Pagico 3.2: There’s something you might like… (opinions needed!)
So, it’s great that most of our users are very happy about the new 3.1 release (although the EML feature is still very unstable, we’re working on it!).
But regarding to Pagico, there are something else that you probably will like.
Yes, it’s the upcoming Pagico 3.2! A dramatic change is planned to be carried out with the 3.2 release, and hopefully it’s gonna make Pagico better than ever.
Let me show you something.
It is the interface. With the wonderfully designed interface of Pagico right now, we’ve received lots of praises over it: it’s just gorgeous. However, besides these praises, we do have received tons of complaints about it: it’s so much different than a normal Mac (and Windows) application that it takes forever to get used to it.
So, we think it is time to make a change to this interface, a change that can dramatically shorten the time needed to get used to Pagico.
So here it is, let’s take a look at the brand new Pagico 3.2 (still under development and subject to change):
The dashboard view in Pagico 3.2
In Pagico 3.2, auto-groups and topic folders will be displayed like the image below:
So, it looked wonderful and we loved it. However, there are still weeks before we can actually deliver this new release, so now everything is subject to change, and your opinion matters!
Please let us know what you think about it, and what do you like / hate so we can make it as close as possible to perfection. 
Cheers!
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I think the best thing you could do would be to give out beta versions to some volunteers (like me), and improve Pagico that way.
I guess that the main thing I can complain about Pagico is its lack of beta testing. New versions are around every month, but they are VERY frequently unstable. This would be acceptable if Pagico was free, but we PAY for it, and we want it to do what we gave our money for - not crash our data !
It also seems that you don’t have a clear roadmap, with future features planned in advance (I mean long term : at least 1 year / 1 major release in advance), even if they’re not ready yet. The problem is that (from the outside) you seem to be taking this software “where the wind blows”, but I don’t want to be taken where the wind blows!!!! I want Pagico to do what it is intended to do, and do it well. I am ready to invest time to help you do so with beta testing and all (as I have already done in the past). I can bet I am not the only one.
I’m sorry if this message feels weird - I don’t mean to be aggressive. I just want to be constructive and make the best out of this great idea. I’ve refrained from writing this message for a few weeks now. I just feel it’s the right time to raise this issue.
In short : use more intensive beta testing, slow down the release speed, but make them more consistent. Many of us could help.
Hi Cedric:
Thanks for the constructive comment! I really appreciate it!
Yes, the beta testing in the past has been not carried out very well, and this has given us many lessons. So we’ll definitely improve this.
But you know what, this change of the interface has been planned months ago, as we’ve noticed that impact of the current interface and started designing new interfaces almost every week. Right now we have dozens of design drafts, while this one appears to be the best (and seems to be the most potential one) so far. That’s the reason we put it in front of you guys.
Beta testing will be started as soon as it’s stable enough, and this time the beta testing will be long enough (hopefully) to sort out severe bugs.
Again, thanks so much for the constructive comment. Your efforts is very much appreciated, and we’ll let you know as soon as this beta is available.
One feature I don’t see in the new design is the ability to scroll the timeline, or adjust it to 2 weeks out versus seeing what I did last week. Sometime I just want to know what my life looks like in a month…in Pagico!
I would love to see what the topics will look like. The list/copy section of each topic is a little quarky and I think those items are more important than the face lift.
Such as:
» Being able to work with the calendar easily
» being able to name the list, and then add an item, hit return, and not lose the list name.
» The text field editor doesn’t work so well. If I type and hit a return it gives me a html return…even if I hit a soft return. Copy and paste works well though.
» If I add a tag to a person, it doesn’t show up in my tag explorer?
Still love it! I think this fits my working style better than anything else I’ve found. Thanks. Oh, the updates do look good.
Hi Pagico, having the navigation on the left side instead of tabs is oddly more familiar and with more widescreen monitors out these days, doesn’t impact screen real estate that negatively. I would, however, reverse the “toolbar” to have the Pagico logo on the left, followed by Preferences, Lock DB, Close DB and put the search box back on the right. With iTunes, Safari, Firefox, Maxthon, etc, search boxes on the right just feel more familar. While I use an iMac, I mostly boot under Windows for work, so I look forward to trying out all these changes when version 3 hits Win XP. Thanks, Robert.
Hi,
Just wondering what is happening to the site; a lot of the links are not working, for example the download links.
Regards,
Stig
Hi Stig:
Ahh we’re almost crazy about it — the server went wrong and it’s getting back. Hopefully everything is gonna work again today.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
what happened to the most recent posts?!!!
will the windows version still be released this weekend?