RADD  Looks pretty, searches great...

... but freezes constantly under Leopard and hasn't been updated in 19 months.

I love it to death, but it may be time to move on to something that's actively supported and does the primary job of a torrent app (downloading torrents) first and foremost. I'll miss the bells and whistles, but the freeze-ups... not so much.  
(Version 1.1v53)

RADD  I really want to like Coda enough to switch to it as it has a number of great ideas. However, there are a few things that hold it back compared to editors that are more fully-featured on the text-editing side.

- Diff support: As far as I can tell, there is no method of diffing files, perhaps other than doing it through the terminal.

- Large files: forget opening large files. Coda crawls to a halt in a huge way in it's current state. It seems to be built for rather small files, which is fine, but it needs to be able to handle files of a few thousand lines to meet my needs.

- Online collaboration of files is wonky: I can get SubEthaEdit itself working in this regard quite easily, but Coda wants to create URLs to my shared files that will only work on an internal network (machine.local), even when it works fine when shared to the outside world. Compared to the newest SubEthaEdit's method of sharing files with the outside world, Coda is a hassle right now.

- Clip library: It's nice that I can auto-complete, but compared to the added clip features in BBEdit, Coda's clips palette is rather lacking.

Don't get me wrong, Coda is at a nice start, but the core of the tool for me is the editor, which just doesn't compare to something like BBEdit right now.

It's nice to have everything under one roof... but I wasn't really having trouble with my apps not playing nice with each other before anyway. At least not enough to warrant giving up power features that I need for a little less window switching.

I'm looking forward to future development, but until my top 4 improvements hit, I just can't make the jump, sadly.  
(Version 1.1)

RADD  Please support SFTP...

Apple's OSX Server FTP daemon is horribly buggy... and this plugin pukes on it constantly.

I mean... cmon guys... it's not like SFTP is some new-fangled thing.  
(Version 1.5.5)

RADD  In trying to debug with BareBones help, I found that disabling elements of the navigation bar and status bar had an improving effect.

For my own purposes... I disabled both the navigation bar and status bar entirely. (under preference > text status display > show navigation bar AND show status bar).

Since disabling these, the problem has gone away.

However, these are features that were present previously and did not cause a slow down.

To BareBones credit... they immediately responded to my queries about this problem and admitted that it may be related to code that determines functions... and that they were already looking into it.

In the meantime... I'd suggest either disabling those features if you can do without them, or reverting to 8.2 until a patch is released if you cannot.  
(Version 8.5)

RADD  Performance with just typing in large documents seems abysmally bad compared to the last version... this on a dual 2ghz G5.

Not sure if it's just me, but so far I'm not impressed in the least. Some nice features sure, but what good are they if typing is impaired?

Try the demo before you buy the upgrade... you've got 30 days to see if your mileage varies.  
(Version 8.5)

RADD  As always, this continues to be junk compared to USB Overdrive (yet still locks people with keyboard/mouse combos into using it, sadly).

The fact that they use most of text in the "What's New" release notes to advertise their new mice is also rather telling.

I've said it before... buy their mice (avoid the keyboard/mouse combos unless you enjoy using 3rd rate software like this) and install USB Overdrive instead.

It's sad that Logitech, after all these years, STILL produces such horrible, featureless drivers for such great mice.  
(Version 2.1)

RADD  Okay... so today I try again to register, just on a whim...

... and now it works, registers me and makes the headache stop.

Maybe David is listening after all. :)

Also... 2.5 seems much more responsive than the last version, so I guess I'm eating my words today. Seems it was worth the initial frustration, at least for me. Hope this is a sign of good things to come.  
(Version 2.5)

RADD  Agreed.

It's not "donationware" if you have to pay to use it. The whole headache involved here makes me just not care.

It's good software... but the process of getting it in the first place is about as much a pain as getting a mortgage.

I'll pass until the developer can get over this terrible, proprietary nightmare... or at least admit that it is not, in any way, "donation" based.  
(Version 2.5)

RADD  Eesh... a bit harsh considering it's one guy who doesn't write the software for a living.

