Hell freezes over; Now X Client for Mac now shipping

As a long term NUTD/NC user who waited I'm hopeful that this Now X will get resolved nicely at some point. But I've struggled to move on this past many years and address book simply has crap functionality which renders it largely useless compared to Now Contact.

I'm also migrating to Omni Focus for task management and since they sync with iCal and Address Book I fear my Now files will continue to languish until they get it together, if ever. The Now Sync Agent is a monster and ties up my system whenever I sync and even when I'm not syncing which is simply unacceptable. I've taken to watching Activity Monitor to see when things crash out what is active and it's usually some combo of Now Sync and myriad Mac Sync server and other sync apps.

Just ridiculous. So sad to see such a strong suite of software go down this road.

Fingers still crossed, but not holding my breath.

You want to talk vaporeware? Let's talk Typestyler.

Now's late to the game but not as late as Typestyler. I've been
occasionally writing about how long *this* has been in development and still continually ADVERTISED that the "Native OS X version on the way".

It's been "on the way" for over at least 5 years now, probably more.

How many designers have upgraded thinking that they'd have a modern
Mac app, only to see Classic apps and now all PPC-based systems
committed to history. To me it's a very worrisome situation - when you continually advertise something that never, ever comes.

What's more shameful it's the ad's been on the front page of MacSurfer for
least those 5 years, again, perhaps longer.. I've written MacSurfer, and the company, and have commented it on my blog for years now:

http://www.shortcuts.nl/index.php/weblog/comments/the_oldest_vaporware_in_the_macintosh_world/

I've even gotten feedback from the programmer once, but
that's it. The ads and the vapor continue…

Since when has the Macintosh Community devolved into a snarky elitist clique? Is this the run-off effluvia from the Microsoft switchers or merely /. wannabees?

The software is solid. It's been through a complete database framework rebuild, extensive testing and will prove to be best in class for a GTD suite of products that is evolving. What made me nearly snort my drink was the whining about a Mac First shipping app that wasn't available immediately for Wintel. Imagine that. Regardless, it will be soon. The server component is being worked on and an iPhone app is in the planning. Get over it. Daylite has an app for the iPhone. Whoopty Doo. What's their market penetration with that? Yeah, I thought so.

There's no denying that the early development cycle for NowX was a vast overstatement. It happens. I suppose you'd rather have half-assed software that ships immediately instead of it being done right?

Am I 100% happy with NowX v1.0? No. Will the things I'm still cranky about get fixed in later revisions? Probably.

Am I switching immediately over? No. Like many, I depend on the server component to make it work for my business. It's good for testing and for a pipeline to sync my iPhone through sync services and to know it better for when I do switch my company and my clients over.

How about a nice subjective review from a more qualified "journalist" (I use that term in the least binding of definitions) that lays out the current state of GTD apps on the Mac and iPhone?

And no. I'm not an employee. I'm a fan of their software because it works and the Now team is good people. They believe in what they're doing and they actually care about this product. Who else would have put up with the catcalling from the peanut gallery if they didn't?

wow... I was following the nighthawk situation very closely YEARS ago around the time that Chronos imploded and left the company I was working for high and dry. Years ago! Back then I thought it was like a couple months away! I've completely forgotten about it and moved on with my life and here it is? People were so irate back then in the forums for this stuff.

I'm one of those Now users who was forced to semi-abandon the program because of sync issues with Apple and other problems.

At this point, either Now needs to enter the 21st century or Address Book needs to understand people need to print out address labels and envelopes from time to time.

For the past year, I've been trying to maintain two separate and incompatible databases, and it's been a major pain. Hopefully, someone, somewhere, has a good workable solution.

I used to love NUTD/Contact and as an IT Pro I supported it for many, many years. I finally had to give up on it after a disastrous release about 10 years ago and later on Now Software just didn't bother to update it as much as necessary for the client-server base. It's a shame because I've never come across another contact manager that combines so many features in just two programs. The notes feature within the contact database alone is worth the price.

Ah well..too little..too late. RIP.

Used Now Contact and Now Up To Date for YEARS & YEARS.
The old apps still sorta work, mostly, but they crash a heckuva lot, too. I've moved on to Mobile Me and iCal and Addressbook, but they are not even close to Now...

But 4 years.... Dang, that's some incompetence there, hm?

I've never tried BusyCal, but what about Chronos SOHO Calendar?

Hey! I grew up next to Hell...in Pinckney.

Downloaded beta and after launch it took about 10 minutes before anything showed up in calendar. However, Now X has no menubar so I can only force quit and I am afraid to because it may still be importing. Should be faster than this on my Mac Pro. Doesn't look like anything special so far. BusyCal has been great during trial, will stick with BusyCal.

Some serious NUTD busting going on here.