CORPSECORPS  Go to the "Ripdiferent" forums for instructions.  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  I could buy some really nice software to do something truly useful for $250.

With computers and monitors that will go to sleep automatically, screen-savers are just eye candy anyway.  
(Version 3.8)

CORPSECORPS  This was ONCE a pretty great app.

Now it's riddled with quirks and bugs, and it's still overpriced.  
(Version 2.0.3)

CORPSECORPS  Anything which requires bringing up prefs to alter add blocking capability, requires blacklists or relies on subscriptions is of little interest to me. On the other hand, something like this that supposedly "works out of the box" is even worse.

My number one priority is an interface within the browser to allow for real-time creation and testing of rules. This is way too minimalist. It doesn't block half of what i would like, and i have no idea what it IS blocking.

If the iCab browser was cutting edge and it's filter system wasn't virtually incomprehensible it would be great. As it is, the only ad blocking solution which approaches any kind of adequate level of usability with power is Firefox + AdBlock Plus and Element Hiding Helper.

So it looks like i'll be staying away from Safari until something with some sophistication shows up. 8^(  
(Version 0.4rc3)

CORPSECORPS  After using Privoxy for a periods of time in the past, i thought a proxy would be a good way to go if it just wasn't as horribly user unfriendly as that software.

This still isn't very user friendly: i.e. no simple interface for immediate changes to ad blocking.

The only really good solution i've found for ad blocking is Firefox + Adlbock Plus with Element Hiding Helper.

I had to toss GlimmerBlocker, because as a proxy it necessarily affects all browsers and i don't need the chaos of both GlimmerBlocker and Adblock Plus working in tandem. Back to an ad-storm while using Safari and other browsers.  
(Version 1.4.2)

CORPSECORPS  Picture2Icon $20 and no 512 x 512 icons?

Icon Composer FREE along with complete OS X and iPhone developer tools and supports 512 x 512 icons.  
(Version 2.01)

CORPSECORPS  Why might someone want to do that, you ask?

I usually have "Snapz Pro" running and can't make an instant screenshot. I was trying to hide PvZ so i could Quit Snapz, then return and use the Snow Leopard screenshot function. I've forgotten to quit Snapz first on more than one occasion and PVZ crashed each time.  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  When in full screen mode, it's possible to hide "Plants vs. Zombies" and see the desktop, but unfortunately the game crashes when you try to show it again by clicking in the dock or using the OS X application switcher (i.e. command-tab).

Mac Pro w/Snow Leopard  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  No Snow Leopard problems here.  
(Version 5.1.3509.4636)

CORPSECORPS  Very addicting without taxing your brain. Actual recreational recreation with some very funny bits and a skewed sense of humor.

Exceptional with it's variety of twiddydinkies to buy and numerous mini-games and puzzles.  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  Rather nice little player app, but development stalled?  
(Version 0.96.2)

CORPSECORPS  Apple doesn't exactly help by essentially eliminating every avenue for devs to implement Safari add-ons.  
(Version 12.0.0)

CORPSECORPS  "Bad"?! That's no review. That's pathetic.

Calling it bad software and giving one star is utterly useless to anyone else reading it.

Bad how? Why?  
(Version 12.0.0)

CORPSECORPS  Tried the 64 bit snapshot and found the new UI changes nice. File dialogs are compatible with new Default Folder.

Had to delete prefs to get soundtracks on video files to appear in settings menus.  
(Version 0.9.3)

CORPSECORPS  File dialogs don't activate the latest Default Folder.  
(Version 0.9.3)

CORPSECORPS  I should have realized. It's a no-show in 64 bit apps, including Mail.  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  I'd love to see this with the capability of using other equations and adding other effects.

The "Fracture" screensaver does some impressive things with fractals.  
(Version 1.2.1)

CORPSECORPS  On the contrary.

Lists without alternating lines are annoying.  
(Version 2.1b2)

CORPSECORPS  Ah.

I see that it's not dead, but it doesn't show up in all apps.  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  Wow!

That was quicker than i expected.  
(Version 1.8)

CORPSECORPS  Not big on that yellow & orange splotch either.

And since it can hold multiple logins for one locale, it would be nice if Shelf view could show the Username!  
(Version 2.11)

CORPSECORPS  EXCELLENT!

I was afraid this wasn't going to show up.  
(Version 2.5)

CORPSECORPS  YES!

This is exactly what i needed now that CMM's are dead!

Popped it in and made it a service without a hitch!

Now i just need a replacement for "FolderGlance"  
(Version 1.2)

CORPSECORPS  How about a Snow Leopard compatible version?  
(Version 1.4.1)

CORPSECORPS  How about a rebuild for Snow Leopard?  
(Version 1.7.3)

CORPSECORPS  What now, since contextual menus are dead?  
(Version 1.05)

CORPSECORPS  Is the Contextual Menu going to show as a "Service"?  
(Version 8.27)

CORPSECORPS  Gone!

Relegating CMM's to the "More" menu was a step backwards, and now with Snow Leopard, they're dead!

I use this all the time. )8^(  
(Version 2.1)

CORPSECORPS  Hmph!

None of the annoyances fixed in with 2.2! )8^(  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  Excellent!

I had just noticed the minor icon snag with Snow Leopard, and here's a fixed version waiting.  
(Version 2.8.6)

CORPSECORPS  Still functional in Snow Leopard. :o))  
(Version 1.2)

CORPSECORPS  I do a lot of art projects, but like Painter's Picker, highly overpriced.  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  If it WAS a color picker, i'd be interested, though i really have no problem with using a Hex value.  
(Version 1.7)

CORPSECORPS  I thought it was a wee bit pricey at $15. Now that it's $19, they're pushing the envelope.  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  Very cool, useful, and versatile gizmo. I was a wee bit panicked when it disappeared yesterday when i installed Snow Leopard. Was relieved to find a new version available.  
(Version 1.4b1)

CORPSECORPS  Seems to be dead in Snow Leopard!  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  Still crashes a bit too often. Still doesn't render properly if set to Full-Screen on my wide monitor. After quitting the game, i still find all other app windows have been crunched.  
(Version 1.13)

CORPSECORPS  I've checked everything to do with the software and router too many times to remember. It's absolutely NOT my ISP, which does everything the best way possible, and cares little about transfers as long as i don't go over my limit, which is HUGE.

Catch the blocklist? Don't know what it means, but i do subscribe to one.

Encryption is on; well, i at least Prefer encrypted connections.

WKP'd Open DNS but i don't see that having a significant effect.   
(Version 1.74)

CORPSECORPS  This thing has reached the point where it can be quite helpful as well as fascinating.

Indeed, DVD structure is quite complicated, and i've learned a lot from messing with this. It has allowed me to fine tune and correct some bits of projects in ways not possible with iDVD, without forking over the money for DVDStudio Pro.

It was also helpful as part of an ugly workflow getting a rare Region 2 (European) PAL DVD i bought to play on my US bought player with menus intact.

And hey while you're backing up a DVD that's worse for wear, might as well use this to tweak it so you don't have to look at a passel of flying logos, disclaimers, previews, and lame advertisements the studio wants to force you to watch before you can get to the movie.

Many discs make you read some of that stuff in more than one language, and tell you the commentary doesn't reflect the opinions of the studio without you even choosing to listen to the commentary!  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  Many apologies to Geezerbutz for bad-mouthing the software here and there.

