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Russell Owen
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DragThing 5.9.9
(Shareware)
Pacifist 3.0.1
(Shareware)
Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.1
(Demo)
SEE Finance 0.9.13.5
(Shareware)
Bean 3.0.6
(Free)
Firefox 10.0.1
(Free)
1Password 3.8.15
(Shareware)
AirPort Base Station... 7.6.1
(Updater)
Fantastical 1.2.1
(Demo)
Bean 3.0.6
(Free)
Fantastical 1.2.1
(Demo)
EagleFiler 1.5.8
(Demo)
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DragThing

Reowen reviewed on 10 Feb 2012
One of my must-haves. I find this complements LaunchBar (or Quicksilver) quite nicely. I use DragThing to organize frequently used folders and files and LaunchBar or the Dock to launch apps. (And Spotlight to find less frequently used files).

I also find it very stable, the support is excellent support and I think it is a great value.
[Version 5.9.9]



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Yummy FTP

Reowen reviewed on 11 Jan 2012
The best ftp client I've found. It has lots of useful features, including:
- Lots of ways to view files
- Synchronization
- Drop files on subfolders to upload them there
- Drag files from one host to another
- Excellent support for remote editing (including useful help if I attempt to open the same file twice).
It is also very stable and has amazing customer support. Worth every penny and then some.

There are a few minor things I wish were different, including:
* Each new connection window opens directly over the current connection window, making it needlessly hard to tell them apart (or even tell there are multiple connections open).
* The UI for synchronization is a bit clumsy.
* There is no menu of bookmarks in the "new connection" dialog box. The bookmarks menu is a fine way to get a new connection, but sometimes I start with cmd-N (old habit from Fetch) and then have to cancel out. I'd really like to be able to open a bookmark from the keyboard (e.g. cmd-N and then start typing).
[Version 1.8.8]



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1Password
Reowen commented on 27 Oct 2011
I have to give them credit: they finally unified the "logins for this site" and "all logins" in the plugin. I feel that makes the plugin much more usable.

I wish they'd clean up a few other things in the plugin, including add an option to lock the plugin when it is closed (greatly improves security) or offer a separate time limit for auto-locking the plugin (vs. the application). Also it'd be great if the plugin offered an Accounts panel -- just for convenience (one less reason to run the 1Password application; my web browser is usually running).
[Version 3.8.10]



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Man Viewer
Reowen commented on 09 Oct 2011
Nice to have a free man page viewer that is being maintained. However, I'm sticking with ManOpen for now because I find it more efficient to open a particular page.

A few things would really Man Viewer, in my opinion. Speed up launch (even reading from cache takes many seconds to build the list). Start with the cursor in the search box and make cmd-F put the cursor in the search box. Select a best match in the list as one types in the search box and have open that best match. Then one could open the app, type the desired item and and it would be displayed. Saves many steps.
[Version 3.2]


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Reowen replied on 09 Oct 2011
Two bracketed returns were elided from last two sentences, making it look like nonsense (why, oh why can't we edit our entries?). The final suggestion was that the return key should open the best match that is selected in the list. Thus one could open the application, type the desired item, type return, and it would open. Much more efficient than clicking or typing tab to get to the search field, typing to limit the items shown in the list, then clicking on the desired item in the list.
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BetterZip

Reowen reviewed on 21 Sep 2011
I mostly use Springy to create cross-platform archives stripping Mac-specific data, and it makes that very easy by offering a service (and as of 1.2 you can hold down the option key if you don't want the default settings!. Most of the competition makes this simple task much too difficult (DropStuff and Spring, the two I used to use, are exceptions).

Being able to look inside archives is also very useful, of course, but I do that much less often.

I've never had any problems with the software and the developer was very kind about a few suggestions I made, and added them to version 1.2.

Easy to use, powerful, stable and well supported. Well worth the price.
[Version 2.1]


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Reowen replied on 21 Sep 2011
Sorry, I mean I mostly use BetterZip.... I wish there was some way to edit entries.
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1Password

Reowen reviewed on 15 Sep 2011
I use it with Safari. I like some aspects of the new plug-in (I find a window easier than a menu), but I agree with those who say the program has taken some steps backwards. For instance:
* No way to lock the Safari plugin when it closes. Thus you spend a lot of time unlocked; it's like leaving your keys in the door. If somebody steals your laptop they have everything.
* I can no longer visit a site from within the main application. I have to unlock the plugin before the password is entered (I intentionally do not unlock the plugin when the application is unlocked).
* It constantly asks me if I want to save passwords, even for sites that are already saved. I suspect this is because they changed the way data is saved so that everything is encrypted; even innocuous information that would help identify sites whose password is saved.
* It has separate panels for "logins for this site" and "all logins" and it usually shows the wrong one for me. I'd much rather they combine the two: a single list with logins for this page at the top, a separator, then the rest of the logins. Then searching would work a lot better.

