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Oct 12 2008

HALODEMO002  Pretty and 3D  
(Version 1.5)

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May 14 2006
*****

TWISTERMC  I love this. It's great quality, free and runs beautifully! Thanks.  
(Version 1.3)

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Apr 30 2006
*****

ð BORN YETERDAY ð  No complaints with an eMac & 10.4.6

It keeps the kids busy enough & out of trouble. There is room for improvement with graphics & more customizable options, but for a free application it's more than just good! So it still deserves top marks from me!

Thanks and keep up the great work!  
(Version 1.3)

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Apr 23 2006

OSKAR L-B  Really cute little app. Very well done implementing several Mac:ish technologies, like Rendev..., hrm, Bonjour...  
(Version 1.3)

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May 21 2005
*****

PENNYHEAD  Really fun. The different cams to view the fish are great. I can't believe this is a free app.! Thank you.  
(Version 1.2)

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Apr 28 2005
*****

SITHLORD  Yes, v1.2 now does work with 10.3.8 and 10.3.9!

Now I can present this to Lord Darth...  
(Version 1.2)

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Apr 28 2005

ANONYMOUS  1.2 now work..  
(Version 1.2)

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Apr 23 2005

ORIOL FERRER MESIA  For people not using 10.4, there's still available version 1.0. Version 1.1 is a quick fix for Tiger users...

Although it adds a new behavior for feeding.

There's a link on the website that points to vesion 1.0; but here it is:

http://web.salleurl.edu/~tm05788/Fish.sit  
(Version 1.1)

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Apr 23 2005

ANONYMOUS  quits on opening  
(Version 1.1)

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Apr 23 2005
*****

TOURNESOL  Of no use what so ever, but awsome execution. Made me smile :) Very nicely done.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jan 7 2005
*****

ANONYMOUS  Terrific  
(Version 1.0)

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Jan 5 2005

ANONYMOUS  Wonderful free app. My kids love it..it is so real & they don't get as upset when virtual fish die as they do with real fish! Perfect for older kids too...shows birth, life, breeding & death. THX!  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 15 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  For everybody who gets a black screen it might be that your computer is being used up by other apps (try quitting some) or you might not have the graphics card that you need.  
(Version 1.0)

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Aug 12 2004

ANONYMOUS  Fullscreen equals blackscreen. I am not changing the video card in my laptop to accomodate a program that used to work and has stopped in an "updated" version.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 9 2004
***½.

JAMES  Thanks to the developer for an intriguing and relaxing game that mostly requires my attention rather than interaction. Only problem I have is that I get a total black screen if I try full screen.   
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 8 2004
****.

JERONIMO  Well I think its kinda fun.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jul 7 2004

ANONYMOUS  So the way to the level field was never found. We searched and searched, but within our weary souls we could not discover what we once so eagerly percieved as being ever present.  
(Version 0.98)

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Jul 1 2004
****½

JARED  I'm still kind of new to mac, I don't know if a screensaver is as simple as a single *.scr file or something like it is in windows... if so this program would be cool if it allowed you to design your fishtank and then export it as a screensaver...

aside from screensaver i cant ever see having enough free time (down time) on my hands to display a fish tank on my desktop.  
(Version 0.98)

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Jun 22 2004
***½.

ANONYMOUS  Oriol; I picked up this progtam from the begining

and suggested things that now I see being put into

Fish . Its really nice to see some programmers are listening to the people who use the programs frist

hand. Thanks for giving us " Macers " somthing with hands-on fun. Keep up the run!!!!!!!!!!!!   
(Version 0.98)

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Jun 22 2004

ANONYMOUS  (on eMac w/10.3.4) Installed and started up normally, went to a black screen in full-screen mode, crashed when returning to window mode.  
(Version 0.98)

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Jun 22 2004

MOE GREEN  Improvements aside, Speech should be an option and not active upon launch. Too many system resources in the BG hog up ram.   
(Version 0.98)

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Jun 22 2004

ANONYMOUS  Be nice if you could run yor aquarium as a screensaver module. Then you could use Backlight to run it on your desktop and that would rock.  
(Version 0.98)

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Jun 18 2004

ANONYMOUS  Running 10.3.4 mine launched fine -- still getting a black screen when I try the full screen mode, though. Pressing esc I get back with no problems. Not complaining; it's a fun little app, especially for the price!  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 17 2004