I only recently discovered a very peculiar, tricky to suss out problem with my Mac Pro Superdrive (or maybe the way it interacts with 10.5.7-10.5.8) which made it seem as if all ills were the fault of software.

With new, better external hardware, MTR 3 is once again working like a charm except on the very latest discs. Comparable apps look better too, but IMO this beats or at least equals them because it does more or is successful more often.

Anxious to see what's in store in version 4!

(Yes, people, v.4 is indeed in the works, and if you never knew about v.3 you're REALLY underestimating the project X^D )  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  Dead?!

Geezer is hard at work on version 4! Nearer every day!  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  A comment or trouble shooting post would be appropriate.

I find it irritating when people give an app the lowest score because it doesn't run. Obviously it must run for many people or there would be a flood of such comments, or very few downloads.

It's not informative or realistic to give an application the worst rating until you actually HAVE used it.  
(Version 2.8)

CORPSECORPS  I have no trouble with it running. It does a fair job of what it's intended for, though i've encountered some bad behaviors, like once having all it's buttons and menus become frozen for a few minutes.

One time when i clicked to get the time graph for a specific app, PMM just sat there. Eventually it came back to life, i tried it again and it worked.

The most peculiar behavior is how while hidden because i'm not actually consulting it, PMM suddenly appears just to show me a dialog saying to wait a few minutes while it clears a cache or something.

Since i'm using the application at the moment and it's just recording traffic in the background, why on earth should i be told to wait a few minutes while it does maintenance of some kind? It doesn't even say WHAT it is that i cannot do while it's performing it. i.e. the reason i must wait.  
(Version 2.8)

CORPSECORPS  Obviously you completely misunderstand the function of DF. PathFinder? This has little or nothing in common with PathFinder and they are intended for entirely different purposes. The best choice is both.  
(Version 4.3)

CORPSECORPS  ICONZ113; to be fair, you say "Inside the finder folder place the batch workflow file inside."

Besides being redundant, that sentence doesn't specify where that file comes from. Personally i wouldn't give up ABFRX but i did some searches and i didn't find anything on my HD that seemed appropriate, even among things related to Automator.

I do have AppZapper and yep, to my surprise there IS a ZAP! workflow in my contextual menu. I would never have known, because since Apple relegated contextual menu items to the "More" sub-menu instead of allowing the contextual menu to be organized according to what the user needs most, i don't even like to use it unless i must. I use the ABFRX hotkey so i don't have to use its CM item.  
(Version 8.27)

CORPSECORPS  I don't care if the fan-boys frown me to death again. I still say this app has problems in cases where the ugly behemoth, Vuze, still gets the job done.

Transmission's main problem is that in small swarms, it doesn't; transmit that is. In those cases it's both a patience and ratio killer.

Tough getting a significant download rate when Transmission doesn't connect to enough peers to keep data going out. (they can't ALL be choking me) On the other hand, it does allow a surprising amount of data to flow in RELATIVE to what goes out, so i wind up with a horrible ratio. Then i have to find a large swarm on something i don't want, to fix my ratio.

Currently in a situation with less than 10 seeds and less than 10 peers where after a day and 950 MB in with only 260 MB out, Transmission fails to connect to even 1 solitary swarm member. I may increasingly detest each new version of Vuze, but i don't ever remember encountering this kind blockade.

Transmission's UI is bare bones, boring, and provides little information beyond the basics.  
(Version 1.73)

CORPSECORPS  Downloaded the Lite version to give it a trial.

NEEDS POLISH!

Aliased icon and a few peculiarities in the UI.

Hard to test it out when the trial comes with no actual sounds. At least 1 rack's worth of small sound effect clips would help greatly. While i might have use for this, i don't currently have a huge library of sound snips lying around to test it out with so i went scouring my drives and within games and found a few AIF's, but mostly .OGGs or other formats it won't play.

Nags to purchase the full version come often and are accompanied by a system alert sound.  
(Version 3.9.3)

CORPSECORPS  Speaking of changing hands, i see Poser 8 is being sold by Smith Micro. Anybody know if it has improved?  
(Version 7.0.2.135)

CORPSECORPS  The old question: Is this project DEAD?

What about 1.0?

Work under way, or abandoned?

Site has looked the same for a LONG time. Discussion continues on the forum, but Major hasn't posted in ages. :(  
(Version 0.0.9y)

CORPSECORPS  I got recommendations for Glimmer Blocker.

Wanted to like it but i found it annoying. While it has the advantage of not having to be updated with every Safari update, since it's an http proxy, it messes with other browsers and Firefox already has Adblock Plus.

Found it too cryptic, as well. If i wanted a cryptic proxy, i could have continued to use Privoxy. X-p  
(Version 1.0b19)

CORPSECORPS  Has essentially become completely useless!

Supposedly rips basically anything i give it, but the result can rarely be played even by Apple DVD player. (erroneously reports things like the movie being the wrong region, or skips, or jams)

Even if it does play, virtually every app to do anything with the result, such as extract a title, convert to other formats, burn, remaster, or whatever, chokes on the result, or creates garbage from it.

Zero forward progress since TheLittleAppFactory took it over. :(  
(Version 1.2.11)

CORPSECORPS  Thanks for info.  
(Version 5.1.3)

CORPSECORPS  I discovered a specific case for an example of why i don't find CDF all that useful. I'm looking for CD & DVD media which contain disk images or other archives of fonts.

I can search catalog info only and find media with "font" in the name, but i also need to find archives (dmg, zip, sit) ON CD's and DVD's which don't have "font" in the name.

I don't see a way to search ONLY the contents of particular media types, except by choosing to Find only in "selected" catalogs, in which case i have to actually select them by hand; but they're scattered throughout a hierarchical folder system.

In another attempt at accomplishing the same thing I did an overall search of my catalogs for names containing '.dmg' (though some archives i'm looking for may be in SIT or ZIP files). Though it's possible to search the results of the list and find DMG files containing fonts, now they aren't restricted to CD's and DVD's. Some are on my hard drives.

How do i quickly find all catalogs of removable media that just contain fonts, plus archives on removable media that contain fonts, while excluding archives on hard drives?  
(Version 5.6.1)

CORPSECORPS  Sorry, i must UN-second that.

It's hard to explain. It's something about having to essentially design your own way of organizing things and in some places being provided too much information while in others not enough. The right pane is okay for browsing, which i rarely do, but getting a second window for searches annoys.

The underpinnings seem nice, but the UI all feels awkward. In the time i've used the software i must have recreated my method of organization of left pane items several times, none of which has seemed satisfactory. I still find myself avoiding the use of the software unless i must because nothing about it is quite right. I can often take some guesses which disc on my shelf is going to contain what i'm looking for, faster than i can locate the item using CDF.

I use it because it's the least evil of the catalog apps, not because i really like it.  
(Version 5.6.1)

CORPSECORPS  Very addictive little game with graphics, sound and music that seem first rate. This "Zuma Extreme" has a lot of originality and appears to have had good play testing and some serious thought put into it.

The purchasable goodies in the store aren't grossly lop-sided toward a couple of items like in many games. Almost all come in very handy at different points in play. I'm not huge on puzzles being mixed into my action games but since the game allows skipping them after failures, i can come back later and figure them out when i'm in the mood.

The bonus rounds are a nice rest from the intensity of some of the levels, as are puzzles, i suppose. Getting through a "Crossing the Nile" level with bonus time is tricky.

