I've paid for Action Names and eventually decided my sanity is worth more
than $80 - too many frustrating bugs. I currently use TimeTrax (not as
feature-rich, but much more stable). MoreInfo's demo showed AN's limitations
even more. My suggestion: don't bother with AN.
> ----------
> From: Jon Glass
> Reply To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 3:36p
> To: Newtontalk
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] ActionNames vs. MoreInfo
>
>
> on 11/12/01 1:00 AM, Ivan Shaw at ishaw_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> >> And considering AN is free, and MI is STILL $85, I am leaning towards
> AN.
> >
> > ActionNames is not free.
>
> AN is free in the same way that MI can be free. ;-)
>
> That said, I've used AN for years, and the only reason I kept using it was
> because I spent so much money on it. :-) At first, MI and AN didn't have
> enough between them to differentiate them too much, which is when I went
> with AN. As time wore on, however, MI improved dramatically, while AN
> merely
> improved a little. Since I had invested so much time into customizing my
> fields and links, I kept with AN. I would not recommend it, even for free,
> to a new user. It has a bunch of little, niggley bugs, and one that can
> really cause problems, in the "Contact History" name view, and customized
> links. Iambic knew of this bug, but, unfortunately, Apple cancelled the
> Newton before AN was fixed. :-( I would heartily recommend MI over AN any
> day, even at its steep price. Remember, at least SilverWare is still
> supporting it, of a sorts. Iambic is pretending that the Newton never
> existed, and you are on your own, up the creek, without them.
> --
> -Jon Glass
> Krakow, Poland
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> murders
> itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."
> --John
> Adams
>
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