Existing users, 
I'm not getting the promised mileage from either DT Pro or from Devon Agent. Very very very disappointed. I'm ready to ask for a refund -- it has crashed every single time I've used it and the Devon Agent results are no different than and often worse than google results.
I had used an earlier version temporarily for a specific online research project and I remember it performing much better -- I don't understand how something can go downhill in less than a year.
I have to agree with others that the interface is confusing and not well-integrated with native os x apps and existing features. To me, DevonThink & Devon Agent have gone backwards and therefore 'not there yet'
Also, it does things like change flag status on all emails without telling you that it's going to do that and yet it does not index or import apple mail. what's up with that?
cannot recommend at this juncture.
DEVONthink Pro
Intelligent info manager.
Version: 2.0pb7
Crashes every time!
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: SWriter Sunday, June 04 2006 @ 12:33 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Crashes every time! - pvonk46
When many others are having no problems using DevonThink Pro but you crash all the time, it seems that the problem is not with DevonThink, but with some incompatibility with other software. And for this you give it a one-star!!?? I have the app and use it all the time to store countless pieces of information of all kinds - I've NEVER had a probem, both on my old Powerbook and now with the MacBook Pro.I use Devon Agent occassionally, and it does seek out stuff that Google either does not or organizes poorly. Agent is okay, I can't say more than that as I don't use it all that often.
Thursday, August 17 2006 @ 08:40 AM PDT
Crashes every time! - EndlessFx
I purchased DevonAgent and DevonThink Pro. Although I have had both for a good while, I really have not used DevonThink Pro nearly to its potential, so I can't speak to its operation, but I, too, have not found DevonAgent to be as effective as the Internet search engines. I have tried the DevonAgent operators - near, before, after, and, or, not, etc. - but it still compared very poorly to Google and other web search engines. I am not a master web searcher but I have not found DevonAgent to be "what it was talked up tobe." I really hope I do not find DevonThink Pro to be the same. I have the Myallo program, which is not exactly the same as DevonAgent, however it has done so much more for me so far. I have heard, "The proof is in the putting." Myallo returned loads more information on its first run. It was insane! I did have to spend time inputting interest levels and so forth with Myallo, but it was worth it. DevonAgent has been very disappointing, but I thought I was not thoroughly reading fine print. Anyhow, I wish there were more search application programmers and developers for Mac. I also paid for Flow but I don't have a clue about Near-Time actions. Maybe, Devon-Technologies has something up its sleeves that will turn things around significantly!
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Sunday, June 11 2006 @ 11:30 PM PDT