Just as i was beginning to think i was never going to get past another level because each was taking more tries, i finished the pyramid. So if you're someone like me who's approaching geezerhood, at least you can likely complete the adventure on easy. 9^)

I've had zero problems with stability and i haven't noticed the slightest blip in functioning or rendering during play.

My ONE SIGNIFICANT COMPLAINT is that when i exit the game, though it returns the monitor to normal resolution, for some reason all the icons on my cluttered desktop remain smashed together in the upper-left portion of the screen. I have to relaunch Finder to get them back into their proper positions. Don't know where that fits into ratings so i'll knock a couple stars off of stability.  
(Version 1.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  Does "works just as well" mean good or bad?

Currently Ripit will rip, but it's output is a disaster that most other apps choke on. Still waiting on the new owners to get it straightened out.  
(Version 1.4)

CORPSECORPS  Safari Adblocker isn't bad, but it's pretty primitive in comparison and has no "Element Hiding Helper" equivalent. Plus input managers can be problematic.  
(Version 3.5rc3)

CORPSECORPS  Not ANY OS conditions.

When i'm playing flash games online, i typically get more stutters, and other snags in Firefox than Safari even if i have only 1 window with 1 tab.

I've actually had very few problems with Safari. I use Firefox as my primary browser because it's got THE critical add-on Adblock Plus.  
(Version 3.5rc3)

CORPSECORPS  This is a better solution than some of the other adblockers since, as a proxy, it will work with various browsers and isn't broken by minute changes in them.

However, i don't find it's interface very intuitive (about on par with the monstrosity Privoxy), and the deal breaker for me is that there's no interactivity with the browser interface.

In fact, as one has to bring up System Prefs to make changes, it's less convenient to add to than those that require bringing up the browser prefs.

As i find new websites that become places i visit often, i need to be able to kill ads (and clutter) as i find them, without having to look at page code too carefully. Subscriptions have never really thrilled me.

So far nothing even remotely approaches the ease and versatility of Adblock Plus with Element Hiding Helper. I waited years for such a thing to show up.  
(Version 1.3.6)

CORPSECORPS  Seem to be some nasty regressions in recent Ripit versions for many people. In my case, it seems to rip most anything i give it... kinda.

Occasionally the result won't even play with Apple's DVD Player, and when it does, the rip will usually confound just about every re-authoring and conversion tool i try.  
(Version 1.2.11)

CORPSECORPS  Apologies for not exploring the software in more depth before posting my original review and including this there, but it gets worse!

FontExplorer Pro does a lousy job of recognizing duplicates or aiding the user in doing so. After importing various folders of fonts, multiple versions of the same font in different folders, from different foundries, different vendors, or in different formats may exist in the library and not be recognized as duplicates.

The following can all coexist in the FEXP database without sending up any red flags:

/Library/Fonts/Ariel Narrow.ttf

/FEX_Folder/A/Ariel Narrow Family/ArialNar

/FEX_Folder/A/Ariel Narrow MT/ArielNarMT

/FEX_Folder/A/Ariel Narrow/Ariel Narrow.ttf

/FEX_Folder/A/Ariel Narrow 2/Ariel Narrow.ttf

/FEX_Folder/F/FF Ariel Narrow/ArielNar

I began from scratch and it seems these can all come to exist while prefs are set to skip importing duplicates, and no good way is provided for handling such situations, requiring the user to carefully screen for possibilities before importing, or browsing & searching the FEXP library and deleting by hand. Without very careful comparison, one may never notice whether any one is better quality, has more or less glyphs, or has other differing properties.

Though one is OpenType (TrueType flavor) and the other PostScript Type 1, FEXP doesn't separate the following, showing all 8 (4 variations of each) under just the one family name "Ariel Narrow".

/Library/Fonts/Ariel Narrow.ttf

/FEX_Folder/A/Ariel Narrow Family/ArialNar

Seems like pretty poor form for Linotype.  
(Version 2.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  Got some other problems with this. When importing, it doesn't make any distinction between versions of the exact font if there's the slightest difference in the name.

Via the above, and other problems, when importing i tend to wind up with a lot of font conflicts of sorts it won't handle, missing files, etc.

Also, i get a lot of crashes when trying to import large numbers of fonts. Even though it's set to skip duplicates and the like, if it hits one bad font, instead of reporting an error IT CRASHES!  
(Version 2.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  FontExplorer Pro seems like easily the best font handling/viewing application i've seen. I used the free non-pro version for quite a long time.

I'm finding that unfortunately it does have 2 serious problems.

1 - IT CRASHES!

Try to move a font from a system set under the wrong circumstance; it crashes. Try to add a font to a system set that already contains it; it crashes. Sometimes i've no idea why. It's just not very robust at all on my Mac Pro under 10.5.7.

2 - It's too costly.

I still haven't ever seen a font handling app that has a really good way of sorting fonts with similar properties. Perhaps it needs to be worked into the font technology.  
(Version 2.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  Download link doesn't work for me. (FF 3.0.11)  
(Version 1.5.1)

CORPSECORPS  I have to agree.

I use CDFinder, but only consult it when absolutely necessary because of the horrid interface. It just seems wholly unintuitive and tedious.

I don't fully like the left pane functionality, and the right pane is a pain.  
(Version 6.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  While i'm solving fewer sudokus these days, i'm really glad the application is still kept up to date.  
(Version 2.5.8)

CORPSECORPS  Ditto my last comment.

Too pricey and Carbon!  
(Version 3.0.1)

CORPSECORPS  I can't seem to get the download link to work, or the link for the developer.  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  Just doesn't make sense not being a Universal Binary and costing $40!  
(Version 2.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  I don't use it in place of finder, but when i need to do any serious organization and browsing, this is a GREAT tool.

It's not overpriced considering the vast array of features and essentially other apps built in, though i know some folks who'd snap it up if were cheaper, or on promo (hint hint).

I used to use File Buddy, but by comparison, it's interface was awful.  
(Version 5.1.3)

CORPSECORPS  While it would be nice if this could delete files, the UI is so slick and gives one such a clear immediate concept of what's gobbling space where, it's brilliant.

Scans disks quickly appears to be very solid. Bought it on promo, but after using it more, i think it's worth full price...almost. 8^)  
(Version 1.3)

CORPSECORPS  When run, 1.0.3 immediately checks and asks if you want to upgrade to Gluestick64 (1.1), the 64 bit version.

Pretty straight-forward and simple to use little app.

Now saves in both gluestick formats and exports to some image formats, as well as .icns.

Some aspects of the UI could be slicked up a little (e.g. choosing a zoom % doesn't take effect until you click in the content area).

Generally overpriced.  
(Version 1.0.3)

CORPSECORPS  I don't see much more to automate, and while not terribly pretty, it don't see what else the UI would need.  
(Version 2.8.5)

CORPSECORPS  Leopard?

This is so old it couldn't possibly handle Leopard icons even if it does function.  
(Version 3.0.5)

CORPSECORPS  Whoa! That IS slow.

Impressive features. If it was snappy, the toolbar icons made their function more obvious, it properly handled Leopard's 256 and 512 pixel icons, it would be great!  
(Version 3.7.2)

CORPSECORPS  How about making it set custom icons for Leopard Folders, such that they don't prevent the folder icon from being double-clicked to open it?

Apple seems to be in no hurry to fix either that or the disappearing 512x512 pixel mask bug.  
(Version 0.4)

CORPSECORPS  Eh?

