 | Sep 5 2008 |
GEOPICK I think NetFlix should make an effort to support third party developers who want to enable client access to their service. Freak was an early, useful tool. It would be great to see something like this for the iPhone, if it doesn't already exist.
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| Aug 25 2008 |
ADONSA It's commendable that refunds are being offered. Letting a product go orphan without a plan to convey the source code and further development, to another developer, is not. The netflix website is a pain to use, and Netflix Freak serves an important purpose. The Netflix Freak developer should have arranged a successor developer (even Netflix) PRIOR to making it go orphan; or the source code should be provided to a responsible developer in the Open Source community. Abandoning a software is serious. Abandoning software reflects negatively upon the entire shareware and commercial developer community. The impact of software abandonment upon users is very significant and conveys distrust. The greatest word processor for any microcomputer [in its time] was Fullwrite, orphoned by Borland, International after they bought it from Ashton Tate. Heroic efforts on the part of buyers, to persuade Phillipe Kahn to revive it, fell on deaf ears. Another was Claris Emailer, in its time, it was the greatest email software in existance. Apple ordered the product abandoned, and ignored the efforts of the vast "Save Emailer" campaign. -- Talk to the Netflix staff, ask them to revive and continue upgrades to Netflix Freak. -- Talk to certified Apple Developers, ask the Apple staff to help identify a developer that can give the product a future. -- Talk to open source developers. -- Recognize, that the Netflix web page sux when it comes to managing the queue list. -- If necessary, release the source code into the public domain. -- You have a good product, do the right thing toward getting it a future.
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| Aug 30 2008 |
WCITYMIKE Hear hear.
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| Oct 9 2008 |
IGAUCHO Good thing I stopped using this app. I didn't even realize that it had been discontinued! It would have been nice if they had emailed paying customers to let them know about this.
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 | Mar 19 2008 |
IGAUCHO I've tried using the last couple versions and after the initial installation they work fine, but afterwards they crash constantly when the application tries to login my account. I've tried to completely remove and reinstall Netflix Freak, but I experience the same behavior.
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| Apr 3 2008 |
WCITYMIKE Try disabling drag-and-drop within your Netflix account.
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| Jun 25 2007 |
FFASS Netflix's queue now has drag and drop so this app no longer offers distinguishing features.
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| Mar 28 2007 |
COMPLEX_PERSON I bought this a couple of years ago and it was great. Since then, NetFlix has done wonders with there website making this just not worth using anymore.
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| Mar 28 2007 |
ORION MK. V Nicely done app, just not really necessary.
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| Mar 28 2007 |
OSCAR74 Because no one uses it. :)
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| Feb 23 2007 |
PATDDFAN88 how come there is nothing for Blockbuster Online yet???
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 | Dec 8 2005 |
DANCINGSEA I really wanted to like this app and buy it for the sake of supporting the Mac community, but in the end, I just couldn't get into it. For me, managing my que is not a big deal. Browse for movies, add them to the que, rearrange the que every once in awhile. I don't need any management abilities beyond those basics. In that light, the Net Flix website is sufficient. Imho, on the browsing and searching for movies front (most important to me), NetFlix.com is vastly superior to this application. At NetFlix.com I prefer the little mini blurbs that appear one you rollover the movie title. I also like the way NetFlix.com displays the movie description, user reviews, and various critic reviews all on the same page. It's simply more dynamic, and in my experience, loads faster than NetFlix Freak. Yes, NetFlix Freak allows easy connections to Rotten Tomatoes, but that's about the only advantage, for my type of usage, that I could find. Simply not worth $15, imho. Perhaps this app would make sense if I had a household with multiple users and the need to juggle those accounts. YMMV, give it a try, you may like it. But until NetFlix Freak provides me with a noticeably better browsing experience than NetFlix.com, I'll have to pass.
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| Jun 24 2005 |
BRYAN Netflix freak is a must have for any Mac user with a Netflix account! It allows you to not only see your queue but also movies out, a complete history, and it gives you the ability to search for movies right from the application. Probably the nicest features that aren't available from the web are the drag and drop functionality for not only reordering your queue but also for moving movies between different household member's queues. Also it's nice to be able switch between profiles simply without the need for inputting passwords every time.
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| May 8 2005 |
RADIOSPY I've been a member of Netflix for years(must be going on 5 or 6 years now) and It's always been great, though the site wasn't geared toward the way I always liked to move movies around in my queue. Netflix Freak is worth every penny. From the moment I tried it, it worked great. Nabbed the information fast, let me rearange my movies by drag and drop. The value only keeps growing with cut/paste support between queues(I have seperate queue's for tv shows and movies so it's great to be able to shuffle things between them). Granted if you don't watch that many movies from netflix this may not be as useful to you, but bottom line is if you are an avid Netflix user you owe it to your self to buy this app.
