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Friday, February 17, 2012

I just wanted to give everyone a quick update.

Progress is going very well on Curio 8, however it looks like it won't be out for a few more months. I'm hoping for a late Summer release. Perhaps when Mountain Lion is released. ;-)

Curio 8 has a brand new UI and I've moved all the code to the latest Xcode and Lion's frameworks. Yes, that means Curio 8 will require Lion at a minimum. Getting all of this going has taken a lot longer that I anticipated but it's going to be well worth it in the long run.

I'll post some more updates soon. Thanks to everyone for their patience. :-)

13 Comments:

Dear George

Curio is the best program I have ever owned. As I've said to you before, I use it every day in my career as an advocate.
I have not found a program more ideally suited to the practice of law.
Perhaps I could write an article for your readers about it?
Actually, maybe you could run a series of guest blog posts from people in different professions and jobs, describing how they use Curio in their everyday work life?
I cannot wait for Curio 8.

Matt

By Anonymous, at 1:22 PM
This is an awesome idea!

Several customers have mentioned how they enjoyed seeing John Harrold's Vimeo post (http://vimeo.com/14901214) describing how he uses Curio.

And some of the forum threads where other customers have described how they use Curio (such as http://www.zengobi.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=694) have been popular as well.

If anyone would like to do a guest post here on the blog then let me know!

By George, at 4:29 PM
Worth the wait for version 8 I'm sure! Looking forward to the new UI! I also use Curio everyday, though certainly not in the same manner. For me it's all about brainstorming and then planning new art pieces for exhibits.

Thanks for the update!

By Christopher Grant, at 2:59 AM
As a long time Mac user (mid 1980s) I can say that I have not been excited about a piece of software for a long while.

Curio is an impressive piece of work. I downloaded the demo version yesterday and will definitely be purchasing it. I use Devonthink and Circus Ponies Notebook as well as Novamind and xMind.

For most of my work Curio will be the up front app I hope there will be an upgrade path to version 8.

Bill

By Anonymous, at 8:59 PM
Yay! I can't wait!

By Thomas Clancy, at 5:48 PM
I really like Curio and find it exceptional in making all kinds of notes.

However, after upgrading to Lion and finding it extremely problematic I very quickly reverted back to Snow Leopard. I am unsure whether I will install Mountain Lion, certainly not until it's been out and had a few .x releases.

I'm really disappointed that Curio 8 will be Lion+ only. There has been a great deal of anger over Lion in a number of forums (apple's included) and many people who have reverted to SL. This means a whole lot of folk who remain on SL will not be able to upgrade to Curio 8.

By Anonymous, at 10:25 AM
Will there be a point when users who buy Curio 7 will get a free upgrade to 8? I've bene thinking of buying it, but I don't want to buy it now and need to upgrade in a few months.

By Ali, at 6:48 PM
Presumably yes since we've done that in the past as well. :-) However, I can't promise when Curio 8 will be released so you may have quite a wait...

By George, at 7:29 PM
Love curio but hate the learning curve.

Would be willing to pay for standalone templates - esp for mind maps.

Depending on demand might be a great add on you can sell (bundles of pre-made templates / idea spaces) for time-crunched users to get the most out of it.

By Anonymous, at 2:44 PM
I am currently using the extended trial version and plan on purchasing at the end of the time (most likely end of April). Do you think that 8 will be available at that time or is it looking like it will be later in the summer?

Scott

By Unknown, at 8:54 AM
Much later this summer, but I can't promise any dates of course. Mountain Lion may cause delays, Mac App Store may cause delays, etc.

By George, at 8:59 AM
Excited to see when you release! Standing by.. keep us updated and good luck :)

By Actos Bladder Cancer Lawsuit, at 9:43 PM
Any chance for a curio iPad app?

By Anonymous, at 2:12 PM