NOTAFOOL  Correct. So he is asking an OUTRAGEOUS $29.00 JUST for the recording facility. A feature which FStream and numerous other internet radio applications provide completely for FREE.

I repeat. This is a GREEDY Developer, completely out of touch with reality. BEWARE !!  
(Version 1.0)

NOTAFOOL  An OUTRAGEOUSLY overpriced piece of unsatisfactory software. I have been totally unable to get it to successfully add ANY radio locations to its pre-set ones. There are HEAPS of far better internet radios out there for FREE. Avoid this OUTRAGEOUSLY GREEDY developer. FStream is infinitely better.  
(Version 1.0)

NOTAFOOL  At no stage have I ever suggested that anyone forced me to pay for the Beta version. But when I did pay for it I did expect it to be released on the promised date. Not a week later. In any event, now that I have the so-called "Final Version", I have to say that I find it no way any better than the Beta version. It still totally lacks the ability to reduce or magnify an image by a chosen PERCENTAGE - which is a feature any GOOD resizer should have. And it is still NOT as solidly stable as asserted. It has already crashed on me in the middle of my using it. And I do NOT find the documentation particularly well put together or helpful. It seems that this Developer simply objects to being told that his product is not very good. Something I suspect he will soon hear from not just myself.  
(Version 1.0)

NOTAFOOL  Yet ANOTHER beta version released - just 3 days before the SUPPOSED release of the FINAL version on 24 May ?? Is this Developer for real ?? Or just stringing everyone along with a whole succession of worthless and unreliable promises that ONE DAY there WILL in fact be a final version of this currently unsatisfactory program ? And that there WILL one day be PROPER documentation for it ? (At present there is NONE whatsoever). This is really VERY poor indeed. Particularly as the Developer is currently accepting money for what is simply an unsatisfactory beta version of an unsatisfactory application !! Beware.  
(Version 1.0b4)

NOTAFOOL  And today the Developer's website has been changed yet again, to announce that the planned release of the final version will be on 24 May 2009. I paid $12.00 in good faith for this unsatifactory program and now have NO confidence in either it or the integrity of the company developing it.  
(Version 1.0b3)

NOTAFOOL  On the Developer's website it used to say that the final version would be released on 14 May. Then that was changed to 15 May. It now IS 15 May and there is no sign of the final version or the promised full documentation. On the contrary - on 13 May yet another Beta version is released !! Why would anyone release another Beta version if the final version is, in fact, due for release only 2 days later ? Frankly I reckon now that this product is a lemon. And I do not trust the Developer.  
(Version 1.0b3)

NOTAFOOL  It does NOT work reliably at all. SOMETIMES it works, and more often than not it simply does NOT work. There is no rhyme or reason. It is totally erratic as to whether it works or not. Quite plainly "Radium" uses a NON-STANDARD method to deliver its audio stream. EVERY other audio stream that I record via Audio Hijack Pro I record by selecting the appropriate application as the "input". NEVER "System Audio". "Radium" is the ONLY audio application that does NOT work as an "input" the way that others do. And it does NOT work at all well with even "System Audio" chosen. I am aware that the Developer states that it works fine, but all I can say is that, FOR ME, it definitely does NOT. More important, however, is the question as to WHY "RAdium" uses a totally non-standard way of delivering its audio stream ?  
(Version 2.0.3.2)

NOTAFOOL   I wrote to Rogue Amoeba, which produces "Audio Hijack Pro", about my inability to record anything from "Radium".

It responded as follows:-

"It may be that Radium is using a nonstandard method of audio playback. One thing that might work is if you set Audio Hijack Pro to use MegaMix.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Make sure that Audio Hijack Pro is not currently hijacking audio.

2. With Radium selected as the audio source in Audio Hijack Pro, go to the Input tab and click "Advanced"

3. Select "Hijack all audio streams (MegaMix) and click OK.

4. Try hijacking as before.

Let us know what happens."

I tried all that and STILL Audio Hijack Pro totally refuses to record anything at all from Radium. I have written back to Rogue Amoeba and am awaiting its firther suggestions.

But in the meantime, BE WARNED. Radium does NOT work with Audio Hijack Pro. Which is pretty strange given that EVERY other audio sorce I own works perfectly with it.   
(Version 2.0.3.2)

NOTAFOOL  I wrote to Rogue Amoeba, which produces "Audio Hijack Pro", about my inability to record anything from "Radium".

It responded as follows:-

"It may be that Radium is using a nonstandard method of audio playback. One thing that might work is if you set Audio Hijack Pro to use MegaMix.