I get nothing when i click the download link. (61 KB?) There's no developer link. The description of what it does is extremely vague.  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  Y'all can ignore my previous comment if you're an IconDroplet 1.5 and Leopard 10.5.7 user, since using that method gives you a folder icon (in icon view) that can't be double clicked to open it. You have to click on the name, UNLESS you shrink the preview to 112 pixels or less in size, which makes NO sense, but Apple certainly doesn't seem to be doing anything about any of their new icon bugs.

So, while i'm not thrilled about having to use this, nothing else seems to be showing up to do it's job any differently, and the problem with customized folders not being clickable above 112 pixels NO LONGER APPLIES to folders where the custom icon has been copied from the results of IconDroplet 1.5.

Therefore i'm giving IconDroplet 4 stars for being the only app i'm aware of which makes it possible to get around this annoying Leopard icon bug!  
(Version 1.5)

CORPSECORPS  Version 9 was in beta about the time i was set to became a serious user. When 9 was supposedly finalized, i was disappointed the UI hadn't been simplified or better organized. It had also developed some peculiar bugs and behaviors which multiplied when Leopard showed up.

Questions and comments to the developer were met with what seemed to be irritation that Leopard had even come along, and very little help or answers as to whether the software would be fixed.

It hasn't. It was overpriced and is much more so now that it has several significant problems just with the functions i'm interested in.

No idea why people would suggest "Tidy Up" as an alternative when it does such a minuscule subset of what this does. Somewhat nearer would be Path Finder.  
(Version 9.0.1)

CORPSECORPS  I agree.

I see no point to the smiley/frowny face scores. They should go, and MU should bring back display of ALL star ratings instead of just the overall.

While some people will stab at an app with 1 star across the board if they have a problem with it or the converse, in general, i liked seeing a graphic representation of the specific areas of the app people were satisfied or dissastisfied with.  
(Version 2.1.1)

CORPSECORPS  If you want to see this same problem gone horribly out of control, look at the application "Transmission".

There's an entire fanboy "hit squad" on the topic which will belittle, demand proof of claims from, and pile with frowns, anyone making claims of problems or concerns about software, or about one of their own. They will equally build up with smiles, any statement which is positive, or from one of their own.

If somebody should suggest that it's going on, they deny it though it's obvious, as many few posts have no + or - rating, and many are as high as 10 one way or the other.

When i pointed it all out to MacUpdate, i was disappointed when they told me it wasn't a "moderation issue". :(  
(Version 2.1.1)

CORPSECORPS  For me nothing is ever transferred between Snapz and the drive while the software is idle (even when i was using 2.1.2).  
(Version 2.1.5)

CORPSECORPS  Has been a handy and much used piece of software for a long time, but still suffers from a few issues which i've always found HIGHLY annoying:

• Has to share activation short-cut key with the system, preventing

use of the system capture without quitting the Snapz process via

Terminal or Activity Monitor.

• Always adds an unnecessary resource fork to images, which defeats

Leopard's automatic "Icon Preview" so i have to use a context menu

add-on to strip it for EVERY capture!

• LACKS a feature for allowing an "instant" screen shot without UI,

interaction, making it impossible to get shots of full-screen

games in action.

The 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 added nothing i use enough to make much difference to me. Fixes for the above 3 snags would have made it 5 stars straight across.  
(Version 2.1.5)

CORPSECORPS  A long time since FastDVDCopy was updated, during which the movie studios have have been hard at work creating new tricks. You must be very lucky, or ripping old discs.  
(Version 1.2.5)

CORPSECORPS  @KEVINDK: In response to your continued demand for this link, I did NOT say ANYTHING about posting a LINK from the Transmission forum that i was told to post here. The "hit squad" here has poor reading comprehension as well as being arrogant and illogical.

If you reread near the top of the relevant topic, it was ROBBY.IS.ON who said i should put a link HERE to my post at the Transmission forum so he could look at it, to which my reply was (exact copy) "Why? You tell me to take the issue there, which i already did. Now you want me to bring it back here?

Nobody there had an answer!"

I'll admit that in retrospect that sounded slightly snotty, but i didn't see why i should take time, since i'd already done my due diligence in trying to locate an answer, and while finding some confirmation of the port problem, never got any answers OTHER than: 'try going to {insert site}', which i had done plenty of.

So this link you keep demanding of me never existed, but was a fabrication YOU created based on your misreading my post, OR just what it is, YOUR demand again that i provide a link to that forum.

No more basis to it than your assuming lies where none are demonstrated. To the contrary, during the argumentative debacle, you didn't give my proof (Empornium not allowing use of Transmission) credence though it was clear. It's being a pr0n site has zero to do with the relevant FACTS: It's a torrent tracker with 800,000+ members which has the claimed policy: DON'T USE IT.

Lastly, since i've basically been treated like excrement here for nothing more than posting a minor issue (Transmission port problem), a wee bit of info (some trackers not wanting people to use Transmission, a policy which i did NOT say i agreed with), pointing out the group of run amok fans of the software here which load up every post with smiles and frowns depending solely on the disposition of the post toward the software, or other "hit squad" members, which is blatantly obvious (others having noted it before i did), and noting bigotry and condescension of same (which YOU, HAPPYSUDSY, KKK, BLHAB, and ANONYMOUS have amply demonstrated in the two remaining topics i started, as well as various other places), i think i'll refrain BOTH from providing ANYTHING you (or any other "hit squad" members) demand (since it's obvious you'd still consider me beneath contempt REGARDLESS of anything i were to do, and have no answer to my issues with the software and would rather just shift focus), or from making any further response to you at all, in future.

When/if i get Transmission functioning properly, i will then render my review of it according to actual experience using it, setting aside that certain of it's advocate's are such rectal orifices.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  ANOYNYMOUS: LOL! I was the one that complained. They told me if they removed yours because of the stupid posts you made, they would have to removed mine because they wouldn't make sense.

I ASSURE you mine wasn't removed for the same reasons yours was. LOL!

-------

Yikes. Behemoth egos around here.

Unlike you... people, i don't assume things to be true with zero proof for or against and call it "logic". However, i strongly doubt they would write "stupid posts" because when i've had exchanges with them, MacUpdate people were much more diplomatic than that. Secondly, most of my material removed wasn't in response to, or directed at YOU, unless you have multiple logins to further your "smiley/frowny" power. It was KEVINDK.   
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  You people have got some MASSIVE ego problems.

It's not incumbent on me to provide information just because YOU ask. If you go around assuming people are liars because they don't provide information YOU want, WHEN you want it, that's your problem. You've probably seen RTFM? Well, LUTFTY (Look Up The f__ Threads Yourself)!

After the posting debacle of a few days ago (during which i stated that 1 of the 3 trackers i'm aware of that prohibits, or at least warns against the use of Transmission is Empornium {800,000+ members}, it made no difference. Because it's a pr0n site, my claim (though proving absolutely i am NOT a liar as at least one such site does exist) was sloughed off with slights against my character.

It's quite obvious that no matter how much information i were to provide, how conclusive, or how minuscule the possible motive to lie, you people loading up every little response here with piles of smiles and frowns would find an excuse to dismiss it.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  The only reason the posts were removed was that they were argumentative garbage on both sides, not useful to anyone or in context on a review site.

