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FileCutter	May 25 2006	NEIL2112 Alright. Greg has done what nobody else would do; give OSX 'cut and paste' in the Finder. And it really works. Some comments: � The cut item does not actually disappear as it does in Windows. This is a good thing. It only seems to move once it is pasted thus eliminating the possibility of being forgotten. � The cut/paste move cannot be undone, neither does it enable Command-X in the Finder. It is under its own CM heading 'FileCutter' at the bottom of the CM and bypasses the Finder's 'copy/paste'. Thus if you hit Command-V you will paste whatever is in the clipboard. You must compete the move with 'paste' from the 'FileCutter' CM. This also seems to be a good thing - you don't mess with what you have stored in your clipboard. Congratulations Greg. I've been looking for someone to make the cut for 10 years. (Version 1.0)		0
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Apple Aperture	Dec 22 2005	NEIL2112 It's NOT SUPPOSED TO "stand up there next to Photoshop CS2" Good gravy, how many times must this be said??? (Version 1.0.1)		0
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GAPS	Dec 14 2005	NEIL2112 Ok, I am a pro photographer looking for an 'ACDSee killer'. This comment is not comprehensive but a 'first impression' review, so I'm not going to give any stars and I'm going to be brutally critical. Once I've used this more I'll confirm/retract opinions as needed. 1 The developer's site looks like a dog's dinner and makes for a very poor first impression. 2 The name GAPS is awful, as is the logo. Almost anything else would be better. 'PicSort', 'QuickPic', use your imagination. And what the heck is version 0.50.0.3268?? 3 No rotate command! Not having a rotate feature on a photo program is like not having a 'steer' feature on your car. 4 When I use the Finder to do sorting, I just open Image Capture, rotate and dump. GAPS has to have a far broader feature set to be of any use. 5 The gui is quite messy. Needs work. 6 The program is only 'nag-free shareware' because the developer does not value his product enough to give any purchase incentive. GAPS should be freeware until it is ready for primetime. Asking $20 for this is not going to do it. 7 Enough of the negative. It is quite fast, that's an excellent achievement. (Version 0.50.0.3268)		0
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GAPS

Feb 13 2006

ARAMIS Sorry to disappoint, but GAPS was never intended to even touch ACDSee in terms of features. When I started writing, all I needed was a simple viewer that could deal with a huge and ever-growing collection of pictures. There wasn't anything close on the Mac, so GAPS was born.

While using Finder and/or [image editor of your choice] will give you a LOT more functionality, they don't cut it for my needs at all. If I open most of my image folders in Finder, Finder CRASHES. Not "slows down and takes a while," but "Would you like to report this to Apple" kind of crashes. Finder + [editor] can certainly do more, but it can't open and sort to 20 folders with 100,000+ images EACH.

GAPS' name sprung from an in-joke with a buddy of mine a few years ago. It's the Great American Picture(*cough*) Sorter. Granted, the abbreviated name doesn't tell you much about the product, but with other Mac OS apps like Adium, CyberDuck, or even the illustrious FireFox, descriptive names don't seem to be a big thing. The logo's a play (admittedly poorly executed -- I'm a coder, not a graphics artist) on the London Underground logo ("Mind the GAP"), plus a photographic slide thrown in so it's at least *somewhat* suggestive of what the app does. I'd certainly entertain suggestions for improvements.

I *did* shorten GAPS' version number a bit in this release. Now it's just the "version" (0.60) plus my internal build number. I usually don't increment the version number for beta releases, but the build number is an ever-increasing absolute value. It's the revision number from my Subversion repository, actually.

To address a few of the points from your original post:

1) My website: *shrugs* I kind of like it... I've been meaning to tweak the color scheme a bit though.

3) Rotate command: It's on my todo list. So are brightness adjustments.

5) Messy GUI: Anything in particular? It's meant to be sparse and stay out of the way. Granted, it's got a learning curve. I've got some improvements in the works, especially for the Preferences screen.

6) Shareware: I guess you could call it donation/betaware for the time being. I *may* consider making GAPS real shareware with a reg-code or something when I get to version 1.0. I couldn't sleep at night charging people for the current mess...

Thanks for the input in any case. Good, bad, or otherwise, it's nice to know people are at least trying out my work.
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GAPS

Apr 4 2006

MHANLY Well done Mr. Developer

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SonicMood	Nov 26 2005	NEIL Been there my friend, been there. Tammy was incredible. Smart, beautiful and a rock solid faith in God. I thought she was 'The One' but after a year she didn't see it that way. Instead of just dumping me though, she had a group of our mutual friends praying for me at the moment she told me we were through. People can deny Jesus all they like, but the peace I was given then cannot be faked or duplicated. SonicMood - excellent program. But for true peace, go for the real deal. (Version 4.1.1)		0
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