Upgrade

July 13th, 2004

Filed under: Comics

I’ve just upgraded to Comicbase 9. I’ve only been using it for a couple of days now, but I’m not sure how much I like it.

For the five years I’ve been using Comicbase, I’ve always been pleased with it. The new version has a fairly drastic change to the basic look of the program. No longer are there two pages per title (one with cover images, one with issue information), but one page that includes all the information. The interface is more streamlined, which I definitely appreciate. The speed, however, seems to be slower. This is particularly an issue when I exit the program and the database is backed up. This process now takes nearly five minutes and most of my processor cycles. I can’t do much else but wait for it to finish.

The new features look interesting. I haven’t played with the “higher-definition pictures” much, but I look forward to being able to track multiple connections. I also need to learn how to sync it with my PDA.

First impression: Nice extras, prettier pictures, but slower.

2 Responses to “ Upgrade ”

  1. Doug
    August 2nd, 2004 at 10:02 am

    I’ve never used ComicBase before so I tried the “Demo” version. It looks ok to me but like I said, I never used the older versions. However, I did notice this little issue with the demo version:

    Select “Comics” located at the top of the main window. I then selected “Find Comics” from the pull down menu. In the “Find:” window I made the mistake of accidentally selecting the “——————-” separator. When this occurs you get a “Run-time error `438`: Object doesn’t support this property or method” and the program dies a horrible death (using up one of my 30 chances to try it out). Does this happen in the full blown version? Are there other bugs or is this a pretty stable product. I’d hate to blow $120 to $200 on garbage.

  2. Scott
    August 2nd, 2004 at 11:33 pm

    I hadn’t noticed that error before, but you’re right. It does happen in the full version too (but interestingly enough, not in Comic Base 8). The only other I’ve encountered happends when you “x” out of a menu instead of canceling out: the same error occurs. Human Computing has been very good about fixing any bugs, so I assume there will be a patch soon.

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