Comments on: Locamatic: Location Switching

By: Pascal Harris

Pascal Harris — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:46:25 +0000

Just to notify you all that Locamatic how handles wired networks as well as wireless networks.

By: Pascal Harris

Pascal Harris — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:03:28 +0000

Thanks for your review. I’d like to respond to these comments, if I may.

Firstly, the reason for the ‘extras’ button is to simplify the user interface. I know plenty of people who throw their hands up in a panic if they’re presented with too many options straight off – so hiding features that are optional rather than central to the functionality of the program seemed like a good thing to do. Equally, hiding can be an absolute pain in the arse if its done too much – it’s a tightrope.

Secondly, support for Wired networks is coming. It has to. My wife wants it. I know she isn’t the only one. This new functionality will come second to bug fixes though.

Thirdly, when I first wrote Locamatic there was nothing free that did what I wanted. Now it seems that there are several. Looking at the others, most are excellent and all have their own strengths and weaknesses. This pleases me greatly – it means that there’s a program for everyone.

Finally, thank you for your kind review – and for your excellent site.

By: Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:05:01 +0000

@Alain roy

I would check out MarcoPolo mentioned by Peter and see if that works for you. MacApper reviewed it here

http://macapper.com/2007/05/01/marcopolo-automatic-location-switching/

By: Alain roy

Alain roy — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:16:29 +0000

I downloaded Locamatic, but it seems to only recognize wireless networks. One of my common locations is wired, not wireless, so it’s not clear that Locomatic can help me. Bummer, it looks nice.

By: Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:25:20 +0000

@ Peter

Thanks for the comment.

@ Mem

I love me some Quicksilver.

Why not just set up triggers for locations instead of invoking, typing, and enter?

Why not just install Locamatic and not worry about it?

Also, Quicksilver doesn’t change the default printer and homepage. Even if it did that’s three more keystrokes.

By: Mem

Mem — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:29:46 +0000

All I do when I want to switch is invoke Quicksilver, type the first couple of letters of the location and press enter.

Is that so hard?

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:38:08 +0000

I prefer MarcoPolo, myself, because MarcoPolo allows you to set default settings for each location (“require password on wake/screensaver”, “idle time before screensaver”, â€¦).
Very useful for laptop users.

To save battery life, I quit MarcoPolo once it has found the location I want it to be in.