It does look nice. The main problem (for me) is that it is Windows-only.

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On Mar 19, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Mike Hord wrote:

> Interesting.
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> Designspark is BIG- sponsored by RS/Allied, not some shadowy cadre of
> unknowns.
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> That said, I've been using DesignSpark for a week or so, and I'm VERY
> pleased. On a usability level, I'm finding it exceeds pretty much any oth=
er
> application I've tried.
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> I certainly don't think it's ready to roll with the big players, at least=
 as
> far as
> PCB design goes, but for schematic capture and the simple boards I will
> use it for, it's probably going to edge out Proteus as my design tool of
> choice.
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> If your desired pricepoint is $0, I don't think you'll find better anywhe=
re.
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> Mike H
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> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 2:54 PM, Carl Denk <cdenk@windstream.net> wrote:
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>> When I visited the site minutes ago, Firefox Noscript asked to allow
>> "xg4ken.com". Per:
>> http://google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=3Dxg4ken.com/
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>> "The last time Google visited this site was on 2011-03-19, and the last
>> time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2011-02-03."
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>> Seems needs caution as least. :(
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>> Allowing the designspark.com site, and playing the video, resulted in
>> "an error occurred, please try later". I'm not going further. :)
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>> I have been using FreePCB.com for several years, support is great and
>> like it, somewhat reluctant to change for the little of that I do, maybe
>> 1 or 2 boards a year.
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>> On 3/19/2011 3:27 PM, Oli Glaser wrote:
>>> Just curious, has anyone here been using Designspark much?
>>> I noticed they released a new version (apparently with new 3D visuals):
>>> http://www.designspark.com/pcb
>>> I downloaded and installed it when it came out, but haven't got round t=
o
>>> trying it out yet.
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