Forum: CAT Tools Technical Help
Topic: MemSource vs. MemoQ
Poster: soaper
Post title: Memsource is absolutely frustrating
[quote]Huw Watkins wrote:
In short, I have hated my experience thus far with Memsource. I know it's free, but I can see why - I'd rather pay and get a decent CAT tool.
[/quote]
I fully agree with you. I tried my best to work with Memsource, but their approach is out of touch with reality. Some of my experience:
- A TM is not automatically created when you start a translation. You have to explicitly create it.
- You have to explicitly upload your translated segments to the TM on the cloud.
- Terrible support forum. You have to ask for every little bit of information as there is no handholding. Their approach is "have you considered reading the manual" (actual response to me on the forum).
- Absolute lack of an intuitive approach.
- Complete disconnect from well-established Windows conventions - CTRL+INSERT is used to paste instead of copy!!!
- No tutorial. The help site is a reference document, which is worthless for a new user.
- The UI is awkward and poorly designed. There are blank columns without titles wasting valuable screen real estate.
I am willing to bet that Memsource is destined to fail because they just "don't get it". The only reason one would use Memsource is if he/she is forced to use it.
Absolutely frustrating product, if you can call it that.
Topic: MemSource vs. MemoQ
Poster: soaper
Post title: Memsource is absolutely frustrating
[quote]Huw Watkins wrote:
In short, I have hated my experience thus far with Memsource. I know it's free, but I can see why - I'd rather pay and get a decent CAT tool.
[/quote]
I fully agree with you. I tried my best to work with Memsource, but their approach is out of touch with reality. Some of my experience:
- A TM is not automatically created when you start a translation. You have to explicitly create it.
- You have to explicitly upload your translated segments to the TM on the cloud.
- Terrible support forum. You have to ask for every little bit of information as there is no handholding. Their approach is "have you considered reading the manual" (actual response to me on the forum).
- Absolute lack of an intuitive approach.
- Complete disconnect from well-established Windows conventions - CTRL+INSERT is used to paste instead of copy!!!
- No tutorial. The help site is a reference document, which is worthless for a new user.
- The UI is awkward and poorly designed. There are blank columns without titles wasting valuable screen real estate.
I am willing to bet that Memsource is destined to fail because they just "don't get it". The only reason one would use Memsource is if he/she is forced to use it.
Absolutely frustrating product, if you can call it that.