James Flaherty
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1Password
Mcjf reviewed on 20 Mar 2012
For the latest version of 1Password to work, Javascript (JS) needs to be enabled. Period.
That means you cannot set NoScript, THE essential Firefox add-on to enhance your online security, block JS.
Anyone around long enough knows about the risks of JS and how even very well protected sites have suffered from problems like code injection.
Has this decision really been given proper thought? To the bitter end? We're sacrificing security for comfort now?
In institutions where I'm part of the staff and companies I work for, 1P has been banned now for this exact reason. Otherwise, we'd be held personally liable for any damage that could remotely been associated with enabling JS. BTW 1P was on the black list in some institutions for a while because users in corporate and academic environments are not allowed to install their own software through the MAS.
It's a shame. I was a fan for a long time recommending it a lot.
We're now looking for a reasonable alternative that can be installed without environments like the MAS and that won't require compromising security to work properly.
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thank you for your answer. I'm not sure using JS nowadays is quite as safe as you'd like to suggest. (And I wonder what the devs of NoScript would say to that.) I never said JS was *all* evil. But it's risky.
I don't doubt the quality of your 1P JS programming. But the problem is I need to enable JS to have 1P working properly. Let's just assume 1P always works flawlessly and is secure. But once JS has been enabled for a site or even globally, JS can be used for many bad things, even nowadays. It doesn't have to be a browser exploit (BTW sandboxed browsers get PWND too), maybe the site got hacked. JS and iframes can do some nasty tricks for example. So 1P may not be affected but since it requires JS to be enabled it opens the door more than some people feel comfortable with. And in *some* environments (pro academic, work, you name it), strict rules and the possibility of prohibitively high claims for damages are enough to make you consider these risks.
And we haven't even been talking about privacy (the EFF says hello): having JS enabled makes you (much) more trackable. Not everybody cares about this, I admit.
In short, I really liked the fact that I could enjoy the comfort of 1P and visit any site without having to enable JS. That's history now.
Maybe you could tell us which was the last version of 1Password (and the FF Add-on) that worked without having to enable JS? And it would be nice of you to keep this version (app. + add-on) available somewhere on your servers (just a few MB) in case somebody needs to download it again. Thank you.
VLC Media Player
But playback of bigger files is often paused or interrupted. As if I were watching some streamed movie instead of a local file.
Please make playback smoother and fix the full screen bug. Going back to the old version for now.
VueScan
As the developper suggests himself, go try the free demo version to check if it works with your scanner before you spend the money.
aTV Flash (black)
A jailbreak is required and anything less than an untethered jailbreak is not for me. One power outage or pulling a plug and I'll have to connect my ATV2 to my computer to boot it. Not cool. Maybe Seas0nPass will be updated in the near future.
Or maybe Firecore should release their own jailbreaking tools (untethered) if their software that they hope to make money from requires jailbreaking your ATV.
Anyways it's seems like a good piece of work. Will buy it as soon as that untethered JB is out and working.
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'A tethered jailbreak requires that the device be connected to a computer each time it needs to be booted.'
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_jailbreaking]
What JB tool and version did you use to get an untethered JB of the latest FW? I thought that an >untethered< JB (I'd prefer Seas0nPass) had yet to be released for the >latest< FW of the ATV2.
If you have one already, you may want to tell Firecore. I reckon they'll be happy.
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1Password
BTW have you actually visited their forum?
The guys there are a lot less polite than brenty here and apparently don't give a sh!t about veteran users. It's all like: accept our new policy or go away. We have enough customers on the MAS so we don't need to bother.
And there it actually says: we don't plan to sell 1P (version 4 and higher) outside the MAS. Congratulations. Lost another couple of users. But hey, as you implied, you have enough new MAS customers. Good luck.
Oh yes, brilliant suggestion to people using 1P at work without admin privileges: buy a single MAS license.
brenty, I don't envy you & you seem nice. But 1P is f-ed. ;)
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1Password
I don't mind paying for good upgrades, and I could live with Lion-only.
But MAS only is a no no. Surfing the web at work without 1P... what a pain!
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Painter's Picker
Mcjf reviewed on 01 Sep 2011
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Ejector
Mcjf reviewed on 27 Aug 2011
#1 Could you please add an option to have the total number of mounted volumes/drives shown right next to the menu bar icon (like in Semulov). That would be so helpful! That's my biggest wish.
#2 And if you have time, I'd also appreciate an option to switch to bigger icons (like in Volumizer).
Thank you.
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yType
Mcjf reviewed on 24 Aug 2011
I use it on my private MacBook. At work I can't because this app requires support for assistive devices to be enabled. And that is allegedly a potential security risk, the admin told me (key loggging, GUI scripting or something like that). A shame 'cause it's a really decent application.
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Evernote
Mcjf reviewed on 11 Feb 2011
What I do mind however is that I can't tell Evernote to stop adding itself to my login items every time I fire it up.
If it is not started at login I suffer a very minor loss of functionality, stuff I don't use any ways. But there is NO option in the preferences menu or elsewhere that would allow me to keep it from adding itself to my login items. Very lame!
Devs know about this for ages. I'm not the first one to complain about this. This makes me use Evernote less and look for a suitable replacement. So annoying...