Original review below:
Horrible user interface, way too many options, not user friendly. Plugin has it's own menu item?! Integration of plugin is absolutely cringe worthy (brown and naff icons). Final straw was the 5+ minute video on how to make the countdown non circular. Avoid.
Also, the amount of scripts you are including on the frontend are absolutely bonkers?! http://eirestudio.net/countdown.png
How did this get past the reviewers...
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Replies to Author's comments below.
1. Outstanding? No, I stand by my comment 100%. You have check boxes, input fields and UI sliders all over the place. No actual thought on what would be the best way to design this plugin. You have 15 options alone for the headings... It's extremely cumbersome.
2. Why do I need a 5 minute video explaining how to make the Electronic version...? Could you not have 1 option to select between either the circular and electronic version and limit further options based on this? For one "simple" timer, you have 112 options... Seriously for a countdown time...
3. I have no comment here.
4. I don't think you understand the problem here. You have included all of these files that will SLOW THE WEBSITE DOWN, and serves no purpose being included on the front end of the website below - Do you care about performance??
http://eirestudio.net/scripts.png
I had to remove these and only show them in the admin panel.
Author response
Hello,
1. Since these are options, you have the 'option' to use them. You don't
HAVE TO use them, only if you need different values than the default. Again,
complaining about the amount of options is absurd. You should complain about
the lack of options. I keep getting mails if I can include a new option, a
new parameter etc. I have never received complains (and 1 star rating) for
too many options.
2. The tutorial has 5+ minutes because it's done for everybody to follow.
The modification between circular and electronic version takes no more than
30s. It's true that we could add a parameter to set some default values for
electronic version. But you should have the same options to change the
default values for electronic version. So it can bring confusion.
4. We'll reduce the number of jQuery-UI files included with the new update.
P.S. 1 star rating does not reflect the product quality. It's a plugin than
can be used inside a page/post, as a coming soon coundown, as a maintenance
mode for your entire website.
Best regards,
Laurence
https://www.facebook.com/LambertGroup