Basically it's not very usable unless you are willing to leave it unlocked all the time, which in my opinion defeats the purpose. I want it to be locked all the time except when I'm getting to a password.

Also, there is an intrinsic problem with password keepers that integrate with web browsers: registering a new account is convoluted because the page for registering a new page is different than the login page. At least 1Password keeps a log of generated passwords, so you don't have to save the info for the registration page (which you'll never visit again) and edit that for the regular login page; instead you can find the password in the history and use it to create a new entry when you visit the regular login page.

A serious misfeature: you can put items into "folders", but just one folder per item and if you delete it from a folder then it's gone. I would much rather that folders acted like itunes playlists or gmail tags: you can add an item to as many folders as you like, and safely remove them again without losing the login info.

Overall, though, it works. It drives me a bit crazy at times, and it has too much eye candy for my taste, but it has useful features and it works.
[Version 3.8.5]


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Reowen replied on 15 Sep 2011
In Snow Leopard if Safari is running and I double click an entry in 1Password application, Safari goes to that page but does NOT fill in the username and password (unless the 1P plug-in is also unlocked). That's what I mean. From what you say it's a bug, not a feature. That's a relief.

The missing setting that I want is "immediately lock the plug-in when it is closed". This is an obviously good security measure if one is worried about one's laptop being stolen; and I'm surprised and disappointed that it is missing.

I'll report web sites that ask "save logins" when they come up. I'm glad that's a bug instead of a misfeature.
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Reowen replied on 15 Sep 2011
Regarding tags: a good point. It's a bit clumsy to add new tags (unless I'm missing something one has to manually edit an entry to add them) but once set up the do work the way I want -- i.e. I can drag an item on a tag to add that tag -- so I'll use them instead of folders.
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ClickToFlash
Reowen commented on 04 Aug 2011
An outstanding piece of software: robust, really useful and unobtrusive. Unfortunately Safari 5.1 ignores webkit extensions (as explained on the home page for this software) so if you use Safari then it's time to switch to a plugin such as ClickToPlugin.
[Version 1.6b9]



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Apple Mac OS X
Reowen commented on 26 Jul 2011
I have repeatedly downloaded the 10.6.8 v1.1 combo update and I can never open the resulting .dmg file. Anyone else having this problem? Anyone have an alternate download link? I tried apple uk, but could not find a suitable link.
[Version 10.6.8 v1.1]



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1Password

Reowen reviewed on 26 Jul 2011
My favorite password keeper and generator (I switched from SpashID). But has some odd holes. For instance you have to unlock your whole vault just to see names of web logins in the browser plug-in. I'd like those to be available even when locked, then I can unlock briefly when I visit a site--just long enough to get the password. The current system seems much less secure (why leave the vault open?). Also there is no integration with disk images nor the iTunes store, meaning you are better off using keychain for those.
[Version 3.6.5]


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Reowen replied on 27 Jul 2011
I realize that it's intentional that names of web links is not visible. I just hate that design choice and I want some way to override it -- either wholesale or item by item. It feels more natural to me to first select the place I want to go, then enter my password, and I would rather have to enter it for each link I visit (relock immediately) so if somebody steals my laptop they can't use my credentials.
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SEE Finance

Reowen reviewed on 04 Dec 2010
The best alternative to Quicken that I have found for my needs.

Strengths include stability, outstanding support, power (support for investments, download of transactions) and overall simplicity of design.

Its primary weakness is painful reconciliation (modal dialog box, no ability to correct mistakes without leaving reconcile mode, no auto-matching, clumsy filtering of what transactions to show which by default hides old uncleared transactions). Other weaknesses include clumsy date entry and no encryption of the data file and some overall clumsiness with editing data.

It surprises me that other programs have learned so little from Quicken about what it takes to make a refined user interface. So many little touches are missing, such as repeating the date of the last transaction when creating a new one, using + to increment check number, sensible reconciliation that includes a "tentatively reconciled state" and proper filtering of unreconciled transactions. Yet in other ways SEE is nicer than Quicken and it is certainly less buggy.
[Version 0.9.12.6]



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