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Mike Benda

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Flux

Mikebenda reviewed on 07 May 2012

I was one of the early purchasers of Flux 3 which, while it showed potential, never felt like a finished product. It was missing a lot of basic features and others weren't that well implemented.

It didn't get much use out of it, but I still sent the developers feedback hoping to help them improve this promising application.

Now, instead of giving us updates leading to a fleshed-out product that's actually usable, they instead come out with a new version?

I'll stick with Adobe.

[Version 4.0.27]

Mac OS Classic Sound Pack

Mikebenda rated on 16 Mar 2012
[Version 1.5]

Byword

Mikebenda commented on 15 Mar 2012

Remember when word processors like WordPerfect (and all other software) came in boxes that you had to drive to the store to purchase, cost $400, had no refund policy, and people didn't constantly complain about it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPerfect

[Version 1.5]

Quicken 2007

Mikebenda commented on 10 Mar 2012

It's now 2012 and they're selling Quicken 2007. A five year old version patched to run on the current OS.

And from the comments below, I'd have to import my current Quicken 2007 data. Wait a second, I have to "import" Quicken 2007 data for use in Quicken 2007? Plus it doesn't even work correctly? This is my financial data we're talking about here.

I have to congratulate Intutit on doing something I thought impossible, damaging their own reputation even further.

[Version 16.1.0]

Apple iMac Wi-Fi Update

Mikebenda reviewed on 26 Feb 2012

I was having the same pain-in-the-butt problem of having to turn wifi off then back on every time I woke my iMac from sleep. I thought that I had a defective computer or Airport router.

This seems to have fixed the problem... the problem that never should have appeared in the first place.

Although today, for the first time ever, my iMac did not recognize the keyboard or mouse after waking up, requiring a forced shut down via the power button. Hmmmm.

[Version 1.0]

Clippy

Mikebenda commented on 25 Feb 2012

It has disappeared from the App Store. I guess it would have been a better idea for them to have not "borrowed" Microsoft's intellectual property.

[Version 2.2]

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iGlasses

Mikebenda reviewed on 04 Feb 2012

I tried iGlasses in demo mode for about a week and although I liked it, I didn't really need it or use it enough to justify purchasing it.

I ran the installer again, and used it to uninstall the application.

You'd think that using the uninstaller supplied by the developers would do a good job at removing *all* files created and used by iGlasses, right? Guess again.

CleanApp popped up after I dragged the installer program to the trash and found nine files and folders, totaling over 7.5MB that had not been removed by the uninstaller.

In my opinion, this is a huge fail.

[Version 3.1]

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+127

Mikebenda replied on 26 Feb 2012

If the uninstaller doesn't uninstall then why even have one? Anyone can do the same thing by dragging the app to the trash.

I don't control the camera built in to my iMac. It works well enough the way it is. Sure it would be nice to have some control over the exposure and tint, but for me it's not worth paying $20 and running another app in the background.

FontExplorer X Pro

Mikebenda commented on 30 Jan 2012

I'm still using FontExplorer X version 1.2.3 which works perfectly on OS X 10.7.2. I have over 4,000 fonts in my library and have never had any problems, which is why I keep coming back to it after having tried all of the other font management applications.

It appears that Macupdate and the developer no longer offer the free version. I suppose that way customers have no choice but to buy the full version, which is a shame.

[Version 3.1]

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