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<title><![CDATA[By: Ben]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116919</link>
<description><![CDATA[Minor correction. My previous remarks about fixed windows should have read:

- All wood framed windows seem to have an opening mechanism. I can't find a simple fixed wood framed window without one.

Because there are a few unspecified fixed windows, but none in the wood framed section, which is the type I need.

And about the spam. Every time you activate an Ashampoo app you need to log in to your "account" there and uncheck every box in the subscriptions (or whatever it's called) section there. You'll only get a confirmation mail that you've unsubscribed and after that no more spam. Every time you activate some new software the boxes are re-checked again so you'll have to uncheck them again as part of the 'activation process'.

I have installed three Ashampoo apps from GOTD and have done that every time and have never received additional mails.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:38:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Zenwan]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116918</link>
<description><![CDATA[I have a real issue with AShampoo. They force me to have a 'profile' and subscribe me to newsletters, from which I can only 'unsubscribe' by signing in with a password I have to wait to receive. I went through all this with their last offer, and now, once again, I'm signed up for garbage. I've tried to delete my 'profile' but can't find a way. This is the last offer from them that I'll download, and I'm uninstalling this one now.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:12:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Alan]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116917</link>
<description><![CDATA[Installed and runs ok on Windows XP SP3 Have used many of Ashampoo products before and have not had any problems with any of them except their firewall (don't know if they stiff offer that or not) I agree with the issue about hotmail. They used to allow hotmail addresses and then all of the sudden they didn't. I even was able to get in and have them send my login ifo and it showed my hotmail address but no longer was able to use it. Fortuate they had an option of transfering my info to another account so I ended up using Gmail. But agree they should fix this issue.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:09:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Ruth Collis]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116916</link>
<description><![CDATA[**BEWARE ! ** Forced email AND SUBSCRIPTION signup, including FIVE clicks later of hidden subscription selections (not automatic subscription cancellation), scroll down boxes to get to unsubscribe from all, and "yes, I'm sure" options. I do not appreciate forced signups, nor sending me back to email twice to get codes, nor a big DOUBLE long list of product links in welcome email that's meant for a WEB PAGE!! This is harassment just to try a product and is registration spam! 

The whole idea of "opting-in" in (duh), is to "OPT"... and NOT to be solicited, forced, or co-erced into signing up just to try a product. Oh, and major toolbar junk spam in installing the dam program as well. Who wants to go through that kind of hell just to try out a program? Now I don't care who the hell a new company is to consider their products, when even ONE thing is forced on me. DELETE! 

Major posting note here to be forewarned to others as well. I only wished I was able to warn everyone earlier. I'm also biting my tongue on the name of this software even sounding foreign. You just don't do this to people, nor treat your front end prospects so badly. That makes yourself look bad, and whatever you represent. You want "repeat" customers, to give a lure and treat them like gold, not send them through the ringer, kind of business. Whatever. 

Also, closing all hints of the program, still left the folder of all this unzipped software was in, to be unmoveable, stuck to my Desktop.

Ruth]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:17:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Terri]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116915</link>
<description><![CDATA[Installed and activated fine on XP SP2 and was able to play with it a bit with no problem. The only thing I've used that's even close to this would be Visio, pre-MS. I'll have more of a learning curve than normal so appreciate the help file being local. 

I agree with #30 TK on the email harvesting. Their first email says the two-step process is to ensure no one registers software in my name. Makes no sense since they don't even ask for my name, plus it wouldn't benefit anyone to do that (but hey, if there's anyone around who'd like to register me for the newest Dreamweaver, feel free). Also, they don't allow all domains for email, yet when registering for my own use to get a key, any domain should be just fine since I wouldn't give an invalid address if I wanted to get the emailed key. I use spamgourmet, not for throwaways, but to allow mail from a specific sender only. Ashampoo refused the several different spamgourmet domains I tried, even the one that almost always works. IMHO that means they're actively trying to ensure my address works for a third party. Anyway it's just a minor nuisance since I used a throwaway on my own domain. All that work and they got nothing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:03:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Ron]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116914</link>
<description><![CDATA[Vista Business SP2 install and activate clean, I thought. But after closing and restarting, I got activation nag screen. Does that mean I'm not activated? I can't tell by looking in help/Info (About in most other apps) option.