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| May 1 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Is anyone else aware that Netflix Freak "phones-home" to the little app factory? Personally I do not want Netflix Freak to connect to any server other than Netflix because that potentially gives them access to your username & password, which could give them access to your credit card #. I've seen a few decent applications that uncover **** **** **** 9834 decryptions.
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 | May 3 2005 |
ANONYMOUS If you sniff the connection, you'll see that it's asking to only to read two files on our site and does not actually send any information to our site. Here are the two files it reads: - one which contains the version number of our parsing logic file (which allows us to keep up with changes on the Netflix site without always requiring a full update to the program -- this is seamlessly done so that you don't have any interruption of functionality) - one which contains the version number of the latest application so that we can offer an update. Again, because of frequent changes at Netflix, the application could become non-functional at any time, so it's far more important to keep on the latest version of the program than with a typical application. Since not all changes to Netflix can be handled by our parsing logic file, this is a backup plan when we need to update the application. You'll also notice on launch that the status line will indicate what is happening and when ('updating parsing logic' and 'checking for new version'). - The Little App Factory
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| Mar 5 2005 |
ANONYMOUS The demo period expired when I tried version 1.x. I'd like to try version 2, but it won't let me.
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| Mar 5 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Please send an email to support at zerfans@thelittleappfactory.com and we'll get it sorted it. - The Little App Factory
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| Mar 15 2005 |
ANONYMOUS If you download version 2.0.2, the trial period will be automatically reset. - The Little App Factory
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| Feb 26 2005 |
EBAY-JEFF I'm glad this has multiple profile/queue support, but this would be really useful if you could move things BETWEEN queues. It would be totally worth the pricetag then and I'll put my money down.
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| Feb 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS We're looking into it. :) - The Little App Factory
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| Apr 22 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Version 2.1 adds the ability to Cut/Copy and Paste movies between Netflix Profiles. - The Little App Factory
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| Feb 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I just paid for the software. I've been playing with it for the last half hour and realised I don't want to stop using it. This makes NetFlix FUN as well as useful. I love being able to drag items around the queue, and the shuffle feature. I would have been a little happier if it had been $10 instead of $15 but it's still worth the money to free myself from NetFlix's web interface.
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| Feb 24 2005 |
ANONYMOUS seems to be a lot of anonymous comments promoting Blockbuster here. that's a little odd since Blockbuster has always sucked and this is about Netflix.
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| Feb 21 2005 |
ANONYMOUS i would buy one for blockbuster
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| Dec 25 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Solid performing app with a lot of guts to back up it's glory.
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| Dec 14 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Fired it upÂ…it sat there "checking for new version." While I was waiting, I went to Netflix's site, searched for the movie I was looking for, and added it to my cue. Meanwhile, NF was still hanging, checking for a new version. What's the point?
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| Dec 24 2004 |
JCLARKV Ignore this bozo. This is GREAT software and the only way to manage you que on a Mac. This developer is constantly improving and updating.
(Version 1.3.6) | |
| Jan 4 2005 |
ANONYMOUS There was a issue with 1.3.5 that caused a hang shortly after launch for a small number of users. This is fixed in 1.3.6. It could be that this is what you were seeing. - The Little App Factory
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| Feb 26 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Because I'm a spelling freak: It's spelled QUEUE, not CUE. A CUE is different from a QUEUE. Learn to spell the language you speak. Great, no EXCELLENT app, by the way.
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| Apr 23 2005 |
ANONYMOUS "Cue" is a legitimate alternative to the British spelling of "queue." See entry 2 copied from Webster's: Etymology: French queue, literally, tail, from Latin cauda 1 a : a leather-tipped tapering rod for striking the cue ball (as in billiards and pool) b : a long-handled instrument with a concave head for shoving disks in shuffleboard | |
| Oct 20 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Ditto the thought for something like this for Blockbuster's online rental service. It is a pain to use their website!
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| Oct 20 2004 |
KRIS Nice piece of software. Is there anything like this for Blockbuster's online service?
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| Aug 16 2004 |
BCWINTERS Whoa. I joined Netflix last week, and just downloaded this to try it out. It loaded my login cookie directly from Safari (!) and in an instant there was my queue, with the box cover, description, etc etc all in one spot. I rearranged the queue a bit and it updated instantaneously. Works perfectly, right out of the box. Erm, disk image. This goes directly into my essential utilities folder; it makes a great service like Netflix even handier.
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| Jun 11 2004 |
HULETTE excellent update, great new features!
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| May 31 2004 |
BOB Version 1.2 is great. So much faster. The stall when switching between menu options was my biggest complaint, now completely resolved.
