BRIONYBOB  Fifty megabytes?!?  
(Version 0.11)

BRIONYBOB  Insists that iTunes isn't open.  
(Version 0.8)

BRIONYBOB  Call me paranoid, but why does this need a package installer?  
(Version 1.0)

BRIONYBOB  The DRM merely inconveniences paying customers. The pirates get it DRM free. How is that fair?  
(Version 1.0)

BRIONYBOB  Nice idea, but it doesn't work in fullscreen mode (no errors or anything, just nothing happens) and the main visualiser seems to be a rather harsh kaleidoscope-like version with the odd ripple on top. As I say - nice idea, but it hasn't really grabbed me, and it doesn't make me want to pay for a fuller-featured version.  
(Version 1.46)

BRIONYBOB  Oh dear... flickers rather a lot, then crashes.  
(Version 1.0)

BRIONYBOB  It's certainly better than I could do, but I'm sadly unimpressed. It's a bunch of five semi-transparent images that bounce around the screen. They don't even bounce in a realistic fashion. I remember making bouncy things like this on my Spectrum in the 80s...  
(Version 0.2)

BRIONYBOB  Sadly, this only works on the US iTunes store.  
(Version 1.1)

BRIONYBOB  I'd consider releasing this simple Quartz Composer composition without the installer.  
(Version 1.0)

BRIONYBOB  I wouldn't dream of suggesting you're trying to rip anyone off. I'm suggesting that a longer trial period would entice me to buy it, while a sixty second period makes me feel you're being stingy. That's all - you can't possibly rip people off with a screensaver; if you like it, you pay for it. If not, you don't.

I just thought your comment about it not being a word processor and not needing to be tried out was a little rude and short sighted. If you can increase sales by allowing a longer trial period, well then you've lost nothing, have you?  
(Version 1.1)

BRIONYBOB  You might think it's reasonable; the rest of us will vote with our wallets. I like to leave a screensaver on my mac for a while, and if I like seeing it after a few days, I consider shelling out cash.

A sixty-second preview isn't going to make me rush to an impulse buy, and draconian shareware puts me off even more.  
(Version 1.1)

BRIONYBOB  I don't understand what this does. I ran it and up came a list of 1600 songs. Each and every song is in my iTunes library, is sitting on my hard disk and is available to play without any extra work.

The description is very unclear. What exactly is a "lost song" - a song that's not in a playlist? A song that's in the iTunes library folder structure but not in the iTunes playlist?

At the moment, it's a mystery what I'd be paying for.  
(Version 1.1)

BRIONYBOB  This works well enough, in that it does exactly what it says and it's pretty cheap. However, I do find that watching a translucent movie over the top of my work doesn't actually work for me. I now go for the separate monitor solution - a cheap LCD monitor attached to the back of the iMac which I run DVD Player on from the system software, which works perfectly. I can get on with work, and watch a film on the other monitor right next to me. Highly recommended - a dual monitor display is fantastic; if you've never tried it you're in for a treat.  
(Version 2.1)

BRIONYBOB  I'd like to try this, but does it use the Mac's built in voices before I download?  
(Version 1.1.1)

BRIONYBOB  Wonderful - I love the way the gliders paddle along leaving a trail of ripples.  
(Version 1.1)

BRIONYBOB  It makes a change to have a simple but engaging game that doesn't run fullscreen or waste time with pointless graphical effects. I can run this in a window behind everything else while I work - excellent!  
(Version 1.2.1)

BRIONYBOB  This could do to be a little harder. I don't think I'd pay for it at the moment, because once you've solved it you're pretty much done - there's very little replay value.  
(Version 1.0.3.1)

BRIONYBOB  Very similar to Risk, but still very well done and interesting to play.  
(Version 1.15.3)

BRIONYBOB  I've been using Journler, but I'm going to give this a go.  
(Version 1.0.1)

BRIONYBOB  The UI can be confusing at first, but the themes are great.  
(Version 3.3b7)

BRIONYBOB  A very slick and good-looking version of Mahjong solitaire. The graphics are obviously 3D, so it'd be nice to be able to move the view around a little. I didn't like the way it took over both my monitors when I launched it, but there's an option in the preferences to play in a window. However, the window's pretty small - about 640 x 480, I think. It'd be nice to up the resolution a little.  
(Version 1.6)

BRIONYBOB  No reviews for quite a while, which is a shame: Privoxy is excellent. It's now on version 3.0.6 which is running just fine on my Intel mac, whether it's a universal binary or not. It's easy to configure, once you've given the documentation a quick read, and it does everything that Pith Helmet or Adblocker used to do.

An amazing piece of kit - and free!  
(Version 3.0.6)

BRIONYBOB  If Numbers doesn't appear, then this would be excellent. As it is, if iWork includes numbers then surely iWork will be better value?  
(Version 12.56)

BRIONYBOB  Why does the buy now button have a little cross in the middle?  
(Version 2.62)

BRIONYBOB  Nice deal.  
(Version )

BRIONYBOB  Why can't you just use VNC?  
(Version 1.0.2B1050)

BRIONYBOB  Thank you so much for lowering the number of sales - great stuff! I hope you'll be doing this again; it's a great deal.  
(Version )

BRIONYBOB  It'd be nice to see more games promoted like this.  
(Version 1.5)

BRIONYBOB  Pointless.  
(Version 6.8)

BRIONYBOB  Looks interesting...  
(Version 1.5)

BRIONYBOB  This is extremely handy. Wish I could use it to access the Active Directory stuff on the network at work.  
(Version 1.0.2)

BRIONYBOB  Pretty entertaining - kind of like Mario for the Mac. The graphics are fairly simple, and there's not much challenge in the demo levels, but it's good fun.  
(Version 1.5)

BRIONYBOB  Yes, I was kidding. That was sarcasm, or irony.  
(Version 1.6)

BRIONYBOB  Besides the two examples? How many do we need - does it have to have an 'Extract Gold Filling...' option under the File Menu before I'm allowed to call it bad taste?  
(Version 1.6)

BRIONYBOB  I do apologise. And the Hitler icon really sets it off and disassociates it from the Second World War in any way. Clearly it's a Seinfeld reference; silly me!  
(Version 1.6)

BRIONYBOB  My prejudices over the stupid name mean I'm not even going to download this. I suggest a complete name change, and perhaps a look at a history book.  
(Version 1.6)

BRIONYBOB  It's also very useful for my geography lessons at school. Instead of me vaguely waving at a map of the world and then pointing at this arbitrary location we can actually zoom in to the school. Pop in a search location and then we're off - actually flying from where we are across the world.

Beats the old globe and atlases hands down for helping the kids understand what's going on.  
(Version 3.1.0621.0)