Existing users, 
This could become a good and easy to use layout app. But after a couple of minutes playing with it I'm already missing:
- Spot colors
- Moving objects between layers
- Deselect all
- Join path
- Zoom/Move shortcuts à la cmd-space
- Quick page preview
- Editing guides
- ...
And there's no Services support. Why? I thought it "just works" in Cocoa?
Not ready yet to replace InDesign 2 (!) which is what I'm still using for my layout work.
iCalamus
Layout and desktop publishing.
Version: 1.16
Not bad
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: Lou Kash Wednesday, October 11 2006 @ 08:23 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
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Comments
Not bad - Cattus Thraex
Your points are aside the essence, and a result of a shallow analysis of iCalamus REAL features. Indeed, some features are missing, some others are different from other similar apps (but this is a question of accustomability).What I really miss is an RTF or RTFD export from the simple and banal reason
that often some corrections / additions are made when preparing a document for print, and the basic principle is 'keep a document at the lowest level possible" (i.e. easily importable in a current app). I still have old quark files with such corrections, and still have to update them.
And, of course, an outright import of quark and indesign files would be great; they may shiver if this is implemented, and I am really afraid of the day when iCalamus may be swallowed up by a giant, as said.
Thursday, November 09 2006 @ 11:33 AM PST
Not bad - Michael Monscheuer
Just some comments on your points:- Spot colors. Yes I'd like to add spot color support too,
but OSX does not officially support spot colors yet.
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- Moving objects between layers is possible by
cut/copy/paste, of course. We'll come up with more
convenient stuff soon.
- Joining (and other operations) of paths is possible!
And: Joining is used also for live masking.
See the acording promotion demo movie on our site
- There are lots of shortcuts already to move (+ hand tool) and zoom (+ zoom tool)!
- Editing of helplines is possible of course.
Helplines are just locked by default.
You can even move helplines together with frames
and vector points (I love it :-)
- Quick page preview. You can use iCalamus Navigator Inspector or Preview app for that.
Let me invite you to further discussions in our Forum. Greetings from germany,MiMo
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Wednesday, October 11 2006 @ 09:09 AM PDT