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| Apr 4 2004 |
HULETTE nice!
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| Jan 25 2004 |
ACRAPPA I applaud the great development of this application. Every update is a great one. I'm a happy customer.
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| Dec 20 2003 |
JEDD This program is great,,, it's like watson for netflix..just terriffic no setup either since it reads safari's info I love the shuffle...though i wish there was a lock button to lock the few you don't want shuffled..
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| Dec 9 2003 |
ACRAPPA Is this stable? I like the ability to rearrange the queue in a Mac-like interface, but the program is hard to be productive with at times. I can't get the "Not Yet Released" tab to update, even after quitting and relaunching the program. I've also has the program unexpectedly quit, and I've been using it for less than an hour. I'll buy it once it's stable.
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| Dec 9 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Are you certain that your queue contains movies that have not yet been released? Sorry for the possibly lame question, but wanted to be sure you understood what was supposed to display there. If you go to www.netflix.com/Queue in Safari, are there movies listed in the DVDs Awaiting Release section? As far as the crash, please send any crash logs to tlaf_support@mac.com and we'll take a look at them. If you're on Jaguar, there's a known crash in the Safari framework, which this program uses, but we're not aware of any other common crashers right now.
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| Dec 9 2003 |
ACRAPPA Thanks for the response. I am new to Netflix and your program, so I'm not insulted by the elementary questions. :) The movie that I added to the list was The Last Samurai, which of course isn't on DVD yet. I wanted to remove it (I was just testing the program when I added it), and kept pressing Delete. The movie would not go away from the list. I quit the program and tried deleting the movie again. Nothing. I had to do it at Netflix.com. Another oddity was when I was trying to add movies to the queue from the find screen. Things were going well, but Godfather III simply would not add to the queue. I searched for "Godfather", added the first two movies, but the third movie would not add. I pressed the Add button and nothing. I tried it several times. Again, I had to go to Netflix.com to get it on my list. I am running Netflix Freak with Mac OS X 10.3.2 on a dual GHz G4. I will send any futures classes to you via e-mail.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
| Dec 9 2003 |
ACRAPPA The program has an issue with remembering column sizes, too. When I resize the "Available" column to be smaller, quit Netflix Freak, and launch it again, it's back to the default size. Positions work though (i.e. rearranging the order of the columns).
(Version 1.0.1) | |
| Dec 9 2003 |
ACRAPPA Also, would it be possible to have the search field be resizable? I think that it would be nice to have it a bit longer. When searching for a longer title or name, the search field looks a bit strange: http://members.cox.net/acrappa/netflixbug.png By the way, if I'm annoying you, then just say so. :)
(Version 1.0.1) | |
| Dec 9 2003 |
ANONYMOUS I've jotted down all the things you mentioned and will take a look at them. Thanks for letting us know about them. And yeah, it would be preferred to send any concerns via email as they can get addressed more quickly (rather than waiting until the next time I check the forum here). Cheers.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
| Dec 14 2003 |
THE LITTLE APP FACTORY The bugs reported here are fixed in 1.0.2, posted today.
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| Dec 14 2003 |
ACRAPPA I got an e-mail from TLAF a couple of days ago with the 1.0.2 update, and it seems like a much improved application. I'm still uneasy about it (crashed within an hour again--sent in the report), but a lot of bugs have been fixed. Good update.
(Version 1.0.2) | |
| Apr 29 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I am much more concerned about the fact that Netflix Freak calls it's maker (The Little App Factory) and how easy it would be for them to gain access to the credit card you use to pay for Netflix. I've seen at least one program that reliably decrypts this type of **** **** **** 7084 security.
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| Dec 7 2003 |
ANONYMOUS Excellent application with room to grow. 1...get creative on way to sort movies. i.e. rotate my genre..horro/drama/comedy/action etc. 2...Links to video previews 3...a better icon ;) just so i can keep it in my dock. Keep up the great work.
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| Dec 5 2003 |
=^GENESIS^= Would like to try something like this for HitFlix.com. The services are almost the same except HitFlix has more payment options.
(Version 1.0) | |
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| Dec 5 2003 |
HULETTE looks like more *porn* options too.
(Version 1.0) | |
| Dec 4 2003 |
HULETTE Excellent! Thanks for filling the gap left by NFfanatic. This works just as well, and looks very clean and professional. Thanks!
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| Dec 4 2003 |
ROB Hold up for a second... is this related to a certain program created by a "fanatic" or is it a new program built from scratch?
(Version 1.0) | |
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| Dec 4 2003 |
THE LITTLE APP FACTORY It's intended to fill the void left by the demise of Netflix Fanatic, so any similarities in functionality are intentional, but it's an entirely new and distinct product.
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