I am a Palm user and it looks to me like Resco Explorer for Palm definitely is hurting in comparison to the WM version based on the OS is has to deal with. Palm doesn’t have a built-in explorer (and most of the free add-on ones only handle the storage card), I don’t think it has a registry to edit, and it seems to deal with managing and launching files differently. Palm is user-friendly on the surface, but it’s tougher to get down to power user functions.

I’m drooling over the new WM version. May have to think about getting it for the Axim…

Upgrades are free if you purchased less than a year ago, 50% off if it was longer. http://www.resco.net/support/faq/?faq=upgrade

ahhh, thanks. I did look at the PPC Resco Explorer FAQ, but didn’t go to the general FAQ.

And yeah, I agree with you on the palm side of things. But I think Palm in general really, really lags behind, and has been for years. I remember my Tungsten T3 and TCPMP and Resco Photo Viewer. The palm version looked like crap compared to the PPC version, and the features differences were unbelievable.

When I read comments/stories like this I really wonder if the person posting the story actually uses the application. Anyone considering purchasing/upgrading to 2008 for the WM PPC, should go over to the resco forums and read the various bugs and issues people are having with the app. In some cases, some major functionality that was present in previous versions of Explorer is now missing in the 2008 version. The problems go as far as the beta testers begging Resco NOT to release the app due to the severity and number of issues.

Caveat Emptor!

@JNGold.

that is very useful insider information you’ve given us! A good warning. And although I always do research (I did go to the forums, but i only hit up the release post this time), there has to be a cut-off point for how much I dig into something for a news post.

That being said, I used to be a big Resco 2005-2007 user on the WM platform (took part in some of the 2007 public beta), but I’ve since moved to another mobile platform so I don’t personally check every news post by putting it on my TyTN (except for the occasional old review that’s been updated).

In any case, thanks for chiming in with that. See you around.

updated post pointing to info from JN

I have just visited the Resco forums to read about the complaints. To be honest, I first couldn’t believe that there were so many complaints. My experience with Resco Explorer 2008 has been very good.

However I’ve indeed found that there were lots of complaints. But on a positive note: on several of the topics, the developer has replied saying it would be fixed for the next version. And I was also told through e-mail that a minor update is scheduled for release in 7-10 days already.
On top of that, I wasn’t able to reproduce must bugs, so they might have been fixed already with a newer version. So I would suggest everyone to re-download from the Resco website, they’ve apparently uploaded a newer version (even though it still says June 2nd).

There are some small issues, such as the inability to re-order favourites and the fact that Tree View can no longer be enabled from the View submenu. However, these things have been brought under the attention of the developers. They are taking this feedback into account and are considering to make changes here.

People may read my review about the new features of Resco Explorer 2008 here:
http://spmwinkel.wordpress.com/2008/06/06/resco-explorer-2008-new-features-review

Of course I won’t simply advertise Resco Explorer, I do think that with the amount of discussions on the forum users should be careful and thorougly explore the application themselves too, before purchasing.

Have a great weekend all!

Thanks for more useful feedback, Stefan! Will take a look at your review now