback about the new design as a comment here. Please do NOT e-mail comments or issues about this public beta.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.2
  • Mac OS X 10.1
  • Mac OS X 10.0
  • Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

  • Any Web Browser

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Feedback Summary:

Version 6.5b:
Overall Rating: (3.2) Features: (3.3) Support: (3.0)
Ease of Use: (3.1) Quality / Stability: (2.8) Price: (3.8)
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VersionTracker Commentaryincommunicado, ad nauseum - Version: 6.5b2, 7/11/2004 01:42PM PST

(1 of 2 users found this comment useful)

sjk
Not even a simple acknowledgment of messages sent to VersionTracker staff on Jun 21, 25, and Jul 1 re: an renewal issue.

Seriously, VT, what does it take to get your attention?? I've patiently waited while locked out of my account for the past three weeks (not to mention the year of trouble before this) but now you've basically left me no other choice than to come here and leave these comments. Wake up!!
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VersionTracker Commentaryphantom ratings and other VT issues - Version: 6.5b2, 4/19/2004 08:32PM PST

(2 of 3 users found this comment useful)

sjk
Prompted by feedback about "phantom ratings" on the Apple AirPort Management Tools page I've decided to post some feedback here...

I've written about those "phantom ratings" several times and never gotten a response.

Another mystery is why it's often necessary to click the View All link to see a full page of entries for the current release even when there are under ten total. For example, the main product info page for this item only displayed five out of six feedback entries. That behavior started happening a few months ago.

And there's the "Haven" typo (should be "Haven't) under the "Used Product For" dropdown menu on the feedback submission page.

Those are just three of many unexplained and unresolved VT problems which have crept into this service over time. I'd hope for less sloppiness and higher quality from a primarily Mac-centric service like this but they rarely get around to fixing some of the most obvious and simple things, like that menu typo, while new seemingly random glitches appear. A victim of feeping creaturism, IMhO.

And when's the last time VT staff sent out a newsletter about service updates/issues, at least so we know they're still alive? Don't paying customers occasionally deserve that? 'Tis yet another of the growing list of reasons why I won't recommend VT... or at least not without informing people to be prepared for a possibly disappointing experience. I'm sure the two-star rating here is already a cause for "suspicion".
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VersionTracker Reviewpoor service/support - Version: 6.5b2, 11/12/2003 01:56PM PST

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sjk
I've been unable to access/edit my VT preferences for over *six* months. Last contact I had with support staff about it was over two months ago and more recent e-mail I sent last week remains unanswered. As a paying customer I don't think it's too much to ask for, minimally, more timely acknowledgments about a significant account-crippling problem.

This long unresolved issue and lack of communication about it is the most disappointing support service I remember having with any company for quite awhile and enough to prompt me to write publicly about it, something I've never done before, especially since I haven't seen any improvement since the original correspondence.
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