Although many of you probably read reviews from most recent to least recent, I'm going to start out by saying that I'd made a negative comment (not review) regarding the company releasing a new, but paid upgrade to MacHeist purchasers shortly after the MacHeist campaign through which I purchased this program. I mention this, because they deserve kudos for making it up to users by offering them a free upgrade to 5 (with a paid upgrade to 6), or a paid upgrade to 5 (with a free upgrade to 6). Correcting course is impressive in our age of conviction beyond reason.

But now for the review:

I only review software I like and software that I've been using for while--and this one has become truly valuable to me. Like 1Password is a great application to manage passwords across browsers, this does the same for downloads--and it does it very well and very reliably, but also quickly, without bother, and ultimately faster for most downloads than a browser alone can offer.

It handles most download types, and can offer complete post-processing of downloads or no post-processing of downloads, or anything imaginable in-between. I use it only for the simple stuff, to accelerate my downloads to a maximum speed with a connection history so I can see where and when things go wrong (or simply slow down).

While I preferred v4's floating window to the design of v5, the interface is still clean, customizable, and easy to user an understand.

If you download anything (and who doesn't), this should certainly improve your experience. And while I still won't go bonkers over the price (I'll save that for MacHeist/MacUpdate bundles), I can tell you that the software is useful, stable, and kept up-to-date, and the company is willing to admit when it's made a mistake, and you can't possibly ask for something more valuable than that--so the main rating is higher than the sum of it's parts. And it's become pretty indispensable to me as well, despite the fact that it has a few shortcomings in the interface arena--but they don't bother me, and may not bother you either. You owe yourself to try it, if it sounds like something useful to you.

You really ought to have warned MacHeist buyers--or all users for that matter--that by pressing "upgrade" they weren't getting something they were licensed to use.

I can't imagine this slipped by you--but whatever publicity you got offering this package in the first place is very quickly being replaced by negative feeling and you should remedy that.

This is a fabulous game--elegant, customizable, multi-player, testable, and visually beautiful. A take on classic ballistic games of the scorched earth variety, this makes it 3d. The simple array of weapons cover all of the bases, and the game is all about maximum damage with minimal effort. Barrels cause splash damage, as do grenades--and splash damage is the key--getting as many buildings at once.

I purchased the game months ago, the developer is friendly and helpful, and the game just keeps getting better and better. Buy a license, try the multi-player. Complete with integrated chat and statistics, this game includes everything it should without burdening the user with a complicated interface or a steep learning curve.

I play it all the time.