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Growl

Aeschylus commented on 02 Nov 2011

So is it still a Menu bar program? Still not useable, if that is the case. I'll just keep the old version which seems to work just fine.

[Version 1.3.1]

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+77

Aeschylus replied on 03 Nov 2011

Nice to hear this. It should be clearly stated in the What's New section, as it has been a concern for more than a few of us.

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Growl

Aeschylus commented on 03 Oct 2011

I don't mind using the Mac App Store or even the price, but a MENU BAR ICON?? I don't have room for another one. I loved the pref pane because it didn't take up valuable real estate. So goodbye to Growl.

[Version 1.3]

1 Reply

+77

Aeschylus replied on 05 Oct 2011

Sounds like a good idea. The advantage of Growl is that it's not there until it's there. After the update, it should be well worth the price.

wunderlist

Aeschylus reviewed on 12 Sep 2011

Unfortunately, even the new update today does not allow for setting repeating tasks. This is a major problem for those of us who need this functionality. I know that others have asked for this feature, but the developer must have other priorities now.

[Version 1.2.4]

Sports Fan Widget

Aeschylus reviewed on 18 Aug 2011

Great widget. I use it with Amnesty Singles to run it on my desktop in Lion, and it works great. I love everything about it. Thank you thank you to the developer.

If you want to know sports scores quickly, this is the way to go!

[Version 1.3.39]

Firefox

Aeschylus commented on 18 Aug 2011

I like Firefox, but it is becoming a burden to constantly update and coordinate the updating of the extensions. Firefox is good in large part because of the extensions, and it is like a moment of dread to see which ones don't work every time they have a new version now. I think I'll have to start waiting to update for every 4 or 5 versions -- that might be the equivalent of their older update schedule. But I'll worry about security updates. What a mess they have created. Safari doesn't give these worries -- I'll be using it a lot more.

[Version 7.0]

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+77

Aeschylus replied on 18 Aug 2011

Also, Firefox doesn't respond to the Magic Trackpad gestures. I really love using the swipe left and swipe right in Safari. Why can't Firefox recognize these?

+77

Aeschylus replied on 19 Aug 2011

@Monkeyjunkey, Does BetterTouchTool slow down the responsiveness of the trackpad? I don't think FF would show the same swipe animation that Safari does, but it would be nice to be able to use the trackpad without having to click on the back arrow. So I'll check it out. Thanks!

Miro

Aeschylus commented on 15 Aug 2011

Quicktime 7 is built into Lion? I thought it was Quicktime X. I'd better tell Apple.

[Version 4.0.3]

TransDock X

Aeschylus reviewed on 05 Aug 2011

When I try to run TransDock X, it says "Process cancelled. Error found." It does remove the dock. Maybe that is strange? Because it actually worked fine.

I think the error is not needed in this case.

[Version 1.0.1]

DaisyDisk

Aeschylus commented on 24 Jun 2011

It is very upsetting to be offered the "upgrade price" of $9.99 and to learn that this is the same price being charged to new users on the App Store.

Although I have liked this program, my feeling is that when user loyalty is not rewarded and a deceptive "upgrade price" is posted, I can no longer trust the developer and will either use the older version or stop using the product if the older version doesn't work.

I'm willing to pay an upgrade price, but don't feel comfortable being tricked.

[Version 2.0.7.1]

YoWindow

Aeschylus reviewed on 21 Feb 2011

I really enjoyed using this, but I had to remove it. When I looked at Activity Monitor, I saw that the app was using 11% of the CPU and Flash was using 14%. 25% of the CPU constantly being used is too much.

That said, it was a beautiful app and if the developer can get a handle on this CPU usage, I'll reinstall it and buy the pro version.

[Version 2.0]

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+77

Aeschylus replied on 28 Feb 2011

Repkasoft, what you say is absolutely NOT true. I have screenshots of Activity Monitor. With YoWindow in the foreground, FlashPlayer (YoWindowInternet) takes 108% CPU, and YoWindow takes 13.9% CPU.

With YoWindow in the background, FlashPlayer (YoWindowInternet) takes 12.3% and YoWindow takes 9.4% CPU, for a total of 21.7% CPU IN THE BACKGROUND.