I had already written MacUpdate and was going to request all new posts _I'D_ made be removed for that reason. By the time i received a reply saying "yes" they would remove my posts if i submitted a request to another email address and specified the exact ones, they'd already removed all but these old threads.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  That's nonsense.

Some of the removed top-level posts were yours so i could make the same excuse.

The only posts on either part still remaining are old top-level topics i started and which they ostensibly don't care about.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  And yours, fortunately.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  What?!

Go down the list of recent comments and you can't deny that virtually every negative comment has a huge number of frowns (larger than almost any seen on other software) and likewise, every glowing comment has several smiles.

Also, when a new review or comment is made, it takes mere minutes for it to get hit with multiple smiles or frowns.

Off in the rest of the real and online world, i've been able to locate many people (as with every other piece of software on the planet) who don't actually get good performance with, or who don't necessarily LIKE Transmission.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  I don't waste time griping about software just for the heck of it.

That i don't wish to publicize a bunch of tracker information here is my business. They aren't as prominent as PirateBay and Demonoid, but the trackers prohibiting use of Transmission are sizeable and have somewhat strict rules.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  The stronger evidence is to the contrary.  
(Version 1.52)

CORPSECORPS  I found these in my applications folder recently, having forgotten i'd even installed them. The package must not have allowed installation in a location other than the Applications folder, because i normally reserve that for serious work software, installing games in a secondary Applications folder.

Since Neverball and Neverputt are packaged together, i'll save my full review until i've experimented more with Neverball.

It looks like i'm going to be the voice of dissent regarding NEVERPUTT. I like the concept and while not chock full of eye and ear candy, the UI is straight forward, has great clarity and is simple to use. No real complaints there.

That being said, i have pretty serious problems with BOTH the physics and hole designs. The ball collisions are too elastic and friction too slight.

As far as the level designs, i disagree with the claim that the beginning course has a smooth learning curve. In general holes have too many gaps, tricks, and overly steep ramps.

That could potentially be good and all appears interesting enough, but when you put the boingy physics together with the traps and steep ramps, it adds up to annoyingly pedantic play requirements.

Some examples:

1 - A ramp simply rises to a higher platform. Given the physics a shot which seems to have enough power to make it up the ramp, will typically cause the ball to bounce at the base of the ramp instead of rolling up, greatly reducing it's speed so it doesn't make it. A harder hit will then get the ball to the top, but with enough of a bounce that unless the platform at the top is wide (a rare occurrence) the ball will retain enough bounce to fly off the world for a penalty stroke.

2 - Lots of platforms turns corners and ascend ramps. Because a ball will bounce off the base of a ramp, bouncing around a corner with enough speed to have any chance of ascending the ramp will bounce the ball off the world.  
(Version 1.5)

CORPSECORPS  Of course it won't convert formats. It's designed as a ripper only.

Handbrake now excludes even basic decryption, and must access those libraries as already installed on your system. Handbrake is a spectacular MPEG4 encoder, but it won't successfully rip discs with even basic anti-copy tricks.  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  If you've tried to join AVI's with ffmpegX and gotten messed up headers, D-Vision will do the job properly. 8^)  
(Version 3.2.2)

CORPSECORPS  "If i'm so smart"?

Did i claim i was?

It just doesn't make sense to give something the minimum rating if you never actually investigated it's functionality. Since other people obviously HAVE used it successfully, that suggests the problem lies with the files you're operating on, a conflict on your system, missing libraries, or something you're doing wrong.

It would just be more appropriate to post a comment or troubleshooting post. You can't really objectively review software never having actually used it's features.  
(Version 0.0.9y)

CORPSECORPS  Obviously, i will be giving the 2.0 beta a go!

Camino is still my sentimental favorite browser. It's just that "Adblock Plus & Element Hiding Helper" is the thingamie i've been waiting years for!  
(Version 1.6.7)

CORPSECORPS  But $25 for software that makes use of a web mail service?

Plus Apple mail can use that storage space via POP3 or even IMAP for $0.  
(Version 2.1b)

CORPSECORPS  Hmm. Not having seen OmniWeb for a while, and Opera for quite a while, i thought i'd give them another look. I downloaded new versions of both (OW 5.9.2, Op 9.6.4) and they've made significant progress since i really examined them.

Apologies to the Omni Group for shooting my mouth off! Though the icons don't thrill me, it's become quite a respectable snappy tool with some interesting features, and free now as well. I'd probably use it much more if i weren't addicted to a few Firefox add-on gizmos.

Opera is much better, but still a pretty scary experience.  
(Version 1.6.7)

CORPSECORPS  Thanks.

I hadn't heard about FilmRedux!  
(Version 1.34a)

CORPSECORPS  Pretty much the only thing i use to archive my stuff.

It's a piece of cake to set up your presets and after that, what could possibly be easier than just dropping what you want to archive on it?

Not that it really needs anything more, but a year without an update? I hope it's not being ignored altogether!

Okay, there's free stuff around and $20 might be a wee bit steep, but i've had this since there wasn't much, and it's the Best!  
(Version 2.8.5)

CORPSECORPS  Why would ANYONE?

Simple. Because this is better.  
(Version 2.8.5)

CORPSECORPS  Oh, great!

I had to go and read that and find out what i'm NOT doing! I was hoping somebody would post a big ole spoiler! )8^(

I find some of the variants uninteresting and tedious, but i was just about to have a look around to see how i was doing on Infinite Open Combat because i finally beat my old score by about 10,000 and got to level 168. Oh well.  
(Version 1.1.4)

CORPSECORPS  WHAT?!

132MB on disk? That's bigger than DVD Studo Pro! X^D  
(Version 0.11)

CORPSECORPS  Not extatic about the browser integration method, but i must admit that 1Password has wound up being an excellent tool, if a bit pricey.

My concern is that since it uses its own keychain format, should something happen and this program become unavailable for whatever reason (permanently or temporarily), all those nice "strong passwords" i've generated will also be unavailable unless i also use some _other_ secure application to back them up now and then.

I wish Keychain Access could read Agilekeychains (i.e. 1Password stored it's data in OS X keychains).  
(Version 2.9.11)

CORPSECORPS  I believe 1Password works with iCab.  
(Version 4.5)

CORPSECORPS  Why does toast bother to include menu authoring features for DVD creation when they rarely turn out usable.

I dropped 4 half-hour video clips into Toast, chose a menu theme and specified 4 buttons, picked button frames in the video, dropped in a custom background, chose 3 minute intervals for chapters, and burned the DVD.

For a start, the way navigation comes out is pretty pathetic. Right and down buttons always move the highlight right, only going down when it hits the right-most button. Up and left always move left. Not even a wrap-around to make navigation quicker.

The menu button text was so small it was unreadable. The menu button highlights didn't match the aspect ratios of the video clips. The button highlights weren't properly aligned with the button images and neither were the navigation button highlights.

This is typical of my experiences.  
(Version 10.0.1)

CORPSECORPS  Because while the 3.0 beta has been "in the works" since the jurassic era and is looking like it will never be free, nor hit a release version.  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  The registration is ridiculous, and i haven't gotten this monstrosity (even the latest 3.0 beta) to successfully rip a burnable copy in months!  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  I see the "no criticism is valid" fan boys have been at work. All negative comments get frowned, and all positive comments get smiled.

Sorry to have to point this out, but Transmission is NOT PERFECT!

I have a modem and computer which function properly and even when set up properly as recommended by Transmission documents the software gives me fairly poor results.  
(Version 1.51)

CORPSECORPS  Why?

