EDIFIED  Hi Chad, thanks for the extended trial. Looks like a LOT has been fixed though there's plenty to do (I'm sure you're working hard).

As I was running it through it's paces it occurred to me that you might change the shareware restriction to 3 Download Installs/Week. The app could display the number of downloads used/remaining in the bottom right like this: 2 of 3 Installs Used - Register for Unlimited.

The advantage is that people can always see how useful the app will be to them with LOTS of red outdated software- of course they can update manually but after a few of these automatic will be pretty tempting.

I think it actually might be more restrictive since right now a trial user can update their whole system and then why buy? Finally it solves the whole "extended trial" issue since clearly the app is currently in heavy development with lots of great changes to expect in the next 6 months.

Also how about a bugtracker/suggestion system. Trac is fun :)

Just an idea :)  
(Version 5.0.3)

EDIFIED  You might consider adding extending 10 days every time you release a new version. Otherwise I, who had complaints before, can't try out an update to see what's been fixed and whether I have additional feedback or care to purchase MUD.

Cheers,  
(Version 5.0.2)

EDIFIED  Thanks Chad- I wish I had time to help develop it as it could become a fantastic desktop repository.

Blessings,  
(Version 5.0)

EDIFIED  There is one more thing... (well a few more things)

Where is the category on the left "Everything"

Command/shift clicking list for multiple selections. Who drags thing one at a time to watch lists?

The "-" & "+" buttons are intermittent. Play with launching, creating, renaming and deleting.

How about a refresh button next to the gear. Maybe command-r instead of command-^-c

That's all for now!  
(Version 5.0)

EDIFIED  Wahoo! Finally rewritten! It looks a lot better- just a few comments. The details box is pretty but it sacrifices readability. Maybe reduce the white highlight or increase the contrast. How about listing requirements as some updates...ummm...require stuff.

How about calling it just "MacUpdate". Simplicity.

Printing...I don't know who would want to print but as long as it's there make it print something useful and pretty.

How about separators for the update menu. The contextual menu gets it right.

Command-f should put the focus in the filter box, please.

Command-i should toggle the info pane.

Command-s for Don't Check? What?? Save?

Also the info panel toggle button belongs next to the contextual gear, not next to the +- watch list buttons.

I'd like a contextual menu on the table header for choosing Columns to view.

It's not clear what "Set to Current Version" is for, it's especially not clear how to "Unset Current Version".

Filtering seems to only work on app titles when it should work on description, license, location...everything that is visible in the table. If you're at odds with this suggestion maybe do titles by default and add a pull down arrow to the search box icon with the options "Titles", "All Visible Columns" and "Everything". That would help a lot :)

Adding an interface for comments and reviews would be helpful. At the very least show stars. I know it sounds silly for apps we already own but it adds value to your site by adding content. It's also nice to read through comments about the newer version to see if there's troubled waters ahead ;)

On my one test download, resuming a download failed. It appears to have just started over- if that's by design then we'd like resumable downloads please.

Can we move expanded files to the trash after they're copied? Actually, ideally it goes like this: Download archive, unarchive, move old version to trash, move unarchived new version to old version's previous location. Why anyone would want an unarchived copy of an already installed application in their downloads folder is beyond me.

If someone want's to save copies I think it should be ~/Downloads/MacUpdate/2009-10-29/ thus avoiding a bunch of MacUpdate prepended folders in the downloads folder.

Make these updates available over bonjour to the local network, verifying sigs with macupdate.com. When MUD (haha) finds an available update it should look for a LAN server first and save the bandwidth! Not to mention it'd be super fast. Peer updates. Make use of those five install licenses.

Some of my apps appear to have more recent than "current versions" how do you resolve this? Does Download+Install overwrite the new version? Either way the interface is unclear.

Please cache update results, Put "Last Updated: 5 Minutes Ago" in the footer next to "107 Items". Put it in the preferences if you need to: Check for App Updates [At Launch, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Manually].

Modal progress indicators? Really? Throw progress in the bottom left corner above the add/remove watchlist buttons. Or use spinners over the update counts. Or both.

Speaking of which the update watch list counts should list the number of updates available, not the total list count. Or you could use "14/107". In any case, 14 is the more useful number.

Finally I suggest reducing the price. Not that it's not worth $20 but I think you'll rake in a lot more sales at $8. We buy things based on BOTH what something is worth and what we care to afford. And what's with subscription software? Bleh. I understand it's a service but it sure feels dirty. Sooooo....

I certainly HOPE you're planning the MUD integrated MacUpdate Store. Then you can just release this app for free and rake in loads of cash everyday from your low 5-10% listing and hosting fee :)  
(Version 5.0)

EDIFIED  Nevermind. First it gave me false hope by saying it was registered. After relaunching it it tells me my serial is invalid because it was purchased before Nov 2006.

