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Album Art Downloader XUI, A tool for downloading cover art |
Album Art Downloader XUI, A tool for downloading cover art |
Sep 4 2012, 01:30
Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 19-April 11 From: New York Member No.: 89924 |
I recently decided to give up on managing my audio books separately and just merged them into my main library.
So now when I try and find missing cover art it wants to include those. None of the sources available seem to have cover art (I thought at least Amazon might have some). Does anyone know of any good sources for square (or close) audio book cover art? Even better, does anyone have an actual boo script that will search that source? Thanks! |
Sep 4 2012, 17:41
Group: Members Posts: 51 Joined: 23-August 09 From: Brasil Member No.: 72590 |
Hello, Alex,
I've been using AAD a lot lately (with great results, I might add) and, so far, the only feature I keep wishing that the program had is more than 2 "waves" of search (and perhaps a bigger "timeout" for both searches and thumbnail/images responses, but this isn't as important). I believe most of us (or perhaps almost all of us) love and use regularly the "Search first" feature available for all sources, to separate the most useful ones from the "not-so-useful-ones"; the only problem is that time and time again it has proven a bit "too little" for many types of use and left us wishing for more "waves", e.g. "Search first", then "Search Second", then "Search Third", etc. - A very simple problem for people with low bandwidth and/or only wishing to "review" previously downloaded covers (for quality purposes, maybe - only re-download if the quality of the cover isn't good enough): if you want to check "Local files" and ONLY Local files BEFORE checking any other online sources, you immediately "loose" the "Search first" feature because all other sources will be forced to be grouped together. - Another typical "problem" is quite easily seen with the various Amazon Stores: The occurrence (or absence) of certain albums doesn't vary too much between each country store, and when the album is found in one, it usually yelds the exact same result from most of the other stores (appart from customer images); In this case, the "Search first" scheme is extremely helpful, giving a "priority system" to one (or a few) store(s) more likely to have most albums (like .com .co.uk and .ca); the problem is that sometimes (and it's not so rare as we would like it to be), the album is not found on the "Search first" stores, and a "fallback order" that could be applied to the other stores would be most helpful, instead of having to search "all of them at once" in the "Extend search"; In this case, at least 3 or even as far as 7 "waves" could possibly be applied. - But perhaps the most "annoying" problem we usually face is having to "tick on and off, on and off, on and off again" any extra sources we might want to include for albums that aren't that popular (and therefore don't get many results from most of the "Search first" or the "Extend search" selected sources); The "ideal solution" would be, without a doubt, having those "waves" of search: instead of marking (or unmarking) "Search first" for each source, we could have instead a "Search: 1st" and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc on a dropbox as a choice. So, with each click of the "Extend Search" button, we would "unleash" a deeper "wave" of search. Optionally, we could have an indication of this in the button text, e.g. "Extend Search (3)" to unleash the 4th wave. In my opinion, I can't see anyone wanting to use more than 9 "waves" for instance (a single-digit option would suffice). Yes, I do realize most of AAD users will never need to use more than 2 waves of search (as it is now), but that absolutely doesn't mean that there isn't a great number of users that WILL benefit from it (and, of course, nothing changes for the ones that don't need more than 2 waves). I also realize that implementing it might not be as easy as it sounds, and all I'm asking is for this idea (or something similar to it) to maybe be considered for a future version. instead of this --> ... this --> |
Sep 4 2012, 19:24
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Here's a script for searching Amazon.com audiobooks: amazon-audiobooks-com.boo, please give it a go and let me know if you have any trouble with it.
Thanks for your detailed post and suggestion, particularly the UI mockup to make it clear what you mean. I don't agree that it has no impact on normal users though, as I think it would be more than a little confusing to see a list of numbers like that, and Search First is already a confusing feature! If I was going to do anything to address this, it would have to be more visual, perhaps with dragging and dropping sources into orders, and opening up gaps in the order or inserting special boundary items or something to delineate waves. At least that way if you decided something ought to go between 2 and 3 you don't have to re-order 3 through 9 to fit it in! To be honest, I don't really want to go down this route though, I'm not going to work hard on supporting the case of using large numbers of scripts, and don't want to encourage it. The Amazon stores illustrate the issue perfectly - the idea was that you would choose the amazon country that you use, and install that one, or else just use amazon.com. There's no point in installing all of them, as they have massive amounts of overlap (as you noticed). What I have thought might be useful would be named lists of sources enabled, so if you had a very disparate collection you might want to check a few sources and name that as "Metal", then uncheck those and check some others and name that as "Jazz", then when it comes time to search you could pick from a previously saved list in a dropdown above the sources list. I'm not yet convinced whether it would really be useful or not, whether the hypothetical user would instead rather have both Jazz and Metal sources all selected all the time and not have to choose between them before searching. Alex |
Sep 14 2012, 18:33
Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 23-January 11 Member No.: 87576 |
Request option: show cover file size (not resolution) in main window.
Sometimes, its not easy to choose what cover to save as main, because very often they have one resolution, but different sizes. So now I save them all, then go to folder and manual rename the most quality as first cover, which will be used by fb2k. |
Sep 14 2012, 19:33
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Request option: show cover file size This is already in the feature request tracker: 2890572. The main problem is that the file size is not known until the full size image has already been downloaded, so it's of limited usefulness. Alex |
Sep 14 2012, 20:22
Group: Members (Donating) Posts: 395 Joined: 2-March 04 Member No.: 12414 |
I don't think that's really a problem. I don't need the size of every cover, but once the full cover was downloaded, it would be really good if the size info was available.
Cover dimensions are also not immediately available at every source. |
Sep 14 2012, 20:35
Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 23-January 11 Member No.: 87576 |
Sep 15 2012, 07:47
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Hmm... I could just add it as an extra bit of text tagged onto the end the Size field when known, rather than adding a whole new field (which would then need to be sortable and filterable, and probably need to be able to be included in the filename). That would certainly be simpler to do, and might be helpful. |
Sep 21 2012, 13:41
Group: Members (Donating) Posts: 395 Joined: 2-March 04 Member No.: 12414 |
The GoogleImage script shows a complete <cite title=" tag instead of just the host name.