Well... good luck taking your business elsewhere. There isn't anywhere else worth going.  
(Version 10.4.5)

RADD  I've been a user of Sound Studio since before the first official release... back in the pre-release betas.

I have to say... back then, SS had a very reasonable price, but it had steadily climbed toward more "luxury" oriented pricing.

That said, since Freeverse took over, the price has rocketed to "insulting".

Not only has Freeverse turned me off to Sound Studio... but now, I will be very wary of purchasing ANYTHING else from them. I'd rather support developers who aren't trying to pull one over on me.

They should add a slogan for 3.0...

"Average User Functionality At Professional User Prices."

Time to come back to planet Earth, Freeverse. It's shareware, not a cure for cancer.  
(Version 3.0.2)

RADD  Love the release notes:

"supports new mice and keyboards".

Except that Logitech's support for previous mice and keyboards on OSX was so bad that it was laughable.

Folks... do yourself a favor... don't use Logitech drivers. Also... don't buy a Duo (keyboard and mouse combo) as they all but require these lousy drivers.

Instead... buy a wonderful Logitech mouse (don't get me wrong... I LOVE their mice)... but then grab a copy of USB Overdrive... which will allow you to do all the things with your wonderful new mouse that you'd hope these driver could... but won't.

Save yourself the headache... don't download LCC.  
(Version 1.6.2)

RADD  Not sure if I'm alone here... but more than half of my old widgets no longer work right with the "Yahoo" version of Konfabulator... plus, it pops a message to make me verify if I want to run 3rd party widgets... but won't let me approve or disapprove them... so i have to quit the app altogether. If I ever DO get a 3rd party widget running, they display incorrectly or not at all (though still suck up process).

I've tried reinstalling, rebooting, etc.

Having been a Konfabulator user & developer since day one, I must say I am quite disappointed since Yahoo took over. I hope this is not a sign of the kind of support for the Mac we can continue to expect since Yahoo's acquisition of this product.  
(Version 3.0.1)

RADD  i like the multiple windows, personally. Part of the reason things take up so much space is that SoulSeek has so much information to display. I wouldn't be opposed to unifying the interface into one window... but it would have to be done VERY well... not just for the sake of making it take up less space.  
(Version 1.0b6)

RADD  Great potential... but crashes so often that it's practically unusable.

Definitely worth watching... but not currently usable in the sense that SoulSeek is meant to be used. When you consider that SoulSeek is most valuable as a P2P service to stay connected to for extended periods of time... and then consider that the app will rarely stay running for more than an hour (sometimes only a minute or so)... then you're left with something that defeats the purpose.

Again... next release, I'll give it another whirl... and I'd be VERY happy to donate whatever I can... but not until it's something I can actually use.  
(Version 0.94)

RADD  $80???

Eeek!

I remember picking this up back at version 1, then paying for the 2 upgrade... but unless there are an absolute TON of new features... I just don't see how doubling the price can be justified.

Don't get me wrong... I love Sound Studio 2 and 1 before it... but... $80?

I think more detail from Freeverse (the "new" owners) as to how they arrived at that number is in order.  
(Version 3.0)

RADD  They wouldn't even need to hire him...

I'm sure they could simply license his driver for less than they're paying their inept Mac programmer(s).  
(Version 1.6)

RADD  Thank you Peter... as always, great work.

Good luck tracking down the menu-switching crash. It would be nice to see the original speed return, but in the meantime, it's nice to have a fix.  
(Version 4.0b24)

RADD  Insanely buggy. Macromedia continues to produce version after version of terrible software. Some examples under Tiger (and possible before)...

1) The help system doesn't work at all... you can search... but not view ANY entries. Which is horrible because it no longer even comes with a manual.

2) Swapping instances is impossible if you organize your library into multiple folders... you can only swap within the folder the previous item was in.

3) Sounds are no longer packaged with the app as they were in previous version.

4) Random quits are not uncommon... save often

5) Menu items continue to migrate around making moving from previous versions difficult.

