I saw the “upgrades as low as $25” and thought that wasn’t unreasonable - until today I finally got around to doing it only to find that upgrading Pro will cost me $49 - nearly 25% of the cost of buying the program all over again.
I’m not particularly happy about this. And it almost makes me want to spend some time with the full version of Rapidweaver I have, that I’ve never even opened. Although I don’t need a whole additional learning curve.
Maybe I’ll just keep going with 5.4.3 until I run into a problem requiring something in 5.5 I really have to have. $25 would have been automatic. $49 is not… for me anyway.
But, after 30 days of the free trial - I was sold. It was very worth it with all the new actions included and the showcase - that in itself rocks.
just my thoughts.
Julie
On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:33 PM, igirl wrote:
I saw the “upgrades as low as $25” and thought that wasn’t unreasonable - until today I finally got around to doing it only to find that upgrading Pro will cost me $49 - nearly 25% of the cost of buying the program all over again.
I’m not particularly happy about this. And it almost makes me want to spend some time with the full version of Rapidweaver I have, that I’ve never even opened. Although I don’t need a whole additional learning curve.
Maybe I’ll just keep going with 5.4.3 until I run into a problem requiring something in 5.5 I really have to have. $25 would have been automatic. $49 is not… for me anyway.
IMHO the demo of this is offputting - there is a delay between images, no fades or transitions, and the frames and pages around them look like a very old template kind of design. The bright flash between images in the slideshow is quite annoying too.
I’ll still probably upgrade eventually, maybe even soon because I do really like FW - but one would think they could have done a far better job putting their “best foot forward” for such important features. Or at least give more examples from different designers to show what it can really do.
Well on Black Friday this year, you get a sweet deal.
What kind of features are you looking for “more examples” of? I’m sure people on here could post an example or I could make some ScreenCasts on the new features.
Well on Black Friday this year, you get a sweet deal.
Excellent - and thank you for the heads up - I’ll be tuning in!
What kind of features are you looking for “more examples” of? I’m sure people on here could post an example or I could make some ScreenCasts on the new features.
I have to get into it before asking for specific features. The animated thumbnails are great - more things like that - things that can compete against Flash design are great. But generally speaking maybe just additional examples that aren’t just so vanilla, more contemporary and have a little style to them.
I apologize if you or someone else on here is offended by my comments… I hesitated saying anything because I’m sure the demos are done by brilliant folks that just might need a little extra creative vision or input to make them “pop” a little. All in the interest of the greater good of promoting a brilliant design platform!
I actually ran into one gallery/slideshow design somewhere on here recently (linked in the forums) that made me think - “I didn’t know it could look that good!”. I know there’s already a gallery of Freeway designed sites in the Softpress pages - more specific image gallery/slideshow samples would be great.
Sure thing. I’m confident nobody is offended as everyone has expectations that are either met or leave the user with a desire to see something taken to the next level.
As a disclaimer, my Black Friday mention was off the @Softpress Twitter account where on Friday you will save 33% on Freeway Pro. That wasn’t to lead you to think that the upgrade price will change as it is somewhat vague on whether it’s new purchases or existing accounts. So there’s no ‘secret under-the-table’ price that will pop-up because I said something as I’m not affiliated with them.
As a disclaimer, my Black Friday mention was off the @Softpress Twitter account where on Friday you will save 33% on Freeway Pro. That wasn’t to lead you to think that the upgrade price will change as it is somewhat vague on whether it’s new purchases or existing accounts. So there’s no ‘secret under-the-table’ price that will pop-up because I said something as I’m not affiliated with them.
It reads mostly like it’s for new buyers of the full version, only. I’ve made an enquiry. Let’s see if they want to also provide this 33% Off consideration for upgrades by their loyal customers - or not. :-/
We are planning to announce this properly to the list today but yes, the 33% off is on full price copies only. Here’s a breakdown:
The Black Friday discount will be:
A third off new copies of Freeway Pro (upgrades are already heavily discounted, particularly from 5 to 5.5).
FatCow web hosting bought through us will be $35 for the year with a free domain name.
Existing discounts include:
33% off Pixelmator if you own Freeway
40% off Easy Web Animator if you own Freeway
40% off Intaglio if you own Freeway
Hope this clears things up!
Joe
On 25 Nov 2010, at 04:17, igirl wrote:
As a disclaimer, my Black Friday mention was off the @Softpress Twitter account where on Friday you will save 33% on Freeway Pro. That wasn’t to lead you to think that the upgrade price will change as it is somewhat vague on whether it’s new purchases or existing accounts. So there’s no ‘secret under-the-table’ price that will pop-up because I said something as I’m not affiliated with them.
It reads mostly like it’s for new buyers of the full version, only. I’ve made an enquiry. Let’s see if they want to also provide this 33% Off consideration for upgrades by their loyal customers - or not. :-/
