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by manuscreationis 4963 days ago
This looks interesting, the tabbed effect is a major draw for me personally, but I feel like hes got a bit of a price tier issue with the rewards on the kickstarter...

His target price for the released product is hopefully $10 ( a good deal )

The $20 pledge gets you 2 licenses Cost Per License: $10 Additional Perk: Nothing

The $50 pledge gets you 1 license Cost Per License: $50 Additional Perk: Beta Access

The $100 pledge gets you 5 licenses Cost Per License: $20 Additional Perk: Immediate Access

And that's just a small analysis of those 3 price points. The higher points also seem a little off to me as well. It just seems odd to have the Cost Per License to vary so wildly, in my unsolicited opinion, anyways.

I understand trying to play to the draw of people wanting quicker access to use the tool, but his pricing model creates tiers that are counter-intuitive to people who want to contribute, but do not want to receive what could be perceived as a poor value for the cash they have available to contribute.

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If you want a tabbed Windows console, take a look at "Console":

http://sourceforge.net/projects/console

I've been using it for a while, and it works pretty well.

From the project page: "Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles."

ConEmu is pretty good too, in terms of customization, etc.

http://code.google.com/p/conemu-maximus5/

ConEmu starts a console program in a hidden console window, and provides an alternative customizable GUI window with various features:

I'll take a look, thanks!
Great feedback and something I have been concerned about myself. I'm considering adjusting the higher tiers so the cost per license is more consistent.
Wow, thanks for responding!

I hope it didn't come across as negative, it was just something I noticed and wondered if other people saw the same thing, or if I was just being nitpicky.

I hope your project reaches funding, this looks like a really cool idea

Kickstarter doesn't let you change your rewards after others have already pledged, but I am going to find a way to ensure that all reward levels will be offered enough licenses to average $10/license.