To do so, follow these steps:

1. Make sure that Audio Hijack Pro is not currently hijacking audio.

2. With Radium selected as the audio source in Audio Hijack Pro, go to the Input tab and click "Advanced"

3. Select "Hijack all audio streams (MegaMix) and click OK.

4. Try hijacking as before.

Let us know what happens."

I tried all that and STILL Audio Hijack Pro totally refuses to record anything at all from Radium. I have written back to Rogue Amoeba and am awaiting its firther suggestions.

But in the meantime, BE WARNED. Radium does NOT work with Audio Hijack Pro. Which is pretty strange given that EVERY other audio sorce I own works perfectly with it.  
(Version 2.0.3.2)

NOTAFOOL  This is a pretty primitive application at present, in my opinion. One cannot resize a photo by PERCENTAGE at all. Only by inputting specific numbers, which is less than satisfactory. There is also no PREVIEW of what the resized photo is going to look like. There is also NO "Help" or documentation whatsoever at present and the application requires such. It is NOT particularly intuitive at all. By the way, I HAVE paid for and registered the application. It MAY well turn out to be very good at some stage in the future - when improved considerably - but at the moment I find it hard to raise much enthusiasm for it. There are lots of re-sizers out there at present that, in my opinion, do a better job.  
(Version 1.0b1)

NOTAFOOL  So where precisely IS the "Favorites" feature ? How does one access it ? Like Dana I cannot find it either. Perhaps if the application came with some real useful inbuilt HELP, the Developer would not have to berate users who do not like the application all that much. I have had considerable correspondence with the Developer about aspects of this application that I don't like, and have found him to be testy and unpleasant when he receives ANY negative feedback.  
(Version 2.0.3.2)

NOTAFOOL  Every other application on my computer works absolutely fine. I have run both Disk Warrior and Drive Genius over it and both give it a 100% clean bill of health. If my computer is, in fact, "funky", then how come that doesn't show up in any way at all except with THIS particular application ? Never mind. I am quite content to do without SMCfancontrol. It's not such a big deal. But I'm certainly surprised that the Developer cannot offer any suggestions as to why it refuses to work on my computer, even though I have sent him Crash and Log reports.  
(Version 2.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I agree with Dana Sutton. The interface is very poor indeed. There is also no inbuilt "Help" whatsoever. And the Licence Key that one is sent if one chooses to register this application has over EIGHTY (yes 80) characters in it. I had the devil of a job registering the product and had to write to the Developer for CLEAR instructions as to how to do so. The instructions supplied in the application itself simply did NOT work. Not good ! I am now trying to RECORD from the application, using my "Audio Hijack Pro", but Radium TOTALLY refuses to work with Audio Hijack Pro. Audio Hijack Pro works beautifully with EVERY other audio source I have. But NOT at all with Radium. So what's up ?  
(Version 2.0.3.2)

NOTAFOOL  This is an excellent application which works very nicely indeed. Just as its "sister" application called "Carambola" does. I love them both. And be fairer to the Developer. The application is inexpensive to buy anyway.  
(Version 10.7)

NOTAFOOL  I did exactly as you recommended STOOPID MONK3Y. Absolutely NO difference whatsoever. The dopey application STILL totally refuses to launch. NOTHIng. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Not even the remotest hint that it is launching. I have given up on this dopey application now. It is a total LEMON as far as I am concerned. I have had correspondence with the Developer, who appears to have absolutely no idea why it will not launch even though I have sent him crash reports etc. I have now trashed this irritating application and intend having NOTHING to do with it. It appears to have more bugs in it than an entomologist's laboratory.  
(Version 2.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  This latest version - purporting to have been released today (21 April 2009) - is no better than any of the previous version I have tried. It still totally refuses to launch or do anything whatsoever. It remains a total LEMON as far as I am concerned. I have had quite a bit of correspondence with the Developer and have sent him crash reports, logs etc. So far he has no idea why it doesn't work for me. But it certainly doesn't. And check out his website. Many, many people are having all sorts of problems with it. It is simply NO good.  
(Version 2.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  Many thanks Mr Developer. I used Terminal as instructed by you and now everything is working fine. Many thanks for your assistance. Much appreciated !!  
(Version 0.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  Sorry. But when I open "Preferences" In Safari, I do NOT see any "Cookies" option. I see buttons for "General", "Appearance", "Bookmarks". "tabs", "RSS", "AutoFill", "Security", "Advanced" and "Glims". No "Cookies" option at all. To WHAT are you referring ?  
(Version 0.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I cannot follow this at all. I downloaded and installed this application, and can see the "Safari Cookies" folder in my "InputManagers" folder. In that folder are only 2 items, i.e. an "Info" file and a "Safari Cookies.bundle" file. Double-clicking on either of those files fails to open either of them. In particular, double-clicking on the "bundle" file results in the message, "There is no default application specified to open the document "Safari Cookies.bundle". What does all that mean ? Where does one FIND the application itself to configure it ? Is there not supposed to also be an Uninstaller somewhere installed. Where is it ? And where do I go to get the "Cookies" configuration/set-up - as shown on the screen-shot on the MacUpdate page ? I've tried everything, but cannot find any such screen. Should I being seeing a Preference Pane somewhere in "System Preferences" ? I do not see any such pane. I am running an iMac G5 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, with OSX Leopard 10.5.6. Any help at all will be greatly appreciated.