A possible fix: line 22: title = System.Web.HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(/<[^>]+>/.Replace(imageMatch.Groups["title"].Value, "")) |
Sep 21 2012, 15:41
Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 3-December 01 Member No.: 578 |
The problem is that file size isn't a good indicator of quality either. Particularly with JPEG compression, an image with a lot of noise or a moiré pattern left over from a poor scan will end up being much larger than an image that's had some post-processing done to it.
Sep 22 2012, 06:15
Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 23-January 11 Member No.: 87576 |
The problem is that file size isn't a good indicator of quality either. What problem, just don't see at size As I understand, it will be just info, without ability to sort by this field. Main reason, witch motivate me to request this feature, have ability to quick choose best cover between different online music stores. Very often, they have one resolution, but different compression, witch can be seen either by zoom or by file size. The second one, has more usability for my mind. This post has been edited by dubwai: Sep 22 2012, 06:16 |
Sep 22 2012, 19:12
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
The GoogleImage script shows a complete <cite title=" tag instead of just the host name. Thanks for letting me know, I've fixed it up now.The problem is that file size isn't a good indicator of quality either. Personally, I agree. But I think it won't do any harm to show it next to the pixel size, and some people do seem to want it.New version out very shortly, I'm just doing the release process. Alex |
Sep 22 2012, 19:18
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Version 0.45
This version adds a display for the file size of images. It's shown next to the pixel size in the Image Size field, but is only available once the full sized image has been downloaded. The sources list is now sorted alphabetically, including the categories. I apologise if this means that it's changed from what you are used to, but I thought it better to give it a sensible category order anyway. I've also added another requested feature, which is if you click on one of the sources in the list after performing a search, it will jump to any results that have come from that source, and highlight them. Scripts have been brought up to date, and some have been removed that can't be made to work: CD Universe, GigaCrate, and Yes24. I'd recommend you delete those from your scripts folder, if you have them. Download: AlbumArtDownloaderXUI.exe (Installer. Recommended) AlbumArtDownloaderXUI.zip (zip archive for those who don't like installers) .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (required, except for Windows 7) |
Sep 23 2012, 02:00
Group: Members Posts: 233 Joined: 3-December 01 Member No.: 578 |
Very often, they have one resolution, but different compression, witch can be seen either by zoom or by file size. The second one, has more usability for my mind. That's my point. A bigger file might be saved at a higher quality level, or it might just be a bad image that doesn't compress well. You can't tell without looking. Either way, the developer's already found a way to add the info in, which is pretty cool of him. |
Sep 23 2012, 15:30
Group: Members Posts: 276 Joined: 1-October 06 Member No.: 35820 |
Is there a reason why it wants to install to this folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\PerfectTUNES\ and not here: C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader |
Sep 23 2012, 15:44
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Is there a reason why it wants to install to [perfect tunes folder] Well, my guess would be that you've previously installed a product called PerfectTUNES, by Illustrate, and that that registered a file called AlbumArt.exe in the window registry (at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\AlbumArt.exe). The installer uses that registry key to set the install folder, so if you are doing an upgrade, it installs in the same place. Alex |
Sep 24 2012, 14:59
Group: Members Posts: 64 Joined: 24-September 04 From: London Member No.: 17277 |
Is there a reason why it wants to install to this folder: Is AlbumArtDownloader a 64-bit app? Only 64-bit apps (at least on 64bit Windows 7) go in "Program Files"C:\Program Files (x86)\Illustrate\PerfectTUNES\ and not here: C:\Program Files\AlbumArtDownloader |
Sep 24 2012, 16:57
Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 12-May 04 Member No.: 14050 |
Album Art Downloader is a .net program, it's installed in Program Files on my computer too.
Oct 4 2012, 03:30
Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 19-April 11 From: New York Member No.: 89924 |
Up till now I've almost always used AAD to fill in missing artwork. Today I used it to try and find upgraded art to replace some small crappy stuff I have.
The process led to a few requests/observations. 1. (The only "bad" thing) I don't think Local should allow Saving, only Saving As. When you right click to save AAD complains about an existing file and prompts you to save as Folder (2).jpg even though the existing file is the file you are saving. 2. It would be nice if you could pin the Local file to the top of the list (maybe even change the color of the background to better indicate it is a local result). I know you can see the source when you hover over it but a nice visual representation would be cool. 3. It would be nice if #2 could happen even if the file doesn't match the minimum size. Using 800 as a minimum I found something but I can see by comparison that it is a blurry crappy probably resized image compared to this nice crisp 700x700 I already have. Conversely this 800x800 is WAY better than the 200x200 I have for this other album. 4. It would also be cool if in addition to the minimum size there was a "Decrease Minimum by X If No Results" option. Blank would behave the same as it does but if I set the decrease to 100 and I'm looking for 800x800 AAD would ratchet down to 700x700 if no 800x800 is found. (Even better if AAD could keep going... so next try 600x600, then 500x500, then 400x400, etc) These are really minor things that I would love to see... but only because I'm lazy. Thanks for making a great thing! Matt |
Oct 4 2012, 11:12
Group: Members Posts: 18 Joined: 4-December 09 Member No.: 75592 |
since I upgraded to 0.45 I get compile errors on launch, and there is only retry and exit option which means I cant start album art downloader!
