DRAD  seems a bit pricy but maybe not.

Domain Tracker doesn't do as much but has good basic features and it doesn't cost that amount either.  
(Version 1.0)

DRAD  visual eye candy is right!

we got firefall back during classic OS 9 and it was terrific! beautiful graphics, very creative,  
(Version 1.0.6)

DRAD  oh, java based? just saw that -- yeah, my response is definitely: ICK....not so attractive in that regard....just doesn't seem to work that well on ancient old (non-intel) ppcs.

maybe all that stuff is better on intels but i find all java-based on my ppc g5 to be spotty and unreliable. anyone else?  
(Version 2.0.2)

DRAD  this is an intriguing proposition -- extremely attractive for the perpetually add-cluttered -- will it work? will it help? is this the right approach? so many questions that only a trial in action can begin to answer.

wonder if 43folders has reviewed this yet?  
(Version 2.0.2)

DRAD  i have mixed feelings about it because it's deep inner workings are so hard to understand -- there is a steep learning curve and face it most of us are too busy and A.D.D.-addled.

the browser is generally much faster than safari altho uses the same base webkit, but it's also missing some features you'd expect to be there.

it's quite complex to try to customize. in fact elements are overly complex and difficult to understand so in that regard not very mac-user friendly. but if you can get aspects of the research features to work it can be useful.

maybe if they had better instructions/help features it would be more appealing/easier to use and understand.

i think they could get there but right now it seems to be the kind of tool an engineering minded person easily 'gets' while the rest of us want more of the fast, direct results and less of being forced to move, tweak, manipulate the wheels and levers.  
(Version 2.2)

DRAD  i'm very interested to try this.

other so-called add-ons or replacements like Easy Find hog way too much cpu and interfere w/ performance.

meanwhile spotlight and finder in 10.4 absolutely stink.  
(Version 2.0)

DRAD  we love mah jon solitaire!  
(Version 2.21)

DRAD  wow. apple definitely dropped the ball on this. hope they buy it from you ical is sooooooo obtrusive.  
(Version 1.1)

DRAD  well calendar sure needed this -- hooray!  
(Version 2.7.3)

DRAD  Try Cocoa Cookies which has a search feature  
(Version 1.3.1)

DRAD  i definitely want to learn how this works and if their documentation really makes it easy for new users to learn?  
(Version 7.0.6)

DRAD  we love this game! it's cool  
(Version 1.2.1)

DRAD  export to excel ? then into databases?

what about mupromo-ing some databases for mac?  
(Version 4.3.7)

DRAD  very interested to use this instead of iphoto which is slow and clunky  
(Version 1.3.3)

DRAD  will this work with iphone?  
(Version 5.05)

DRAD  hey i tried downloading installing the demo twice and it failed. that's not a good sign :-(  
(Version 4.5.2)

DRAD  if this is something that will allow me to avoid the overcomplexity and mystification of that monolithic monopolistic over-bloated junk put out by adobe, please -- let this be it!  
(Version 4.5.2)

DRAD  V.4 won't work in Safari 2 -- unfortunately I need to downgrade to Version 3 again because we keep getting this error message:

Safari 2.0.4 (v419.3) has not been tested with the plugin ForgetMeNot 4.0 (v8). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please contact the plugin developer for further information.

Anyone know where the earlier version can be obtained?  
(Version 4.0)

DRAD  free for non-commercial use? that's very generous....something new to learn!!! thanks  
(Version 1.2b3)

DRAD  Just keeps getting better; great support, responsive developer(s). A++++  
(Version 2.4.12)

DRAD  ... this certainly looks intriguing and challenging ..  
(Version 1.15.3)

DRAD  does it find duplicate files? that's one thing I need for sure one that's a 'safe' app  
(Version 1.5)

DRAD  interesting does it work?  
(Version 2.6)

DRAD  this looks like a major improvement/enhancement of several of the journal programs?  
(Version 1.0.1)

DRAD  sheesh i have so many cds that need to be catalogued -- would this really help me get them organized?

I wonder how long it takes?  
(Version 3.7.1)

DRAD  so does anyone ever win these promos for free?  
(Version 3.0)

DRAD  does this do batch processing of files i wonder?  
(Version 3.0)

DRAD  The developer's website states: "DRM and PDFKey Pro:

"PDFKey Pro is not compatible with DRM'ed eBooks from eStores. PDFKey Pro is designed to help you work with PDF files when you've lost your password, or when you need to process your PDFs all at once. It is not designed to defeat DRM."

That's fine w/me, but what the heck is DRM?  
(Version 3.4.4)

DRAD  Brilliant! Epitomizes the true meaning of worldwide, virtual 'mobility'.

Can't wait to check it out.  
(Version 3.0.3)

DRAD  uh - no.

the stupid countdown / splash window must be at the very front or it continually re-starts the shareware reminder 'countdown' before you can even try it.

bad idea. who cares to even try it after that annoyance. especially when there are better cheaper or better more features for the same price   
(Version 2.2.5)

DRAD  Domino 5.0 not working. does nothing. opens & big black box -- no responses to clicking anything . nothing happens. zip zero zilch. no support at site -- are there known incompatibilities?

clicking the X in the big black box doesn't quit/close the app either

at their website you can't reach them because their crappy contact form submission doesn't work either

Can I give them and their stupid game ZERO STARS?  
(Version 5.0)

DRAD  i don't understand whether you have to have this going simultaneously with safari or what?

how do you actually use it?  
(Version 1.0)

DRAD  Nothing against inquisitor but I prefer acidsearch (pozytron.com) because it meets my needs better. example: "Google this Site" is part of the pull down menu.

if inquisitor had that and some of the more straightforward features of acid search then it would be more useful/efficient.