I just don't get this at all !!  
(Version 0.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  Sorry, but the newer version is just as bad the previous one. It simply does NOT - repeat NOT - launch on my computer, (Details of my computer and OS are in my first posting). This is extremely disappointing. Quite frankly, I no longer have ANY confidence in this application at all and shall NOT be trying it again. It appears to have been quite inadequately tested on the VERY machines that it purports to have been written for, and is bug-ridden. It has been released far too prematurely and simply does NOT work. BEWARE !!  
(Version 2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I ended up removing the application as well. Very disappointing indeed !  
(Version 2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I just downloaded and installed this application but, despite following the instructions to the letter, cannot get it to launch at all. My computer is an iMac 7,1, 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, SMC Version: 1.21f4, running Mac OSX 10.5.6. Is anyone else experiencing the same

problem ? I do NOT have any other fan cooling software installed.

  
(Version 2.2)

NOTAFOOL  A day or so ago there was a REPLY to my posting. That has ALSO mysteriously VANISHED WITHOUT TRACE NOW !! Just WHAT is MacUpdate up to ? Just why do postings vanish all the time ? It doesn't say much for the integrity of MacUpdate. Or for its independence.  
(Version 0.1.7)

NOTAFOOL  Where does the installer actually PUT this application ? I have downloaded and installed it, but cannot find it anywhere in my Applications folder or anywhere on my Hard Disk !! There surely must be some sort of an available interface with the application, but I'm damned if I can find it. Any help will be very greatly appreciated. I am running Mac OSX 10.5.6 on an Intel iMac G5. My version of iPhoto '09 is 8.0.2.   
(Version 1.2.6)

NOTAFOOL  I now, regrettably, have MAJOR doubts about the integrity of MacUpdate and its independence. Earlier today there was a review question whether this application has ANY useful purpose at all. I replied to that posting agreeing entirely. Those 2 postings have now mysteriously DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE - to be replaced instead by a posting giving the widget a 3 star rating. NOT VERY HONEST AT ALL MacUpdate. What the heck is going on here ??  
(Version 0.1.7)

NOTAFOOL  PDRAP - What you wrote is utter nonsense. Did you actually READ what I said about those particular applications that I criticized ? I fully justified what I wrote. As for your "theory" as to the origin of my chosen nickname "notafool" you are both insulting and wrong. I chose that nickname at the time I was criticizing David Byrum's "Absolute Backgammon" program and asserting that its dice rolls cheat. HEAPS of other folk have - for years on end - asserted exactly the same. I was simply sending the message to David that his denials did NOT fool me. As for wanting a "review" from me of Emailchemy - Well I cannot give it a review. The rude folk at Tech Support of Emailchemy NEVER got around to getting my PAID FOR software working !! They simply couldn't be bothered.They preferred to simply refund my money and tell me to go away. FANTASTIC tech support eh ? I 'm glad that YOUR experience with the company and its software was wonderful. Mine wasn't. On the contrary. It was LOUSY. So I stand totally behind what I wrote.The company has NO IDEA about good customer relations and good support.  
(Version 9.8.7)

NOTAFOOL  Well I am delighted that your experience with the company and its software was a great one. That in NO way alters the fact that MY experience of both was LOUSY. As for the rest of the garbage you wrote, it is not worthy of a response at all. You took a lot of my comments totally out of context, totally failed to mention even the name of the various software programs I had criticized on other occasions or even why. You gave an incredibly distorted and misleading "summary" of my many postings to MacUpdate. I note that your own posting to MacUpdate, to which I am here replying, is the only one you have EVER made, so you are hardly much of a contributor here are you. As for the ORIGIN of my chosen name "notafool", your theory is in fact totally misconceived. I choose that nickname when I asserted that David Byram's "Absolute Backgammon" is programmed to cheat. I did so to make it clear that I was not a fool. And that I was NOT fooled by David's continuous denials that his program cheats. If you read ALL the comments, you would have realized that HEAPS of folk are convinced that it cheats. And that they have been saying so for YEARS. And as for the Emailchemy software - I simply CANNOT "review" it at all. Why ? Because I NEVER got it to work, and the Developer simply REFUSED to assist me in getting to work, notwithstanding that I had PAID in full for it and was seeking URGENT tech support. The Developer's attitude was simply to promptly throw my money back at me and tell me to bugger off. Great Tech Support !!!   
(Version 9.8.7)

