Comments on: Tensai 0.93 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/ A Japanese Dictionary & Study Aid for Mac OS X Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Johan http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-944 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:23:41 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-944 any chance you could make a similiar app but with chinese-characters/pinyin/english instead. Would buy at instant!! any chance you could make a similiar app but with chinese-characters/pinyin/english instead. Would buy at instant!!

]]> by: panda http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-227 Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:29:29 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-227 oh dear - http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-party-iphone-apps/ http://rentzsch.com/cocoa/iphoneIndieAppDevelopment oh dear -

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/01/10/apple-vps-confirm-no-3rd-party-iphone-apps/

http://rentzsch.com/cocoa/iphoneIndieAppDevelopment

]]> by: panda http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-221 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:24:10 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-221 I hope there's a version for the iPhone. Perhaps as a dashboard-style app. I hope there’s a version for the iPhone. Perhaps as a dashboard-style app.

]]> by: Chris http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-189 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 05:31:02 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-189 Ive just read all these posts and I have to agree. if this app was 15$ I would DEFINITLY buy it. if it is going to be 30$ or more I won't. Even if it has a million great features. I ONLY need to look up things in a japanese dictionary. While I understand that portion is free right now, If you are goign to charge I would feel good paying 15$ for that. If oyu MUST charge 30$, maybe you could set up something where there are two levels of payments. one for 15$ to get most basic features unlmited, and one for 30$ (or 15$ upgrade after someone buys a basic license) to get advanced features. tat was people who want things worth 30$ can buy taht and most of the people out there (the majority of this board also) can pay 15$ for what we are looking for. ? I think that sounds like a good plan for everyone. It's really up to you though. Ive just read all these posts and I have to agree. if this app was 15$ I would DEFINITLY buy it. if it is going to be 30$ or more I won’t. Even if it has a million great features. I ONLY need to look up things in a japanese dictionary. While I understand that portion is free right now, If you are goign to charge I would feel good paying 15$ for that. If oyu MUST charge 30$, maybe you could set up something where there are two levels of payments. one for 15$ to get most basic features unlmited, and one for 30$ (or 15$ upgrade after someone buys a basic license) to get advanced features. tat was people who want things worth 30$ can buy taht and most of the people out there (the majority of this board also) can pay 15$ for what we are looking for. ? I think that sounds like a good plan for everyone. It’s really up to you though.

]]> by: John http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-148 Thu, 23 Nov 2006 05:15:13 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-148 As virtually everyone else is saying, $30 is simply too much for this app. There are excellent freeware alternatives. I'd say $12.50 or so would be reasonable. Paraphrasing hkstar said, $30 times 0 is 0, while $12.50 times 4 is $50. Which would you prefer? As virtually everyone else is saying, $30 is simply too much for this app. There are excellent freeware alternatives. I’d say $12.50 or so would be reasonable. Paraphrasing hkstar said, $30 times 0 is 0, while $12.50 times 4 is $50. Which would you prefer?

]]> by: Kevin Laverman http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-116 Wed, 18 Oct 2006 02:28:51 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-116 Your improvement work on the application is coming along nicely. Keep it up! But I also would balk at a $30 price on software that is basically a frontend for a public domain dictionary. JEDict is $25 and loaded with a much richer feature set. I would offer a pricing structure competitive to that, with a student discount for academic users. You'll make it up in volume sales, as they say. Your improvement work on the application is coming along nicely. Keep it up! But I also would balk at a $30 price on software that is basically a frontend for a public domain dictionary. JEDict is $25 and loaded with a much richer feature set. I would offer a pricing structure competitive to that, with a student discount for academic users. You’ll make it up in volume sales, as they say.

]]> by: Gene van Troyer http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-107 Fri, 06 Oct 2006 01:02:27 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-107 Since this is so obviously still under development--betaware, it seems to me--$30 is too steep at this stage. $12 with a promise of free upgrades when you hit the 1.0 mark would be more in line with realistic oricing, and then modest upgrade charges after that. This way you make the folks happy who want to donate because they believe in supporting useful software development, and who want to keep a live wire like you charged; and you get others who aren't donators ushered in because they see that the project is going places. In other words, $30 for betaware is too much for most. This is probably not the place to mention this, but a really useful app for pre-OSX Macs was Just Systems' Dr. Mouse. You could hover the mouse pointer over any word in English or Japanese in any document for any app, and a dictionary definition would pop up in one or the other language. Is there anything around that does this in OSX? Maybe you could make your app really useful by adding the auto-lookup feature. Since this is so obviously still under development–betaware, it seems to me–$30 is too steep at this stage. $12 with a promise of free upgrades when you hit the 1.0 mark would be more in line with realistic oricing, and then modest upgrade charges after that. This way you make the folks happy who want to donate because they believe in supporting useful software development, and who want to keep a live wire like you charged; and you get others who aren’t donators ushered in because they see that the project is going places. In other words, $30 for betaware is too much for most.