You tell me to take the issue there, which i already did. Now you want me to bring it back here?

Nobody there had an answer!

This thing would kill my share ratio and get me bumped from trackers if i used it. When it was working (after taking 20 minutes to get any peers) it was allowing me to download at full speed while nothing was going out.

2 trackers i use specifically say: Do Not Use Transmission.  
(Version 1.51)

CORPSECORPS  It wasn't much use THERE. That's where i found out nobody seems to have an explanation.

Back to Vuze anyway, because some trackers advise against using Transmission.  
(Version 1.51)

CORPSECORPS  VASTLY overrated junk.  
(Version 1.5.1)

CORPSECORPS  I forgot to say i'm using a 2Wire router. Seems to be the case that Transmission isn't compatible with 2Wire.

Qwest is such a cluster-(you know what)!  
(Version 1.51)

CORPSECORPS  The listen port is forever CLOSED, regardless of how i set up my router and OS X Firewall.

(I too am dubious of all the glowing reviews of this.)

I wish BitsOnWheels development had taken it somewhere.  
(Version 1.51)

CORPSECORPS  All those bugs and SEVERAL MORE reported and the developer can do nothing but offer me a different game it its place.

The game is far too riddled with bugs for me to be the only one seeing at least SOME of these things.

It's an enjoyable game. It's too bad the developers don't seem concerned with cleaning it up!  
(Version 1.02)

CORPSECORPS  No response to my email to the developer. )8^(  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  If the demo is any indication, while the graphics are nice and the physics pretty interesting, there's far too little control over the vehicle.

Nice to look at but kinda goofy. 8^/

Put the camera behind the truck and allow steering as well as flipping, speed control and nitro, and you'd have something.  
(Version 1.31)

CORPSECORPS  Can't say i'm all that thrilled with UI as a whole, but i've not seen an app of this sort that DID make that much sense to me.

This is about the best so far.  
(Version 1.6)

CORPSECORPS  They ARE true VIDEO_TS folders, and Apple DVD Player will play them fine. However, they do have some minor problems which will sometimes confuse burning or transcoding software.  
(Version 1.2.2)

CORPSECORPS  In Tiger there are contextual menus available to copy icons from one file/folder/app to another which is simpler, plus they do other tricks in the process, including combine icons and add effects.

For me it's as easy in Leopard to just select the .icns file in the finder and copy (Cmnd-C). Open Preview and choose File-->"New from clipboard" (Cmnd-N). Click in the main pane and copy (Cmnd-C). Select the folder to apply the icon to. Click the tiny preview and paste (Cmnd-V).

Afterward there's no faux app to delete.  
(Version 1.5)

CORPSECORPS  You don't need this tedious thing in Tiger.

There are several small icon manipulation apps which include a contextual menu to copy icons from one file/folder/app to another, which is so much easier.  
(Version 1.5)

CORPSECORPS  No. YOU didn't understand what *I* said.

I said once processed with this, you have to use Get Info on the source (meaning the result of IconDroplet) and the destination folder, and copy and paste the icon from one to the other.

That's EXACTLY what it specifies in the description of this software.

It's basically just as easy to select the .icns file, copy it (command-C). Open Preview and create a new file from the clipboard contents (command-N). Then use copy and paste from there to the INFO window of the destination folder. If you want to do several. Keep Preview open.  
(Version 1.5)

CORPSECORPS  You pick a subscription but it doesn't actually show you what's inside and you have to go to prefs to add your own filter.   
(Version 0.3.2)

CORPSECORPS  With "Adblock Plus" having Added "Element Hiding Helper" and other advanced features, the kind of dynamically configurable content filtering i've been waiting on for years (and more) has arrived... for Firefox!

So i'm finally saying goodbye to Camino. It's developers have gone beyond Mac-Like to raise "lean" to a religion. They've stuck with Jasper's UI graphics for ages, which have always been subtle to the point of boring. Even Apple throws some innovation and color into their apps.

A few obvious basics have been ignored far too long here. After all this time, it's STILL not possible to search all bookmarks simultaneously, for instance.

Ever since this was Chimera 0.7, my choice of browsers in order of preference has been:

1. CAMINO

2. Firefox

3. Safari.

4. Everything else

With developments in the past year or 2, it's become:

1. FIREFOX

2. Safari

3. Camino

4. Everything else

Even some of the "Everything Else" is poised to overtake Camino. (not the monstrosities known as Omni and Opera, of course) X^b

UI interfaces for content blocking and a half-dozen minor features would make Camino #1 again but alas, Camino devs suffer feature-phobia. (not that Firefox for Mac devs couldn't learn a thing or two from Camino's design)  
(Version 1.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  The problem with it's content blocking/filtering is that it's overly cryptic.

Adblock Plus & Adblock Element Hiding Filter, though they recently got a big dose of cryptic but powerful, are still so much easier, which keeps me using Firefox.  
(Version 4.2.5)

CORPSECORPS  Come on.

I don't like it as a way to do business, but i purchased this without incident.  
(Version 1.1.5)

CORPSECORPS  I see no such interaction.

So i see no reason for the negatives. Looks to be strictly an argument between proponents of competing software and rather silly.  
(Version 1.50b3)

CORPSECORPS  Ouch.

Those are some significant negatives for a 4 star rating!

Significant memory leaks and control bugs would put it out of reach of 4 stars in my book, especially if it also requires technical knowledge to make good use of it.  
(Version 1.0.3)

CORPSECORPS  I figured there was a stable version. I see the one i tried was not 2.9.7 so i COULD give that a go, but perhaps i'll wait for the new update.  
(Version 2.9.8b10)

CORPSECORPS  Had me at the beginning, because i think it's ridiculous that you aren't supposed to expect quality and functionality at the same level if something is free.

It does what it's supposed to and is usefull, or it doesn't and isn't.

On the other hand, i haven't a clue what the rest of that ramble was about.  
(Version 3.0.2.348)

CORPSECORPS  Perhaps i'll give this another shot if it EVER gets out of beta.  
(Version 2.9.8b10)

CORPSECORPS  Seems the real problem here are the Transmission fanboys.

I don't get why so many negative votes on Edge's comments just because he's having trouble with the software. You assume he's griping here for fun?

Personally i'm going to give this another shot, but while i hate the beast, i've never gotten anything to work as well (i.e. quickly) as Azureus (i call it that because i REALLY hate the vuze-ification). They even downgraded the icon!   
(Version 1.50b3)

CORPSECORPS  What i said about version 7 still stands.

I wouldn't have paid the price if i didn't do a LOT of renaming, but if i didn't, any simple tool would do.

If one is a heavy batch-renamer, this is THE tool to have. I haven't found any changes in version 8 that weren't a step UP!  
(Version 8.0.9)

CORPSECORPS  It's simply a must-have Mac tool for peace of mind when it comes to knowing which apps are doing what on the net with and without your knowledge!  
(Version 2.0.5)

CORPSECORPS  OS X's file dialog is pretty good. It's far far better with the addition of Default folder.

One of a few must-have OS X tools.

Great interface. Excellent configurability, and a helpful dev.  
(Version 4.1.1)

CORPSECORPS  Just because a lot of people have heard of Word doesn't mean it isn't crap (which it is).

Back when Apple commissioned microslough to create a Mac word processor, Word was a beautiful piece of work for several years. Then with version 6 it changed from a Mac-centric app in need of a few functions, to a microslough office-centric, incomprehensible load of excrement.

