JAMUS  856.9MB on drive. Holy. Cow.

Those better be some daaaaang good disc templates in there.  
(Version 10.0.4)

JAMUS  The Silverlight installation gets a star drop right from the start, which is too bad overall considering the Flip4Mac software is useful sometimes for when clients send over a dreadful WMV file, but the inclusion of Silverlight is not welcome.

It is nice that Telestream does tell us about the Silverlight inclusion during the install (although most users will never actually read it), it is disappointing to see it added in to the install. If we wanted Silverlight we would install it ourselves.

I wonder if Telestream is being forced/pressured by Microsoft to include Silverlight in their default install?  
(Version 2.3.0.14)

JAMUS  Very nice looking. The defaults ran a bit sluggish on my quad Mac Pro, but turning off some options pepped it back up.  
(Version 1.1)

JAMUS  I did not have to login to their server to download the update. That is the first time in quite a few updates that they did not require the login. That is one of my big complaints is when companies require a login just to get a bugfix. Thanks Roxio for that at least.  
(Version 10.0.3)

JAMUS  Great screensaver: simple, light on CPU, and great to look at.  
(Version 1.4)

JAMUS  DL, take a look at the JuneCloud Automator actions for making .zips. Here is what I wrote over on the paid Stuffit link...

We had to stick with the paid Stuffit Standard in order to make "clean" .zip files without any of the Mac invisible/junk file data thrown in. Then I came across the JuneCloud "Create Clean Archive" Automator action.... Goodbye Stuffit. The actions are here:

http://junecloud.com/software/mac/junecloud-automator-actions.html   
(Version 2010 14.0)

JAMUS  We had to stick with the paid Stuffit Standard in order to make "clean" .zip files without any of the Mac invisible/junk file data thrown in. Then I came across the JuneCloud "Create Clean Archive" Automator action.... Goodbye Stuffit. The actions are here:

http://junecloud.com/software/mac/junecloud-automator-actions.html  
(Version 2010 14.0)

JAMUS  Best. Flight sim. Ever.  
(Version 9.4rc5)

JAMUS  This "game" was soooo ahead of its time. Too bad it never took off.  
(Version 0.197)

JAMUS  Zimbra really needs to be spun back off into their own company. It is too nice an app/server for what it is getting. The increased Yahoo logo plastering is really holding them back. As long as Microsoft has partnered up with them, I just really don't see them allowing Zimbra to grow and flourish since it would put too much pressure on Exchange.  
(Version 1.0.3)

JAMUS  I have to give the MacBU group some respect. They take an app suite like this and make it work within the limits imposed on them by the company they keep. Could this same type app be much better than it is? YES. Would Microsoft actually want it to be better? My guess is NO.

It is huge, bloated, and way too expensive, but Office 2008 does allow Mac users to camouflage themselves fairly well in a business environment and fit in with most aspects of Office. Exchange/Entourage is another story...

They get 1 full point if for no other reason than keeping all user data in one nice neat "Microsoft User Data" folder (something that their PC-cousins still can't seem to do right).  
(Version 12.2)

JAMUS  Very nice capabilities and runs smooth. If you are on a notebook though, watch out for heat. My MacBook Pro 2Ghz from about 2 yrs back runs very hot while using it.

I wish that the Boxee and Plex groups could get together a bit. Plex's interface is much better and slicker looking.  
(Version 0.9.14.6795)

JAMUS  For us combo-practicing souls out there, the 10.5.7 Combo Updater looks to be 729MB. Hopefully this will be the last one before we hit 10.6.  
(Version 10.5.7)

JAMUS  I have said it before and will say it again, companies need to get over this idea of forcing a login for a user to get simple download such as a bug fix or a patch. If it is a free feature-adding "extra" such as a free plugin for Photoshop or Xtension for Quark, it is acceptable. But for an update? No way. As long as they do that, I will continue to fill up their databases with fake names and emails.  
(Version 4.9.01.0180)

JAMUS  Other than being a quick and easy player for offline Flash video, I really do not see this being very useful. However, if you need offline/downloaded Flash video files to play in a cross-platform player, this is your bet.  
(Version 1.7)

JAMUS  I would love to see the market test data that promoted Microsoft to plaster their Silverlight download page with:

"Don’t Worry! We won’t install a bunch of additional stuff on your computer or try to sign you up for unwanted email."

So far, I have found it to be glorified junk that Flash could have handled instead (based on sites I have seen so far). If not for Netflix streams I would never have it touch my computer.

You think Flash ads have been bad in the past few years? Just wait till this beastly lump of code hits high enough saturation and M$ touts download numbers that gets advertiser's attention...  
(Version 2.0.40115)

JAMUS  Agreed, the forced updater is completely wrong. Get rid of it and the software will be much better for people. Have it set as default fine, but give us the option to turn it off.  
(Version 3.0.4)

JAMUS  If you liked normal WoW and the Burning Crusade, then this is a given. If you have not tried WoW but would like too, you can always try the free (but HUGE) downloadable 10-day demo.

