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	Apr 8 2006	JILLEISCHEN I find this app very useful with many options. However it constantly takes 15-17% of CPU. Why so much when it's not checking Webpages? It takes about 50% when checking. Thats way too much. I know my iBook G3 800 with OSX 10.4.6 is old but other apps don't take that much CPU. So why? (Version 1.1b1)		0
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	Jan 5 2006	JOBBY It would be useful if Subscriber supported Growl as a notification method. Supporting standard keystrokes like Cmd-Left in the text entry field would be nice, too :) More worryingly, what is amber.x-dns.com? Subscriber tries to connect to this at startup - probably just a version check (but there's no option to disable this, and there should be). If you deny connections to this address, email notifications don't work. In fact, Subscriber doesn't even try to connect to my mail server. Is it trying to send email via x-dns.com, and if so: why, and what guarantee do we have that our email addresses aren't being harvested? It doesn't inspire confidence :( (Version 1.1b1)		0
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	Feb 24 2005	GREGORY I use this daily. I have found it to be accurate, very reliable, and trouble free. (Version 1.0.5)		0
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	Apr 23 2004	ANONYMOUS Saw this application I thought I'd give it a try. However, the app tends to crash when I go to a internal ASP page repeatedly. (Version 1.0.2)		0
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	Apr 14 2004	DAVID DEUTSCH We have responded to all emails we have received about Subscriber. If anyone has sent us an email and not received a reply, we'd be obliged if you would re-send it (the address is support@charcoaldesign.co.uk). (Version 1.0.2)		0
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	Apr 11 2004	U LOSE won't be buying this... developer did not respond to my email. simple equation: no time for me = no money for you. (Version 1.0.2)		0
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	Mar 22 2004	OHWELL ok new review, due to the newer version... it works well, if a little less than intuitive to use in some aspects such as setting the time interval... but not a bad app at all and does work well once you get the hang of it. (Version 1.0.1r2)		0
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	Mar 22 2004	OHWELL The time interval needs to be adjustable, currently there is only one time interval which only allows for checking every hour... (Version 1.0.1r2)		0
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	Mar 22 2004	DAVID DEUTSCH We think we've reproduced the problem: it now appears to affect only URLs Pasted into Subscriber from the Clipboard - drag and drop from the address bar of a browser works correctly on our systems. We'd be grateful if you could contact us at support@charcoaldesign.co.uk so that we can make sure we're seeing the same problem you are. (Version 1.0.1r1)		0
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Mar 22 2004

OHWELL yes, that is the issue: copy and paste does not work but drag 'n drop does... something of a shortcoming there.

and it is, to my mind, necessary to have an option so that the user can set the time interval to, say, check a site every minute. sounds like overkill, checking a site every minute? well, no, that is what i need.

thanks!
(Version 1.0.1r2)

	Mar 22 2004	OHWELL still does not recognize URLs for me... (Version 1.0.1r1)		0
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	Mar 20 2004	DAVID DEUTSCH Sorry about that, there was a bug in the string processing that caused urls to be erroneously reported as invalid. Fixed in version 1.0.1r1. You can get the new version at http://www.charcoaldesign.co.uk/Software/Subscriber/download.php (Version 1.0.1)		0
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	Mar 19 2004	OHWELL doesn't work for me, will not recognize an URL such as http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10611 for example (Version 1.0.1)		0
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