RICO17I  Running 10.3.4, this version (0.97) will not launch. Previous versions ran ok.  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 18 2004

ORIOL FERRER MESIà  You should update to stuffit 8.0.2. Version 8.0 has a bug which sets wrong permissions when unstuffing. This worked for other users! Good Luck!  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 16 2004
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ANONYMOUS  Pretty cool little app. Not a screen saver (no "Saver File" for one thing)... more of a "fish in the wild" simulator, that tracks metabolism, energy and other vital signs. Nothing like Marine Aquarium, so don't expect it to be a competitor for the same. Graphics are not bad, but nothing close to MA.  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 16 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  whooo whooo nice luv the developer niceness tell me more bout his stuff post it somewhere  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 16 2004
*****

SUBFACE  this is great fun and getting better all the time. thank you for putting so much effort into this...and for free. what a great developer.  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 14 2004

ANONYMOUS  Hello !

Sorry for my english, im not fluent !

Well, im on mac system 10.2.8. OS X

When i try to launch the fish app., nothing.

When i double clicking the fish icon nothing changes.

I try to launch it like an application. How ever, the icon appears in the apple menu, "recents elements".

How can i run this app?

thank you !  
(Version 0.96)

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Jun 16 2004

MAYHEM  Make sure you are not using a StuffIt 8.0 product when expanding the archive. Any other version (newer or older) will work, just not 8.0.  
(Version 0.97)

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Jun 8 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  AWESOME!!!  
(Version 0.96)

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Jun 6 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  Dude, this is really cool. The updates keep coming so fast. Do you have a life outside of your computer? (I mean that in a good way)

Pretty darn impressive man.  
(Version 0.96)

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Jun 6 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  This is beyond cool. Wow, what a cool program. You rock  
(Version 0.96)

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May 21 2004

ICERABBIT  This certainly has potential. I would recommend to add detail to the fish, including swimming animation (right now they're to static, like a solid plastic fish floating around). More plants of different varieties. More fish species. Add sound & visual of an air element bubbling & water coming back into the aquarium. ... and it's a winner :)   
(Version 0.951)

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May 22 2004

ORIOL FERRER MESIà  Only sharks have animation by now..... The downside is taht they have no textures... But their colors can be customized! Give them a try!  
(Version 0.951)

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May 20 2004
****½

DULLSIMMER  The program just keeps getting better! Many thanks to the developer for creating such a wonderfurl new way for me to wast time.  
(Version 0.951)

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May 20 2004
****½

ANONYMOUS  totally cool.

The way you can drag the view when it's in full screen is the icing on top :) The key combo to get out of the full screen could be a little more intuitive though, like "F" for instance ;)

I wish the graphics were a little more detailed, but my old Mac would probably chock on it anyway...

Although I don't think I'll use it on a regular basis, it's very fun to play with for a while.

Well done GUI and cool features.  
(Version 0.951)

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May 20 2004
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ANONYMOUS  How about an option to save/export as a screen saver?  
(Version 0.951)

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May 20 2004

ANONYMOUS  How about an option to use panels instead of drawers?  
(Version 0.951)

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May 17 2004

ANONYMOUS  If Applescript support were just added for:

Tell Application "Fish"

Activate

Go FullScreen

Close FullScreen

End Tell

Then you would be able to use this in conjunction with Script saver to have Fish on when your computer is Idle  
(Version 0.95)

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May 17 2004

ANONYMOUS  Woah! The shark is animated!!! Was that there before? Make them all do that! Make them all do that! Thats the BEST!  
(Version 0.95)

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May 17 2004

ANONYMOUS  Not sure if its a big or not but opening a file from the previous version seems to have changed my fish species. Orange goldfish are not Black Angelfish, Black Goldfish are not Orange Goldfish.

Request:

A cam that circles the perimeter of the environment and is aimed toward the center. Adjustable speef of circling would be nice. I like the moving cam but target cam is too eratic to really be easy on the eyes.  
(Version 0.95)

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May 16 2004
*****

TSD - AMSTERDAM  Well done Oriol! A cool app and well done job! ...and that as a Graduation Multimedia Engineering project!

Hope you'll take it few steps further; Editing options for environment, fish, vegtation, sociability.

(Check Jon Klein's Breve's samples and documentation).  
(Version 0.95)

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May 16 2004
*****

GIRRAJ RAYNSFERD  ...and it's free!? Man... Aquazone was a rip...

