So first off, I wanted to mention that the problems I'd had downloading scenes appear to have been resolved. Given nothing changed locally, I'm guessing there was a problem on the server side and was resolved.

Likewise, the problem with being barraged with "Would you like to take a serenity break?" dialogs appears to have been resolved in the latest revision (2.0.2), though I can't be certain because the uninstall issue (see below) still prevents me from a "totally clean" uninstall-reboot-install cycle without a lot of manual cleaning (and/or AppZapper'ing).

Unfortunately, now that I have a "working" install, I'm still left with enough issues (that couldn't have been detected in the demo, either due to lack of scenes or other) that I still prefer not to use the saver/desktop. I'm giving them a chance to fix them, but at the moment still can't recommend the product (and still regret purchasing it).

Remaining "big" problems I'm having (in priority order):

1. The biggest annoyance I have is that the product only appears to support putting that initial beach-at-sunset scene on the desktop. This currently prevents me from using the product on the desktop, at least 50% of the motive I had for purchase. Disabling that scene in prefs for the saver, and then turning on put-on-desktop feature still just yields the beach-at-sunset scene on my desktop. If I'd known it only supported putting JUST that scene on the desktop, I would NEVER have purchased the product. There was nothing to indicate that limitation in the demo, and frankly, no reason I can tell why that limitation even exists in the code. At the least, it should use the same scenes enabled for the saver as desktop scenes. Ideally, it should provide both desktop and saver select boxes in the scene list, to support separate selection lists for each.

2. As noted by another person already, the actual images being used are pretty far from "HD quality". On my 22" widescr monitor at 1600x1050 they display a level of blurriness and blockiness which cannot be accounted for simply due to a 4:3 -> 16:9 scale. I'd rate the content as sub-720p in resolution (and overcompressed at that), let alone that of most "HD" content (1080i/p). The default scene is kind of optimized for use though still blurry/blocky, but many of the others display far more artifacts/pixellation. I suspect this problem would lead me to stop using even the saver aspect after a short period, or at least use it much less.

3. The lack of a clean uninstall still makes me concerned that my install might have mismatched revisions of parts. I did find that a combo of AppZapper and manual cleaning can produce a "clean" state, so it is pretty clear their uninstaller just isn't deleting everything it could & should. The lack of a clean uninstall may seem minor, but it makes me question what else isn't being properly handled in, say, revision upgrades.

4. Still absolutely no response to my support request via their website, days later. I see others talking about the speed of developer response, but I'm just not seeing it. If suspect I'd seen reasonable support, I might not be bringing the issues to this forum for resolution.

As noted above, #1 alone as a problem would be a purchase-breaker for me had their been any way to detect the limitation from the demo. #2 would probably turn into a long-term reason I didn't use the product as often, but I still consider that less of a priority to fix. #3 is definitely a long-term maintenance issue, and concerns me during upgrades, but I'd put it pretty low on the priority list. I'll see if #4 continues, if it does it'll move much higher on the list.

Looking forward to rapid resolution of these issues. I still can't recommend purchase yet, but at least the product is getting closer to what was promised by the ads & demo -- not there yet, but closer. That said, I'm disappointed that the demo hides so many of the problems & limitations, and the lack of support I'm seeing makes me particularly unhappy about giving the company any of my money. Folks considering purchase should be wary of the problems being discussed here by myself and others.