earching for scripts... Found 69 files: [45cat.boo, 7digital.boo, albumartexchange.boo, allcdcover.boo, amazon-audiobooks-com.boo, amazon-ca.boo, amazon-co-uk.boo, amazon-com.boo, amazon-common.boo, amazon-de.boo, amazon-fr.boo, amazon-it.boo, amazon-jp.boo, amazon-mp3-com.boo, archambault.boo, arkivmusic.boo, audiopreservationfund.boo, beatport.boo, buy-com.boo, cdbaby.boo, cduniverse.boo, chartstats.boo, cover-paradies.boo, coveralia.boo, coverisland.boo, coverlandia-official.boo, coverlandia.boo, darktown.boo, deejay.boo, deezer.boo, discogs.boo, djshop.boo, ebreggae.boo, eclassical.boo, emusic.boo, esenshop.boo, freecovers-api.boo, gigacrate.boo, google.boo, hitparade.boo, hmv-canada.boo, ioda.boo, itunes-google.boo, itunes.boo, juno-records.boo, kalahari.boo, lala.boo, lastfm-artist.boo, lastfm-cover.boo, maniadb.boo, medianet.boo, megamedia.boo, metal-archives.boo, metallibrary.boo, miomusik.boo, musicmight.boo, nuclearblast.boo, psyshop.boo, qobuz.boo, revhq.boo, sfr-music.boo, soundstation.boo, take2.boo, theorchard.boo, util.boo, vgmdb.boo, wantitall.boo, yes24.boo, yesasia.boo]... Loading references: [System.Web.Extensions, System.Web.Extensions, System.Web.Extensions, System.Web.Extensions, System.Web.Extensions, System.Web.Extensions, System.Web]... Compiling scripts... theorchard.boo(6,7): error BCE0132: The namespace '' already contains a definition for 'Ioda'. never mind.. removed it and reinstalled. works now This post has been edited by sopparus: Oct 4 2012, 11:29 |
Oct 6 2012, 08:12
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Thank you for your suggestions. For number 2, what you can do is use the Group By drop down and choose "Local". That will show the local results in one group at the top of the list, and online results in a group below that. If there's a specific result you want to compare against all the others, then right click on it and choose Preview. That will open another window for that result that you can resize and move around so it is always available for comparing against. With the sizes, what I'd suggest would be to use the minimum size filter as a stop on the minimum acceptable size, that if it was smaller than that, you simply wouldn't want even if there were no other results. Then use the Sort by drop down to choose Size, and you can easily see the largest size available. Alex |
Oct 7 2012, 01:24
Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 23-November 04 Member No.: 18273 |
Alex, the Discogs script stopped working recently. It appears that they have overhauled their web search interface, so the script probably needs significant changes to work. Not an urgent priority for me because Discogs is a secondary source for cover art, but would be nice to have this script fixed.
Oct 7 2012, 09:09
Group: Developer Posts: 1092 Joined: 31-July 06 Member No.: 33465 |
Alex, the Discogs script stopped working recently. Thanks for letting me know. I've updated discogs.boo and it should be working again now. Alex |
Oct 8 2012, 14:47
Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 27-May 10 From: EST Member No.: 80935 |
AAD is invaluable - thank you very much! One feature request: When local files are visible, how about an option to delete them? (rt-click or?) It would be very useful when one is updating images to be able to remove some old ones without having to navigate to the local folder. cheers, .Mike |
Oct 13 2012, 11:47
Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 1-September 12 From: SE Asia Member No.: 102831 |
since I upgraded to 0.45 I get compile errors on launch, and there is only retry and exit option which means I cant start album art downloader! <snip> Compiling scripts... theorchard.boo(6,7): error BCE0132: The namespace '' already contains a definition for 'Ioda'. never mind.. removed it and reinstalled. works now I had the same problem, I just edited the 'theorchard.boo' script and renamed Ioda to the Orchard and then it compiled fine. CODE import System
import System.Text.RegularExpressions import AlbumArtDownloader.Scripts import util class Orchard AlbumArtDownloader.Scripts.IScript, ICategorised): This post has been edited by iammike: Oct 13 2012, 11:48 |
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• Entering play on Thursday, the Padres' bullpen was limiting opponents to a .199 batting average in the seventh inning or later, the lowest mark in MLB.
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Wanted to ask: How you ppl apply creed?? I made 2 sprays on neck and whole house smelled.. i started to think about that, i need spray only 1 x.
ps. Sorry for bad english
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Widely considered the best batch of Aventus every made. Very distinct smokey pineapple and leather. It's monstrous projection got one youtube review sent home from work when he wore 2 sprays. 12+ hour longevity. I own a 50ml decant and I'm using it sparingly. Grab it while you can!
I've bought fragrances from Tuccini before and they're legit. $150 seems like a good deal for a 75ml retail bottle of Aventus. But For $150 you could get around 100ml from most splits if you don't mind not having the retail bottle.
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Wanted to ask: How you ppl apply creed?? I made 2 sprays on neck and whole house smelled.. i started to think about that, i need spray only 1 x.
ps. Sorry for bad english
Just got my 4oz from fragrancenet today
Batch A42B11Z01
Initial spray I got that bug spray vibe but that was gone in less than a minute. Very heavy dose of sweet pineapple and 45mins in I still get a juicy pineapple smell with a hint of woods
Weird... a 2011 batch from Fragrancenet? I wonder why. I bought a 4oz there months ago and got a 2012. Odd that a purchase months later would end up being a much earlier batch - a whole year earlier.
Anyway... enjoy!
A42B11Z01 is what I got from Fragrancenet when I ordered 6 bottles in the last 18 days.
I would love to know where to purchase A42B11X02 to compare any perceived "differences."
I bought from a friend, a tester A42B11N01 lot less smoky, duration 24hrs
That sounds like a good idea except I wouldn't have the retail bottle which makes it easy to transport in my car and looks really nice. In any event, I contacted Fragrancenet regarding their two-tier price difference . As you know, Fragrancenet sells the EXACT same 4 oz Creed Aventus on their Fragrancenet website for $260; however, on their Fragrancenet ebay store-front it is only $193.50
Fragrancenet completely ignored me the first time! That is bad business in my opinion. I had to send Fragrancenet a second letter:
This is my SECOND attempt in contacting Fragrancenet.com via email. A response would be appreciated.
I'm writing to receive a credit (back to my credit card) in the amount of $108.82
In the last 2 weeks, I recently ordered 6 bottles of Creed Aventus from Fragrancenet.com; however, Fragrancenet.com also has an eBay storefront which features the exact same product for a lower price of $193.50 (rather than $260 on Fragrancenet.com).
I listed the link below:
Rather than going through the process of returning the 6 bottles back to Fragrancenet.com, and then re-ordering the exact same item from Fragrancenet's eBay storefront (since it's less than 30 days) , it would be more practical to issue a credit adjustment in the amount of the difference of $ 108.82 back to my credit card?
