ELLEE H.  I'm so glad to see a new Leopard version of this applic. I tried MindNode a few months ago but decided to uninstall it after a few system freezes. I hope this version has solved those glitches because the interface is lovely and, as another commenter says, "MindNode makes mind-mapping fun." Best wishes to the developer for continued success with this application. Thanks!  
(Version 1.0)

ELLEE H.  Based on the polite urging of a reply, I'm giving Leap another try...

I've noticed (and liked) a few improvements in the 1.0 version. At the very least, the Leap applic. is a useful aid for tagging my files.

I still don't see how to broaden the search (remove a criteria) where I'd like (filetype, location). I can change those criteria to "all/any" but I can't simply "X' them off like I can with tags. I can't put Tags first, and then narrow by FileType, for example. If AND is the implied Boolean operator then order doesn't really matter (except maybe for speed?). It occurs to me that I could create my own tags for file type and circumvent this [perceived] limitation.

Another thing I don't get is why I can't edit pre-existing tags that I inserted in Spotlight comments. I granted read/write to Spotlight comments in the Leap preferences. Is it because they don't have a prefix symbol?

I'll go the Leap support forum as suggested and see how many of my objections are user error :*). Thanks for the replies to my posting.

Best wishes.  
(Version 1.0)

ELLEE H.  When my hard drive crashed during an iTunes Library backup with Apple's Backup utility, I was stuck with an "in progress" bundle that wouldn't restore. I didn't spend a great deal of time comparing offerings in the iTunes/iPod rescue application space; after reading reviews here on MacUpdate I picked TuneAid from DigiDNA. The price was reasonable and the application delivered on its promised results: it restored everything on my iPod back to my iTunes Library. I noticed on MacUpdate that a new version was ready and I upgraded. A new activation key was needed but before I could kvetch about the inconvenience, a new activation key appeared in my Mail inbox. Good job and thanks, DigiDNA.  
(Version 2.9)

ELLEE H.  This game is fun! The music, which I immediately mute on most games, is not only tolerable but also contributes to the suspense and excitement of the game. I can see where carpal-tunnel (sp?) may be a hazard of this game as it is quite the manual challenge to keep up with those balls in the higher levels. My productivity doesn't warrant my buying the game but as soon as I'm ready to reward myself, I'll buy Zuma.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ELLEE H.  A brand new, clean replacement hard drive after a crash was my impetus to take many test drives of recent shareware offerings. Leap appealed to me as a way to make sense (i.e. find things) of the gigs of data, documents and projects, that I've been carefully re-loading onto my HD, hopeful that I'm creating a more workable organization scheme.

Leap suffers by comparison and due to my expectations. The latter were set by the instantly appealing interface of Yep!, a PDF manager/ tag browser also from Ironic Software, and by Leap's pricetag. (IMO, any application over $49 better be "excellent" not just "good.")

The Leap interface is an obstacle to overcome rather than a facilitator of a multiple attribute search. The interface utilizes a "drill-down" approach similar to that of web retailers NewEgg.com or Beauty.com, and shares the same limitation: The drill-down path can be traversed only "in sequence" -- you can't "turn off" an attribute anywhere other than the end of the search string. I'll entertain the premise that Leap is more attuned to searching by tags, but for anyone who, like me, is just now implementing a "tag-onomy" for their files, using Leap as a "Finder replacement" is not viable.

I didn't know that file tags were making use of Spotlight comments, and therefore I could tag and retrieve files myself using Spotlight (thereby obviating my need to purchase Leap), until I read the Ironic Software marketing about Leap. That IS ironic. A quick Google search and a few minutes later, and I learned to use Automator or Quicksilver to modify file tags in batches and to tweak the Spotlight search preferences. Admittedly I've sacrificed some neat-o features like Leap's loupe but I've saved $69.  
(Version 1.0b10)

ELLEE H.  Disk Utility in Mac OS X (Leopard) didn't recognize the hard drive in my Powerbook. Based on the recommendation of a well-known Apple specialist store in NYC and the claim to rescue data and recognize hard drives that "other utilities don't" on the Data Rescue box, I purchased this applic. at full price and went home with my fingers crossed. I felt mightily snookered when Data Rescue II failed to see my hard drive and my subsequent look at the Data Rescue help file was met with "if Mac Disk Utility can't see your drive, we can't either." Well, why didn't you say that on the friggin' box? Now I'm out $99 and I am angry. My advice: run the demo. When your hard drive is still AOL, you'll be glad you didn't waste your money like I did.  
(Version 1.2)