How to put it without being overly offensive ? I had already looked up that program, independently of any promotion. I have just installed it, kicked a few tyres and downloaded the user manual.

Maybe it's pure gold deep inside, but on the face of it, this is a desperately obsolete piece of software that has not kept up with its time. The installer looks antique. Some task input box cannot detect the size of the screen by itself, so it might display out of the screen. The user manual is not even a pdf, it's a Word file, and the Word document explorer panel is useless to navigate it, because the writer has not even applied styles correctly to headlines.

It does not even have Gantt charts -- at least nothing called like that. It does have a "Task Calendar" that might, or might not be an actual Gantt chart.

Have a look at what passes for a knowledge base on their site.

I say : forget it. I'm uninstalling.

clairvaux  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+32)

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If it wasn't written, I wouldn't believe that astronomical $690 price tag for this kind of product.

Try Task coach (taskcoach.org/features.html) instead: free, great features, works also on Linux and smartphone. Can't beat that.

papin  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+22)

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papin,
If you look at their list of clients you will see a huge amount of government work.
This explains how they can ask such a ridiculous price.
Very interesting example of this occurs in the film Snowden, 3 million versus 4 billion for a less effective program.

papin, If you look at their list of clients you will see a huge amount of government work. This explains how they can ask such a ridiculous price. Very interesting example of this occurs in the film Snowden, 3 million versus 4 billion for a less effective program.
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XP-Man  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+21)

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In XP S3 encountered the following problem; it didn't install correctly but did not recognise the fact.

Part way through the installation it reported a problem but then appeared to be okay and closed, it informed me that I needed to do a restart. This I duly did and there in all its glory was the icon for the program.
Clicking on it produced no result, on examination of the folder found there was no EXE other than the uninstall.

Not very impressive for such an expensive program which in essence appears to be a Project manager with a clients list to envy.

No idea if this problem is confined to my system or it is general, we'll see.

XP-Man  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+6)

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hardgirl,
Can't remember the last time I had problems with an installation in XP, Windows 10 on the other hand judging by this site is really dreadful for installation problems.

I do have Windows 7 on one of my four hard drives and I really do not enjoy using it and even though it has minimal use it is forever reporting problems which it then has to resolve.

I use XP because I'm really comfortable with it, kind of the same as my old battered shoes, comfort.

hardgirl, Can't remember the last time I had problems with an installation in XP, Windows 10 on the other hand judging by this site is really dreadful for installation problems. I do have Windows 7 on one of my four hard drives and I really do not enjoy using it and even though it has minimal use it is forever reporting problems which it then has to resolve. I use XP because I'm really comfortable with it, kind of the same as my old battered shoes, comfort.
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XP-Man  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+19)

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Found out why it is so expensive, it's an antique!

Help file written in 2006.
:-)

XP-Man  –  7 years ago  –  Vond je deze reactie nuttig? ja | nee (+18)

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