I listed the order numbers below:
291072** ($14.65 price difference x 4 bottles) = $58.60 credit
289865** ($27.66 price difference x 1 bottle = $ 27.66 credit
287661** ($22.56 price difference x 1 bottle) = $22.56 credit
Warm regards"
Fragrancenet refuses to issue a credit adjustment the price-difference. Here is the delayed response from Fragrancenet AFTER I finally got them to respond to me:
"Thank you for contacting FragranceNet.com.
In response to your question, unfortunately we do not offer price matching nor will we be issuing a credit for the difference between the items. Please specify if you wish to return the products as we will be happy to provide you will RMA numbers for each order.
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I will NEVER buy from Fragrancenet again. I've spent thousands of dollars (literally) over the past 10-years on Fragrancenet and I just spent over $1000 in the last 2-weeks with them and this is how they treat me? That's horrible customer service.
Now I have to send them back all 6 bottles, only to re-purchase all 6 of them again on their ebay storefront. That's just crazy-bad business in my opinion. And it's not "price-matching" if it's within the same company.
Maybe I will just order that Flacon from the Creed Boutique after all, rather than the Fragrancenet eBay store-front....
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Does anyone know if you can still request batch# A42B11X02 from the Creed Boutique?
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@richfisher6969, did you try calling and talking to someone over the phone. Its a lot easier to say no over impersonal email. If you perhaps speak to a manager they may be able to do something for it. That is horrible customer service for them to lose a customer who spends thousands over $100.
It's not like he found Aventus cheaper from FragranceX and requested a price adjustment on his order. It's from their own eBay store. It looks like A LOT of their eBay store prices are cheaper than their website.
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I've randomly seen 2.5oz bottles with the famous C42B11X02 batch pop up from time to time online.
Ebay prices are usually always a bit cheaper with Etailers. It's used to move old stock quickly to make room for new stock. I and many other people do this in my industry, which is Glassblowing/flameworking, to move out old tools. Although I don't sell my glass art pieces on FleaBay.
I do hope you get a refund, though. My advice is to just get a 500ML flacon from the Creed Boutique.
That's definitely a valid point for other fragrances but I kind of disagree to a certain extent seeing as it is Aventus.
For a while there, Fragrancenet was having trouble keeping Aventus in stock. I don't see how any of it is old if they can barely keep it on the shelves! haha
Prices are higher on fragrancenet vs their ebay listings b/c theres always a 15% or 20% off code.
That is not true. The codes are just a gimmick. I utilized the 20% off code EACH time, and I still ended up over-paying $108 for the 6 bottles. Even if one uses those codes, they still over-pay.
One would think the prices would be much cheaper on Fragrancenet vs. their eBay store-front since Fragrancenet obviously avoids any-and-all costs associated with ebay and Paypal fees.
Anyhow, I attempted to call Fragrancenet last night; however, they close at 5pm.
Perhaps Fragrancenet sells the "bad" batch numbers of Aventus on their ebay site vs. Fragrancenet.com?
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The thing is, with that listing (that already ended) it's just the eBay Sellers word that it's the real authentic X02 batch. Anyone can claim they're selling X02, but you would be none-the-wiser (and completely clueless if it's legit) unless its from the manufacturer in the retail box.
Back in the day, I knew an ebay seller who use to buy discounted Dior Homme Intense and Guerlain L'Instant Extreme, etc. etc. etc. from discounters like Strawberrynet and then re-sell them as "official".
The Seller would purchase 1 bottle and take a pic of the official receipt and then claim they purchased ALL of their products from their respective "official" boutiques.
The Seller went as far to show a picture of the receipt in which he claimed to "prove" he bought it at the official boutique, when in reality he only bought one bottle (his personal use) from the official boutique, while ALL the other bottles which he sold were bought from online disounter outlets.
Not that it makes that big of a difference. I was just really surprised to the extent what length a human being would go to in order to sell a bottle of cologne on ebay. Buyer must always beware.
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I bought two tester bottles 120ml for only 55$ each, one with batch number A42B11N01, the other one A42B11Y01. I sprayed Y01 on my right hand and N01 on my left hand. Y01 is very fruity, especially I smell pinapple in it. The other one is nice too but smoky. Y01 is much better in my opinion.
I agree. I called them Friday and asked to speak to a manager. They refused. They said I could email [email protected] , but i think that was simply the address of the call center customer service representative that I was already speaking too even though she claimed it was a mangers email. Anyhow, my email went completely ignored.
I asked for an RMA (return merchandise authorization) number at the main fragrancenet email , and that request also went completely ignored. I emailed them again today (5th time regarding this matter. Hopefully I can get an RMA number to send it back since it's lees than 30-days.
It shouldn't take this long to resolve this issue. They said they were in a call center and didn't have access to management.
B0068I3Z1Y any idea guys?
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That might be the Amazon Standard Identification Number rather than a batch code for Aventus.
Thanks for everyone's help. Fragrancenet resolved the problem to my satisfaction, and everything is all good.
Apparently they have two different customer service departments. One for eBay and one for Fragrancenet. The departments are not integrated, even though they are the same company. Anyways, I'm happy with the outcome even if it took longer than I expected.
I have two bottles both the 30ML Bottle. One I bought from Parfumsraffy and the other purchased from fragrancenet. The one I got from Raffy is S42B11N01 and the other Is C42B11Z01.
I can tell you that they are without a doubt different. The S42 Batch I got from raffy is smokier and gives me excellent projection for about 2 hours but then really dies down QUITE a bit.
The C42 Batch has way more of an alchohol smell at the top with way less ashy notes but then as time goes on the ash comes out more. I havent had a chance to wear the C42 batch much yet so i cant attest to projection or longevity accurately but I will certainly post an update
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Which Creed Aventus lots are the best, so-so, and which ones are the worst?
I want to call the Creed Boutique and see which lots they have.
Which one is the best and lasts the longest?
which ones are the worst and dont have good longevity?
