B Liner -- still being deveoped or dead in the water
Started by Daly de Gagne
on 12/14/2006
Daly de Gagne
12/14/2006 3:24 pm
I rcently looked at B liner http://www.bliner.com/index.html again, with some curiosity.
Does snyone here use B liner, and is there any indication this prouct is undee development? It appears that last version is from 2002.
Are there any real plusses to this this product?
Daly
Does snyone here use B liner, and is there any indication this prouct is undee development? It appears that last version is from 2002.
Are there any real plusses to this this product?
Daly
Graham Smith
12/14/2006 4:01 pm
Daly
I had a license for it, but it for me in the UK it wouldn't let me use ££s nor use International dates.
I have emailed them a couple of times over the last few years about upgrades and fixes for these problems, but received no replies.
Its a fascinating program, with some useful project management tools, but other than that I can't remember all that much about it. I did try to use it recently, but had lost my license key and strangely an email asking about re-issuing the key wasn't replied to.
Graham
Does snyone here use B liner, and is there any indication this prouct is
undee development? It appears that last version is from 2002.
I had a license for it, but it for me in the UK it wouldn't let me use ££s nor use International dates.
I have emailed them a couple of times over the last few years about upgrades and fixes for these problems, but received no replies.
Its a fascinating program, with some useful project management tools, but other than that I can't remember all that much about it. I did try to use it recently, but had lost my license key and strangely an email asking about re-issuing the key wasn't replied to.
Graham
Daly de Gagne
12/14/2006 5:19 pm
Graham, I got it to download, and I have email asked for more information about future plans. I hope to get a reponse. It has always intrigued me even though I am not quite sure how I would use it -- crimpers are to software what pack rats are to everything else!
Daly
Graham Smith wrote:
Daly
Graham Smith wrote:
Daly
>Does snyone here use B liner, and is there any indication this prouct is
>undee development? It appears that last version is from 2002.
I had a license for
it, but it for me in the UK it wouldn't let me use ££s nor use International dates.
I
have emailed them a couple of times over the last few years about upgrades and fixes for
these problems, but received no replies.
Its a fascinating program, with some
useful project management tools, but other than that I can't remember all that much
about it. I did try to use it recently, but had lost my license key and strangely an email
asking about re-issuing the key wasn't replied to.
Graham
Graham Smith
12/14/2006 5:39 pm
Daly
I look foward to seeing how you get on with getting a response.
Graham
Graham, I got it to download, and I have email asked for more information about future
plans. I hope to get a reponse. It has always intrigued me even though I am not quite sure
how I would use it -- crimpers are to software what pack rats are to everything
I look foward to seeing how you get on with getting a response.
Graham
Daly de Gagne
12/15/2006 3:03 pm
Graham, I got a reply.
Apparently there will be some upgrades, but no significant feature changes.
Daly
Graham Smith wrote:
Apparently there will be some upgrades, but no significant feature changes.
Daly
Graham Smith wrote:
Daly
>Graham, I got it to download, and I have email asked for more information about
future
>plans. I hope to get a reponse. It has always intrigued me even though I am not
quite sure
>how I would use it -- crimpers are to software what pack rats are to
everything
I look foward to seeing how you get on with getting a response.
Graham
Graham Smith
12/15/2006 5:52 pm
Daly
I am encouraged that you got a reply, it will be interesting to see how it develops.
Graham
Graham, I got a reply.
I am encouraged that you got a reply, it will be interesting to see how it develops.
Graham
Alexander Deliyannis
3/10/2007 10:37 am
Daly de Gagne wrote:
For me the main plus is the concept itself, i.e. a hierarchical spreadsheet. Actually, that was how I first saw it mentioned in a forum and eventually registered it, a few years ago.
I use it in project planning, especially budgetting; it's the easiest and most intuitive way I've found to play around with "what if" scenarios adding and/or deleting tasks and items and seeing the overall effect in time and money required. It's also great for presenting the project.
I find it's a shame that development has stopped (at least until now). The only other program I've found that can do something similar is Mind Manager but I find its related functions far from intuitive.
I am very sceptical about its further development regardless of what the company says. My own support mails in the past remained unanswered. Sometime ago I came across the CV of a freelance programmer who claimed that he had developed the application on behalf of Varatek.
Anyway, it's good to know that they've replied; Graham, I suggest that you write them again for your unlock key; if you recall, it's a special file that the program must locate upon startup.
cheers
alx
Are there any real
plusses to this this product?
For me the main plus is the concept itself, i.e. a hierarchical spreadsheet. Actually, that was how I first saw it mentioned in a forum and eventually registered it, a few years ago.
I use it in project planning, especially budgetting; it's the easiest and most intuitive way I've found to play around with "what if" scenarios adding and/or deleting tasks and items and seeing the overall effect in time and money required. It's also great for presenting the project.
I find it's a shame that development has stopped (at least until now). The only other program I've found that can do something similar is Mind Manager but I find its related functions far from intuitive.
I am very sceptical about its further development regardless of what the company says. My own support mails in the past remained unanswered. Sometime ago I came across the CV of a freelance programmer who claimed that he had developed the application on behalf of Varatek.
Anyway, it's good to know that they've replied; Graham, I suggest that you write them again for your unlock key; if you recall, it's a special file that the program must locate upon startup.
cheers
alx