6) ActionScript has been updated AGAIN... making ever actually learning the thing near impossible... constant changes to syntax and a library of commands larger than most other languages make ActionScript a behemoth of dead weight and poor planning. Add in the fact that the editor is absolutely terrible... and you've got one fantastic disaster for scripting.

These are just some of the things that annoyed me in the last hour of use... the list goes on.

If you can avoid using Flash... please do. It is a terrible application that is frequently misused on the web anyway.

I would suggest to the "curious" to just save yourself the headache and learn other web technologies... and suggest to professionals that they wait to see what Adobe decides to do with Macromedia since the acquisition. With any luck, Adobe will replace Flash with an open standard like SVG and rid the world of this travesty.  
(Version 7.2)

RADD  Though Dashboard is impressive in many respects, it is sad to see people kick Konfabulator just because Apple did.

The new & updated Konfabulator widgets feature a level of user-customization that is currently lacking in Dashboard widgets... and will help set the stage for Konfabulator widget developers to begin to offer similar advantages to their users.

Dashboard widgets currently suffer from the same flaws that early Kon widgets did... lack of consistency & huge size. Though Dashboard is an impressive technology, it does not seem to have learned from Konfabulator's early mistakes.

Though Amnesty can allow you to run dashboard widgets on your desktop, at this point, who would want to run the current Dashboard widgets all the time? On the other hand, Konfabulator features quite a few widgets that run well in the background on the desktop without distraction, excessive CPU usage, and easy reach of the eyes.

It also seems strange to me the decreased usefulness of some things being put in Dashboard... like the itunes widget. Why would i want to go to the Dashboard to change my itunes track or see it's info when I can do this onscreen already? Though the widget they created is very attractive, it is less than useful inside the Dashboard because invoking it requires an extra step. Konfabulator users can choose whether their items exist in an envoked screen or constantly onscreen, helping to eliminate such user-interaction problems.

The truth of the matter is, Dashboard is wonderful... but it and it's widgets have a lot of growing up to do before they truly offer a "replacement" for Konfabulator.  
(Version 2.0)

RADD  I too had problems getting Xounds to work on Tiger, and had noticeable slowdowns using ShapeShifter as well...

The solution that worked for me...

Use the installers for all the haxies I had installed to uninstall all of them... then reinstall them all for "this user only".

I'm not sure whether the performance & functionality fixes were in any way related to previously installed for all users or not... but uninstalling them all and reinstalling the most recent versions has allowed Xounds to begin working flawlessly and window dragging/redraws to perform at least twice as fast as before.

It's worth a try for everyone having problems at the very least.  
(Version 2.3)

RADD  Version 5.1 seemed to work fine with 10.4 until I tried to configure... then special keys stopped working altogether. Curious if anyone else has experienced this.

My guess is that there is something that makes this version incompatible with Tiger.  
(Version 5.1)

RADD  Version 1.3.2 is the version of the update "tool"... not the firmware update itself.

1.0.7 is the version of the "firmware" that this version of the tool installs.

A bit confusing, yes.. but you should be up to date.  
(Version 1.3.2)

RADD  okay... the new build works. thanks.  
(Version 2.0.2)

RADD  can i have version 2.0.3!?!?

2.0.2 doesn't even launch... something to do with ZeroLink.framework... can't open the library.

sigh.  
(Version 2.0.2)

RADD  Excellent software. Easy to setup (hooks right into iTunes and iPhoto), easy to use (detects the PSP upon connection and syncs). Loads the PSP with photos, music, and videos that are compatible with it (JPEG, MP3, and MP4 video) as well as backs up your saved games from the memory stick.

If you've got a PSP and a Mac, look no further.  
(Version 1.5)

RADD  Easily the best MySQL management tool for Mac... which you can take one of two ways, both of which are correct:

On one hand, CocoaMySQL is a pretty solid tool... it's stable, easy to use, quick, and effective... everything you need to make a solid base app.

