I'm a newly registered user of Yummy and have to say that I find the overall performance and design of the application terrific.  While I do use it for uploading individual files occasionally to one of my web sites I am using it mainly as a backup tool to send files to my FTP server; I'm backing up all of my iTunes, iPhoto and Document folders so that I'm covered in case of disaster (in addition to my regularly scheduled backups to external drives).

As a backup tool I find Yummy to be lacking a few features... or I just haven't become a power user quickly enough to take advantage of some capabilities that aren't obvious to me. 

What I think the application really needs to be a superb backup application is:

1. A detailed log.  I'd like to know what files were transferred, how long the session ran, whether there were any errors, etc., and the current transcript function doesn't provide that.  Is there a more robust logging feature that I've just missed?

2. An easy way to pause and resume transfers - this is essential.  Right now the only way that I see to pause a transfer is to use the Stop function; then, when I want to resume that transfer (or, more accurately, a scheduled job) I have to go to that item in the scheduled job queue and select the start function, which then requires logging back into the site and determining again which files need to be uploaded.  It seems like there should simply be a "Pause" button.  I'd like this because there are times when I'm doing a very heavy data transfer and just want to be able to suspend the backup for a while during a period where I need bandwidth for other things I'm doing.  It has been taking 8-10 minutes of "Preparing" to get back to the place where it was before and beginning the file uploads from where they left off. 

3. The ability to run a scheduled Synchronization even if Yummy isn't running.  The application should be set up to auto-launch (yes, I know I could set it up as a login item but this would be a better way of doing it rather than having to keep the application open all the time taking up dock space, RAM, occasional cycles, etc.), run the Synchronization and then quit automatically. 

4. I know we're getting out of Yummy's basic functions here but this one is probably easy to do - how about a synchronization feature that allows syncing between two local folders or drives?  I use a completely different application for my backups to an external drive - how handy it would be to be able to use Yummy as a "complete backup solution". 

5. While I've got my own FTP server not everyone does.  Perhaps you could offer storage for backups at a monthly fee and make yourself some extra money?  I imagine it would be fairly easy to set up dedicated server space (for $7/month GoDaddy gives me 50GB of storage, for example) and use Yummy as the vehicle to perform unattended backups. 

I've got some more ideas/questions, but this should give us a good start, eh?  ;-)

This is a feature that I want very much as the majority of my usage is for automated backups; I sometimes want to pause them while I do other bandwidth-intensive tasks. 

How would I download the latest beta?  I don't see it placed anywhere obvious in the downloads area.

P.S. I am a registered user and think that this is the kind of software that makes me remember why I love using Macs.