Existing users, 
I've been using Ecto for over a year now and it's my primary blogging program. Overall, nice interface and solid execution with few bugs.
Normally developers get nailed for not fixing problems or being responsive. My issue with Ecto -- and why "support" got the lowest mark -- is that the developer issues WAY too many updates to this program. Since V2 was launched in mid-January, there have been EIGHT updates to this program. If VersionTracker doesn't tell me to update it, the software does.
I am not kidding. Eight updates in ten weeks.
These are obviously bug fixes, and I'm sure that the developer is simply trying to be responsive. But as a user/customer, I'm growing weary of my weekly Ecto installations. It has gotten to the point where I may look for an alternative, if only to get a little peace.
ecto
Next generation blogging client.
Version: 3.0
Program works, if only developer would chill out
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: johnnymar Monday, April 04 2005 @ 06:31 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Over One Year
Recommend Product: YES
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Comments
duh! - sjk
No sh!t. It's not like there's a gun pointed at his head forcing him to update.Monday, April 25 2005 @ 04:28 PM PDT
My thoughts exactly - lullabud
Anybody who watches the versiontracker RSS knows that there are apps that update more frequently than once a week, and some of these are professional apps. Personally, I like to at least have the option to upgrade. Otherwise, just don't do it! Geez, how hard is it to not do something?Sunday, May 15 2005 @ 09:38 PM PDT
frequent updates can be a caution flag - sporobolus
frequent updates aren't necessarily bad, but they may be an indicator of some other issuessometimes developers update frequently as a marketing technique, since update announcements are a good way to repeatedly get attention to a product and make it seem important; in my experience, some of these frequent updaters are spending more time developing an image than developing software
also, frequent updating can in some cases result from, or cause, a poor development process; it is harder to thoroughly test updates if the interval is short, so there's more chance of bugs getting through, requiring more updates, vicious cycle, etc; you can see whether this is happening if the updates frequently introduce new bugs, and or the same bugs come up in different forms (of course, developers can mask this by not detailing all bug fixes in the "what's new" section)
on the other hand, sometimes a very agile development team produces frequent updates as it rapidly advances a product; this tends to be true when the interaction with the community is strong, and the developer maintains real dialogs with users about the future of the product; signs of this would be rapid addition of new features that users have actually requested, without the application becoming bloated or less stable
i don't know Ecto well enough to give a verdict, but that's what to watch for
Tuesday, May 24 2005 @ 10:59 AM PDT
Program works, if only developer would chill out - _kung_foo_
You're not required to upgrade, though. If you turn off the automatic update notification, you would be able to only upgrade when you want to.Reply to This
Monday, April 04 2005 @ 06:37 AM PDT