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Michael Vilain

Downloads: 1,131

Posts: 36

Smile Score: +25

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Silverlight 5.1.10411.0
(Free)

BookMacster 1.11.1
(Shareware)

calibre 0.8.53
(Free)

Intaglio 3.3
(Demo)

NeO 1.0.19
(Demo)

Flip4Mac WMV Player 2.4.4.2
(Free)

Amadeus Pro 2.0.8
(Demo)

Dropbox 1.4.7
(Free)

Cobook 1.0
(Free)

RestoreMeNot 1.0b10
(Free)

iStat Menus 3.23
(Shareware)

SideEffects 1.0.1
(Free)

Michael Vilain's Posts

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Sparrow

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 16 May 2012

This doesn't fit my email needs at all. Any client I use must be able to send TEXT only. I could not find any way to do that either in the on-line help or the limited on-line forums.

Also, I want to specify a mail agent to read mail, a separate to send, and have the Reply-To: header added. Didn't see a way to configure that.

[Version 1.6]

Pseudo

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 17 Feb 2012

The developer's web site is not found. My guess is this utility is dead. It PPC-only so it won't run on 10.7.

[Version 1.2.3]

Stone Hill Invoicer

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 11 Feb 2012

Can't customize invoices or any statements.

[Version 2.1]

Piezo

Michael-Vilain commented on 10 Feb 2012

Can't schedule a stream recording. I have to use Audio HiJack Pro for that. Don't see a use for this without that feature, although it's priced right.

[Version 1.1.2]

-2

JellyfiSSH

Michael-Vilain commented on 04 Dec 2011

While 4.5.2 works great and is FREE, I'm wondering what possessed this developer to release the next version in the Mac Store for $4 with very little different or improved over the older release. Is it greed?

[Version 5.1]

Sandbox

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 03 Nov 2011

tried running this on 10.6.8 and it threw and exception after entering the admin username and password. Any way to contact this developer is obfuscated so that tells me he's not interested in fixing problems. That's why I think think this app should be given a wide birth. Don't trust it or it's developer.

Pity. I so wanted to like it. Went with TinkerTool System.

[Version 2.2]

PropEdit

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 03 Nov 2011

I wish this also allowed for editing ACLs. Otherwise, it's terrific.

[Version 1.0.2]

1 Reply

+25

Michael-Vilain replied on 07 Jan 2012

Just bought it. Congrads on finding that 'sweet spot' in pricing. Lots of developers would have charged $30 without blinking. This utility is sweet and adding the ACL editor makes it a real winner. Not may apps out there that can do this.

SEO SpyGlass

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 08 Sep 2011

Be careful with this company. I just downloaded their software. Didn't fill out a form. Didn't send them any information. And got a phone call on my cell from their "manager". And a SPAM email. All from my IP address. I reported such things to SPAMCOP, their ISP (rackspace, GoDaddy, and LiquidWeb), but I'm still getting contacted. It's kind of creepy. And their software takes over the desktop, filling the screen. I'm not about to point it to my web site to see what SEO opportunities it finds. It's going straight into the trash.

[Version 4.5.7]

1 Reply

+25

Michael-Vilain replied on 20 Oct 2011

I got a phone call and SPAM email from the manager of tangence.com, who identifying himself as an manager for "Results First", a SEO marketing company. This happened within 24 hours after accessing your site, installing your software, and attempting to use it to optimize my site. Their DNS info is shielded as is your company's info, so I have no way to determine if you guys are connected. If the guy wasn't your company, I apologize for the coincidences. Seems weird that someone would call AND send a SPAM email after obtained info from my domain's DNS entry. So installing and using your software to look at my site was pure happenstance. For accusing you of such overzealous marketing, I apologize.

As to your product, it took over the screen and did very limited things until I paid for more services. Not willing to give you guys a nickel for such stuff. The fact that you got all cartoony about my negative comments and posted a HUGE self-review here speaks VOLUMES. You should read up on the Streisand Effect.

ntop

Michael-Vilain commented on 14 Jun 2007

This package requires rrdtool which hasn't been ported to MacOS X yet. If you build this application, you'll have to figure out how to compile rrdtool by hand.

[Version 3.3]

iGoogle Analytics

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 14 Mar 2012

Yep. That was it.

Would it be so hard to code an error message into all your apps to log in syslog that the app needs to be in the /Applications folder?

Or to actually ask the user if they want to move it there? If they say no, have it delete itself.

Or change the art in the install DMG to saying YOU MUST MOVE APP to /Applications for it to work.

Personally, I can't think of any technical reason why an App would only run in /Applications and no where else. That's just sloppy coding. But not bothering to check that this is the problem is worse. It's lazy coding.

[Version 1.1]

ideviantART

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 14 Mar 2012

[Version 1.0]

iGoogle Analytics

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 14 Mar 2012

clicking on iGoogle Analytics.app does nothing. /var/log/system.log has

Mar 13 23:44:41 xyzzy [0x0-0x31a31a].org.mozilla.prism.igoogle.analytics[45125]: Couldn't load XPCOM.
Mar 13 23:44:41 xyzzy com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[650] ([0x0-0x31a31a].org.mozilla.prism.igoogle.analytics[45125]): Exited with exit code: 1

All your other apps don't run on 10.6.8 on my system:

% java -version
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-10M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)

This is the most current version of Java for 10.6.8 that I know of.

[Version 1.1]

ideviantART

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 14 Mar 2012

clicking on ideviantART.app icon does nothing. /var/log/system.log has

Mar 13 23:39:46 xyzzy [0x0-0x311311].org.mozilla.prism.ideviantart[45017]: Couldn't load XPCOM.
Mar 13 23:39:46 xyzzy com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[650] ([0x0-0x311311].org.mozilla.prism.ideviantart[45017]): Exited with exit code: 1

really quality code guys. [trashed]

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

+25

Michael-Vilain replied on 14 Mar 2012

more info:

% java -version
java version "1.6.0_29"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_29-b11-402-10M3527)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.4-b02-402, mixed mode)

Xmarks for Safari

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 01 Oct 2011

tried to use their Forum to troubleshoot a problem with their site. it wouldn't let me use my valid email address. Gmail worked but I tried to change it and it wouldn't take it. Others had similar problems that were unresolved on their forum after 2 years. Support for this product SUCKS. Not something I want to spend time on. At least with URL Manager Pro, Alco came back from the dead to support his product and customers. Guess that's what you get for free. PASS.

[Version 1.3.5]

-1

GNU Core Utilities

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 16 Jul 2008

Most of the utilities from this package crash with a bus error on MacOS X 10.4.11 on my PPC. Compiling coreutils 6.12 from scratch doesn't have this problem.

[Version 6.9]

+10

iStat Menus

Michael-Vilain had trouble on 08 Jul 2008

I've been using MenuMeters forever and switched to iStat menus for the last couple months. I've found a fundamental problem with iStat menus with the most current release of Little Snitch (2.0.1) in that the Little Snitch daemon will start hogging CPU seemingly at random. I ripped out iStat menus and the problem goes away. I think something in the network monitoring of iStat menus is affecting Little Snitch. Since I consider Little Snitch a "must have", I'm back to MenuMeters and my system hasn't had a problem since.

[Version 1.3]

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