GanttProject

To compare with 300USD applications, this application is great!

I am trying to use it!!!! I download it, but show me a box that says... "Unable to load Java Environment". I have the last version of Java... So I can`t use it!

the program looks good, but there should be an option to direct the "ganttproject.log" and" java0.log" files into some folder of choice. Right now they are automatically saved in top level of the user folder - where they should definitely NOT be.

Just downloaded version 2.6.1 from the developer's web site. Doing an info on the file says it's 32-bit Universal. Hope that helps anyone that has had problems with older versions.

Says it imports .xml files but it just freezes on MacOSX 10.6.8 Not usable.

I really like Gantt Charts. I have struggled with Microsoft Project on the PC, it is buggy and the interface is difficult. This, in contrast, was a breeze! There are a few minor UI issues, missing floating text on icons etc, but the icons chosen for those are clear as to what they are. Well done.

For a FREE gantt chart program, this works well. Good for students learning project management. Always appreciate free stuff.

Impossible for me to rate at this point since it is not compatible with Lion. This is a PPC program and will no longer work above 10.6.x

Has it's good side, but the GUI could use some polish. Has a very Windows-like interface, otherwise it works as described. I didn't encounter any bugs at all.

My appology! I found out by playing around with it some more that the default save format doesn't work at all. You have to save using the “.gan” format, but you won't be able to double click the saved file. First open the application then use the open menu command. I'll reserve my rating until after I've had a chance to use it for a while.

Althought the application allowed me to create a chart, I could not get it to save in any way that was usable. I was looking for a simple Gantt application. This program looked like what I needed if only I could save and reopen a file.

This is exactly what I have been looking for, a simple, gantt chart creator to figure out when I can schedule in new projects.

Well, spoke too soon. The hacks worked (except for the about menu) but this thing won't save in any editable format (it won't even save in a format it can reopen itself). I'd say it has a long way to go before it's usable on Mac.

Thank, outer - the hacks you suggested worked for me. BTW, .2 is still at the website but the Mac front end is gone from all the .2 downloads - strange.

I0.3 does not include the Mac front-end that 10.2 was packaged with... and 10.2 no longer seems to be available. BUT if you still have a copy of 10.2 on hand you can hack it to install 10.3, like so: Open the 10.2 package. Open the Resources folder. Open the Java folder. Replace 1.10.2.jar with 1.10.3.jar. Next, go back to the Resources folder and copy in the lib, manual and themes folders. For good measure, copy in the .bmp and .png files. Finally, go back up to the Contents folder and edit the Info.plist file, replacing the one instance of "1.10.2" with "1.10.3". Close. So far this seems to work (for me). YMMV. I have no idea why the Mac front end was dropped, (and the release notes make no mention of it's passing) except, perhaps, that it's a little hard to run it from the command line when it's buried deep in the front-end package.

Maybe I'm being dense but I can't find an application in any of the downloads for this version - I'm sorry now I deleted the previous version.

This is not ready for prime time but very very promising. I was amazed by how easy it was to edit with a few mouse clicks. I was able to change a start date and the completion percentage with a simple click and drag... yet when I tried to change the order of two events they both disappeared! The events I'd made also started to disappear. It has a great goal, but I would not use this in prime time business. Great tool for TEACHING yourself (or others) how to use gantt charts.