Anyone know what's up with it? I was holding out until 2.0 to purchase, but it seems to have been stagnating for awhile. I know Apple stole a few of their devs, but regardless...
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Delicious Library?
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I've tried that before..
It's pretty cool..you use the iSight to scan barcodes and make a little virtual library..it was pretty tough using the iSight to scan things, but after a few tries I could get it to work. I also scanned a Steven King Book and it came up as a southern cooking book..so..
My buddy uses it to categorize stuff and he likes it, but I found it to be kind of a novelty.
not sure about the new version, or what's up with it..
It's pretty cool..you use the iSight to scan barcodes and make a little virtual library..it was pretty tough using the iSight to scan things, but after a few tries I could get it to work. I also scanned a Steven King Book and it came up as a southern cooking book..so..
My buddy uses it to categorize stuff and he likes it, but I found it to be kind of a novelty.
not sure about the new version, or what's up with it..
I love Delicious Library, works very well for me.
I'm looking forward to version 2.0, hopefully we'll see it around WWDC time.
I'm looking forward to version 2.0, hopefully we'll see it around WWDC time.
Its a good program if you have 1000 DVDs, 1000 books, 1000 games, and 1000 CDs. Other than that, $40 is way too much.
I was talking to the developers at MacWorld in January. They seemed to be having a problem getting it to work reliably with new built-in iSight cameras, which unlike the original iSight, are fixed-focus. Maybe that's the reason for the delay. A very cool application, if it works for you.
I disagree (with your avatar too, but there are other threads for thatcycocelica said:
). I have around 250 items in my library, and I think it was worth $40. And the support for any FireWire camera came in handy when I first got it and needed to scan all my CDs and such. Having a list on my iPod is very handy too.
Great little app, love it when you scan, say a Harry Potter DVD in with the voice activated to readback title it gives you a little 'Easter Egg' also. Won't spoil it for some! A few other DVD's I scanned in have hidden EEg's in the barcode (can't remember which off the top of my head).
Some one said not worth $40, I think it is, how much time and effort would it take to do it manually? I started it lots of times in Excel but never kept it complete, now a new item is scanned in before it hits my storage shelf, job done.
Download the trial and give it go.
Some one said not worth $40, I think it is, how much time and effort would it take to do it manually? I started it lots of times in Excel but never kept it complete, now a new item is scanned in before it hits my storage shelf, job done.
Download the trial and give it go.
treblah said:
Great -- they seemed to be struggling with the problem in January.
I also told the developers that the application was just this far away from being indispensable. We've got a large research library which we cite in our reports. Typing up references is a pain. If DL could export data in a standard bibliographic form, it would become utterly essential over night. I hope they are listening.
Anyway, I think Apple should buy this application, rename it iLibrary and bundle it with iLife. Everybody I've shown it to thinks it's a major wowser.
Cool feature idea IJ Reilly; select your books, export bibliography. That would simplify things for a lot of people.
I love this app. I'd love it even more if I could sync it to my iPod with the thumbnail images. That would prove quite helpful if in in a store and can't remember if I have a book or a movie.
I do need to get this program for the vast amounts of anime i have so i remember what i own and who has what
No. There's your short answer.jessica. said:
Delicious Library will only catalog Books, CD's and DVD's. It uses Amazon's web services to look up information on those items from the UPC barcode, ISBN #, or title keywords. It's pretty nice, but DVD Profiler is a better program for DVD collectors that use Windows.
You should really look at Filemaker Pro to catalog your action figures. You could create a very easy to use catalog that would include all the information you want to track and leave room for a picture as well.
You should look at Sente from Third Street Software. This will not only let you search online library catalogs, but also keep bibliographies that integrate with Microsoft Word to produce correctly formatted citations in your papers.IJ Reilly said:
Honestly, I think that would kill the application. Apple would lose interest in updating a niche app like this and it would become completely stagnant. At least Delicious Monster has the possibility of future revenues from upgrades and new users to keep them motivated to further improve the app.
Unfortunately, development seems to have stalled. I'm sure that the departure of one of the co-founders and one of the key developers contributed to the situation. I'd like to see some more features added to the app still. We'll see, I guess.
weldon said:
An interesting application, but it seems to do something very different than keep track of my research library.
weldon said:
The trick is to make it into a mainstream application. I wasn't too interested in keeping track of digital music or listening to internet radio until iTunes came along, and made it easy.
weldon said:
While I think Delicious Monster is a fun program, it grows old fast.
I have a ton of records and have only scanned though A.
Also, if your taste is just a little off (like mine) Amazon isn't much help, many records are missing covers. I don't care if they were to sell to Apple, but I think I would prefer it.
The ideal thing would be a program with iTunes, iTunes Catalog and D Monster together. All threee have great feature, but are lacking in other places.