This app rocks!  
(Version 0.95)

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May 12 2004

ANONYMOUS  real cool app!

keen on progress!  
(Version 0.94)

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May 12 2004

ANONYMOUS  Hey, this thing is pretty darn cool. Good job! It'll be great to see what happens with it as it progresses. Cant wait till the fish move their tails & stuff. Rendevous aquarium sharing? Thats great, though I dont have any shared aquariums to choose from.

It would be really cool to be able to modify the aquarium environment.

Few points...

1. Does the color options for each fish actually do anything?

2. Maybe hide the mouse in full screen mode?

Cool app.   
(Version 0.94)

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May 12 2004
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ANONYMOUS  Runs on Mac 10.2.8, therefore, minimum system requirements incorrectly state 10.3.

Keep up the good work, this program seems to be developing nicely.   
(Version 0.94)

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May 11 2004

MELISSA  To escape full screen mode try pressing and holding the shift key and then the esc key... works well for me ;)  
(Version 0.93)

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May 10 2004

ANONYMOUS  don't fish die if they are overfed?  
(Version 0.93)

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May 10 2004
*****

DONEAGLE  I am on an iMac, flat panel model, have no problem switching from full screen & back. When in full screen I simply press "esc" key and voila, back to window/control.

Nice app and very enjoyable, I use "fish" for screensaver when I know i am going to be away from my computer for a short break. Works smooth. Thanks....  
(Version 0.93)

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May 8 2004

ORIOL FERRER MESIà  I can't reproduce the fullscreen bug, but i've been told that alt+apple+esc reverts to normal screen  
(Version 0.92)

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May 10 2004

CHILL  Hi Oriol,

I love this aquarium app. I've found that the escape key alone reverts from full screen to standard view. Keep up the good work. Cheers  
(Version 0.93)

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May 7 2004

ANONYMOUS  There was "trouble" on full screen before, now it's "broken". Don't even try if you don't have another machine to ssh in from!  
(Version 0.92)

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May 7 2004
*****

BIG BILL  Love it!  
(Version 0.92)

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May 2 2004
*****

MICHAEL DIPPERY  Kind of cool and fun. Nice graphics. Worked fine for me. The novelty might wear off after a while but it's fun to keep around. Very relaxing when you are at work. :)  
(Version 0.91)

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May 2 2004

UMAROMC  Really cool but novelty wears thin quickly, to tell you the truth. But please keep up the good work, it's impressive. :)  
(Version 0.91)

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May 1 2004
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ANONYMOUS  Absolutely would not download in IE, but I got it with Safari. My screen goes black with full screen too, but it went back to normal when I pressed ESC. I think it's a neat app just as it is, except that I also can't get full screen. I'd love it as a screensaver.  
(Version 0.91)

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May 1 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  very cool. I like all the different options for the fish. I've never been a computer fish person but I suppose once in a while while I'm reading I might use this :)  
(Version 0.91)

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May 1 2004

ANONYMOUS  Full screen didn't go black this time, but neither could I get OUT of full screen or quit the program.  
(Version 0.91)

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Apr 30 2004

ANONYMOUS  When I went to full screen it just went black... and that was that. I had to ssh in and kill it to get to my desktop again.  
(Version 0.9)

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May 1 2004

ORIOL FERRER MESIà  "Esc" key should make the app leave the FullScreen Status. FullScreen has been tested even on multiple dipslays, and shuold work... What version of MacOs X are you using? And wich 3D video card?   
(Version 0.91)

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Apr 30 2004

ANONYMOUS  "ummm... why not finish it and then make it available, by the description alone I'm not interested. beta is one thing, half done is another."

I'm not the dev; just some random guy. By making it available, he's not making anyone download it. If you only like finished software then only use finished software. Some of us like teaseware.  
(Version 0.9)

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Apr 30 2004
****½

ANONYMOUS  Nice little app! Good job!  
(Version 0.9)

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Apr 30 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  Wow, this is a surprisingly cool and fun app.

The gui is very clean and intuitive and the features are impressive. Love it!

The fishes could need some more detail and textures, but i'm sure it's on the todo list.

Also, the floor texture sometimes flickers like crazy when in fullscreen mode.

Otherwise, great app, well done. *****  
(Version 0.9)

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Apr 30 2004
****½

JAMES LUMGAIR  Its actually surprisingly fun! There's more to it than i though there would be. Nice little app!  
(Version 0.9)

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