OmniWeb 5.0 pricing

[Steve Dieringer]

I tend to agree with the comments re OW not being stable.  I'm sure we 
all have different experiences and I haven't kept a scientific record 
of crashes/issues, but I pretty much gave up on OW a few months ago and 
use Safari full time - except for printing.  I use Camino for that.  
Reason I stopped using OW?  Crashes and lack of tabs.  How many 
crashes?  Enough to be bothersome.  Oh, yeah, it also 'seemed' slow.

Will I try OW 5?  Yes.  I'm interested in some of the new features.  
I'd like a trial before I pay, however, to make sure the stability and 
speed issues are resolved.  I'll upgrade when I'm satisfied.

Don't shoot the messenger when issues/concerns are voiced.  Omni needs 
to hear them if they are to improve the product.  BTW, I've been using 
Omni on-and-off since NeXT days.  Shoot, I even used NetSurfer...



On Jan 2, 2004, at 11:49 AM, Karl Kuehn wrote:

> 	Ok... I think we have all been patient enough with your wining. You 
> have expressed yourself, been acknowledged and disagreed with, and you 
> keep coming back with the same statements. The majority of us are not 
> experiencing crashes like you. I use OmniWeb on 4 computers, and see 
> about a crash a week. Since I abuse OW with a nasty combination of 
> JavaScript and rapid-fire Apple- and shell-scripts, I consider that 
> pretty good.
> 	OW 4.5 is not "riddled with bugs and problems", and considering that 
> this is a very pro-OmniWeb list, I think you are just trolling at this 
> point. Please stop. The rest of us have been very nice to this point, 
> but I think you have pushed things as far as they need to go.
>
> 		Karl Kuehn
> 			larkost at softhome.net
>
> On Jan 2, 2004, at 11:26 AM, Phill R Kenoyer wrote:
>
>>> Just wanted to say that I *love* the pricing scheme.  I think the
>>> upgrade price is more than fair to the customers, and (barring any
>>> major disasters) I will definitely pay the $9.95 upgrade price.
>>
>> I'm not saying that I disagree with the upgrade price, rather I 
>> disagree with the quality of OW software.  It is riddled with bugs 
>> and problems.  I payed for it thinking that it would be stabilized, 
>> not dumped.
>>
>> When I pay for software, I expect it to be stable and useful.  This 
>> is why I chose the Mac platform.  If I didn't care about stability, 
>> the I would just use MS Windows.  How can I brag to my Windows using 
>> friends that the Mac never crashes when my main browser takes a dump 
>> five times a day?  Safari only dumps once a week.
>
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