This is not good. Flash has always been better on Windows, so maybe this will take a different approach on the Mac.

swackett x

Aeschylus rated on 07 Jan 2011
[Version 1.0.1]

Skype

Aeschylus had trouble on 05 Nov 2010

When I tried Skype 5, it was not possible to use video with my Macally webcam. Switching back to Skype 2, things worked fine. Then I realized I had disabled video in Skype 2 before I installed Skype 5 beta. So I enabled it, and when I re-installed the beta, video worked fine.

I believe that there is a preference which can be set in Skype 2, but cannot be changed in the prefs of Skype 5 beta. This pref can disable video. So if you have this problem, either temporarily downgrade to re-enable the video or try deleting the entire prefs file. Using a program to edit the prefs might also work.

I notified Skype of this bug using the link in the program, but haven't heard from them about whether they are implementing a fix.

[Version 5.0.0.6378]

Adobe Flash Player

Aeschylus had trouble on 22 Sep 2010

I have a 10.2 beta installed, and cannot install 10.1.85.3. Even if I trash the Flash plugins from the /library/internet plugins folder, installation still fails.

Is there another file that needs to be removed? Is there an uninstaller?

The beta I have is buggy, and crashes every 5 minutes on MLB.com GameDay.

Thanks for any advice!

[Version 10.1.85.3]

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+77

Aeschylus replied on 22 Sep 2010

Sorry to reply to my own comment. Here is the URL to for the Uninstaller for 10.,2: http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10.html .

It must have removed more filed than I had deleted, because after using it I could install the current "stable" version. (I use that term loosely.)

I think that I have really been spooked by all the plugin crashes in Safari lately, and so I didn't do my usual searching for an answer before I posted. No other software gets me so spooked as Adobe does.

Adobe Flash Player

Aeschylus had trouble on 22 Sep 2010

[Version 10.1.85.3]

2 Replies

+77

Aeschylus replied on 23 Sep 2010

Thanks for the reply. But I wonder why we need to use an uninstaller? Why doesn't it work if I remove the plugins instead of needing an installer? Also, why do they put it into the Utilities folder? I'd never look there for a newly installed program. Maybe if they spent the smallest amount of effort in trying to make us like them, we would have come to like it more by now.

+77

Aeschylus replied on 23 Sep 2010

Safari Cookies

Aeschylus had trouble on 30 Dec 2009

The memory leak is still not fixed, sorry to say. I have Glims and ClickToFlash installed, and normally my Safari is also around 300 Mb - 350 Mb of real memory, with slightly more Virtual Memory in use.

Today I installed Safari Cookies, everything seemed fine, and I left my computer for an hour. When I returned, the screensaver was on and I needed to enter the password. Something seemed amiss, as I could not type in the box to enter my password for a few minutes. Then, I was able to see my desktop and the open Safari tab even before entering the password. Not right. I checked the memory usage, and real memory usage was 550 Mb and virtual memory usage was 1.6 Gb. Wow.

Needless to say, this must be fixed before I can use Safari Cookies. Too bad, because it was so good getting rid of all those unwanted cookies when I first started Safari.

Please keep working on this problem so, as there is a real need for this program.

[Version 1.3.4]

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+77

Aeschylus replied on 31 Dec 2009

Thanks for the update. A few hours of using with Safari, and the RAM usage is still 220 MB, which is a real improvement over 1.3.4. Of course, I've got my fingers crossed and I'm hoping this will continue. (Other plugins still installed).

I'm happy to be able to remove unwanted cookies, but I'm even happier to be able to easily remove those d*m! flash cookies.

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Evernote

Aeschylus had trouble on 29 Aug 2009

Has anyone else noticed that the Evernote icon does not appear in the Safari toolbar in Snow Leopard? This is very troubling, as I had come to depend on Evernote quite a bit.

[Version 1.4.8]

Trampoline

Aeschylus had trouble on 23 Sep 2007

Version 2.21 crashes every time I open the prefs on my iMac G5 1.8. Reverting to 2.2 is fine.

[Version 2.2.1]

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