Topic: JBidwatcher Help / Problems with Search Manager

Hi, I am experiencing very similar behaviour with my Win Vista Ultimate x64 PC, plus the fact that as already mentioned, the items listed refuse to be deleted. In many cases, it appears that the download of the related image file never completes, and only a circular icon can be seen in its place – I now know that these will be impossible to delete, so I just try to ignore them, but their existence clutters up the workspace within the window.
The search engine also seems highly inaccurate, producing in the search results items such as digital cameras (hundreds of them!) in a totally unrelated search. This makes the software a pain to use, when I am sure it could run very smoothly eventually, once bugs like these are ironed out.
The other thing to take into consideration is that with repeated searches (which I rarely risk now), the CPU overhead means you run the risk of the bid entering too late, because the system slows down to almost a complete standstill. And once the search is underway, it hogs the system so heavily that it cannot be stopped without closing down the program. This has caused several snipes to fail, without my realizing this was happening, because at its present stage of development it seems necessary to babysit the program, and that seems to defeat the object of using such software in the first place. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but it is meant as constructive criticism, because as I already mentioned, I believe this could eventually work out to be an excellent reliable piece of software. Thank you Morgan.

Topic: JBidwatcher Tips and Tricks / alert when auction ending

I second that request…….;)

Topic: That's SO beta! / CANNOT DELETE COMPLETED ITEMS

JBidwatcher v.2.1pre4-1010

Hi Morgan. First of all thank you – this software has already helped me win quite a few auctions. However in the last few versions I have experienced difficulty in getting the program to respond when there is more than one search in progress.

Specifically this means that I cannot delete completed items, and many auctions that are past completion date simply will not allow themselves to be removed at any point – even when there are no current searches.

Importing my e-Bay watched articles is also really hit or miss, as is also the case with auctions already won. I don’t know anything about Java, but I am willing to bet that it has something to do with the problem.

Another slight niggle is the fact that the popup information windows such as ‘About JBidwatcher’ do not allow copying of content. This is particularly annoying when trying to copy and paste info from an auction to a browser for example, such as when I want to find an auction on e-Bay and see the relevant information in more detail.
The search function is also very inaccurate – typically a very specific search will create hundreds of auctions that are entirely unrelated. Sometimes the sheer quantity of auctions found will lock up the program entirely…

What has improved however is the CPU and memory usage. This should never be a problem on a modern dual Pentium processor with plenty of memory, as is the case with my Acer Aspire 5920 laptop, but my old P4 desktop simply crashed or locked up when using JBidwatcher. I have not tried installing the latest version on that as yet due to time contraints.
I am running Vista Ultimate x64 bit on the Acer laptop.
Hope this helps…..

David L

Topic: That's SO beta! / EXCELLENT SOFTWARE ...BUT

Hi all. This is a really excellent piece of software, and I have already won a couple of auctions with it. However for some reason during search refreshes it appears to require inordinate amounts of memory/CPU on my aging PC, and sometimes this can last for hours or even crash or cause the system to freeze. That can also mean missing snipe deadlines, which is not good :). I am presently using v.2.0.1

Thanks for reading…