The Best Spinner -- Is it dying?

[cocoholo]

i knew back then that TBS will die soon. 3 months after launching, i used the 7-day trial period and the system is becoming utterly slow. switching to tabs take time, don't know why. though i'm on the verge of purchasing it, glad i didn't and have resorted to write my own articles.

 

[bikerboy]

Well... there's always CRewriter (free) for people who want to save money.

It's too bad that many people say TBS is going down lately...

Their database / collection of synonyms are invaluable.

 

[dog-tag]

Myself and a friend have problems with it everyday!

I personally start it up, login, paste in an article and when I click "replace everyones favorites" it ALWAYS hangs.

I close it, and repeat the process and then it works... no idea why!

Last week every time I tried starting it and it "encountered a problem blah blah and had to close" I went onto jlforums and read other peoples problems but ZERO support was given, all anyone got was "ehh can you send me a screenshot and exact details of your error" trying to look like they care.

In the end, I uninstalled, and re-installed using the version I had saved in my downloads... didn't work same problem. So I downloaded TBS again but from the link in the email after you buy TBS and went to install it and it worked! It still hangs like before but I can use it anyway. I won't be re-newing my subscription next year.

The owner seems to pump out all sorts of software programmes and I reckon at this point he couldn't careless cause he's loaded!!

This also worked for my friend with this certain error.

 

[dangervol]

TBS being a server based software allows for cloud based thesaurus which is a huge failure in SC. It also has Copyscape intehgrated into it and it seems that SC is trying to play catch up with TBS with a paid version coing out.

But unless it is server based and has a cloud or community based thesaurus it will always be in second place. In spinning the thesaurus is the most essential part of the software - SC a very nice product but huge fail in most important area.

DV

PS I am trying the beta version of the "Pro" in SC and we will see. But I still see the same limitations.

 

[dunk15us]

I haven't used TBS in awhile ... since I got scammed into buying a discounted copy which worked for a few months then got deactivated. Nevertheless, for the short time I had it, it performed very effectively.

 

[YesOrNo]

TBS being a server based software allows for cloud based thesaurus which is a huge failure in SC. It also has Copyscape intehgrated into it and it seems that SC is trying to play catch up with TBS with a paid version coing out.

But unless it is server based and has a cloud or community based thesaurus it will always be in second place. In spinning the thesaurus is the most essential part of the software - SC a very nice product but huge fail in most important area.

DV

PS I am trying the beta version of the "Pro" in SC and we will see. But I still see the same limitations.

Did you check this - hxxp://thesaurus.spinnerchief.com ?

 

[aj113]

TBS being a server based software allows for cloud based thesaurus which is a huge failure in SC. It also has Copyscape intehgrated into it and it seems that SC is trying to play catch up with TBS with a paid version coing out.

But unless it is server based and has a cloud or community based thesaurus it will always be in second place. In spinning the thesaurus is the most essential part of the software - SC a very nice product but huge fail in most important area.

DV

PS I am trying the beta version of the "Pro" in SC and we will see. But I still see the same limitations.

How about you do a real test, TBS V SC instead of proclaiming what you perceive to be a weakness of SC with no supporting evidence? You see, what you are highlighting as weaknesses of SC we see as stengths, but in the end, all the matters is results.
.

 

[artur6000]

my tbs neverd crashed. I got it for about 4 months now

 

[jerzydawg]

QUick question for you guys that use TBS: DO you guys post articles everyday on your autoblogs or do you find some articles online, spin them, and forget about your autoblog and move on to the next onE?

 

[Pixel Pirate]

my tbs neverd crashed. I got it for about 4 months now

Same. I've had no issues with TBS and I'm still seeing frequent updates/bug fixes for TBS. It's great software

 

[xplicit]

I keep getting some kind of Microsoft .NET error when I tr to open TBS, I have downloaded the latest version of net, But I cant even get TBS to open.

 

[srb888]

I too keep getting hang-ups, stoppages, etc. but having seen so much contradiction on this thread itself (not that I am blaming anyone), I have stopped looking at these posts. Sorry.

Since last many weeks, I am using TBS only to do direct (1-time only) spin replacing words & sentences, and adding a few things here and there at one go, and that's it... I have lost interest in using all the other functions because some of them totally fail me, and some kills (hangs) the sw.... It's like using the Mercedes to travel to nearest bazaar (market) and only by pushing it physically from outside...

Better to "walk", but the addiction to "automation" has made me lazy in that respect also. . TBS has done a big favor. It convinced me >> Must change my habits and get working with the real tools provided by my own Creator. Head (and whatever is inside) and my hands ... was lot better then and was getting great ideas too. Now I feel like a robot (can it "feel"?)...

About the error message you're getting, try asking on the forum there, but I don't think you'll actually get a proper solution... and if it works eventually, the next update might kill it again. That's what I have experienced over many weeks now...

 

[srb888]

Any way, if you've installed the latest -- sorry, the .Net 3.5, because I really don't know if TBS will work with .Net 4), then try after rebooting the system...it may just work. That's the only solution I can give you to try.

