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17 pointsAlexKaul23 comments

Here's (hopefully constructive) feedback after few minutes of using:

The file explorer is not useful as it only supports opening files. Maybe it is not necessary to support renaming, deleting and moving, but at very least I should be able to open folder in system browser to continue my work there. I know I can add this shortcut to Actions, but it makes sense to integrate this to File Explorer.

Contact list (and action list) should display item names. This might be an option, but when you have 15+ contacts, icons and colors will no longer be helpful.

UI feels generic. For all categories (toolkits, commands, webpages, contacts, actions) you go through same interface - manage category, add new item, fill in fields. It seems kind of bland and not adapted to specific needs. I've seen similar problem with CMSs that try to be everything for everyone.

I would like to have a box where I can glance at status of project, displaying progress on individual tasks. I understand that you have browser view so people can use whatever they want, but some sort of managed TODO list should perhaps be included.

It would be nice to include demo project where everything is set up. Then I could click around and get a feel for features.

On positive side, the user manual is superb. The software is easy to use and I can see it becoming very useful.

Wow! Thank you for such a great feedback! I really appreciate it.

> I should be able to open folder in system browser to continue my work there

That's already on the to-do list. I'm planning to add "right-click" menus. For the file explorer there will be a menu item enabling to open a selected file/folder in the system browser. Will play with it and then think about adding the copy/move/rename/delete operations. I also had an idea of adding interactions between File Explorer instances, but not sure if that will have any value yet.

> Contact list (and action list) should display item names

Yeah, I agree with that. One of my projects already has about 10 actions and it definitely would be easier to find the right one if all their names were shown at once. Added to the to-do.

> UI feels generic

I will check what can be improved there.

> a box where I can glance at status of project, displaying progress on individual tasks

Can you give some more details on how it should work to be a good fit for you? Something like a simple personal task manager?

> It would be nice to include demo project

Got it. Sounds cool. Will add a demo in the next versions.

> the user manual is superb. The software is easy to use and I can see it becoming very useful.

Glad to hear you like it! Thank you! More improvements and features coming.

Cheers

That looks useful. If you can help cut down on the task-switching pain involved in setup and moving from one project to another, I know I would be grateful - and more productive. I'll try it when the Linux version comes out. Thanks for hopping on my radar. :-)

Thank you! I already saved myself from the project-switching pain. Hope it will help you too when the Linux version will be ready. No specific dates yet, but it's on my to-do list :) Will try to release it on May.

It looks nice, but I wish the landing page was a bit more descriptive about how it helps me switch between projects. The screenshot is pretty, but not really that clear without the context of how?

Thank you for the feedback! Will improve the landing page. As of now, could you take a look at https://freeter.io/user-guide if that makes things clearer.

Getting a JavaScript error with latest Chrome when I click "Buy"...

Yes, on firefox also.

This must be hurting their business pretty bad...

Hope owner receives some alerts whenever client-side errors happens...

Just tested it on both Chrome and FF, couldn't reproduce it. Does a spinner appear when you click the buy button? Can you paste the error from the browser console? Thank you.

I get it as well. The error is "(index):53 Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'get' of undefined". Here's what's on line 53 - linkerParam = trackers[0].get('linkerParam');

It appears the error is only shown when I have my ad blocker enabled. I use uBlock origin. Hope that helps :)

Thank you! That definitely helped! It's a bug on FastSpring side. Sent them a note.

Thank you for letting me know! Do you get it after a spinner appears?

Is it support for asana? and Wait for MAC release.. But Some of here people need the explaination about pricing terms

I wonder, if using something like QT Toolkit, we would already had a Linux/OSX version?

Maybe the author can give us some technical background of the application.

There will not be a huge problem with building a Linux/OSX version. It's built on top of Atom Electron which enables to create apps for Win/OSX/Linux. Just need to fine-tune os-specific things, docs, setup a certificate and app-signing for osx. Will try to release on May.

By creatives, does it mean exclusively web designers? I'm not sure I get the purpose of the software if it is not the case.

Creative was the closest term I could find for those who create things such as sites, mobile/desktop apps, games, etc. I have lots of routines while I switch between and work on projects: open project files with different editors, execute command-lines, check task manager. All these things I can access with Ctrl+Shift+F and execute with a single click. That saves me a ton of time and effort. I'm not a web designer, I make web/desktop apps :)

Hi there, it's unclear as to whether pricing is one-time or reoccurring.. just fyi !

Thank you for letting me know! I've just published an update, the buy page now clarifies that kind of things.

Is it an IDE ? Can you provide a YouTube demo ?

Please try that one: https://freeter.io/user-guide There are some screencasts showing the app.

What is it?

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