thanks for the reply. You replied to me offline, so I keep it that way (if

want it so;-)

I already mentioned that I like Open source products, there is a good

for that, which I would like to explain. When I buy a product I want to

it for a long time. Ideally I want to be able to modify things within the software to my needs. An I believe that open source products are good for this, for other things as well.

I installed the software on a Windows 98 machine. The lowest speck machine which I have (I always do this with new software).

The speed seems to be reasonable (nothing to complain here ;-)

I accessed a few Mysql databases when I got an "Abstract error".

When you choose the Blob Editor and try to access a database which you

have access for then a screen tells me " Access violation at address

in module "RTL70.BPL" Read of address FFFFFFFF"

While the software contains possibly all kind of tools and features I dont think that the design of the interface is intuitive.

The File menu has a point called Preferences. Is there a point in listing

the single sub sections when they lead to the same window containing all properties ?

Also the functions should be grouped context sensitive. ( I believe DbVisualizer is a good sample here). See how the context of the menu

with the user interactions (try the export functions).

I would perhaps place the tool buttons on a vertical bar between the left

the right window, letting the image icons change depending which tool you have chosen to see. the tools would be shown in tabs, so that the user

basically only 1 tab at a time (unless he wants to see more windows than

should be able to cascade the windows or arrange them on the screen).

I dont believe in Error No xxx messages. The window should display the

for the user. f.e

Not: error 1045 but: This combination of username, hostname,db and password is invalid.

Also I dont like popup windows reminding me that I have to register the software evrytime when I start the software or click on a special feature. That can be mentioned decently in the statusbar once or always, but NO

- hope you got this ;-)

The Wizard screens remind me of another software called SQLyog (available

http://www.webyog.com/) which was freely available for quite a while ;-) , its right now 30 - 50$.

Perhaps the mixture of tools is unique the way you present them ;-) , but

certainly think that the GUI could need a good and thoroughly sorting for the functions. Think about it this way "KISS" - Keep it stupid simple.

many options is like trying to find your car key in the forest (or so ;-).

Anyway thats my opinion. I could probaly go on like this for a while... At

end its the user who decides which products he likes and my result is that this product still needs lots of improvements regarding the GUIs

(and the pricing and the license model of course;-).