Lawrie and other Mac users out there,
As a Mac user, may I suggest Bento? I use it for recording my
sightings. It allowed me to quickly make up a database to record what
I want from my sightings and to make up various lists, e.g. Life,
World, Australia, Elbonia etc. It does not have all the bells and
whistles of its big brother Filemaker, it works for me, and at $79.00
is easy on the pocket.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 09/10/2008, at 9:58 AM, Lawrie Conole wrote:
Paul Dodd wrote:
I initially looked for a database program but then came across an
online
application, Eremaea Birds - www.eremaea.com, which I use for my
recordings.
There are several benefits to the online application, first it is
free!
Secondly it means that you can access your sightings from anywhere.
Ahem ... anywhere you have a connection to the 'net! This seems to me
to be
a major drawback with any of the web-based birding databases -
designed for
dude holidays where there are 'net cafes on every corner!!
Also
because quite a number of people use the application, there is loads
of
information on sightings and locations that you can access.
That's true, but it's why I see Eremaea Birds as an excellent
companion to a
standalone program. As I've said many times before, I use BirdInfo, a
local
(Canberra-based) app with lots of great features. It is not pretty and
there is a steepish learning curve, and it's a PC only app, but I've
used it
for about 15 years now & it's still a very useful tool that I refer to
a few
times a week. I can use it on a laptop in the middle of nowhere. It is
really cheap by UK standards. Find it here
http://www.netspeed.com.au/birds/birdinfo/ - perhaps the one drawback is
that it looks like Simon has effectively stopped developing it, but the
current version offers various user-defined mod's, and will run +/-
for ever
(I hope).
I run Macs at home and I haven't yet been impressed with any of the OSX
birding database applications (J-Bird, Wings ...) - which is a pity,
as I
don't really want to continue to be tied to Windows for just one killer
legacy program :-(
My $0.02 worth ... again!
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Lawrie Conole
28 Reid Street
Northcote 3070 AUSTRALIA
0419588993
lconole at gmail dot com
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