As it is now, for me and my search patterns, AcidSearch just seems snappier and more efficient.  
(Version 3.0v41)

DRAD  It is somewhat useful but it doesn't sort correctly or completely. This would be even better if it had a filter function box like FIREFOX.   
(Version 1.5)

DRAD  You might want to also check out Deep Vacuum although it has confusing options when you get the right combination it works well.

What has not worked well for me: Speed Download.

SiteSucker used to be great but now not so much because hasn't stayed up with OS X upgrades.  
(Version 4.8.3)

DRAD  Fixes problems that others (diskwarrior, disk utility) can't even begin to see or get to until Applejack fixes them first!

INDISPENSABLE!  
(Version 1.4.3)

DRAD  I've had nothing but problems and disappointment with this software. It is all hype from my experience. It creates frequent errors -- when you try to restore or mount it's often corrupted; or it won't complete the back up.

Documentation is not very straightforward (it must be written for people that know programming all the codewords for OS X because they make alot of assumptions about what people already know. Therefore the terminology and explanations in the user guide and the online discussions are confusing and fuzzy -- lots of gaps. Not user friendly for novices that just want a straightforward easy, dependable back up system).

And this is the slowest backup I have ever seen. 2MB/s is considered acceptable? that is total crap.

AVOID unless you have a gazillion hours to wait for something to be backed up or if don't care if it's undependable and full of write/read errors.

All hype, no substance.  
(Version 2.1.3)

DRAD  how does it work? exactly what is the step by step sequence and the result?

I don't get it. Poor instructions.  
(Version 1.3)

DRAD  doesn't respond at all to arrow keys or any keys on imac g5  
(Version 3.4.1)

DRAD  UPDATE: got it working -- sort of -- it hangs on a regular basis AND it adds multiple copies (like FIVE) of itself to the log-in / startup items in the accounts system preferences.

dangit -- what's up w/that? wish this were a better program -- like i said, good idea, but BUGGY  
(Version 1.0.1)

DRAD  OKAY: after a very weird inexplicable delay -- it possibly has worked -- but due to poor documentation, it was unknown that gdrive places the files in the drafts section of gmail, which makes sense, unlike gspace which apparently places them in the inbox.

Where this is better than GSPACE: it will upload zip files, whereas GSPACE on firefox resists doing so.

So, I will revise this to saying that it actually seems to have worked. and finally did not crash.  
(Version 0.5)

DRAD  great idea, nice looking but buggy buggy buggy. labels don't stick until about 5th try. doesn't remember account info. poor documention

Almost always crashes even on small files, definitely on files close to the 10mb threshhold.

Says that it's uploaded small files but it hasn't actually done anything. It's a phantom program that doesn't actually work even when it 'shows' that it has.

Has anyone gotten this thing to work?

Similar to the equally. possibly worse bug-infested and much uglier, MUCH much slower gspace, which is an xtension for firefox.

wish someone could actually get this idea executed.

notes: Using 10.4.7 on an imac g5  
(Version 0.5)

DRAD  Have only used it for less than a month but for $10 it's a handy, efficient, straightforward, basic no-frills tool for monitoring up/down website status -- perfect if you have a low budget and numerous websites or blogs.

It's a local standalone utility app that apparently auto-pings the sites you add into the list at the intervals you designate. Unfortunately all sites get checked at the same time either at the interval you set or manually -- ie. you can't specify different time intervals for different sites -- but that's really no big deal for the price.

Site 'Status' feedback in the list is a basic 'OK' status or 'Problem' with minimal description as to whether up or down/responding or not. (you must be connected to the internet and your computer turned on of course).

Although basic, with no major detail log reports or stats for up/down time for each site in the monitor window itself -- after each status check it does tell you how long the index page on that site took to load, how many bytes it loaded, how many bytes per second and the time/date last checked -- that's very useful.

It also gives some basic feedback about the html tags (the author indicates he may update this eventually to recognize more tags which would just make it more valid). (I supposed a script genius could create something that compiles the data/status feedback into an efficiency report for each site -- i.e. 99% up time, etc)

Mainly I'm happy with it so far -- it works just fine as an overview tool for someone having multiple websites to keep an eye on.

You can configure it to send you emails or just beep--it would be cool if it would pop to the forefront if a site were down and not responding, but not a drawback.

For me: Worth it for the peace of mind of knowing that sites are up and responding and to get an idea if you have a pretty decent host server or if you oughta be switching pretty soon.  
(Version 1.0.3)

DRAD  crashes / won't work in 10.4.2  
(Version 1.4.2)

DRAD  Love it! Finally mac users can now view video clips, news, etc from all those short-sighted, windows-centric, Mac-neglecting media sites that provide clips/media viewable only through the big ugly monopoly.

This is a GREAT service for mac users. THANK YOU!  
(Version 2.0.1)

DRAD  great idea -- unfortunately doesn't work on either 10.3.9 or 10.4.2.

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I am looking for something like this for mac 10.4.x to just keep an eye on multiple websites. If not this, is there something else anyone knows of?

Also: desperately need a site hosting / dns /server/isp / domain name manager (database) or filemaker template or interface or something that i can enter all my domain names, hosts, servers, passwords, forwards, status, dns settings, registrar, domain expiration etc..... etc... even better would be something that could interface with the registrar control panels at different registrar sites so they could be done from within one app instead of going to all those diff registrars which each have diff control panels, diff features, etc. -- can't they at least agree to standardize their control panels?

Anyway, is there anything like that? I am not a programmer, is there something in the mac - user -friendly tradition somewhere???

hello hello hello -- a voice echoes in the vast canyons and darkness.....

thanks.

meanwhile, The Informant doesn't do anything. at all.  
(Version 1.0.1)