Other than a little confusing starting zones, WotLK seems to be pretty slick. It is good to see how Blizzard improves the questing scenarios when they get new landscape to play with!  
(Version 1.0)

JAMUS  Awesome screen saver. The custom tweaking you can do is suh-weeeeet.  
(Version 2.2b3)

JAMUS  Great app for those of us who still have some older scanners that work fine for what they are used for, but the companies that made them gave up writing updated apps and drivers.

The interface is a little wacky, but you get used to it easily enough and it works great. Two thumbs up!  
(Version 8.4.94)

JAMUS  Come on Roxio! Lay off the stinking forced login to get an update. That is getting to be so annoying.

It is a bug fix so shouldn't you be wanting to make it easier for your customers to be able to get this update so your own product will function better and therefore give customers a better image of your product? Sheeeeesh.  
(Version 9.0.4)

JAMUS  If you are thinking about VMWare or Parallels, try this first. It is free, so if it does not work out, you are not out any cash.

As long as you do not have a demanding Windows environment, you should be good to go with VirtualBox. It does not have some of the cool extras of the other two, but for free, it can't be beat.  
(Version 2.0.4)

JAMUS  I switched to WowMatrix about a month ago and so far it has worked better than the WowAceUpdater I was using before this. I guess the big test was when the 3.02 patch came out in prep of WotLK. It found almost all of my plugins and has been keeping them up to date, which was a BIG deal considering all of the plugins that broke with the patch!  
(Version 2.9.3)

JAMUS  I am glad to see Sun/OOO get 3.0 out. I can't give a huge amount of feedback on the cross platform part, but so far the things I have tried in this Mac version work like they do on the PC side (where I have used OpenOffice quite a bit more extensively).

I have not noticed any unusual slowdowns with it, although it does seem to take a few seconds to close longer than I would expect.

Now that the full 3.x is out, hopefully it can be tweaked and refined a bit on the GUI part. The interface is old school, but some folks like that. You know who you are ;)  
(Version 3.0)

JAMUS  Ok, after the 8.01 "update", here is how it breaks down for me:

1. Deducting points for no autoupdater or incremental updates.

2. Deducting MAJOR points for requiring me to create a login with Quark just to download an update to fix bugs/problems in your own software. Attention all companies: please stop doing this! A demo sure, a free XTension sure, but an update? No way. Enjoy that fake login profile now sitting in your database.

3. Adding points for no apparent problems with the install of the update.

4. Deducting points from still relying on a license server for unified volume licenses AND a serial number AND a validation code (thanks for tying up server hardware for that by the way).

5. Adding several points for trying to update the UI some.

6. Deducting points for STILL having quirky PDF exports.

7. Deducting points for almost 1.5GB install. B-L-O-A-T.

Two stars is the best you are getting out of me for this one Quark. You are trying to do better, and I appreciate it, but you just keep missing the target. If this keeps up, 8.x is the last time you will get a purchase from me.  
(Version 8.01)

JAMUS  Biggest freaking waste of my time ever... and I love it. Wikipedia is like a like a fresh bag of kettle chips. You go in for just one little bite and the next thing you know you are at the bottom of the bag still wanting more. This app gives you that bag of chips.

It is an easy to read window into Wikipedia. It looks good and runs smooth. Two thumbs up.  
(Version 1.3)

JAMUS  Very cool idea for those of us with wee ones, but based on my experience with the new slim Touch, I don't know if I would suggest all the flipping/moving without a case to make it easier to hold on to!  
(Version 1.0.2)

JAMUS  Great app for what it does. My only real negative is how it seems to be handling Text overlays lately. A little buggy and inconsistent.  
(Version 6.2)

JAMUS  I have been using JD for about 2 months now. It was simple enough to setup what I wanted backed up and get started.

My only big complaint is the speed of the backup. I am getting between 30-40KB of data transfer on upload no matter what LAN I am on (cable modem at home, LAN at work, DSL at friend's house, etc...). It takes quite a while to backup digital photos that way. That speed may not be JD's fault, but more of one with Amazon's S3 service.  
(Version 2.02a)

JAMUS  For some reason I cannot get it to rip anything past the first track. I have all tracks checked but when it completes the first track it bombs off with an error. This has happened several times in a row.

I will try it again and try to get a screenshot to post to give a better idea of what my be happening.

I like the idea of a free LAME ripper, but so far I will have to give it a 2 overall.  
(Version 0.8.1)

JAMUS  Hmmm, who would have ever thought one of Adobe's largest competitors (Quark) would buddy up to another of Adobe's largest competitors (Microsoft)... Interesting.

I guess they will list this as a way for Macs to create Silverlight content since their native tools are lacking adequate Mac support.  
(Version 1.0b)

JAMUS  Please let this be the final release of this app. It should have gone to a peaceful grave years ago.  
(Version 9.0.0.6)

JAMUS  Microsoft is desperately pushing Silverlight as a Flash alternative. Even their download center is trying to get you to use it:

[URL=http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=silverlightzv4.jpg][IMG]http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7738/silverlightzv4.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]  
(Version 1.0.21115)

JAMUS  I honestly still can't see why this Eudora/Thunderbird group project is happening. Eudora and its GUI seems so stuck in the mid-90's. I really hope it does not drag Thunderbird down the drain with it. It was a great app at one time, but now?  
(Version 8.0b2)

JAMUS  The description says "delivers support for the latest update of Adobe Flash Player 9" . I was hoping this would update Flash Media Encoder also, but after the update (which took forever to install), FME still only shows Flash 7 and 8 as being options. No sign of Flash 9.  
(Version 9.0.2)

JAMUS  One thing I can mention is that it SMOKES Flash Media Encoder when it comes encoding FLV files.

