Tested on Windows Vista Pro 64bit 4Gb

1. Slow to download but, OK, maybe a lot of GotD people downloading

2. Installed and activated fine although never asked me for a serial number, it just activated by itself

3. I run twin monitors. When it first launched it ran centred between my two monitors. I cannot remember the last time when a program (not from GotD) did that - thumbs down

4. I tried to create a bookmark and it crashed, twice. Finally, I ran it in Administrator mode and it worked. Do you think it might be an idea to tell people this? - thumbs down

I'm sorry - I failed to carry out my intended full test because, in the end, I get really pissed off with it. It's got bugs aplenty, it's unfinished, its usability is average at best and AAAAAAARGH at worst, its documentation is one single image, that's it! It has no Help Guide to speak of, and no troubleshooting help at all. It is a piece of software that has been rushed out with little thought given to the abilities and competences of the average user.

I am a web developer, so this software is squarely designed at me. It has a USP, it is attractively designed (à la iTunes) and it has the potential to be a really useful tool for people like me, at whatever level of professionalism.

BUT THIS SOFTWARE IS IN ITS CURRENT STATE UNUSABLE

Get back behind your desk and start thinking about the User. The customer is King. This software was free for me today and I cannot wait to uninstall it. At $14.95 you are going to make enemies, people who will track you down and throw custard pies at you.

frank999  –  15 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+77)

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Hi everybody.

First of all in all seriousness, I want to thank all of you for trying Inspiration Library, leaving comments or filling out uninstallation survey. Thank you even for cruel comments :) Most of them are reasonable.

I absolutely agree with most commenters, bugs that have founded by you are really annoing or sometimes stupid. But most of them are caused by simple oversight. I specially asked GOTD team for posting a note that free upgrades are available, because I know that Inspiration Library is not perfect and as I know this is updating feature usually closed for GOTD users. So... thanks for your comments, now we know what we need to fix, what to do next and we will redouble ours efforts to make you change your first negative impression to positive :)

We have collected impressive ammount of bugreports and update full of bugfixes will be ready in two days or sooner.

P.S.
Inspiration Library is not actually supposed to be only a bookmark manager, but many of you were disapionted by lack of browsers support and integration. We are working on it.

Portable version installation is also working unproperly...


Thanks again,
Ruslan A.
Author of Inspiration Library

Ruslan A.  –  15 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+69)

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The Good
* Straightforward and easy to use.
* Nice aesthetically pleasing interface.
* Ability to add unlimited bookmarks and categorize and tag them.
* Users can periodically "update" screenshots of websites.
* Built in search feature.
* Has ability to allow user to create portable version.

The Bad
* Has some bugs.
* Only imports bookmarks/favorites from Internet Explorer.
* Lacks any sort of bookmark synchronization tool between browsers.
* Lacks any sort of browser integration.
* Needs an option to open websites in browser by just double click instead of having to right click -> open.

Free Alternatives
Tidy Favorites

For final verdict, recommendations, and full review please click here.

Ashraf  –  15 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+64)

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I was enthusiastic, but after 10 mintues I'm going to unistall it.
I've added 20 bookmarks, after a while 5 of them disapeared from folders ending up in INBOX folder (3 of them lost thumbnails). I can't move items from INBOX.
Apllication hang twice, reporting problem with image path on local disk (but the preview was ok), eding up with blurred window - I've to restart the app.

ETB  –  15 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+38)

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Cannot add by drag and drop or right click . It autostarts with windows without giving you the choice. No support for Firefox bookmarks. No added value over any other bookmark manager bar the thumbnails.
Positives: real serial number was supplied instead of the usual GAOTD secret activation.

Mugwah  –  15 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+35)

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