NOTAFOOL  Rubbish. If this company was remotely interested in its customers and LOOKING AFTER THEM properly, it would have IMMEDIATELY concentrated on ADDRESSING my problems, rather than simply refunding my money, when it DID eventually get around to reading my emails. I NEVER asked for a refund at ANY time. I simply wanted my purchase to WORK. I stand by every word I have written. There was NO legitimate excuse for this company to simply refund my money and tell me it was not going to deal with me any more. NONE. It had a DUTY to assist me. The language that I used in my emails was no worse than that likely to be used by ANY extremely annoyed and frustrated customer. And HOW is the customer supposed to know just WHEN "Customer Service" is or is not in duty ? I repeat - DO NOT DEAL WITH THIS UNSATISFACTORY COMANY, OR WITH ITS UNSATISFACTORY SOFTWARE, OR WITH ITS OBNOXIOUS, ILL-MANNERED STAFF. This company has ZERO understanding of good customer relations. ZERO.  
(Version 9.8.7)

NOTAFOOL  Avoid like the plague both this product and the unpleasant fellow who sells it - . Yesterday I ordered and paid for the FULL WORKING VERSION. My money was very speedily and efficiently accepted and I got an e-mail directing me in detail precisely from where to download the software,how to install it, and containingg a Licence Key. I followed the given instructions to the letter, however, the download I received from the given link gave me only the Demo version and NOT the FULL WORKING VERSION. The instructions given in the e-mail as to how to REGISTER the product and get it working proved totally useless, as NOWHERE to be found was ANY "Register" button or option at all. Nowhere. I tried to re-download the software at least 3 times. - Same story each time. I sent at least 3 e-mails promptly to the Tech Support people over a period of some 12 hours, in increasily annoyed tones - all of which were totally ignored. This morning I get an email from one "Matt Hovey" telling me he did not like the tone of my e-mails, and simply refunding my payment !!!! At NO stage did I ever ask for a refund. All I EVER asked for was support in getting successfully downloaded to my computer that which I had ordered and paid for. What an absolutely DISGRACEFUL way in which to treat a paying customer. So I urge all of you to avoid this product and the thoroughly obnoxious guy who sells it. I will NOT be dealing with his company EVER again. A truly BAD experience. One learns the hard way, regrettably. Be WARNED.  
(Version 9.8.7)

NOTAFOOL  This application has yet to complete a single defragmention job for me successfully. On every occasion the process "freezes" about halfway. A message appears at the foot of the application stating that it is "Allowing disk to cool" and "Temperature 56.0 C". But it never seems to resume the job. I have to quit it, to reclaim my computer. What on earth is it that is going on ? I have NEVER encountered anything quite so bizarre with any other defragmenting program that I have used, and am starting to wonder with iDefrag is in fact a total lemon. Can anyone advise me what the heck is going on here ? It is very disappointing indeed. I am using an iMac G5 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running Mac OSX Version 10.5.6  
(Version 1.6.8)

NOTAFOOL  I wish I could work out (a) what this application is actually supposed to do and (b) how to get it to do it !! Others may be able to fathom it out but, in the total absence of ANY documentation or "Help" I simply cannot. Is it intended as some sort of poor relation to "aLunch" ? I have aLunch, and love it. Any explanation of Orbiter would be appreciated  
(Version 1.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I am rather confused. I have downloaded and installed this update, but when I use the "Get Info" option on my "Front Row" application it shows as Version 1.0 and only 376Kb in size - created 2 June 2008. Can someone tell me just what is going on ? The application works, but I have no way of knowing whether Version 2.1.7 has in fact been installed or not. Pretty peculiar !! I am using an iMac G5 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OSX version 10.5.6  
(Version 2.1.7)

NOTAFOOL  I can't get this application to work at all on my iMac7,1Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz running Mac OSX 10.5.6 (Leopard). When I launch the application the relevant window pops up but absolutely ALL the preference options are "greyed out", as is the "Apply" button. Anyone else experiencing the same ?  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  Is this application intended to be a serious one, or is it meant to be a joke ? The colors of every image produced by Pola are absolutely revolting. Like a very off-color and very bad swiss cheese !! Is there any way at all to get decent and accurate colors from Pola ? I certainly can't find it, if there is.  
(Version 2.0a r1)

NOTAFOOL  I have just downloaded this latest version of Espionage, but it refuses to install correctly. (i have a paid-for licensed version of Espionage 2.0.1 at present). When I drag the icon of the downloaded version 2.0.2 into my "Applications" folder I get the following pop-up "error" message:-

"The operation cannot be completed because the item "Growl" is in use".