Using two cloned PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz systems:

VisualHub on Standard took 48 minutes for a 60 minute video.

Flash Media Encoder on Medium is still encoding and it started over 4 hours ago...

The quality of the shorter tests I did were very similar and I am not really sure the little bit of difference justifies that extra wait time.  
(Version 1.29a)

JAMUS  I wish Blizz would pay this guy to put this functionality in the game... Or at least let it be "legal".

Fishing is often the lest developed profession for a good reason. It can be a pain!  
(Version 1.1.3)

JAMUS  For some reason my previous review below did not accept the star rating so I will put it in this one.  
(Version 0.8.6d)

JAMUS  Wonderful bit of code!

It is my goto app for odd video formats. My only complaint is it seems sluggish/stuttering when making large jumps along a timeline and has the habit of pausing when I quit using Apple + Q.

Other than that... GREAT.  
(Version 0.8.6d)

JAMUS  I agree it seems a bit steep. Hopefully the FREE "LiteIcon" app's development will continue and put some pressure on them to drop the price.

I had little use for CandyBar, but will miss Pixadex.  
(Version 3.0)

JAMUS  Come on Roxio... Are you learning from the Quark school of "force your customers to make a login to get a bug-fix patch"?

If you are providing an update to fix bugs in your software, do NOT force users to login to get it!

Time to make up another fake login...  
(Version 8.0.3)

JAMUS  Would it actually kill them to not force you to fill out a "please spam me" form just to get an updater to fix their bugs?

A free new tool or something similar and I could understand the extra hassle, but for an update? COME ON!  
(Version 7.31)

JAMUS  For quite a few years we paid Media 100 a good deal of cash to only be rewarded with poor quality software. OUTSTANDING support when something came up, but still not worth the cost.

They went into a downward spiral fighting the move to OS X as much as they could, we switched to FCP and have no regrets since.

Good luck, but I won't shed any tears for them.  
(Version 12.0.2)

JAMUS  Take the game for what it is and you won't be disappointed.

Blizzard continues to release updates and new content as time goes by. The only paid update was the Burning Crusade which released a major series of new content.  
(Version 2.2.3)

JAMUS  So I guess this is the first version post-Yahoo?  
(Version 4.5.7)

JAMUS  Great app. Especially when combined with "Hardware Growler" for drive mount/unmount notifications.  
(Version 1.1.1)

JAMUS  My download was coming down as 79.4MB for the v.6.0.1. That seems a little bloated compared to previous versions.  
(Version 6.0.1)

JAMUS  Thank you MacUpdate for providing this download without going through Cisco's HORRIBLE forced registration just to get a required utility when using THEIR routers.  
(Version 4.9.01.0080)

JAMUS  Great app that beats some of the bigger guys to the punch (I am looking at you Sorenson and AutoDesk).

I only wish it could encode video for the Nokia n800.  
(Version 1.26)

JAMUS  What? The Weather Channel still does actual weather?

Every time in the past few years I have turned to it looking for weather info, they have some kind of docudrama going on. ;)  
(Version 1.0)

JAMUS  What is up with the "read only"?

Word 2007 for Windows (read only)

Excel 2007 for Windows (read only)

Microsoft should not have set the 07 format to be default in the new Office. Give it a version so people can actually have software to READ your files, then switch it.  
(Version 16)

JAMUS  Slooooooow to import is right. Kind of plain looking gallery, but functions well.  
(Version 0.8b)

JAMUS  I would love to be able to suggest this to noobies as an Office alternative, but the X11 setup adds that one extra layer of complexity that seems to lose people.  
(Version 2.2)

JAMUS  I agree about Firefox being rather ugly for a Mac app, but I solved that with the "GrApple UNO" theme from this site:

http://www.takebacktheweb.org/

It makes Firefox look nice and Safari-like.  
(Version 2.0.0.2)

JAMUS  When the product works, it works well. However I have been wondering if anyone is even working at this company any longer.

Emails have not been returned. Phone calls always seem to go to voice mail.

Due to AutoDesk's HORRIBLE mac support, we switched to Squeeze, but now their support is looking pretty dismal also.  
(Version 4.5.3)

JAMUS  Wonderful small app to make image galleries. Slick templates and works well.

My only requests are a couple of more templates and allow teh creation of "subalbums" instead of pulling all teh images into one big album.  
(Version 1.6)

JAMUS  Absolutely loved this game. It is not for the faint of heart though. It can be a dark and broody storyline, but the modeling and the music were wonderful.

The music alone is a great example of the feats Bungue was/is capable of doing. Too bad they were pulled away from Mac gaming by other temptaions...  
(Version 1.6b1)