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Apple Safari

banana-joe commented on 08 Sep 2011

it's funny to see that despite apple's "hate" for flash, safari handles flash content quite well! it has the lowest cpu% when watching a youtube video, compared to chrome and firefox. imo, what safari needs are better/more extensions. it clearly lags behind its competition.

[Version 5.1]

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banana-joe replied on 02 Oct 2011

you're right, i haven't upgraded to lion yet.
i've heard that there were some problems with flash and safari in lion, but i thought they were ironed out in 10.7.1 :/

UMPlayer

banana-joe commented on 23 May 2011

very promising player!

[Version 0.95]

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MPlayerX

banana-joe commented on 06 Apr 2011

dear developer, if you read this comments, please make your app available for download through the old site (code.google.com).
there are many people (like me) who love your app, but don't use the MAS.

[Version 1.0.3]

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banana-joe replied on 08 Apr 2011

thank you very much Niltsh!!!

Google Chrome

banana-joe commented on 06 Apr 2011

as of version 12.0.725.0 dev, the bookmark icons in the bookmarks bar (and to be more accurate, only from those bookmarks which are organized in folders) start to flicker when i click on them. is anyone else having this strange behavior?

there's still no master password function. it seems google is unwilling to implement that feature. ok, fine by me, but at least don't make the saved passwords so easily visible. google should really consider the safari way of managing saved passwords, otherwise i don't see the point why chrome should save the passwords into the keychain of mac os x.

[Version 11.0.696.25]

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banana-joe replied on 06 Apr 2011

oh, and please google remove that "other bookmarks" folder from the bookmarks bar!

Apple App Store

banana-joe commented on 06 Apr 2011

when i first heard of the mac app store i was like "wow! finally something like the linux package management system and repositories are coming to the mac world!" little after that i heard of the restrictions that apple placed on the MAS and was very displeased, since most of the apps i'm using wouldn't even be available, due to this restrictions.
i still don't get it, why i have to log into my account and have to provide a credit card number just to be able to download some free apps. apple should ask you for a credit card the first time you're going to download a paid app and not during the registration for an apple id.
that said, i'm sure the MAS is very convenient for a lot of people out there, helping them to find the software they need, but for me it's not and therefor i never use it.

[Version 1.0.1]

HideSwitch

banana-joe commented on 02 Apr 2011

nice little and very useful program! thx :)

[Version 1.2]

Adobe Flash Player

banana-joe commented on 01 Apr 2011

flash has a long way to go on the mac platform, but i'm glad to see that some improvements have been made. flash now uses less cpu % than it did before. i guess we have to thank steve jobs's rant on adobe about that.

[Version 10.3.180.65]

VLC Media Player

banana-joe reviewed on 24 Mar 2011

vlc is simply great! it plays everything you throw at it and has the lowest cpu utilization while playing hd video on my machine (a late 2008 aluminum unibody macbook).
granted, the ui needs to be polished a bit further to become more mac like, but it's a minor and not so significant backstep in comparison to all of the goodness you get :D
thx vlc team, thx you so much for this great player!

to all of you guys who want to try out nightly builds, you can grab them from here

http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/

[Version 1.1.8]

Firefox

banana-joe reviewed on 22 Mar 2011

after a long time i can finally set firefox as my default browser again! the new Ui is wonderful, firefox 4 is super fast, sometimes i even get the feeling it surpasses chrome in terns of rendering speed.
the hardware acceleration could be a bit better though. cpu and gnu utilization is a few % higher in comparison to chrome and safari when watching youtube videos (latest flash player installed), but i'm pretty sure things will get better with the next 4.x releases.
no other browser has so much configuration options like firefox, not to mention the add-ons!
in a few words, i love the new firefox! :)

[Version 4.0]

Movist

banana-joe reviewed on 15 Mar 2011

best player for mac out there!
light, good performance and a very nice interface! what more could you ask for?

[Version 0.6.8]

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banana-joe replied on 15 Mar 2011

a huge thank you to the developers!

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