In fact, I do NOT have "Growl" installed on my computer at all, so I have no idea whatsoever what this error message is trying to tell me. My Mac is an iMac 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running Mac OSX Version 10.5.6. Mr Developer ? Any suggestions ?  
(Version 2.0.2)

NOTAFOOL  This software comes with NO "Help" menu whatsoever, nor with ANY explanation whatsoever of what it is supposed to do or offer the user. There are HEAPS of completely free excellent media players out there, that both look good and ARE good. This thing LOOKS cheap and amateurish and makes NO attempt at all to tell the user what it is, what it does, or why one should use it. IMHO it is completely useless.  
(Version 0.97)

NOTAFOOL  STEVEW wrote:-

"n the find results list ctrl-click (right click) a found item. In the contextual menu that comes up select "Reveal in Finder". A Finder window will open with the item selected. You can then do whatever you'd like with the file including dragging it to the trash or right-click and "Get Info", "Move to Trash" etc."

Thanks for this helpful reply.  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  You really ARE a very defensive and unhelpful fellow aren't you ? No-one else but you would have any difficulty whatsoever understanding exactly what I am saying. But since you appear to be not only uppity, unreasonably defensive, rude and more than a bit thick, I shall put it in simpler language. I searched for a particular file on my Hard Drive, using "Find Any File". It found that file and I can see that file in the application's window. I try to to drag it into the trash can, but it totally refuses to be moved at all. I look for some option IN the "Find Any File" application that will permit me to delete the file in any manner, but can't find any such option. I then post here, asking whether your application can or cannot delete a file. Instead of getting a straight and polite answer from you I get a rude rant. What is the matter with you ? This is no way to get folk to use or admire your software.  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  Corrigendum: Substitute "inability" for "ability" in my last posting.

A typographical error.  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  Mr Developer.

There is really no need at all to be so uppity and so defensive when I raise a perfectly legitimate question about your software. I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in denigrating it. All I am interested in doing is clarifying for myself precisely what it presently can do and what it presently cannot do. Of course I tried deleting files before I posted here about what appeared to me to be its current ability to delete a file moved to the trash. Why on earth would I raise the issue at all but for the fact that it wouldn't work for me ? Instead of getting angry with folk who are trying out your software and then raising queries, you should in fact be grateful that they are taking their time to test it and report back to you.  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  Is it possible in "Find Any File" to drag-and-drop straight into the trash, or to delete, a file that it has found ? It is possible using the "Find File" feature in MacOSX. If it is not currently possible, do you propose to add that feature to "Find Any File" at some time ?  
(Version 1.0.1)

NOTAFOOL  I was not in any way comparing it to Spotlight. I did not even mention Spotlight at all. Please re-read carefully what I wrote. What I asked was what does it do that the MacOSX built-in "Find" function does not do perfectly well already ?  
(Version 1.0)

NOTAFOOL  Maybe I am missing something, but for the life of me I cannot fathom what this application does or is supposed to do that Mac OSX's inbuilt "Find" function does not already do perfectly satisfactorily. Sure it works fine, but what is it adding ? Perhaps the Developer could explain ?  
(Version 1.0)

NOTAFOOL  Is this application still available for download anywhere ? I had it for a long time and loved it. Then I had a Hard Drive crash and lost heaps of applications, including MacReporter. Now all links that used to point to MacReporter (including links in MacUpdate) draw a complete blank and result in error messages. Does MacReporter still exist ? Can anyone tell me ?  
(Version 2.6)

NOTAFOOL  I love this application and find it incredibly useful. I simply can't do without it. But there is one drawback, which has already been mentioned here by another user, and that is that one is required to do all of one's listing tasks in the very small "Preferences" window - the size or shape of which cannot be changed in any manner at all. If one is seeking to list a LOT of one's favourite applications into aLunch it can take far longer than it really should to do so - largely because one can see so little in the window. Why it wasn't made with the usual resize--handle, is mystery. Mr Developer, if you could attend to that, it would become a truly excellent and useful application in ALL respect @.   
(Version 3.6)

