First of all, I've been wondering whether I should post this on the forum or not, but I've decided to do it anyway.
I'm going to move to PokerTracker 4.
I used to really love Holdem Manager and I tried both trials, and Holdem Manager received my thumbs up and I was very happy with the software.
But, with Holdem Manager 2 BETA, you actually destroyed everything I liked about Holdem Manager.
HUD-wise, I still believe that PT's HUD is better but if you want to do thorough analysis, and work on your game, Holdem Manager was miles ahead. The interface to work in was just perfectly suited to do this kind of stuff.
So what I don't understand is, how you've managed to fuck up something that wasn't broken.
Let's start off with a couple of examples:
Session reviewing:
My session review in Holdem Manager 1:
Cash games - Sessions
I can see with a blink of an eye how my recent sessions went, the sessions are color coded in either Green or Red.
I see USD / hr, my VPIP% of the session, and a dozen other stats, which I can easily order.
And at the bottom of that table, I get the sums of these sessions to give me even more insight.
Then, when I click one of these sessions, I instantly get a list of all the hands I played in that particular session. It's just perfect!
Holdem Manager 2:
In Holdem Manager 2 however, you managed to remove all of that good stuff, and the only thing that's left is a small drop down list at the top of the page that lists all of my sessions, showing DATE HOUR (xxx hands)
Seriously, what was the person thinking who was redesigning this stuff?
I'm wondering: Has there actually ever been people who complained about how this stuff worked in HM 1 ?
Because honoustly, I haven't seen any complaints about it, which means it wasn't broken.
It would've been much better if you would've build further upon that idea and expand it, rather than completely destroying it.
The Menu ( less important, but still ):
I didn't like PT3's tabbed menu.
I much more preferred the way that HEM handled things: a typical menu that drops down and gives you options and you go to wherever you like ==> very intuitive.
The guys at PokerTracker have realized that this was a better way to handle things. I guess that they've learned this from HEM. In their new PT4 version, it seems that they've stepped away from their tabbed menus and have moved to drop down menus as well. Good decision.
Holdem Manager... What were you thinking? This time, in HM2, you are the guys that stepped away from drop-down menus and moved to tabbed menus.
Again, what were you thinking? I don't even...
You do something great, you make your rivals jealous, and they implement your idea.
And in the mean time, you take over their bad idea.
Tell me, who told you that your previous menu-system was bad? I don't believe anyone did, I just can't believe that.
Either 2 things have happened:
1) You have fired your previous UI designer for no reason, and hired some cheap ass inexperienced one who wants to try to proof himself.
Or
2) You still have the same UI designer, who simply felt uncertain about himself and who didn't believe that he actually did a good job in the first version.
Conclusion:
I'm guessing that you guys have put a lot of time in redesigning this, and therefore I doubt that you are ever going to reverse this.
That's the main reason why I didn't want to bother to post about it.
But then again, I thought, I've been using HEM for a long time and I've been very happy, and I can at least give some good clear reason on why I'm disappointed with this new version, instead of me just disappearing without any feedback.
Then again, this might be just my own awkward views of things and others might not agree with me.
The only way to find that out, is to wait and see what the replies are going to be in this topic.
EDIT: please read follow up at post #7