I'm not qualified to compare this version of LAME to the previous ones, but I will say two things. First, as everyone says, the LAME encoder beats the pants off of the iTunes mp3 encoder. If you're not using it, you ought to. Second, a big 'thank you' to whomever included the installer in this version of LAME. It's a lot less intimidating for the less Unix-savvy among us!

Bought this year's ago under the Mac OS (pre-X). The selling point is the handling of message threads (excellent visual representation) and the ability to read off-line. I also like the way that you can reformat messages easily (command-R).

Under OS X, it's looking a bit dated to me, both in appearance and function. It's ready for a revamp. But still solid under OS X 10.4.5.

Not a bad implementation of a well-known game. A few suggestions/requests:

- It'd be nice to be able to select a different dictionary. During one of the games I played, the game said that 'lashed' wasn't in the dictionary, which seemed odd. One of the official Scrabble dictionaries (TWL98, OWL, or OSPD4 for example) would be great.

- I'd love to be able to turn off the colored letter indicator. It's distracting and unnecessary. If there are 3 'L's on the board and I select L first, it lights them all up.

- The game won't let me enter a word that's not on the board. Again, I think this is unnecessary. Better to penalize the player afterwards for a word that's not on the board than to disallow the word while playing. Likewise, I'd prefer that it allow me to enter a word that's not in the dictionary, then disallow the word AFTER time is up.

- It'd be nice to allow the player to set the timer length (3-10 minutes, to allow for solo games against the computer?).

- On that last, it'd be great to be able to play against the computer. The computer should only get to keep the words the player can't find, while the players score would be based on all the words s/he can find. Make sense?

Hope you keep developing. This is a fun project.

Is there a similar app for use with System 9.2.2?

I'm having trouble converting from Word 5.1 format to Word X format. Is this supported? It appears to be, as the file seems to convert (the program appears to process the file), but there is no new file produced, and the old file is not overwritten.

Is the program able to distinguish between these two versions of Word? It would be a great boon to be able to convert all of my old 5.1 files to either the new format or RTF.