NOTAFOOL  An incredibly stupid and time-wasting application for incredibly stupid time-wasters. Far too expensive, even free.  
(Version 1.3)

NOTAFOOL  This stupid installer does NOT install version 13.0.2 as stated. What it installs is, in fact, version 13.0.1 I posted to this effect yesterday, immediately after downloading and installing

it. My posting appeared on MacUpdate for perhaps 10 minutes and then was presumably summarily removed by MacUpdate as it is not there any more. MacUpdate, why did you do this ? It is foolish. And it is quite unacceptable to a person posting when you summarily remove postings without any explanation whatsoever.  
(Version 13.0.2)

NOTAFOOL  The moron that developed this application should now devote his skills and energy to creating a simulated or virtual brain for himself, as he plainly has not got a functioning real one. This application IMHO is every bit as nasty and evil as viruses, trojans, spyware and other malware. To even THINK of posting an application such as this to MacUpdate only serves to establish just what an evil, brainless idiot the developer must be. Shame on him Shame !  
(Version 2.0)

NOTAFOOL  Refuses to launch. Quits immediately on startup. On my iMac G5 Intel Core 2 Duo, running Leopard OSX 10.5.5. Strange, because the previous version (1.6.1) worked well with no problems.  
(Version 2.0)

NOTAFOOL  I note that the posted "System Requirements" for the latest version clearly state that version 10.5 of Mac OS X is required to run this application. I have that version and the software runs fine on my computer with no problems at all.  
(Version 1.32b4)

NOTAFOOL  I wrote to the Developer, who requested that I send him the Crash Logs from my Console. I did so and got the reply that I have a "broken font" and to de-install it. I responded that unless I knew WHICH font was broken, how on earth was I to know which font to de-install. I am yet to hear another word from the Developer. I paid good money (probably far too much) for this software and have not yet managed to get it to work for me even once ! In my view it is a lemon.  
(Version 3.4)

NOTAFOOL  This is totally untrue and unfair. When i find a developer's software to be excellent or very good I say so. When I find it to be poor I also say so. Absolutely no-one is obliged to agree with me either way. This whole MacUpdate forum would be completely useless if people did not "tell it as they saw it". And there is a vast difference between "spamming developers with bad reviews" and merely posting criticisms of software that I have found to be poor. If you think ChordMate is wonderful, for example, that is your right. Just as it is mine to disagree. I actually detest spammers as much as you do and definitely do NOT spam anyone. Whether here or elsewhere.  
(Version 1.4)

NOTAFOOL  I have just downloaded and installed this application and purchased a Licence Key. To date, however, it has completely failed to display any sllde-show at all of my photos, despite repeated attempts. All it does when I press the "Play" button is turn my screen completely black and then crash, with the "Application Quit Unexpectedly" pop-up message appearing. Not at all inspiring. Have I just blown my AUD $25.00 ? Seems so. I am using an iMac7,1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OSX Leopard 10.5.4.  
(Version 3.4)

NOTAFOOL  OK, I guess. But definitely not a patch on G-Force, which in my humble opinion is by far the best visualizer currently available. And I can't imagine why anyone would really want to shell out good money for the limited number of "extra" features that one apparently gets if one does so. One is much better off simply buying G-Force.  
(Version 1.46)

NOTAFOOL  I do not agree that this is good software. Having purchased it I feel that it is MASSIVELY overpriced for what it does. Furthermore, the so-called "Help" that comes with it is totally inadequate, in my opinion, for such a high-priced product. I believe that, at such a high price,a purchaser is entitled to expect comprehensive, clear and precise instructions to come with the software. What one gets is quite the opposite. I also encountered a bug with the registration process. I wrote to the developer, who has now admitted this bug and has stated that it will be addressed in the next update. Maybe. But still most unsatisfactory for very high-priced software.  
(Version 3.3.4)

NOTAFOOL  I've noticed no patterns at all. And "No". My username key is perfectly normal.  
(Version 1.2.1)

NOTAFOOL  So far, all I have attempted to do is to try out the program by encrypting a couple of separate documents, individually. They are not in a folder and I have simply been testing your program with each document individually - to see whether it works satisfactorily and just how to use it. As I said before, sometimes it works smoothly, but frequently it does not.  
(Version 1.2)

NOTAFOOL  I also encounter decryption problems as described.

