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Bedlo

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Cookie 2.2.2
(Demo)

MacGourmet Deluxe 3.2.2
(Demo)

Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.4
(Free)

Pacifist 3.0.1
(Shareware)

viJournal 2.4.0
(Shareware)

ExactScan 2.19.2
(Demo)

iFileX 1.2.2
(Free)

Audio Hijack Pro 2.10.1
(Demo)

Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.197
(Free)

Plex 0.9.5.2
(Free)

Playback 1.8.10
(Shareware)

Serviio 0.6.2
(Free)

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Firefox

Xenophile reviewed on 03 Feb 2012

I'm gonna skip version 10 since Firefox 11.0 will be out next week...

[Version 10.0]

Bookdog

Xenophile reviewed on 06 Dec 2011

The Texas-sized spread of tabs almost made me forget how ugly the app's icon is. Or maybe it was the ugly icon that nearly distracted me from the GUI atrocities. This app works well enough, but it has the mangiest coat I've ever seen.

[Version 5.3.20]

HDD Fan Control

Xenophile commented on 17 Nov 2011

LOL, $30 for an app that controls fan speed! There are several free apps that control fan speed, they're not as pretty but they will do the job. I've updated my Mac Mini with a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo and a Seagate Momentus 7200 HD, and the freeware "Fan Control" works flawlessly.

Another option for anyone who really wants to spend thirty bucks is to buy an external HD case.

[Version 2.2]

Bean

Xenophile reviewed on 08 Nov 2011

Bean used to be the most beautiful word processor available for Mac OS X; it struck the perfect balance between a minimalist design and accessable, clearly defined icons and widgets.

Now it's butt-ugly. The toolbar is full of wasted gray area. The icons are ultra-low contrast in a different shade of gray. The ruler icons and widgets are the old legible design, which only serves to make the toolbar look even more pathetic. Then the page has some weird resizing inside the resizable Bean window in what is an extremely confusing and poorly implemented GUI. Bean went from a polished light word processor to something that looks like Cheetah-era abandonware.

I really appreciate the developer donating his time to this freeware app, and I'm sticking with it for now. But please, for the love of all that is pure and beautiful in OS X, FIX THIS AWFUL NEW GUI.

[Version 2.9.8]

-1

Firefox

Xenophile commented on 15 Aug 2011

This is still a beta release!

Go to
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/
and the latest stable release is 5.0.1.

Install Firefox 6.0, downloaded via the link at the top of this page, and it opens a page declaring that it is a beta release.

[Version 6.0]

Screeny

Xenophile commented on 14 Aug 2011

Looks great, but why does the developer have so little confidence in his product? No free trial, no way to test the app before paying for it. Is the developer afraid nobody will buy it once they try it?

[Version 1.2.1]

-1

sArchiver

Xenophile reviewed on 27 May 2011

Downloaded this to try it out. Launched it, opened preferences to check things out. Closed preferences. Noticed Mini's fan had kicked into high speed. Opened Activity Monitor and saw that sArchiver's CPU usage was over 90%...while doing NOTHING.

I repeated this a few times to be sure, then plunked sArchiver in the trash and deleted with extreme prejudice.

[Version 3.7.5]

-3

sArchiver

Xenophile reviewed on 27 May 2011

[Version 3.7.5]

iStat Menus

Xenophile commented on 25 May 2011

Nicer than MenuMeters...but not $16 nicer. I'd buy it for $5 or $10 though.

[Version 3.17]

Adobe Reader

Xenophile reviewed on 23 Apr 2011

Slow and ponderous on a 2.33 GHz Core 2 Duo Mini. Integrated ads nag me all the time.

It's been years since I tried Reader, so I thought I'd give it another chance. What a stupid waste of time. Skim operates on such a higher plane, if Adobe developers care, they must be embarrased by Reader's profound inferiority.

It did open the few PDFs I tried, and it didn't crash, so I suppose it's not entirely worthless.

[Version 10.0.3]

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