That's good to know Richard. Thanks for that. In a sense, I think it really speaks to how much people love MLO and find it helpful. The problem Andrey is having is there's a high demand so I guess that's always a good thing. Seems to be better than if no one cared or used the software at all. ;)
Joel On Saturday, November 17, 2012 9:53:17 AM UTC-5, Richard C wrote: > > Personally, I think Andrey covers an enormous amount of ground with his > small team which does include him as a full time member ( if I remember > correctly, he posted a small numbers of years ago to say that he was > jacking the day job and going full time on MLO). In the last two (?) years > he has: > > · Built capable mobile versions of MLO for the main mainstream > platforms > > · Set up a cloud environment allowing multiple instances of MLO to > synch > > · Implemented an synch facility across these different platforms > > > > Yes – further enhancements to the desktop version have stalled in that > time – but I am pleased to say that (as a member of the private beta group) > that there are some major enhancements in V4 – some of which Andrey has > already posted to the MLO blog about and others of which he has yet to > mention. Not everything that I would like to see but enough to keep me > very happy and to demonstrate that is committed to (and can deliver) a > programme of major (and robust) enhancements to MLO in a relatively short > space of time. I am using the MLO V4 beta for my day to day work and it > is very stable and there are several features which have significantly > improved my productivity. > > > > Richard > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Holmes245 > *Sent:* 15 November 2012 5:11 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Currently I see no future in MLO > > > > I think that what we're all forgetting is that the manpower just isn't > there. I've pretty much gathered from what hasn't and has been said that > Andrey just doesn't have the manpower to do all of this. It's apparent to > me that he's not even trying to be competitive at this point probably > because he can't. I'm willing to guess that MLO hasn't been Andrey's "bread > and butter" so development is probably being done on the side. As much as I > love MLO, let's face it, development is slow. I'm seeing features in open > source software out there that is free, for example, that MLO has yet to > include (i.e., rich text notes, calendar support) so as a user, I'm > fortunate enough to be using a platform on which MLO works. > > All of these ideas sound great but when would any of it really be > implemented? At this rate, not soon enough to be practical, it seems. I'm > not trying to be negative but that's the state of things as they are now. > If I'm wrong on that then by all means, let me know because I want to be. > > Joel > > > > > On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 3:09:33 PM UTC-5, Jake01 wrote: > > - If we are talking about ultimate commercial success, it would be > sufficient to follow the road map of a top developer, like for example, > Evernote > > > - Evernote has fully functional native applications on the two major > desktop OSs > - Has somewhat less functional (but more UI optimized) native > support on the various mobile OSs > - Has a sufficiently functional web interface > > > - Based on the above, MLO is not far behind, relatively speaking! > > > - MLO's strength is in the nuanced interface for a major desktop OS > - Even if/when a web version is available, we should not look to it > for a full set of features, because the web technologies of today are > too > clumsy to replicate the winning UI features which we all love in MLO > > > - Further OS expansion, that is, to ensure "a future", would be based > on total market share/utilization vs development effort > > > - I doubt that the various Linux implementations are on this map, nor > should they be > - MLO is not open source, just because you choose an open source OS > does not mean that all your favorite apps will suddenly be supported > - When you can run Microsoft Project on Raspberry Pi, then this > line of concerns will be more relevant. Perhaps this should have been > my > first point instead of last > > > On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 3:44:29 AM UTC-6, Darius wrote: > > I've checked a MLO roadmap and I must say I don't see a good future for > MLO . MLO is doing a big mistake: no web app or API for MLO cloud, there is > even no basic support for web planned . Now MLO is just not a true multi OS > device. > > > > I've have 3 new machines and on every of them I cannot use MLO. One is > Raspberry PI, one is laptop with Ubuntu, one is VMware with Lubuntu for my > TV ( I have Windows PC and Galaxy note which I am using fine with MLO) . I > know, this is Linux and Linux is not supported, but the problem is bigger: > > > > Now we have Windows RT released. How to use MLO? > > As in my example I have some machines with Linux, how to use MLO? > > If windows 8 fails, and some people will turn to Mac/Linux, what to do? > > If I bought chrome book, how to use MLO? > > > > In short I don't think the developement for all the OS will be fast enough > without any web app... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/C5Xzsl3Xf3UJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/w0XyIPIxYJEJ. 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