#6 The GOD version is the same as the link you provided, but when you activate that one it appears to be a 30-day trial

The newest version is the "3D CAD 2" version advertised at the top of this page.

One feature I would like to see is option to always display text names on the toolbar.

When using Imperial measure I would like to see option of Feet &amp; Inches as well as inches only

When using imperial measure I would like to see option to use fractional inches rather than decimal inches

It is only good for 1 room at a time, so you can't do whole house. But then again maybe you can. Looking at Example2, it has some sort of interior wall "objects" defining an interior "closet" (?).

There is a simple help file, too simple. I've had a heck of a time trying to create a model of my living room. I "accidentally" managed to place a door, but that is it so far. I don't know what the "secret" is.  Seems to be some form of drag and drop, sometimes. 

I dragged a "bookshelf" on OK, but I couldn't resize it. The dimensions appear to be interdependent, I change length, width "scales" to match. I reset width, length changes. My shelf does not match the proportions of theirs.

I've been trying to place a window with no luck.

So I tried one of their examples. Looks very nice, but I still had no luck trying to modify it by adding a window. 

Clicking on an object highlights it in red and displays it's dimensions. It would be nice if the object name was also displayed so that I could locate it when working on another diagram.

Example1 is a nice kitchen, funny thing, the basket (I think) appears to be placed punching through the floor, as do the legs of the nearby chairs (grin).

I've tried using the dimensions visible option, but it does not appear to work, or I do not understand what it is trying to do.

Oops, in the installation, the "Objects" subfolders are named in german!

You can apply many colors to objects, but they way they are displayed in the selection list make it hard to see the color.

Bottom line, it produces very nice diagrams. The diagrams can easily be rotated in any direction. I just wish I could figure out how to make my own diagrams! I like the end result, but without some additional help figuring out the program I'll be deleting it soon. (Especially if the activation hasn't taken).]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:40:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Danny]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116913</link>
<description><![CDATA[I'm having the same problem #24 had --- I get the "Raumplaner" error message, although in English, when I try to enter the activation code they emailed me. Have now downloaded, uninstalled and downloaded again with the same result (I did notice that they sent me the same activation code both times). This is on my laptop which, #28, IS running XP. I also downloaded on my desktop which is running Vista (yucch) and there it worked just fine.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:24:54 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Ravindranath]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116912</link>
<description><![CDATA[Installed fine on XP Pro SP3 (32bit)and activated.  But the program clashes and the computer rebooted when clicked the desktop icon. Any advise? Thank you.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:05:10 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: Charles]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116911</link>
<description><![CDATA[Managed a reasonable copy of our living room, but frustrating and very time consuming. A few points for beginners. Choose a shape for the room to set walls! To remove items you use Edit/Cut. To resize items, use two decimal places, AND tick distortion box or items will disappear or do very odd tricks. This needs setting measurements and clicking OK each time, so doesn't resize live as you adjust the measurements. There's no option to anchor items eg to walls or the floor or on top of another item in one go for most objects. I found accurately placing objects very frustrating. There's an X/Y/Z move option, but it isn't live, You set the distance eg X -0.05 and as you click OK it moves. Yes you can repeat this, but by the time you've set both other axis to zero and so on, it's tedious and VERY time consuming. I had to combine three shapes to replicate a fireplace. Something of a nuisance! And you might find some of the furniture shapes restrictive. Tick the fix object box once you have something in the right place, so you don't accidentally move it and spend ages getting it back where it was!

Having said all that, it is possible with practice to get good use out of this program, but at the expense of a LOT of time getting things reasonably where you want them!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:04:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[By: nogard0]]></title>
<link>https://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ashampoo-home-designer/#comment-116910</link>
<description><![CDATA[full system reqa on each download page would be nice.. save learning later or not working.

some of us still have win xp sp3  woth LESS than 1gb mem
the reqa listed on install page is:
RAM:
Min 1 GB RAM
!!!]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 22:00:56 -0400</pubDate>
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