But the last line in your error message tell me a different story -- that the code is not working as it should, and so .Net isn't the culprit IMHO.

 

[srb888]

Sorry for another back-to-back post, but regarding the SC, I would just request the maker of SC to give me an option to set my own hot-keys... for example it is good to use the tab key instead of ctrl+alt. Just my personal experience/inability to remember to use the combination.. not getting any younger, you see. And I think it is easy to give that option for the users when you are able to put up such a great sw in place. I would use SC and stay with it, because I have also compiled a huge set of synonyms over time (for personal use only) which I have been able to use along with SC during some of the tests.

Of course, otherwise too I can use the combination, but constantly crossing the thumb and second finger and then putting the second finger, or using any other finger + pushing the thumb up & down, up & down... using the 2nd and 3rd finger gives some relief but why the pain to use 2 when you can easily use 1 (finger, of course) which also has been a habit. Also using the thumb+2nd or the 2 other fingers gives me a pain in the wrist after about 5-10 mins. So....

This is just my own experience, and may be the solution can be a great one for people like me with some disability due to age... Not that I am too old, but have been "fingering" (of course, the keyboard) over the past 23+ years, the hand is a bit ... abused! lol

OK, an analogy would be nice here...I gave another in a post above... so SC should also get one too, being fair to the other sw. It's the same Mercedes that can be driven nicely to the nearest market (or even a bit further now because it's not "upsetting" the driver every now and then as before), also this time it needs no pushing from outside too... . But now it feels a little overwhelming when you're driving with crossed hands over the steering wheel. ... So help this poor traveler to reach the market nicely without abusing anything, dear SC!

 

[aj113]

Sorry for another back-to-back post, but regarding the SC, I would just request the maker of SC to give me an option to set my own hot-keys... for example it is good to use the tab key instead of ctrl+alt. Just my personal experience/inability to remember to use the combination.. not getting any younger, you see. And I think it is easy to give that option for the users when you are able to put up such a great sw in place. I would use SC and stay with it, because I have also compiled a huge set of synonyms over time (for personal use only) which I have been able to use along with SC during some of the tests.

Of course, otherwise too I can use the combination, but constantly crossing the thumb and second finger and then putting the second finger up & down, up & down... using the 2nd and 3rd finger gives some relief but why the pain to use 2 when you can easily use 1 (finger, of course) which also has been a habit. Also using the thumb+2nd or the 2 other fingers gives me a pain in the wrist after about 5-10 mins. So....

This is just my own experience, and may be the solution can be a great one for people like me with some disability due to age... Not that I am too old, but have been "fingering" (of course, the keyboard) over the past 23+ years, the hand is a bit ... abused! lol

OK, an analogy would be nice here...I gave another in a post above... so SC should also get one too, being fair to the other sw. It's the same Mercedes that can be driven nicely to the nearest market (or even a bit further now because it's not "upsetting" the driver every now and then as before), also this time it needs no pushing from outside too... . But now it feels a little overwhelming when you're driving with crossed hands over the steering wheel. ... So help this poor traveler to reach the market nicely without abusing anything, dear SC!

The option is already there - in the advanced tab.

 

[srb888]

The option is already there - in the advanced tab.

I saw it before I wrote the above posts

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Shortkey for auto-select synonyms:
< : Ctrl + [Shift] > : Ctrl + [Alt]
Default
=======

Is that the one?

But actually it doesn't allow me to add any key apart from [A-Za-z], and it will also require to have the Ctrl pressed... I need only the Tab key to be associated with the auto-select synonyms (the word or the Identified Phrase in the text actually). Any way, I found that using the 4th (Ring finger) and the 2nd (Index finger) combination is a very comfortable position for the default combo. Now I can use SC with much ease...

And of course, it is much better than re-re-re-starting an application or using only about 5% of a paid application's capabilities (may be that application isn't working in my case alone, but SC IS working for me).

Any way, SC, thanks for a great tool...

 

[srb888]

Correction now!

Yes that option ("Enable Tab to select next synonym"...) is there now! and a big thanks to SpinnerChief for that! Can see many more great things in SpinnerChief... SC, you are making my job very easy. Will check all those new things tonight...

This is what I call Super "Customer" Support! Thanks!


P.S.:
@ aj113

Sorry for the typo... I was working with ScrapeBox at that time and therefore wrote ScrapeBox instead of SpinnerChief...

Correction done!
Gold (SpinnerChief) is Gold, and it is as great a software as that other name I called SC earlier!
(A rose by any other name would smell as sweet)

 

[aj113]

ScrapeBox? What has ScrapeBox got to do with it?

 

[srb888]

@ aj113

Sorry for the typo... I was working with ScrapeBox at that time and therefore wrote ScrapeBox instead of SpinnerChief... My mistake

Correction done!

Gold (SpinnerChief) is Gold, and it is as great a software as that other name I called SC earlier!
Like in >>> A rose by any other name would smell as sweet...

 

[Glut_It]

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