This is probably not the place to mention this, but a really useful app for pre-OSX Macs was Just Systems’ Dr. Mouse. You could hover the mouse pointer over any word in English or Japanese in any document for any app, and a dictionary definition would pop up in one or the other language. Is there anything around that does this in OSX? Maybe you could make your app really useful by adding the auto-lookup feature.

]]> by: Patrick http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-105 Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:10:32 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-105 Justin, thanks for making a great piece of software. I think wvh's assumption that it takes less resources to develop a simpler program is not true. I appreciate the elegance and simplicity that Tensai offers. I won't tell you to change the price, but I will tell you that I, Patrick, will gladly pay you $15 for a Universal version with an elemental kanji finder that works quickly and elegantly. As sufficient for everyday use as it usually is, the JEDict has many errors, inconsistencies and omissions. Even with all the features you could possibly pack in, any more than $15, and I'd rather put my money toward a reference work based on professional scholarship. Justin, thanks for making a great piece of software. I think wvh’s assumption that it takes less resources to develop a simpler program is not true. I appreciate the elegance and simplicity that Tensai offers. I won’t tell you to change the price, but I will tell you that I, Patrick, will gladly pay you $15 for a Universal version with an elemental kanji finder that works quickly and elegantly.

As sufficient for everyday use as it usually is, the JEDict has many errors, inconsistencies and omissions. Even with all the features you could possibly pack in, any more than $15, and I’d rather put my money toward a reference work based on professional scholarship.

]]> by: hkstar http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-104 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:39:21 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-104 <b>Justin:</b> Fair enough. Hope you didn't take my comments the wrong way. I have a couple of friends in the Mac shareware game, one very successfully, and know something about the extreme price sensitivity of the market. Just be aware that it will have to be a pretty special app to sell for $30+. Of course I've bought software (including shareware) that costs over that, but generally work-related only. For interest-related software like this .. I just don't see it, but what do I know anyway. Thanks for the replies and good luck with the development effort! Looking forward to the UniBin, obviously. Any hints on when we'll see it? And I guess here's a good place as any to start making feature requests: how about "look up in Tensai" as a contextual menu in Safari, like you get on a selected word for Dictionary.app? Christopher Drum: Love the Advertisement Warning Labels! I also have Rakubiki Jiten, and agree it's absolutely great. In fact I bought my DS Lite just to use it. Justin: Fair enough. Hope you didn’t take my comments the wrong way. I have a couple of friends in the Mac shareware game, one very successfully, and know something about the extreme price sensitivity of the market. Just be aware that it will have to be a pretty special app to sell for $30+. Of course I’ve bought software (including shareware) that costs over that, but generally work-related only. For interest-related software like this .. I just don’t see it, but what do I know anyway.

Thanks for the replies and good luck with the development effort! Looking forward to the UniBin, obviously. Any hints on when we’ll see it?

And I guess here’s a good place as any to start making feature requests: how about “look up in Tensai” as a contextual menu in Safari, like you get on a selected word for Dictionary.app?

Christopher Drum: Love the Advertisement Warning Labels! I also have Rakubiki Jiten, and agree it’s absolutely great. In fact I bought my DS Lite just to use it.

]]> by: Justin http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-103 Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:00:09 +0000 http://www.tensaimac.com/2006/08/31/tensai-093/#comment-103 I guess I just don't see the situation in the same way. Most of Tensai is free to use. If it's not worth $30 to you yet, perhaps a later version will be. In the meantime, you can use it unlicensed. It's turned shareware before 1.0 because I need a way to limit full access to 1.0's paid features during these pre-1.0 releases. I don't feel that expiring betas work well, and I'd rather have gripes about the price now than about turning it into shareware later. I guess I just don’t see the situation in the same way. Most of Tensai is free to use. If it’s not worth $30 to you yet, perhaps a later version will be. In the meantime, you can use it unlicensed.

It’s turned shareware before 1.0 because I need a way to limit full access to 1.0’s paid features during these pre-1.0 releases. I don’t feel that expiring betas work well, and I’d rather have gripes about the price now than about turning it into shareware later.

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