It is very good but lately I've been trialing a demo of Coda which IMHO is slightly better and looks nicer.
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It is very good but lately I've been trialing a demo of Coda which IMHO is slightly better and looks nicer.
Well in a nutshell it's basically because a lot of people feel that the operators of MacHeist ripped of the developers last year and paid them a pittance for their applications.
http://closethesafe.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macheist
http://rhymeswithgeek.com/blogs/som...ycott-mac-heist-it-really-is-that-simple.aspx
I think you are thinking of the equally-useful UApp. It appears to do the same thing w/o the fancy "zap!" effect.
That and they are the same that ran My Dream App- a contest where hundreds of people forked over their best ideas for apps in return for the best three getting developed into real applications. Before they even began making the apps, they were promoting MacHeist. And after the initial buzz of picking the winners died down, and after garnering all the publicity that came from it (and channeling it into Macheist), Ryu and friends decided it wasn't worth the effort to actually make the apps. You can see tumbleweeds blowing across the My Dream App home page. This was IMO the original Mac heist.
I don't know what you are talking about.
What can I say I'm an old time Windows user... as soon as I hear free and software together I think of one thing, avast ye maties
Darn you. Just because I saw that you wrote this, I had to go and look at Pixelmator. I gotta admit, it looks pretty sweet. And it's quite a bit more affordable than CS3.I see the usual cycle of an app I've just purchased being immediately included in a bundle or ten continues
Oh well, Pixelmator is still worth the money on its own.
Count me in as another who's eagerly watching to see at what level Snapz Pro will unlock... *tempted*
I already bought macheist and the only reason I did it was for Pixelmator. I encourage all your Pixelmator-waiters to go and buy macheist immediately. If everyone waits, we'll never get it!
And, if worst case scenario we didn't get pixelmator, well at least we donated lots of $ to charity...
Just my two cents!
And, if worst case scenario we didn't get pixelmator, well at least we donated lots of $ to charity...
Just my two cents!
Well I went ahead and bought (mainly for Cha-Ching, CSSEdit and Pixelmator). Everything has gone smoothly, except: Cha-Ching. No license has been sent, no response from MacHeist or Midnight Apps support. Browsing the MH and MA forums, seems like they are having problems. Hope they sort it out soon.
Apart from that, a relatively worthy bundle.
Apart from that, a relatively worthy bundle.
I thought the recent MacUpdate bundle was better. A To-Do list, password handler, and alarm clock!?! SNOOOOOZE.
I can see why Cha-ching and SnapzPro X are popular. CSSEdit also seems interesting for some people (like myself). I don't know why Cha-ching retails alone for $40, but anyway....
Pixelmator is probably not as good as PS Elements 6.0, nor can it handle RAW files. It's not as powerful as Elements in any way, and yet Elements 6 doesn't cost much more than Pixelmator.
Yes, except that they always unlock the apps.
I think they or MU were once short of their goal, and yet unlocked all the apps as a good gesture and a sign of generosity to all the people who purchased the bundle. And as a 2nd gift, they kept the sale running for another 3 or 5 days to let more people take advantage of the fantastic bundle! (ie: so they could entice the people who were sitting on the fence and waiting for an app to unlock to open their wallets, thus maximizing profits).
It's so generous for them to unlock everything and extend the sale (like they always do). It just means you don't need to worry about the apps staying locked.
I don't think they'd leave apps locked. Otherwise, the people who regularly purchase these bundles, and those people who promote the bundle through word of mouth (like in this thread), will have something to badmouth in threads like this one. It's just bad publicity that will hurt them badly, and they'd get less interest from n00bs because the old-timers will recall how they didn't get the entire bundle last time.
But Photoshop Elements 6.0 is probably better. Also, Elements can open RAW files.
I can see why Cha-ching and SnapzPro X are popular. CSSEdit also seems interesting for some people (like myself). I don't know why Cha-ching retails alone for $40, but anyway....
Pixelmator is probably not as good as PS Elements 6.0, nor can it handle RAW files. It's not as powerful as Elements in any way, and yet Elements 6 doesn't cost much more than Pixelmator.
Yes, except that they always unlock the apps.
I think they or MU were once short of their goal, and yet unlocked all the apps as a good gesture and a sign of generosity to all the people who purchased the bundle. And as a 2nd gift, they kept the sale running for another 3 or 5 days to let more people take advantage of the fantastic bundle! (ie: so they could entice the people who were sitting on the fence and waiting for an app to unlock to open their wallets, thus maximizing profits).
It's so generous for them to unlock everything and extend the sale (like they always do). It just means you don't need to worry about the apps staying locked.
I don't think they'd leave apps locked. Otherwise, the people who regularly purchase these bundles, and those people who promote the bundle through word of mouth (like in this thread), will have something to badmouth in threads like this one. It's just bad publicity that will hurt them badly, and they'd get less interest from n00bs because the old-timers will recall how they didn't get the entire bundle last time.
Darn you. Just because I saw that you wrote this, I had to go and look at Pixelmator. I gotta admit, it looks pretty sweet. And it's quite a bit more affordable than CS3.
But Photoshop Elements 6.0 is probably better.