I haven't done a lot with word processors in recent years, but i once needed to make a nice formal looking little document. I got on a system with Word, not having used it since 6.0, and after 45 minutes i was still struggling with the very basics, and it was obvious i was going to be another hour or more getting the maybe 10 page document into even halfway decent looking form

I gave up. Not having ever used it, i pulled out Pages and had the document looking far better than i imagined, with unplanned graphics and tables in 30 minutes or so.

I swear word was hatched by demons whose intent was to make creating a decent looking document as horrible an experience as possible, knowing they'd be bringing misery to millions.

Mellel falls somewhere in between. As has been said here, it's better for more technical or pro writers, but slitting one's fingers and writing a dissertation in blood would be more pleasant than learning Word.  
(Version 2.6)

CORPSECORPS  In addition to the rest, sometimes the actual mission screen comes up shifted down about 100 pixel in full screen play, requiring a restart.  
(Version 1.02)

CORPSECORPS  I was quite impressed with the demo version and bought this while on promo. It's an entertaining game with a distinctive look and very good gameplay, as well as an above average soundtrack. I haven't played many of this sort of "overhead view" sort of game.

It has a simple straight-forward UI and I like the fact that defeat doesn't start the player over from scratch, having to complete all the same low level missions again.

I would rate it higher if it weren't for various quirky or buggy behaviors:

1- Every so often, under inconsistent circumstances, the 'fire' button gets stuck ON. The "player" or "agent" keeps reloading and firing as fast as he can until ammo is exhausted. The only way i've found to end this spree is pause and unpause the game. This is not a mouse or keyboard issue.

2- On the opposite end, i've infrequently gotten in a situation where i couldn't fire, despite having ammo available.

3- After playing for perhaps 20 - 30 minutes, movement becomes slow and intermittent. Im on a Mac Pro with huge amounts of RAM and disk space, as well as a video-card upgrade to an ATI Radeon HD 3870 so it shouldn't be an issue of computational power. It occurs even if little else is running and Time Machine isn't doing a backup. It goes away only if i quit and restart the game.

4- I've twice encountered malfunctions on a mission which left it impossible to complete. In the first instance, i entered the final room, and then rapidly backed out the door upon identifying overwhelming creatures. However, on every successive entry into the room, no creatures appeared, nor any sign the mission was complete or an exit. My only choice was to reload the game and repeat the mission from the beginning.

On the other occasion, the agent became STUCK to a wall. I at first thought it was due to poison or encroaching monsters, but when i escaped them, i could still only get him to move ALONG the wall, and not away from it.

5- Perhaps this is unavoidable, but when playing in windowed mode so i could use Snapz to get some screen shots, i found it difficult to play because it's very easy to accidentally click outside the window on desktop items and get killed during the loss of control.  
(Version 1.02)

CORPSECORPS  Can't get it to download.  
(Version 4.1)

CORPSECORPS  Unknown. But it looks better than the old one.  
(Version 8.0.8)

CORPSECORPS  Seems to have been fixed in 1.02 because i rarely install games in my main Applications folder and it runs fine... well... except for the other bugs.  
(Version 1.02)

CORPSECORPS  As i understand it, VLC's decryption is NOT regularly updated. It simply uses the library that's been around for quite some time.

Encryption is NOT what makes newer discs harder to rip. The encryption must stay the same for compatibility.  
(Version 1.1.5)

CORPSECORPS  Windows? This is not Apple stuff on windows we're talking about, and microslough would NEVER do such a thing, i suppose.

I agree. Something that checks for updates when run, when told, or is always running anyway and checks regularly is fine. But i DON'T want software installing daemons which constantly run, just to check for updates, ESPECIALLY when i don't know if any other information is being transferred and wasn't aware in advance. All i wanted was Picasa.

I use Little Snitch and i'm getting three separate processes trying to call out every few minutes, yet NONE seem to appear in Activity Monitor!

Very bad etiqette, Google!  
(Version 3.0.1.321)

CORPSECORPS  First my comments concerning this being or NOT being a replacement for QuickImageCM were in response to previous messages such as:

-----------------------

CYBERATOMIC Thank You!

This is so awesome. I was so used to QuickImageCM and without it working on an Intel machine, sucked...

But now PicturePopProCM has come into my life and I am so very happy!

The functionality of this little app is excellent -- this is how the finder SHOULD BE!

-----------------------

I too used that software heavily, and this is NOTHING like it, as it had many editing functions.

There were almost 2 months between my first and second comment during which i searched in vain for something like QuickImageCM and i had come across additional mentions of this. I didn't remember it well by then and after trying it again, i decided to give it a real review.

As for the third review knocking off a star as compared to the previous one, i clearly explained that after more extensive use of more of the features, i found it to be more poorly designed and unstable than i had previously given it credit for.

Not sure why you're griping about it now anyway. The thing hasn't been updated since that time.  
(Version 2.0f)

CORPSECORPS  Used to be the MUST HAVE ripper tool for Macs.

Version 2.66 is long outdated, and despite claims that 3.0 will be showing up free of charge, for the past couple years it's required a "donation" and jumping through an ever increasing chain of hoops to obtain a 3.0 beta.

Updates have ground to a virtual halt, and it can no longer cope with many of the newest discs.

Still hoping it will return to former greatness.

RipIt is poised to surpass this feature-wise in the near future, and has likely already done so as far as success rate. Unfortunately, it won't currently replace this as far as giving you a re-encodable VTS folder, so it seems Mac folks are in limbo at present.  
(Version 2.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  Much of the time when i try to convert files and stitch them together, i see all the conversions completed and then they disappear, with the final stitched file never showing up.

I tested to see if the disk was becoming too full or if i had too many other apps running, hogging memory, etc, but nothing helps.

Even converting and stitching the SAME files more than once can be successful one time and not the next.

Anybody seeing this and/or know why it might happen?  
(Version 1.34a)

CORPSECORPS  Is this EVER going to be a fully Leopard compatible universal binary application?!

It was never worth the cost, but i'm certainly not paying that kind of money for something with no updates for 18 months during which a new OS version and processor have drastically altered the platform.

I already had to purchase Fontographer more than once in the past as it kept changing hands.

I'm wondering if Fontlab has more than one person coding this thing.  
(Version 5.0.4)

CORPSECORPS  Yep. I was definitely a bit hasty in my first review.

In addition to crashing frequently at the end of games, the end of levels, and sometimes whenever, it doesn't play too nicely with other parts of the OS.

Sometimes a dialog, such as a time machine warning, or software update notice (perhaps others) will land on top of the game and it will halt or crash.

I think perhaps EMV did some revision on their web site because i DID locate an email address.  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  I understated the problem.

Poc Mon is EXTREMELY PRONE TO CRASHING!

It likes to crash at the end of levels, but its favorite time is at the end of a game; i.e. When you've just achieved that great new high score.

I don't see a contact address for the developer.  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  Too much trouble i suppose, to have a second version/listing with a new name? Or have some kind of splashy new name change promotion?

Excellent piece of software, btw. I don't really care much what it's called.  
(Version 8.0.6)

CORPSECORPS  Has always been small, fast, and solid!

MacUpdate should really axe all those votes for alternatives, since they were made during the period when votes could be hacked!  
(Version 1.6.6)

CORPSECORPS  Can't get this to consistently detect which audio CD is in the drive.