Fail.  
(Version 4.0.1)

EDIFIED  I just tried my February 2006 serial and it still works. Cheers Wincent if that's on purpose.  
(Version 4.0.1)

EDIFIED  Synergy is a great app with a developer that expects a bit much of customers. I'm a little rebuffed at having to pay for it again since there's no new functionality that I'm aware of since version 3. Sure there's been lots of rewriting and refactoring on your end but where is the cash value for us your customers when it looks like just bug fixes and implementation updates.

The last time [Feature] appeared in the official version history is November 2006.

What you're providing now is essentially a compatibility update from our perspective. At the very least I think you could offer registered users (I registered 19 Feb 2006) a discounted upgrade price (like $2). Or else provide some motivation like new features or a development roadmap.

Buy-it-again to stay compatible doesn't feel nice.  
(Version 4.0.1a)

EDIFIED  It's sad to see Fotomagico's rating plummet- the truth is that it's awesome software- I think we can all agree.

I hate to see one star ratings just because of the wacky and outrageous upgrade schemes. If you're going to rate one star please at least explain that it's not because the software is bad- just the upgrade policy or missing Home Version features.

Another option is write as a comment instead of a review. I don't think it's useful for us or for the dev to pull down the overall rating because of a ridiculous policy.

Whatever floats your boat I guess.  
(Version 3.0.2)

EDIFIED  I'm really bummed about the upgrade price structure. First off I only use FotoMagico like once or possibly twice a year. When I do use it it's usually in place of iMovie's pan & scan so I'd like to export to intermediate. Unfortunately the home version (2) doesn't let me do that. Additionally the express version (2) took a page out of quicktime's book and is NAGWARE with "pro-only" features. I could understand if it was free but I paid for it.

$90 is a bit much to UPGRADE to a version that can export Quicktime or even just iMovie HD. Fotomagico is great software but it's pretty weak that you can't render your slideshow at-resolution in the home version. I'm assuming that version 3 home is still Nag-Ware although I'm not going to cough up the upgrade fee to find out since there is no way to upgrade 2 Express to 3 Home and $90 is a bit much. Please just let the home version export to quicktime.  
(Version 3.0.1)

EDIFIED  Cheers on the release Chaz and Adrien. Looks like it was compiled as intel only? Well the source is available anyway!   
(Version 1.2.2)

EDIFIED  Nice icon  
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  World of Goo is amazing. It's a very polished game with diverse gameplay, great sound, beautiful art and a nice interface.

2DBoy released the Mac/Linux and Windows versions all DRM free, which means no code to enter. Just buy, download and play. No activation required. This game is worth the cash and the developers are worth supporting!

Cheers,  
(Version 1.2)

EDIFIED  To the Dev: Haven't tried it but I think you might consider changing the name a privacy app that is essentially named "Spy" is kinda creepy at worst and non-descriptive at best.

Cheers,   
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  Looks like the 2x speedup is refuted by this page: http://www.turbokitproject.com/statistics.html on the developers site. Not to mention that WebKit nightly will smoke the pants off this. This will be obsolete before it can mature.

I'll happily recant if the developer reveals the modifications he's making and updates his outrageous claims. Additionally he'll need to make his source package available per the WebKit license. To the dev: why not just contribute to WebKit if you've developed a revolutionary performance advantage?

Marked 1 star to keep the naive users from downloading this until we know what it does.  
(Version 0.7b)

EDIFIED  Works great EXCEPT for Google Update running in the background ALL the time, with no option to do manual update (for those of us who use our equipment for things like presentations and live production where you can't have update popups run rouge.

And what's up with an update process running as root? So much for do-no-evil.

Dear Google, Mac users would love you if you used Sparkle with an option for manual updates!  
(Version 1.6.0.1552)

EDIFIED  Sparkle is less invasive than Google Update- I wonder if Update Engine is a la Google Update.  
(Version 1.0)

EDIFIED  Couldn't run the MS Demos, trouble uninstalling. Eak!  
(Version 2.0b2)

EDIFIED  Reminds me of the old black and white classic game The Birds (or maybe it was called something else). Anyway the Phoenix used to be a sure bet long term :)

Anyone know anything about that history?  
(Version 1.4)

EDIFIED  Looks like the UB version finally has it's bugs ironed out! This is a great game.  
(Version 2.0.7)

EDIFIED  Any update on what this update is for?  
(Version 1.0.1)

EDIFIED  Works well. I see this is a RealBasic App. If you have interface builder (xCode 3) installed check this out: iTubeX Interface.zip.

It's a much cleaner interface! I'm guessing you can implement something like that in RB or you might switch over to xCode! I don't imagine it would be too difficult to move to xCode. [Anyone] Feel free to use and/or modify my .nib with or without attribution. This is a VERY handy app, just needs to be cleaned up a bit.

Cheers, Ed  
(Version 2.51)

EDIFIED  Hmmm... Perhaps it's better to open your network so developers can write up-to-date clients. Or if that's too much maybe just write an iChat plugin.

