Congrats to Dave – he and his software convinced me. :)

/vjl/

Thanks for the feedback; it’s much appreciated. The native dialogs were making it difficult to select folders (as opposed to specific files), which is why we went for a more custom route for those specific dialogs. But we can definitely expend the extra effort to try to get the native ones to work.

I’d be happy to help out as best as I can.

1) OverSite is designed to help you–in a quick and easily modifiable way–plan out the website (or other software application) that you plan to build. While you probably wouldn’t use it to output your final product, you’d use it quickly create mockups of the site/application, attach notes to the mockups if necessary, wire up hyperlinks so that you can click through pages, and generate a sitemap. From there, you can test your mockups yourself to see if they make sense, and can also present them to your client/team-members/etc either by using OverSite’s built in presentation tools or by exporting to any number of formats.
(Yes, technically, that was three sentences. :))

2. As you can tell by the 3.0.3 version designation, we recently released version 3, and having been focusing on minor releases. Those releases have centered around fixing minor bugs that we’d discovered, plus a few minor feature enhancements. We’ll continue on that path for the next few months, focusing now mainly on memory and performance enhancements.

After that (maybe a few months down the line), we’ll probably have a somewhat major release–but still 3.x so that your current regsitration code would be valid–that adds more features. Then, it will be time to start working on version 4 (while, in the meantime, attending to version 3 as necessary with any bug fix releases, etc.)

Thanks again, and I hope that helps!
Dave

I’m feeling indecisive about making a purchase…
and would like to pose a couple of questions to you.

1) In 3 sentences (or less), why should a website builder/author purchase your program? ie/ what problem(s) does it solve for them?

2) Where is development going on OverSite? ie/ what can be expected in the next 3 to 6 months?

~ Denny doublePLUSdeals

PS. Thank you for stopping in on this blog. :)

The comments about other software like OmniGraffle, versus OverSite, are about spot on. OverSite doesn’t try to compete with OG for general purpose diagramming; it’s really focused on creating wireframes, sitemaps, and interaction design.

Some specific examples include the fact that OverSite lets you define a website structure (i.e. files within folders and subfolders) in a single project; the ability to create a layout for a section that appears within all of that section’s pages; page versions; hyperlinking and the Click-thru browser, etc. Basically, the project is treated as an integrated website rather than a collection of diagrams.

@harringg, and anyone having download issues: you can try this URL as well: http://taubler.com/oversite/OverSiteMac.zip

@Walker Argendeli: Yup, there is an upgrade policy, viewable here: http://taubler.com/oversite/OverSiteMac.zip.

@Denny Crane: Thanks for the positive feedback on the new look & feel. :)

Thanks everyone for the comments, and for taking a look at OverSite!