First couple discs in the session, it worked fine. Next time it just said "Audio CD" and located no CD name, track names, or other tag info. I fiddled around with refresh and restarting it and it eventually retrieved the data.

Next time around that didn't work either. If the drawer is open, it says "Audio CD not detected" in the menu. Once i close the drawer, it says "Audio CD", but never does get the information.

Common CD's that have been around for quite some time so it's unlikely it's not in the database. The one i eventually got it to recognize was same artist, consecutive year.  
(Version 20080914)

CORPSECORPS  Great game. Not your father's Pac Man. Great graphics and lots of interesting variety in play as well as multi-player modes. I like the option of having a life level that can diminish and be restored by objects instead of the standard 3 lives.

Changing level designs don't just annoy like some versions. Nice sound effects and music track.

Only caveat is that it tends to crash. Seems as solid and glitch-free as can be and then you finish the game with a great new high score, or a level ends, and PRESTO, the window vanishes without a blip.

Takes a surprising amount of time to send and retrieve online scores but that's probably just because it grabs the top 100 for all game variations.

High score over 2 BILLION?! I've yet to get over 3 million.  
(Version 1.1)

CORPSECORPS  Gotta be English localized and UB or it's not much good to me.  
(Version 1.0)

CORPSECORPS  It is NOW. 9^)

0.9.3 is great!  
(Version 0.9.3)

CORPSECORPS  Read up on it.

Inserts plain text, styled, or HTML for a start. The magnifying glass can be handy if you want to keep the characters pretty small.

At any rate, if it weren't horribly overpriced, it's a whole lot handier.  
(Version 4.1.1)

CORPSECORPS  I started exploring this recently after not having seen it since much earlier days.

VERY impressive interface and features. Excellent output and FAST!

Anybody wondering about the intricacies of digital video should read the HandBrake guide. I learned LOADS of stuff i've wondered about that i hadn't seen concisely elsewhere. Good links in there, too.

http://trac.handbrake.fr/wiki/HandBrakeGuide

It's unfortunate few if ANY other OS X video apps that don't cost big buck$ and which do other kinds of format conversions are this excellent.

My one question is: Where's "Decomb"? I don't see it in the GUI  
(Version 0.9.2)

CORPSECORPS  Would be nice if this would put the LAME (or whatever) parameter information in the track's ID3 comment field, or at least show it to you somewhere.  
(Version 20080914)

CORPSECORPS  I grabbed this to use LAME to re-encode some FLAC files. It's very slick and easy to use.

However, it would be nice if the documentation was up to date and more complete. Also, i was a little disappointed it didn't allow more extensive fine control over the LAME encoder settings for those wishing to use them. GUI software always seems to limit access to specific parameters, or require them to be entered command-line style which requires looking them up in arcane reference.

It would be nice if an extended GUI was provided to get to ALL the LAME parameters. It's also unfortunate that MusicBrainz can't be accessed to re-tag or complete the tags of files being converted.  
(Version 0.8.1)

CORPSECORPS  How about a framework for LAME 3.9.8.1?  
(Version 3.97)

CORPSECORPS  Oh, yeah.

The new icon is BORING (but i'll replace it with the old one), and 'Vuse' should NOT require an installer. X^b  
(Version 4.0.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  Not that i ever thought this monster was pretty or intuitive, but once i managed to get it set up, it at least did it's thing FAST and in a sort of comprehensible way, with a tab for stats and a tab for each torrent. This big redesign has only compounded the problems, glossing them over with this deceptive APPEARANCE of order.

I've never been interested in the Vuze junk which is now more in-your-face than ever. The old views and stats are scattered so they're more difficult to find than after the Vuze switch-over.

I HATE side bars in apps like this where i want to see lots of columns of info. It keeps forgetting column widths in some displays. The side bar won't stay out of my face! This annoying upload/download/vivaldi graph at the top got turned on and i cant get rid of it. It keeps coming back every time i run the app.

Where settings have been fine through several upgrades, i'm suddenly getting all grey, yellow, and blue blobs (are those supposed to be smileys?) and i really didn't want to get that morass of horrid settings again.

If there was a torrent app that was anything like as versatile i'd toss this POS. It's a big fat bloated java cow a la limewire which takes a degree in... gobbledygook to comprehend.

I didn't want the advanced functions hidden in an incomprehensible maze of menus, tabs, and sidebar entries, i wanted them clarified and given a decent interface!

Gaaah! Why is it every time ya want to perform some simple operation, you have to learn some huge new ugly app with a jillion stupid quirks and mountains of nit-picking details. I could swear the GUI's on all my favorite apps are turning to sludge. They have the oblivious goober interface, or the deluge of details one.

Alas for the dreams of yesteryear, when the super fast computers on the horizon were promised to LESSEN the work of the user! This thing ought to have the Apple User Interface Guidelines authors retching in the john!  
(Version 4.0.0.2)

CORPSECORPS  This thing reports an error on about 75% of the files i try it on where other apps have no problem.  
(Version 2.2)

CORPSECORPS  Commented versions go from 1.0 to .4!  
(Version 0.5.5)

CORPSECORPS  Nice price but annoying in some of it's functionality, like slowing boot-up time.

PopChar is much better, but at $40 not worth it for the functionality.  
(Version 3.8.3)

CORPSECORPS  It's looking very good with some of the more recent developments.

It's still NOT looking like enough functionality to cost $40.  
(Version 4.1)

CORPSECORPS  Looking back at my own post, i left out two possibilities.

The app could pic which random roll was most advantageous at the moment and use that instead of using them in sequence. This could be checked for while playing, of course, and i've not done that.

The other possibility would be if it randomized two sets of numbers and then altered their sequence before displaying or saving them at the beginning the game to give one or the other an advantage. However, it doesn't seem likely this could be done in such a way as to give the computer an advantage whichever set was used, so this would not work if the player switched sets.

There's a bigger question: what reason would the author have to make the computer "cheat"?  
(Version 6.0.8)

CORPSECORPS  Though i can see there's significant power here, Tidy Up! has got to be one of the least intuitive apps i've used.

With strategies, baskets, smart baskets, so many panes, so many collapsible sections, the odd way inclusions and exclusions are specified, the way all the parts interact, and the peculiar style of the resulting reports, methods of applying actions to results, and frequent need to further search the results, once a search is completed i'm so unclear about what i'm really seeing in the result, i don't dare actually tell the thing to do any deletions.

I'm somewhat disappointed there aren't features for locating duplicate emails (such as possible spam or group crossposts) which typically have differing headers and even some content, and can't be located via external information like file size, name, date, and the like.

Every time i get this out to give it another try, i just find myself frustrated and confused all over again. It feels like having to learn how to use an entire office suite when you just want something to keep a few text notes.  
(Version 1.4.6)

CORPSECORPS  Does cool things and gets updated, but $20-$30 is a bit much for a visualizer. 8^(  
(Version 3.8.5)

CORPSECORPS  I second that last review.

Is this proceeding at all toward a 1.0?  
(Version 0.9b1)

CORPSECORPS  I hope this is still under development.

It's very unique.  
(Version 0.9.10)

CORPSECORPS  CONVERTS cleanly between PAL and NTSC?

I'm very skeptical!  
(Version 1.3)

CORPSECORPS  Unfortunately, developer has discontinued work on his Mac apps. 8^(  
(Version 1.5.2)