Some IdeaMason questions

Posted by Dominik Holenstein
Oct 11, 2006 at 05:57 AM

Derek,

I had to laugh when I read your post because I had similar feelings.

Like you, the first thing I wanted to change was to make the Icons smaller to get more space on the screen. Further, I didn’t like the color scheme but during the trial phase I realized that this mix of blue/grey is better for the eyes than a white background (incidential remark: I change the background of applications to (very) light yellow whenever I can).

I sent some suggestions to Idea Mason and the response was very encouraging and satisfying: My request for smaller icons (or the possibility to make them smaller by the user) has been handed over to programming. I don’t know if this feature will be added to version 3 in December. I think there are many other and more important features to add.

Overall, I can say that Idea Mason is very powerful, very stable and a pleasure to work with. Before that, you have to invest some time to learn how to use it. But that’s not surprising because every new software requires training.

Another great plus of Idea Mason is their customer support and their openess to listen to the (potential) customers. One example: My trial period ended faster than expected. So I requested another trial phase and I got it!

I haven’t bought Idea Mason yet. But when version 3 will be out it will be difficult to resist. Curious of what will be in 3? Have a look here:
http://www.ideamason.com/products/version30.htm

Dominik