Existing users, 
yes, new version is best yet, but there is stll a ways to go.
Well, for freeware, it really is quite excellent and so my criticism is more encouragement than complaint.
One deal breaker for me is that BirthdayBook isn't able to re-import dates from Address Book after initial setup. After that, if you have since added birthdays to Address Book then you still have to manually add those dates to BirthdayBook. To me, a pretty basic function, but a fairly obvious omission.
I would hope to see closer integration with Address Book and iCal in the future - use of Address Book database as primary database, export to iCal, and the ability for it to automatically generate alerts without the app having to be open.
I recommend it for basic use, especially as it is freeware, but a 5-star app it is not.
I'll keep watching.
Birthdaybook
Birthday and event reminder tool.
Version: 5.3.1
nice, wth reservations
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Contributed by: pedroconejo Thursday, November 15 2007 @ 01:26 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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nice, wth reservations - rdutoit
I don't understand some of these concerns. Birthdaybook definitely will reimport and add any new birthdays from Address Book. It adds any entry with a birthday flag that doesn't already exist in Birthdaybook data base. Tests by me and field testers have found this to be true so far. Also, Birthdaybook is not running all the time. It only launches reminders when the background script tells it to. Many apps work with background launch agents in this way. I also request that if people have problems they report them to me as well as to the "ratings" so I can make this software better. I have always responded to queries immediately and solved most issue within a few days. Thank You, Rob DuToit, developer of BirthdaybookReply to This
Wednesday, January 09 2008 @ 05:03 PM PST