Sometimes decryption works, but frequently it does not and I get an error message. The program, unfortunately, seems to be unstable/unreliable at this point in time. I am using an Intel iMac G5, running OSX 10.5.4  
(Version 1.2)

NOTAFOOL  This is poor software. There appears to be no quality control in relation to this product. Have a careful look at the "Formula" column (accessed via the "Chord Symbol Lookup" window. A significant number of the formulae are simply INCORRECT. See the formulae for "6th" chords, "6/9" chords, "11th" chords and "13th" chords. They are full of errors. This would be bad enough in freeware, but is utterly and totally unacceptable in software for which one is expected to pay. Don't touch it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

NOTAFOOL  This is a wonderful, easy to use application. Being able to resize in realtime, with sliders, is fantastic !! Great work, Mr Developer.  
(Version 1.2.1)

NOTAFOOL  I have tried both the suggestions offered by "simas, but they make no difference at all. The application still quits immediately, every time I try to launch it.  
(Version 1.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  I downloaded and installed this application but have so far been completely unable to get it to launch. Every time I try to launch it, It quits immediately. My computer is an iMac 7,1 with a 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, and Mac OS X 10.5.4 Leopard. I have verified all Permissions, as well as verified my Hard Drive, and all is fine. Has anyone else encountered this problem ? Has anyone got any suggestions ? I have sent 2 e-mails to the Developer but have received no reply. I am very keen to try out this application, as others have been giving it good reports.  
(Version 1.2.2)

NOTAFOOL  David,

Would you actually tell anyone if it DID in fact cheat constantly ? You are in BUSINESS. You make MONEY out of flogging this product. So your assurances that it doesn't cheat are worthless. When are you going to ever get the product properly (i.e. statistically) evaluated by a TOTALLY INDEPENDENT BACKGAMMON/STATISTICAL/SCIENTIFIC EXPERT WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO VESTED INTEREST IN THE OUTCOME ? Until such time as you do, the constant and long-time accusations (fully justified in my view) that the computer opponent has been cleverly programmed to cheat will keep coming. If you truly believed that your product did not cheat you would have no qualms whatsoever about having a truly independent expert test it. If he/she eventually confirmed that it does NOT cheat, you could sell it for twice the price and never have to put up with those irritating folk (such as me and heaps of others) that don't believe a word of your assertions about your product.  
(Version 5.7.5)

NOTAFOOL  I have NEVER at any time been able to get iMovie to launch on my Core Duo Intel iMac 7,1 running Mac OSX Leopard 10.5.4. It ALWAYS crashes immediately at launch. I installed this most recent upgrade in the hope that, just maybe, it might solve the problem. But NO. Just the same. Can anyone tell me precisely what I need to do to get iMovie to launch successfully ? My computer is very new, but iMovie has NEVER launched.  
(Version 7.1.4)

NOTAFOOL  This updated version (Plex 0.5b10) STILL contains absolutely NO documentation or help whatsoever.

Mr Developer, I'm damned if I can figure out how to use this complicated and unintuitive software without some proper HELP. It MAY well be fantastic software, but unless you provide some USEFUL, CLEAR AND COMPREHENSIVE documentation soon, I strongly suspect that heaps of potential users - such as myself - will totally lose all interest in even trying to find out whether it is good or bad software. NO documentation whatsoever, after requests for same, in my view demonstrates a complete lack of interest in those people willing to give your software a fair try.  
(Version 0.5b10)

NOTAFOOL  Write in whatever language you happen to speak.

Not everyone on the planet speaks English. In fact the overwhelming majority of the world's population does NOT speak English.  
(Version 0.6.1)

NOTAFOOL  Adobe Acrobat Reader Version 8.1.2 works very well indeed on my iMac 7,1 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, running OSX 10.5.3 Leopard. It is simply not correct that it does not run on Leopard.  
(Version 8.1.2)

NOTAFOOL  This program MAY conceivably be good. But the current total absence of ANY documentation or help whatsoever makes it utterly useless for me at present. WHAT is it capable of actually doing ? And HOW does one get the program to actually do it ? At present I have absolutely no idea ! Come on Mr Developer. Tell us all - in detail - how to use your program and I'll be delighted to give it a favourable review if it deserves one !!  
(Version 0.5b9)

NOTAFOOL  I have just upgraded to version 2.0b14 and now my TotalTunes Controller refuses to play any of my Playlists. I have used the "Reload Playlists" option, and tried to play my Playlists both via the Menu Bar and by choosing the relvant option within the Controller itself, but to no avail. It simply plays from "Music" at all times and refuses to open or play the Playlists. Could you look into this ? Otherwise, the application is working very well indeed !!  
(Version 2.0b14)

NOTAFOOL  Version 2.0b10 IS, indeed and at last, excellent !!!  
(Version 2.0b10)

NOTAFOOL  What more can I tell you by email that I have not already told you ?