I know you're hoping for a quick instant answer, but the truth is: search. Type Aventus into the search box above and start reading. It'll either help you to spend - or help you avoid spending - a lot of money.
Best and worst will depend on your tastes. Some adore the smokiest batch from 2010. Others loved the pineapple heavy batch of 2011. Current batches fall in-between, and that's exactly how I like it.
Honestly, if you buy it now, you're 99% certain to get a 2011/2012 batch that is pineapple and smoke. And pretty much awesome. The real issue, in my opinion, was that Creed was unprepared for how successful Aventus would be. That caused batch variations in 2010 and early 2011 as they tried to keep up with demand. Now, they seem to have figured out how to keep up while also keeping the scent consistent.
Buy it. Enjoy it. If you're not sure, buy a decant. You'll save money and know which batch you're getting before it even arrives.
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P.S. Diva D's batch numbers thread is what you want. Start at the end, not the beginning, and work your way back (I say this because your odds of finding a 2010 batch are slim compared to the odds of finding a more recent batch).
Decided to see what all the hype is. As soon as I put it on I asked my mom's opinion. She usually hates my regular colognes (A-men, bvlgari aqva, creed SMW, Creed GIT) and she wouldnt stop talking about how good Aventus is after smelling me. She then called to me and said wow the smell is still stuck in the room smells amazing, and now wants to get a bottle for my dad. Smells amazing and dries down to a nice pineapplish scent. A+ 2012 batch D01
After a full wearing of Batch C42B11Z01. I can affirm that after 3 sprays. I got 4 hours of longevity and projection for the first hour only. I think Ill need some more sprays of this one for it to work.
My S42 batch while smokier gives me a good 6 hours of Longevity with projection for 3-4.
"Stings the nostrils, in a good way. Im going to be honest with you, that smells like pure gasoline."
Current Top 5:
5.) Santa Maria Novella Muschio
4.) Dior Homme Intense ( Vintage )
3.) Dior La Collection Privee Ambre Nuit
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Z01 is a good batch. Give it a week to mix with air in the bottle. Then post your findings. I have a batch of Z01 AND a split I did with 2 other members of the same Z01. The Z01 that I've had longer has much better longevity after airing some.
That's my experience. I've had a 4oz bottle of Z01 for about a month, month and a half. Psychoskip, 1280Adam and myself just split a 500ml flacon of the same batch this week. The Z01 that I've had for a while has quite a bit of air in the bottle from use. Comparing the 2, same batch, mind you, the one I've had longer does indeed have better longevity and projection.
I get so many compliments on the Z01 batch (both the one I've had for a month and the 1 week old split) that it amazes me. And I'm not one to search out compliments. I just wear what I like so that I can enjoy it.
Does Creed even acknowledge the batch variations?
Do they have any type of explanation other that "we use natural ingredients blah blah blah...."
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1 or 2 sprays of Z01 for me and I'm set. How about you guys with this same batch?
Z01 batch
1 full spray to the chest and 1/2 spray each side of the neck. Sprayed in the morning before 11am and on my drive home from work at 10pm, i can still smell hints of pineapple.
My Z01 stays pretty linear, all I get is pineapple, a hint of apple and smoke.. I can't smell the middle notes or the drydown???
I only used this bottle for less than a week.
I think it's important for everyone to realize that top notes often "disappear" quickly. This is all olfactory. You get used to it. It's still there and present. The Z01 batches, along with the X02 batches have fruitier top notes, opposed to smokey notes. It's a lot easier to smell the smokiness and have it relate to longevity rather than keep smelling the pineapple.
When I spray the z01, I usually spray my neck, chest, and wrists. I will sniff my wrists and i can still smell it, but I cannot smell it just sitting there. Others can, however, so be sure you don't over do it.
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Just got batch # A42B11Z01 from FragranceNet. Hopefully this will provide some guidance to anyone interested in getting a bottle.
Whats the impressions/verdict on batch S42B12C01
The Z01 is good juice. I'll have to give Creed a call and order an N01 batch, if they have any.
How do you like Aventus overall? It's becoming my signature scent, but I think I'm going to switch it up to Bond 9 Riverside Dr., as I don't want to get 'used to' the deliciousness of Aventus.
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Yep! I've had many people ask what scent I was wearing when I couldn't smell it. Even smelling my inner elbow (crease from upper to lower arm), where I apply, I couldn't smell it.
Aventus is very guilty of olfactory murderer!
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Never seen nor heard of it. Have you tried it? If so, do you like it? Can you describe the notes? Is it more pineappley or smokey?
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got it today still cant tell because my nose is a bit stuffy but i sprayed it on my wrist and on other wrist sprayed a diff batch i have and my mom said they smell the same so thats good i guess lol
Ok, thought I'd jump in regarding the recent batch I received, and offer up a couple comments, experiences and questions. I recently received a decant of the 2011 Z01 batch. As some others have described, the very first shot out of the atomizer was a bit strong on the alcohol, then quickly faded to some pineapple and then the dry-down. The second time, I really didn't get the "bug spray" alcohol smell, and the fruit notes were already noticeably more present, rich and vibrant. Now, what's odd is that I don't really get ANY "smokiness" at all at any point. What I do get, though, is a very distinct (albeit light) gasoline-like smell lurking in the "shadows" for the first 1-2 hours. Maybe this is what others refer to as the smokey/ashy part? Anyway, to my nose, it's definitely a gasoline-like odor...seriously...as if they dropped the tiniest amount of actual gasoline into the fragrance.
It's not overly strong, just "there". The funny thing is, I don't really mind it all that much, but I will say that I know I'd enjoy the fragrance even more if it weren't there in the early stages. Then, this smell fades into a light, clean leathery smell in the background instead as it dries down. So, my questions are: Does anyone else get this, or even the slightest hint of it, AND, what notes would create this - or the leathery - smell, as the ones listed for Aventus don't make sense to create it?? Anyway, it doesn't take away from the other beautiful aspects of the fragrance, just seemed a very odd smell to include with the rest of the blend.
