NOSFERATU  Good work, fantastic browser

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One strange problem here:

If I login at ebay and do a advanced search for recently finished articles to compare prices, type in the product I am looking for and then push the search button, it turns to the login window again and again in an endless circle.

This only happens when I search for the finished auctions, not if I use the normal search option.

The same with webkit nightly build, and sometimes with Safari, maybe a webkit problem? Or is it eBay?

I have to use Camino for this special task now.

Could this be fixed, please?

My Mac: PowerMac G4 800 Mhz, 1 GB, 10.4.11

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Besides that really a great browser, a well thought-out app/work, and very very fast.

Would be a bit better with lighter grey buttons, some with more contrast, - is there an alternative button set besides the yellow and the dark grey?

I've searched for other buttons on google but found none so far. Any tips?

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After all iCab is my favourite browser now. Again thanks for your excellent work Mr. Clauss.   
(Version 4.2.1)

NOSFERATU  Oh, I have forgotten:

I would be fair to split the reviews for the new payware version from the old freeware version, most high star ratings were given for the freeware version.

I've downloaded this app cause of it high rating, but afterwards as I see the reviews, the most people rated the freeware such high, that seems not very fair if I think of the competitors.

I would be like "at first I make it freeware to get friendly and highrated reviews and then I switch to payware with all the good old freeware reviews staying".

That's hardly fair!

I am no competitor, only a user but I don't want to be tricked in any way. I think many visitors are using the star rating for the first orientation, like I did.

Freeware is rated more friendly of course, so I think it would be fair from this sites admins to correct that. It is misleading and a bit of unfair competition now.

I will try now the apps listed under "OTHER PEOPLE SUGGEST" but that's not the same as a fair comparison would be.  
(Version 3.5.3)

NOSFERATU  Not that bad, but would better if the intial dialog window would be bigger and resizable.

All the features are so disorganized and hard to use, for example to sharpen a resized image you need to go to an extra second dialog window each time and edit it there. That seems a bit stupid to me, because if you make an image smaller (first dialog window) it nearly _always_ needs a bit sharpening (second dialog window). That's _one_ step: Resizing & Sharpening, - but in ImageWell you have to go throu _two_ dialog windows just for that.

And I don't like the image editing tools (contrast, etc.) to be inside the edit window, they are to small, you can't handle that tiny sliders there if you have a high screen resolution.

You make to big steps if you move the slider only a bit. To use the sliders in a sensitive way, they need to be longer, I would put them in a moveable tool palette (Here is the place for a second window, just combine the first two dialog windows into one resizable window and put the tools in a floating window.)

The next thing I don't like is the long time till you see changes, the time it needs to redraw and show your changes is far to long. If I drag a slider I want to see the changes immediatly.

Next: All is so tiny, is this app designed for 640 x 480 screens?, It's an OS X app, who uses such small screen resolutions on OS X?

And, very important: where is the tool for correcting the white balance? Only contrast, saturation, brightness, but on many images you need to change the white point a bit. That basic feature is missing completely in ImageWell.

My conclusion: ImageWell is to disorganized for me and on big screens not useable, the app needs a redesign for a faster and better workflow.

I stay with GrahicConverter (Althought I hate GrahicConverter's interface as well) because I get so much more for a little bit more money. And for the smaller tasks I use the fantastic freeware PhotoToolCM (to poor that I can only use it on my PPCs, I would prefer to pay the 20 dollars to the developer of PhotoToolCM if he would make it Intel-ready.).

That's my review, like it or not.  
(Version 3.5.3)