Also, Elements can open RAW files.just bought mine..
speed download and pixelmator was what i was really after - the rest are a bonus
speed download and pixelmator was what i was really after - the rest are a bonus
Doesn't cost much more than $50 + other apps I might use (at least Snapz Pro).
As for RAW, have you ever seen me posting about my dSLR? No? That's probably because I don't have one. Oh wait! Hold on a sec! I don't even have a digital camera-- unless you count the iPhone (ha!) or built in iSight. So RAW is the least of my concerns.
Pixelmator is probably not as good as PS Elements 6.0, nor can it handle RAW files. It's not as powerful as Elements in any way, and yet Elements 6 doesn't cost much more than Pixelmator.
But Photoshop Elements 6.0 is probably better.
But some people only need to do resize and some simple image editing. Pixelmator would be my first choice if I didn't have Photoshop.
Once Pixelmator has a couple of years of development under it's belt I'll drop Photoshop.
There's a growing number of people out there who don't want to buy grossly over priced products from companies like Adobe. I'm looking more and more for open source products or well made cheaper stuff. I've donated about £100 to Blender so far and I'll always pay for shareware if I still use it past the trial
I bought the package. It looks like CSS is almost unlocked. We should be able t get it in a few hours I bet.
As an aside, does anyone have their Cha-Ching key yet? That was one of the applications that I was most interested in.
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As an aside, does anyone have their Cha-Ching key yet? That was one of the applications that I was most interested in.
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I am not a fan of this type of promotion. I'd rather see them do it the other way around, and only sell the upper-end apps to the first X number of people. Sort of a "limited quantities" type of thing. The way it is, it's like they're penalizing people for jumping on it early.
Not to mention that I could have easily purchased it, not knowing what those little locks meant. If not for this thread, I might not have figured it out.
Not to mention that I could have easily purchased it, not knowing what those little locks meant. If not for this thread, I might not have figured it out.
i don't and its been over 24 hours. i'm guessing that with the huge influx of purchases its causing issues. not surprising.
I thought the recent MacUpdate bundle was better. A To-Do list, password handler, and alarm clock!?! SNOOOOOZE.
I can see why Cha-ching and SnapzPro X are popular. CSSEdit also seems interesting for some people (like myself). I don't know why Cha-ching retails alone for $40, but anyway....
Pixelmator is probably not as good as PS Elements 6.0, nor can it handle RAW files. It's not as powerful as Elements in any way, and yet Elements 6 doesn't cost much more than Pixelmator.
Yes, except that they always unlock the apps.
I think they or MU were once short of their goal, and yet unlocked all the apps as a good gesture and a sign of generosity to all the people who purchased the bundle. And as a 2nd gift, they kept the sale running for another 3 or 5 days to let more people take advantage of the fantastic bundle! (ie: so they could entice the people who were sitting on the fence and waiting for an app to unlock to open their wallets, thus maximizing profits).
It's so generous for them to unlock everything and extend the sale (like they always do). It just means you don't need to worry about the apps staying locked.
I don't think they'd leave apps locked. Otherwise, the people who regularly purchase these bundles, and those people who promote the bundle through word of mouth (like in this thread), will have something to badmouth in threads like this one. It's just bad publicity that will hurt them badly, and they'd get less interest from n00bs because the old-timers will recall how they didn't get the entire bundle last time.
But Photoshop Elements 6.0 is probably better.
It may be personal opinion but none of the MU bundle had any high rated apps like snapzpro, pixelmator in it. Useful but not that great apps in MU. MH seems to be far better deal. But then again its personal choice.
Snapzpro has been consistently ranked as top notch app in its category of image and video capture. About a year or so back, I kind of tested almost all apps in its category and found none to match snapzpro's snappiness and elegant way of working. Video capture was particularly bad on most other apps.
Photoshop elements 4.0 (now 6.0) is good, except that for the starter in this area, who occasionally uses for correcting and exporting images, or for editing better than iPhoto, it is little too much or too confusing. Pixelmator is simple for that. Although I do agree, its price point should have been about $39 (against $89 for PE6.0). But still its an excellent app in its category. I can seriously see selling them more if they adjust the price better.
Has any MR user used Cha-Ching before? How does it fair well against Quicken?
You mean like screwing up developers episode like last time?
I agree they must unlock all apps even if they sell less, as a goodwill to those who bought. But then again, MH people seem to have lot of tussle among themselves like that My dream app and last year episode. From the current status, it looks they will unlock snapzpro by 10000 and pixelmator by 20000 (last year they sold 16000 and they have set a higher target this time they say). But I heard on the irc channel that like last time they will re-estimate the whole scenario and unlock earlier.
Its still 12 days to go. Lets see!
You mean like screwing up developers episode like last time?
how do they screw up developers?
the developers sign on for it, they aren't forced into it. its their choice in the end, and gains them exposure and new customers.
Has any MR user used Cha-Ching before? How does it fair well against Quicken?
I would recommend Cha-Ching. The current version (1.2.2) is very flakey. I'm interested in what the v2 beta is like.
If you're looking for a finance app I would wait for the end of Jan when iBank 3 is supposed to be out.
CSSEdit is now unlocked. The next milestone for SnapzPro is to raise $100,000 for charity. Right now we are about halfway there. The next step seems a bit steep to me. I wonder how much it will be for Pixelmator?
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