Finally, I wore it tonight for a family hike. My wife, who rarely ever offers up compliments or comments on my frags unsolicited, said before we left, "Ooh, I REALLY like the cologne you have on." I asked her what she liked about it, why, and what she thought it smelled like, just out of curiosity. She said she really couldn't pinpoint why, couldn't really distinguish "what" it smelled like, but that she thought it maybe smelled a bit "musky" in a way she really liked. Anyway, thought that was interesting & worth a share. On a side note, at some point into the hike, my body heat was raising, and man did the pineapple and some of the other great notes start developing and projecting richly again. Also, I'm about to head to bed, now, but am sitting at almost 7 hours after putting it on, and when I get up and move around I can easily still smell it projecting (2 sprays from a decanted atomizer - 1 to the chest (under shirt) and one to back of the neck). So far this Z01 batch has been beastly for me with projection and longevity. Last time I wore it, I could still smell it on my forearm after 24 hours (which included sleeping, working out AND showering). No doubts on my end that it's VERY strong juice!!
^^^ I get the smokey/ashy smell at the 1hr mark also then it disappears and becomes pineapple again.
Batch variation with Aventus is NOT a myth. Ive done extensive research and they do have varying composition but the same main accords. Nobody should be scared about blind buying Aventus apart from the K01 batch. The tart fruitiness - Pineapple/apple/Blackcurrant are NOT CIRTUS FRUIT! - is very prominent in every other batch, & the fruitier it is, the less impressive the longevity will be. My favorite batch is the 12A01 batch, deemed the apple batch, this is the first batch where i prominently detected the apple pulp (not just the peel), just like in 100% apple juice & a hint of the blackcurrant. In other batches one would detect the Pineapple pulp & the apple peel (which can also be interpreted as the pineapple hide). Projection is far reaching & loud as usual, sillage is voluminous as usual & longevity is 12+ on a cool day & 8+ on a hot/warm day. Ive even gotten 24hrs (pineappley amber-gris drydown from 12hrs) longevity with this batch.
As for why the batch variations, Im surprised that as much as people discuss CREED on this forum, no one has set the record straight. CREED is a house that is over 250 years old, they use a lot of time-worn, pain-staking, vintage methods to create their fragrances. It is a hand-made process that is not highly industrialized like more modern houses do. They also use a high level of natural essentials rather than synthetic supplements, therefore the temperamental nature of Mother Nature will be evident in the crop yield. As cute as this sounds it is highly inefficient. Y do they do this? It has to do with vintage appeal & tradition. It's like asking why buy hand-made shoes, which are liable to minor variation, instead of precision manufactured shoes. IMO it's an inefficiency that is unnecessary, that being said Oliver Creed is aware of the variations and has said that different people like different batches (which is true) so people buy the batch that is tailor-made to suit their preferences. The only ppl that complain are those that need to blind buy through discounters.
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^^^^ This, There is no best batch. Theyr all amazing apart from the atrocity that was k01. However, i do know someone that prefers that batch over everything else!
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^^^The definition of Olfactory Fatigue! lol You sprayed too close to your nostrils & yur brain tuned out the aroma - this phenomenon is also not a myth!!! Make sure to never over-spray even if U think yur not getting good performance! U'll be wasting yur juice & annoying every1!
I doubt very much that Creed would even consider discontinuing Aventus. It is one of Creed's Rockstar fragrances and the house is making good money off of it.
This is exactly why there are batch variations. It's not a quality control issue at all, imo. Nothing in nature is ever the same, thus the variations. Personally, I rather like it. Now it can be frustrating when a batch isn't to my or your liking. But that's just the way it is.
I think it's neat that Creed stays true to their time honored methods of manufacturing.


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When Asana was announced, founder Dustin Moskovitz posed this problem: No matter how enthusiastically a company or team may adopt project management software (e.g. Basecamp, SharePoint, Pivotal Tracker), and no matter how purpose-built, how feature-laden it may be, the users inevitably end up resorting to such crude implements as Notepad and email. The reason, he speculated, is that those overloaded suites are just too complex, and present too much friction between the thought and the action. Notepad and email are just quicker and easier. How convenient it would be to have something as instantly usable as our perennial standbys but, you know, actually quantifiable.
Enter Asana.
Is there a stable middle ground between the structured, (read: limited) world of traditional project management software and the formless, limitless sandbox of Notepad and email? That's what I set to find out. I was skeptical enough. Moskovitz comes from Facebook, a company not known for respecting its users. Fortunately, as it turns out, the product made the right impression on me.
Asana differs from its competition down to its DNA—its founder comes from a consumer software background and it shows. B2C idioms are conspicuously absent in the atavistic world of enterprise software. The difference is evident at first glance: Everything is intuitive and immediately usable without any sort of training, and the interface is completely devoid of those cheap-looking rough edges that characterize old school enterprise. In the old days, monolithic bureaucracies could impose dated and unpleasant software on their employees but those days are over and Asana seems to get that.
The driving force behind this ease of use is the fact that everything is one click or tab away—the entire experience feels 95% native, despite living entirely in the browser. See a piece of text? You can edit it by clicking and typing. That's it. No separate edit screens or pop-up windows, not a single trace of markup. Everything is WYSIWYG to remove any sort of barrier between thought and action.
Asana's information topography mapped for you... and only you!
In keeping with its free-form nature, Asana has a relatively straightforward—and extensible—information hierarchy.
- Each user belongs to a number of workspaces (I). The default workspace comprises the user's personal projects but the user can create new workspaces (companies, organizations, etc) or be invited to others.
- A workspace contains projects (II).
- A project is composed of tasks (III) which, in turn, contain optional subtasks (IV).
- Subtasks can contain sub-subtasks and so on (V).
That adds up to four default levels of information topography and an unlimited number more, should it become necessary. Tasks and all sub-levels can also be tagged.