Cheers,  
(Version 7.0)

EDIFIED  Hooray! Thanks so much for the UB- you've saved my battery life!!! If you haven't bought this game, it's excellent- support this responsive developer.  
(Version 2.0)

EDIFIED  This makes domain management a no brainer. Lots of information from various sources compiled into one place.  
(Version 1.0)

EDIFIED  A big time saver for basic timelines. It'll be nice when they add more visual styles and photo support.  
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  Wow, this is a visual masterpiece!

Recommended!  
(Version 1.0.6)

EDIFIED  I prefer the classic board but layout of this game is so much better for widescreens that I think it's worth it.  
(Version 1.0)

EDIFIED  It's nice to build a template and then use Rapid Weaver to make changes- keeps my code clean!  
(Version 3.6.3)

EDIFIED  Interesting Concept. Let's you sift through lots of pages fast. Most things I can find faster just using Google- but this is good at finding buried results.  
(Version 2.2)

EDIFIED  I used to just use text edit and a plain text file but it didn't save the window position or size.  
(Version 1.4)

EDIFIED  This is the same way I code image maps by hand- it's faster and better than javascript.  
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  More powerful than synergy, but i like synergy's simplicity. Search is a nice bonus with this on  
(Version 2.7)

EDIFIED  Oh my word- I had no idea that the wii remote was supported so well. You need to check out the demo videos on their website.

This is way more than I thought.  
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  Here's some more descriptive screenshots. Storyboard is a very capable program. And native!  
(Version 1.0)

EDIFIED  If it's anything like the original, it's worth it!  
(Version 3.0.6)

EDIFIED  Biofilm is a fun game.  
(Version )

EDIFIED  Hah...nice icon!  
(Version 1.5)

EDIFIED  Finally a BPM detector that works (most of the time)  
(Version 1.1.2)

EDIFIED  Hooray for nice platformers!  
(Version 1.5)

EDIFIED  Better than Cocoa-MySQL SBG. Wish CM-SBG was more actively developed.  
(Version 2.0.5)

EDIFIED  I used to use IPNM back in my OS9 days- I have fond memories of it as an indispensable tool. I've never licensed it on my home machine so this is a tempting prospect.  
(Version 2.1.2)

EDIFIED  Great game, remniscent of warcraft. How about some proper binary fission and budding cell development? Spore/Endospores? Dead cell membranes as nutrients? Hehe- I'm a Microbiologist. I'd love to chat with you guys about this game.

It was a little to easy but still a great concept and a good implementations. It would be nice to have a move command (ie Click. Keypress M. Click destination). Selecting the cells you want can be hard too. I'd also be a fan of different motility speeds- faster might toughen it up a bit. Online team play? Different game modes? Nice soundtrack. Very pretty on my 20" iMac. Kudos for supporting widescreen gaming- in game resolution settings would be nice so I don't have to fiddle with a dialog at startup.

Overall I give it a 4 but a 5 is in reach- possibly version 1.5 or version 2.   
(Version 1.0.1)

EDIFIED  Nice- reminds me of Democracy. I think $20 is a bit much for this emerging market. It doesn't fit in my shareware budget- still if you like it consider the purchase if only to support the developer. On the plus side it woks pretty well and seems stable (G5 iMac).

-Edified  
(Version 1.0b3)

EDIFIED  It's a Zip file now- kudos. I think this game needs more gravity. I feel like I don't have very good control over the player. Lots of potential here but it needs a more tactile and fast feel. Right now gameplay is a bit cumbersome. Looking forward to the next version, Ed  
(Version 1.4b8)

EDIFIED  I've used this on sites in the past and it's really excellent. I now do the same thing serverside with PHP but for static implementations this is pretty hard to beat.

I love it kryptiniacably, Ed  
(Version 5.4)

EDIFIED  Nice work! I bought a copy even though I don't know if I'll have time to play it this year. I just wanted to support the dev- this is well written, and seems like the developer is responsive on his forums.

Keep up the great work- looking forward to your next game (perhaps more daylight and happy graphics? I dunno, you decide!)

Ed Palma

Find out your Love Language  
(Version 1.0.7)

EDIFIED  The first time I read the name of this app I read it as "Game" spelled in leek (64m3). I think it's is supposed to be read "Gee For Mii". Hehe. In any case it works as advertised. Thanks, Ed Palma  
(Version 1.1)

EDIFIED  It isn't talking about hard drive space- we're talking about memory (RAM) footprint here. I'm on a wintel at schoo but if memory serves me safari weighs in at a min of 20MB/instance...usually more depending on how it's set up.

Why release this early? Clearly this isn't an attempt to dethrone Safari or Firefox. This is a browser for those of you who may have had to use ExPostFacto to install Mac OS X. This is implied by the authors comments.

If you have a G4 or above this browser was not made for you. If you have something G3 or slower or limited RAM then you might like this browser.

Ed

Disclaimer: I don't know this developer, nor have I ever used this browser.  
(Version 0.5)

EDIFIED  This is pretty neat software that uses an epimodular approach to log analysis. It spits out really nice html that you can view from anywhere. I have it set up on a script so I can update and view my stats in a password protected web directory on the server.

It's good at differentiating traffic type to.  
(Version 7.2.6)