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Cook'n Recipe Organizer 8.2

From: DVO Enterprises
Category: Software

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 389

Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows 98
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows 95
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 1.4

Model: 0
UPC: 615029001640
EAN: 0615029001640
ASIN: B001F0RYY4

Release Date: September 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New. NO PENNSYLVANIA SALES. ALL PA ORDERS CANCELED.

Features:

•	Electronic Cookbook
•	Recipe Manager
•	Menu Planner
•	Personal Home Nutritionist

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
COOK'N RECIPE ORGANIZER 8.2 PC

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Needs more ... December 5, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

OKAY. First... it does everything they say it will do.

....and I highly advise touring their website and looking at the video clips on how to operate it. It's a good product... I am just not sure for the price it was the right one for me... 1/2 the price and I'd probably be fine.

I know that I expect a lot our of technology, and it's programmers.

IF..IF..I bought it 15 years ago I'd have thought it was great, but I expect a lot more out of software now a days as far as how it interfaces with the user. Don't get me wrong it has some power on the back-end. BUT ..When I can for $80 go buy a program to design home / floor plans with interactive 3-D walk through when I am done, and see the trees in the yard grow... add in furniture, edit colors/ textures, and edit it while in 3-d mode. Add in the mix all the games and cell phones now that have more user friendly touch screens and if you have an I-phone or T mobile's Google Phone (which rox btw) you'll sympathize with what I am talking about. Sadly though it's 2008 and I as a user like a nice user friendly intuitive product with good deal more modern design.

Okay It probably would have 4 stars with some STRONG recommendations on how to fix it up...

It lost one for the fact it's really over priced for what you get and then they expect you to dish out about $15-20 for more cookbooks (you do get samples from all cookbooks).

That last star makes up a long list of what I wish it could do...

ONE, I'd like to store more then one pix for a recipe... . IE/ Sugar cookies, different ways to decorate them one example or more per holiday season.
TWO, easier way to input Ingredients and their costs and nutritional information. --- while it can be done, it is not intuitive or user friendly.
THREE, why can't the program except *.jpegs?? that ridiculous I have to convert all the pix from the internet into *.bmp
FOUR, why can't I see the pictures in with the recipes on the view page?? why do I have tab over?? It should be all on one page...and when you print.. it's should be an option to print it with a small thumb-nail pic off to the side.
FIVE, when you input a recipe it has is wonderfully designed drop down menu's for inputting c gets you to cups or t gets you teaspoons or ta gets you tablespoons or br get you brown sugar.. and you can add an new ingredient here..BUT it should ask you at this point IF it's a new ingredient do you wish to input the cost / nutritional info now...

...and that is only a starter list ...

I am I using it? ... Darn right I am, I paid $80 bucks for it. Once you have all your personal recipes and input ALL of the ingredients that you and your family use and the nutritional info and cost for them input. It's okay... it's just getting there... I am still not there.

I does have a lot I like about it... Menu Planning, cost / menu, grocery lists, intuitive drop downs when inputting recipes, it has cookbooks and you can add more, with in the cookbooks are chapters, and with in that recipes. ..it also has Categories.. where you can pull one recipes from any cook book and add them to Categories that you design.. like Halloween, Turkey Dishes, or Italian Dishes.

Still... personally if it was my product, I'd do a face lift. I realize it was probably designed 15 years ago... and again 15 years ago it would have been Great.