The Experience
Moskovitz boasted of $10,000 stipends for each developer to create his or her own personal workstation simply to emphasize their focus on a potent product. Indeed, Asana contains miles of code poured into its user experience, and it shows. Asana piously adheres to nearly every UX idiom and best practice with abundant grab handles, subtle hover effects, and extremely contextual help cues unobtrusively sitting at the bottom of the screen. I found I was able to control practically everything with my keyboard, almost never resorting to my mouse. Power users will rejoice. After the short learning curve is mounted, the software is often a joy to use, with a paper-thin barrier between intent and action. Moskovitz may have come from Facebook, but he has thankfully taken an utterly different attitude toward the user.
While Asana scrupulously minds its Ps and Qs, it does make some missteps when tackling deeper usability issues. I mentioned the infinitely extensible information hierarchy earlier. This feature was added well after the product release and, without it, the entire course of this review would be different. However, as important an addition as it is, its deficiencies underscore a deeper problem in Asana, one not solved by following established UX guidelines.
It's easy to get lost in the maze of subtasks
Originally the product had no subtasks. Projects were limited in complexity by this shortcoming, though tags could be pressed into duty as a sort of uncomfortable intermediate level. Now, however, the gloves are off. On a task, one can add subtasks. On a subtask, one can add sub-subtasks. Any level of complexity is possible. If you're building an interplanetary spacecraft, you can coordinate the project on Asana. Unfortunately, navigating these subtasks is perilous. Asana's experience takes place across three panes. The leftmost supports two levels of hierarchy (workspace and project), the center—by far the largest—supports just one (tasks), while the rightmost must support subtasks, sub-subtasks, and everything beyond. This is far from an efficient use of space, but even outside of that inefficiency there are other issues.
The hierarchy of information flows in a zig-zag manner, back-and-forth across the screen, but once it hits the task-level pane on the right, it ceases to move in two-dimensional space. Subtasks are visible, but any content in the subtasks and deeper levels of information is completely hidden. A task may have three subtasks, but there is no way of knowing how deep the rabbit hole goes, or which subtasks go the deepest and widest.
Indeed, the existence of task levels deeper than sub-task is obscure. Subtasks et al do not behave like tasks that can be viewed with a single click anywhere. On a selected subtask, a speech balloon indicates the ability to add comments and clicking it allows one to view the subtask the way they view a task, but accessing this view and subsequently lower level views is unintuitive and illogical. Meanwhile, in the middle of the screen, very little happens. The user can navigate tasks but cannot expand them in this pane; it has to happen on the right. On the right, tasks cannot be expanded tree-style either, which would go a long way toward unclogging this information traffic jam.
Adding a feature to collapse or expand task trees would go a long way to making transparent an opaque pile of information. Hitting the "+" button would expose another level down while the "-" button would hide the lowest visible level.
Deeper Issues
While the problem of navigating information hierarchy is not terribly hard to solve, it illustrates the issues behind the challenge that Asana has attempted to solve. The original problem statement was the tension between orthogonal approaches to project management—structured and limited versus free form and wild. Asana makes great strides forward breaking down the barriers between thought and action but it gets waylaid once the information structure of a project becomes complex.
Creating a happy middle ground inevitably entails avoiding creating an unhappy middle ground. The latter happens when you mix the weaknesses instead of the strengths of both sides. While Asana does draw from the strengths of both Notepad and project management software, it occasionally draws from the weaknesses of both. Even though the software trades on its free-form nature, its three panes become a prison. The center and right panes, where most of the action happens, cannot be resized so if the action starts to center around the subtasks at the right, there's no way to make that section larger. Meanwhile, the function of the center pane is so limited and the function of the right so counterintuitive that the free-form data exploration is stymied.
Conversely, Asana is equally hobbled by some of its misguided efforts to come across as less structured. The bland grey workspace punctuated by sparse flourishes of blue certainly conveys Moskovitz's vision of Notepad-like neutrality, but it's misleading. In the leftmost pane, recently-accessed projects and tags are not strongly separated visually from the complete list of projects. Colors are not utilized to correlate one pane to another. And in light of the fact that the program is not always as free as it would seem, the implicit neutrality of the color(less) scheme could cause cognitive dissonance to a user who wonders why they don't feel as unencumbered as they should.
Even a subtle change like breaking a hole in the wall between the left and center panes goes a long way toward correlating linked elements.
The Takeaway
As of 2012, the general trend of web applications—possibly a side effect of the "lean" obsession—has been to reduce them to stultifying one-trick-ponies, completely idiomatically removed from the absolute freedom of the old school email and text editors we know and love. Facebook is attempting to shepherd its users away from open-ended email into their walled garden where the tenor of communication is seemingly dictated by Zuckerberg's whims. In the world of UX, the potent and equally open-ended Adobe Illustrator is besieged by toys like Balsamiq, Axure, Mockingbird, and Omnigraffle. Everything appears to be moving in one direction—therefore it is amazing to see such trend-defiance from an ex-Facebooker.
If we ever want to see a return to the user-empowering sandbox tools of the good old days, current tools will have to amalgamate those timeless strengths with the advances of the last decade. This means frictionless inter-platform experiences, pervasively social workflow, and nonexistent thought-action gap. It takes a deft UX touch to establish a stable middle ground between the anarchy and totalitarianism, but in doing so, Asana could collapse the entire productivity category.
Given Asana's continual improvement we can expect its problems to be solved sooner than later. But for those looking for a lesson here, it's this: if you're going to ride up the middle between two genres, you're playing a dangerous game. Be sure to pull the best of both worlds and not the worst. With Asana that means not imprisoning users in three improperly utilized panes and using graphical cues honestly to convey freedom where it exists and structure where it exists in the form of constraints and affordances.
The other takeaway is that Asana is probably the best project management software out there, despite its shortcomings. Use whichever takeaway suits you.
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There are a lot of options out there for project management today. Asana is one proven tool. I've used it, and if you're working in a large organization and can afford it, it's a great tool. Now I'm an entrepreneur and working in a smaller team, so I use proofhub (http://www.proofhub.com) . It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of asana, but it's got everything I need to keep myself organized and my remote team on track. Whatever you decide, you should try out a few free trials of the options out there and pick a tool that's best for you
Hey another task management app you can try out is Brightpod ( http://brightpod.com ) , an app specifically for marketing teams. Includes readymade workflows & a whole bunch of collaboration features.
