Great product, but needs better usability

In short, this is a four-out-of-five-star rated application. Out of all the ‘cam’ apps out there, this is the best. This seems to be the cleanest interface for cameras out there. It’s clear, responsive and is mostly operable without any instructions.

However, the thing that stops it from getting a full five-stars is it’s missing a few ‘obvious’ features that leave you scratching your head as to why they’re not there.

For instance, when viewing a camera, you can use the on-screen ‘d-pad’ arrows to pan and tilt your camera around. But why can’t you simply use the arrows on your keyboard? Why must you reach for the mouse at all? You have to take your eyes off of the camera to ‘aim’ your mouse when trying to follow something on the screen with the camera. Using the keyboard, you could keep your eye on the video and potentially not miss something happening. Plus, if this feature were added, then you could hide the ‘control area’ and utilize more of the window for the camera’s preview. This alone knocks it down from five to four stars.

Also, the application doesn’t remember where the window was last or what size it is meaning every time you start it up, you have to move and re-siize it again, which is a real pain on multi-monitor systems. Again, this is something you’ve just come to expect in modern applications but it’s surprisingly missing here.

Another nice-to-have for multi-monitor systems would be the ability to ‘tear off’ a camera and put it into another window. That way you can have one camera on one screen and a different one on another. This one however I concede may qualify as a ‘pro’ feature but it is something I’d be more than happy to pay for. The other two however really should have been there from the start.

That said, it is still my favorite application for cam-watching and is highly recommended. Fix those things mentioned above—especially the keyboard arrows issue—and this would definitely improve its rating.

MarqueIV about uNetCams: Multicam Monitor