To be fair, the other app was released/submitted to us here at MacUpdate before Power Check was. As for the description, well, if you want us to change it, we will. But we couldn't think of any better since these apps do the same thing.

I have no problem with someone else writing a program that does the samething mine does. If I had found such a program a week ago I would have used it myself instead of writing a new one. I have no problem with the descriptions being the same either. I just think it's pretty coincidental that both were released the same day, and I want to make sure that the other author hasn't violated any GPL licencing agreements that are on my software.

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I am the developer of ChargerChecker and just wanted to set the record straight. I was not even aware of your program until I received your email, and none of my code is based on yours. ChargerChecker is an AppleScript Studio application and uses some python do do the actual checking. I have no idea what method you are using.

I don't have a MacBook Pro myself, but I read several forums where people were complaining about the MagSafe power connector being disconnected and one guy said he wished someone would write a shareware app to warn you. I thought this would be a simple program to write, so I took up the task.

Rest assured that none of your code is included in my app. I will however download and try out your app just out of curiosity.

Forum that gave me the idea:
http://www.zdnet.com/5208-11408-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=19074&messageID=368273&start=-34

-Chad

My fears are relived. Maybe some teamwork is in store...???

Given that your app takes 22.90 MB RAM according to the Activity Monitor and ChargerChecker only takes 6.18 MB RAM, it's highly unlikely that any of your code is being used.

Just felt I should point out that version numbers really aren't relevant. Even if one program is at version 8 and another is still at 0.8, it doesn't mean anything. Higher numbers and/or more versions released does not necessarily mean a superior program.

Two things.

First, Power Check 0.4 uses lots less memory. I've been running an instance of it for several hours and it's only at 3.84 MB.

Second, version numbers do say something a program. If it is < 0.5 it's still alpha quality. If it is < 1.0 it's beta quality. Beyond that, it doesn't matter so much. What is perhaps more important than version numbers is revision times. A program that has been revised 10 times is probably better than a program with only two revisions.

Sorry to hear about your experience. I only have 10.4.5 to work with, so this is untested on 10.3.x Make sure to have dragged the entire folder to Applications and run it out of Applications/Power Check. As far as I know there weren't any major changes in appleScript between 10.3 and 10.4 that would have affected this app. If you were happy with 0.2 and extra customization isn't necessary to you, then stick with 0.2 If you do want to customize it, open the contents of the app and take a look at Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt Here you can change the sound it makes or anything else. Btw, if you want to get ahold of me directly, my email is on my user page here. Thanks and good luck!

Well, I'll see about getting v.02. I tried the link on the user page (at least the one that looked obvious) and got bounced into the vacuum of Sourceforge. I've got to say whoever designed that site should be shot.