Here another software review for Asana, from a serious source: http://project-management.com/asana-software-review/
Interesting article, although I personally found the asana UI to be a bit cluttered and overladen.
However, this is the point where you just lost me:
>In the world of UX, the potent and equally open-ended Adobe Illustrator is besieged by toys like Balsamiq, Axure, Mockingbird, and Omnigraffle
I'm currently developing a highly complex web application and have made all UI designs with OmniGraffle. This little app has shown time and time again its superiority over feature-overladen bloatware such as Illustrator that attempts to be jack of all trades, but sacrifices usability for this left and right. I have been using Illustrator since version 3 or so and I never liked it very much, or found it to be very intuitive or even a particularly productive tool. Too much has been strapped on as an afterthought, another feature checkbox ticked without much thought put into the big picture of the application. Let alone the fact that Illustrator is not using native technologies of OS X which almost makes it look alien and slightly outdated.
Although I have to admit that OmniGraffle's UI could use an overhaul – it reminds me too much of the old NeXTSTEP space-wasting panel overkill approach – it is a highly productive tool and has proven extremely versatile and stable, something I couldn't say of Illustrator.
It's a bit off-topic, but anyone calling OmniGraffle a toy has never seriously used it in my humble opinion.
Great, thorough overview. Walking the line between unstructured but rapid-edit UIs (like notepad's) and the traditional PM software elements is tricky. We, at Gigantt, took a different approach. Our inspiration wasn't notepad, it was mind-maps. We're big fans of the rapid-entry UI of mind-maps, where a few keyboard shortcuts let you brain-dump your ideas very quickly into a quasi-organized tree structure. I saw quasi because mind-maps are pretty free-flowing. There's no one right way to organize your project into a mind-map, and we like that. Every organizations has its own way of doing things, after all.
But even collaborative mind-map tools (like mindmeister), we found, just don't cut it for project management, for two major reasons.
1) If you basically keep your project information in a "tree", then you just can't capture the true complexity of your project. Project are more complex than to-do lists. Some tasks depend on other being done before them, and these dependencies can only be modeled in a "graph", not a tree. If you don't have that capability (and Asana afaik doens't, just like Trello or notepad for that matter) then there's one big, terrible implication for your project - you'll never be able to derive reliable delivery-date estimates for the project. In some organizations, not knowing the answer to the question "when is this going to be delivered?" is acceptable. e.g in some start-ups. But in the majority of organizations this won't do.
2) Any 2D user interface, like mind-maps, trees (e.g. Asana), Excel or what have you all suffer from the same problem - they become unwieldy when your project grows. i.e. an Excel spreadsheet with 200 rows is fine. 2000 - a mess. The same with a mind-map or even with notepad - there's just a limit to how far you can go having to page down and scroll the screen up and down left and right to navigate around your project. Collapsing/expanding trees are not really a solution because they make it very hard for you to keep yourself oriented in relation to the other parts of the project. Not to mention if you want to show connections between tasks - how are you going to draw connecting arrows between remote parts of a huge tree? MS Project tries to do that, but fails miserably. The result is terrible UX.
Long story short, we opted for a complete new approach that would take the user beyond classic 2D user interfaces, but still keep the speed and semi-structured spirit of mind-maps. We call it an infinite-zoom UI. It's like Prezi for projects. If you don't know Prezi, think Google Maps. You can essentially zoom in infinitely on any part of the plan and what you'll see is a simple mind-map like interfaces. Having the ability to zoom in on any particular task and break it down further in a sort of fractal structure lets you reach even hour-sized tasks and thus provide more reliable estimates for your work (we're better at estimating small things than large things). It's a bit hard to explain how it looks, but if anyone's interested we have a short video on our home page that'll make it clear in a few seconds: http://www.gigantt.com
Would be interesting to hear UX feedback from visitors of uxmag. We're still in beta, but we try to make the experience as smooth as possible from the get go.
hmm. I really wanted to like asana when it was launched but take issue with the suggestion that it "looks good" last time I checked many links were the same color as the body copy the entire UX was byzantine with a steep learning curve. we went with trello - simple, light, intuitive.
Great article, although asana UI looks good, it has big issues with functionality. The subtask implementation is very bad, it lacks visual clues about a project and adding new functionality justs makes the UX more complicated. I use binfire.com and although it doesn't win the UX design in my humble opinion, in terms of functionality and ease of use is far better than asana!
I like the idea of "breaking the wall" between the left and center columns but I bet one reason they don't is because if you have a long list, things in the left pane start scrolling. You now have a scrollbar between the left and center pane.
That's actually one of the bigger problems with the left pane particularly if you are on a 13" laptop screen: my favorites list is pretty long and squishes the master print list to a very small scrolling area that is quite cumbersome to navigate.
I too feel that the subtasks are kinda "bolted on" in a very un-Asana like manner. I don't use them much partially because I got used to not needing them, but also because they aren't intuitive. In one way I like that subtasks aren't displayed in the center pane - in some scenarios that kind of detail is not helpful, it's just a distraction. And remember that if a subtask is assigned to you, you *will* see it in the center page in your task view.
Yet part of me would like a more free form center pane, with the ability to easily enter and show subtasks. I've been using Workflowy a lot lately - an app that is even more unstructured than Asana. I'd love to see Asana adopt some of what Workflowy has done. (Acquisition?)
Full disclosure: I use Asana daily, enjoy it, and am writing some apps to extend it and integrate it with other software.
Asana has a philosophy that for some reason precludes the use of color for clear visual cues. It looks like a sea of monochrome text, where a truly intuitive interface doesn't require you to read every single item - certain things can be identified quickly by color / shape. Asana's approach might work for Unix engineers, but it doesn't work as well for most humans.
Also, sorting tasks in priority order in one view (e.g. project) has no impact on the order of the tasks in a different view (e.g. individual), which makes absolutely no sense in a project management software. Yes, the interface is not overcomplicated with unnecessary items, but those 2 things makes Asana ineffective as a project management tool. They should have taken some pointers from Pivotal Tracker in that regard.