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Still no listing!?!?!

Last post 09-10-2009, 7:03 PM by bissa101. 3 replies.
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  •  09-08-2009, 8:46 PM 114994

    Still no listing!?!?!

    I was thrilled to see the new version available but saddened to see the one thing I really wanted still missing.

    All I would like is a simple checkbox with each bird so I can checklist my sightings for the day. A checkbox that can be referenced at the end of the day and cleared by me for the next. All I am interested in are species accounts, not concerned with location tagging or time and date tagging. I can handle that myself.Please give us the ability to check off a bird once Identified.

    I still have to carry a pen and pad with me to record my trip sightings because this program doesn't offer it.

  •  09-09-2009, 11:42 AM 115075 in reply to 114994

    Re: Still no listing!?!?!

    Yes, I am also very interested in listing.

    Currently, I take pre-printed checklists of the most common birds in my area, that I carry with me in the field and check off which birds I see, then enter them into a computer database when I get back home. It would be nice to just check them off on the iPhone and then e-mail the day's list to myself and import that to the database.

    What I would find even more attractive would be the ability to check off, for each bird, the date of first sighting and have the option of calling up a life list right on the iPhone!

    Gee, Mitch, you sure have fussy customers!

    It is great for us to offer suggestions, but also to appreciate the tremendous range of features -- that actually work! -- in this amazing product. It really is a technological breakthrough that holds the equivalent of many manuals, picture books and videos all in one and all integrated.

    More important for Apple, it is a "gateway" product -- like many older users, I had never used the iTunes store before and had never purchased anything from then, in over a year with my iPhone and many more years with my Macs.  But after seeing this product in iBird, it was a "must have" and, after seeing how easy and simple it was to buy online, I have now purchased additional apps, music and stuff from the iTunes store, that I had never done before. I also know at least two people who bought the iPhone just for this app (and a few more who say they're thinking about it).

    Doug

  •  09-09-2009, 4:37 PM 115129 in reply to 114994

    Re: Still no listing!?!?!

    Oh, just want to clarify that my earlier comments about adding lists (both for each field trip and life lists) to the "wish list" are in no way intended to minimize how wonderful and amazing the new notes feature is.  But of course, like most humans, now that we have so many new improvements and additional features, the focus shifts to thoughts of other possible enhancements for the future. But the new upgrades are well worth the wait!
  •  09-10-2009, 7:03 PM 115252 in reply to 114994

    Re: Still no listing!?!?!

    I'm not trying to belittle the efforts either.  It's just we were told on another thread that listing was already in the next update and it didn't happen.
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