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Contributed by: HotDiggity Wednesday, January 08 2003 @ 09:58 AM PST
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Really enjoyed version 1.1.3, although some features I really needed weren't present. This latest version (2.5) has many of those wished-for features, but I can't get past certain odd behavior. Entering time, although appearing more flexible, can be cumbersome. Most of us are used to thinking in terms of hours, so if I worked on a project for 2 and a half hours, I'd enter 2.5-- not 2:30 as is now required. OK, so that's a minor annoyance. Also, how in the world can I control Project Numbers? The system seems to be numbering them automatically beginning with a seemingly arbitrary number, and I can't change them. Aslo, invoice numbers are being automatically numbered by the system, which would be fine, if I could specify the beginning number. Client numbers are the same. The new Activity List is a bit mystifying as well. When I'm working on Project X, why would I also want ot see Activities from Projects Y and Z as well? The activity list should only pertain to the current project. Also, please, for the love of Pete, all of the users of DesignBase are DESIGNERS; we MUST have the ability to lay out our own invoices, at least in the Pro version. Speaking of invoices, anyone with a long logo (rather than a round or square one) gets a microscopic logo on their invoices due to the size of the "container" field in DesignBase; and why is my logo and company info at the bottom of the invoice??? Importing info from an early version of DesignBase? Forget about it. The activities (and their accompanying hours and totals) will not come through correctly. I understand that this is part of the price for improvements and that there really isn't a work-around other than simply re-entering all this data. I can live with that in exchange for some of the new features, even though I have some 100 records in version 1.1.3. Sigh... If anyone can help me sort though any of these things, please, let me know. This product is definit
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