Ronald S Huttner

Armadale 3143

Victoria

Australia  
(Version 5.3.3)

NOTAFOOL  I am a fully paid-up registered user of "Absolute Backgammon" and have been for a long time. Is version 5.3.3 not a free upgrade ? Does one have to pay again for every minor upgrade you issue ? I have never done so in the past and all upgrades have always worked just fine. It is only with version 5.3.3 that I have ever had problems. Please clarify the situation.  
(Version 5.3.3)

NOTAFOOL  This version 5.3.3, released on 19 Dec is a lemon. It keeps quitting unexpectedly in the middle of a game. Previous versions never did that. Note - all reviews currently appearing on MacUpdate are of EARLIER versions of this software - NOT of version 5.3.3  
(Version 5.3.3)

NOTAFOOL  Just eagerly installed this application on my iMac G5 (running OSX 10.4.11) and for the life of me cannot get it to work at all. All I get when I try to conect to web radio is a low-pitched loud buzzing sound at regular intervals and no radio. Is this application compatible with OSX 10.4.11 ? Have any known incompatabilities with other software been established as yet ? I'd love to be able to succesfully use this application but have had no success whatsoever so far.  
(Version 1.3)

NOTAFOOL  I have neither the time, the money nor the inclination to organise the testing of that which is your product. YOU are the one marketing it. So YOU organise the testing of it. In YOUR time and at YOUR expense. But make sure that the tester is truly and manifestly independent.  
(Version 5.3.7)

NOTAFOOL  David - I am not remotely interested in YOUR ridiculous assertions that the program does not cheat. Only when someone TRULY TOTALLY INDEPENDENT OF YOURSELF verifies that it doesn't cheat, after having TESTED IT EXTENSIVELY OVER A LENGTHY PERIOD will I ever believe that it does not cheat. Why are you frightened uf accepting my challenge ? What have you possibly got to lose ? If you weren't so totally pig-headed,stupid and stubborn, you could put an immediate end to the YEARS of accusations that numerous people have been making that your program cheats.I repeat - what the hell are you frightened of ??? Being exposed ???  
(Version 5.3.7)

NOTAFOOL  Come on, Mr. Byrum. I challenge you. I have played your dopey "Absolute Backgammon" against the computer literally thousands of times now and it CHEATS, CHEATS, CHEATS, CHEATS AND CONSTANTLY CHEATS. Your absurd claims that the dice rolls are utterly random are the claims of a deceptive fool. My challenges to you are these:-

(1) Agree to have your ludicrous claims TESTED over a 12 month period by a person who is each of the following:-

1. Totally and 100% independent of yourself, your products, and any business or company in which you have an interest;

2. An expert statistician;

3. Thoroughly experienced in backgammon.

(2) Agree to PUBLISH on all relevant backgammon websites the FULL, UNEDITED RESULTS, whether they support your claims or not. Until you agree to the above, I will continue to utterly reject your childish and deceptive claims that the computer plays an honest game against a human opponent.  
(Version 5.3.7)

NOTAFOOL  Don't believe a word of David Byrum's rantings about the dice rolls being random. They are utter rubbish. Both David's Backgammon AND Absolute Backgammon cheat unmercifully. They simply consistently give the computer "miracle" rolls over and over again, while ensuring that the human opponent gets bad rolls. The computer also regularly gives you an unjustifiable double and then immediately follows up with a series of "miracle" rolls to retrospectively rescue itself from a bad double. If Mr Byrum were honest, he would have his product tested over a lengthy period by a TRULY INDEPENDENT expert in statistics and a TRULY INDEPENDENT WORLD EXPERT IN BACKGAMMON. He would then publish the results - whether favourable or unfavourable. He doesn't do so - for patently obvious reasons. As far as I am concerned, this and Absolute Backgammon are utterly dishonest products, which should be avoided like the plague.  
(Version 5.3.5)

NOTAFOOL  There is absolutely NO way known that the dice rolls generated by the computer are random, despite David Byrum's insistence to the contrary. After literally thousands of games against the computer I have noted that the frequency with which it throws absolute "miracle rolls" for itself, (never for its human opponent), is so totally contrary to the odds as to be a rather poor joke. Come on Mr Byrum - it is high time you stopped trying to kid people and admitted that which is patently obvious. The computer's dice rolls for itself are plainly and obviously NOT random, nor anything like such !!!  
(Version 5.2.3)