On the other hand, a good part of the reason it is the best app for this purpose available is that most every other MySQL client for Mac is pretty much abysmal on one level or another.

Sadly, it has been over a year and a half since the last update and we seem to be perpetually left with a, though very solid & stable, "mostly done" app. There is still quite a bit of room for improvement and feature enhancement... no question.

I would probably consider cutting off body parts if I thought it would get development rolling again.

That said... if you're looking for a solid, stable, easy to use MySQL tool for OSX that covers the basics (and thus 90% of what you'll likely need), downloading CocoaMySQL is a no-brainer.  
(Version 0.5)

RADD  Sadly, many people here seem to be reviewing the "unregistered version"... and comparing this to Red Pill. Red Pill is a free saver that does what the unregistered version of MatrixGL does very well, if not better for some people... no argument there.

But the full version of MatrixGL must be seen to be believed. Honestly, I can hardly believe it is the same product... there are so many cool options in the full version that it makes my brain hurt... video, audio, picture rotation, transparent to desktop, log files as streams, options, options, options.

While the unregistered version doesn't seem to stand out very much...

The registered version is EASILY one of the best screensavers out there. In a word: Unbelievable.  
(Version 2.1)

RADD  Madra is "dumb" for pointing out that OS X has a built in palette that does much of what PopChar does?

Sorry... but that's just ridiculous. If PopChar really can't be compared to the built-in character palette... try explaining "why" instead of making broad, sweeping comments about other comment authors who are trying to be helpful for those of us not too into the idea of paying $30 for this app.

What was truly "dumb" was an anonymous post taking a crack at another user's helpful comment without any attempt to prove your own point of view.

I, for one, would LOVE to know "why" I should pay $30 for this... so obviously, comparing the two WOULD be in order.  
(Version 2.2.1)

RADD  Less boldness in the menu being a flaw I guess? Personally, I like Butler's menus just as they are.

Anyway... to answer the initial question... no, there isn't much Butler can't do.

WinSwitch too is a wonderful tool... but i, personally, use Butler almost exclusively for this sort of thing because doing so keeps me from having to run a lot of other menu enhancements. All in one place under one active process is much better than a lot of independent processes.

That said... if you don't have the need of all Butler's bells and whistles, WinSwitch is a well done alternative with an ideal price. Can't go wrong either way.  
(Version 3.0)

RADD  Had a problem... developer responded within 5 minutes. That alone makes Transmit worthy of consideration.

But beyond that, Transmit is a solid FTP app, and 3.0 adds a lot of very cool and handy features.

Another excellent product in a long list from Panic.  
(Version 3.0)

RADD  What a poor excuse for a review... thanks for putting your name on the line with that one "anonymous". And thanks for all the great points you made...

... move along... don't feed the troll.  
(Version 3.0)

RADD  Thank you SOOOO much.

This was really freaking me out.

To say this bug needs to be fixed is a massive understatement.  
(Version 9.0.1)

RADD  Wow!

I'll have to spend some time before a true review... but my first impression is definitely one of amazement...

VERY different than previous versions... and so far... in a VERY good way!

Kudos to Omni for evolving the 3.0 well beyond the limitations of the 2.0. Instead of modest improvements, 3.0 seems fully redesigned to achieve the original goals, but with power and interface enhancements to spare.

OmniOutliner definitely seems poised to return itself to my list of "can't live without" apps!  
(Version 3.0b4)

RADD  Since some people are just too lazy to investigate, but quick to dismiss reality...

Here's 10 seconds of my user's console.log... (Stubby is the machine name, in case you're confused)

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Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: Modifiers changed : 0x4

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:16 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 2 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 12 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 11 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 12 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 12 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 11 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 12 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby last message repeated 12 times

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:17 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: Key down : 0x1A

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: Modifiers changed : 0x0

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: Key up : 0x1A

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0xD4

Oct 18 09:42:18 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:19 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

Oct 18 09:42:21 Stubby last message repeated 101 times

Oct 18 09:42:23 Stubby kernel: Modifiers changed : 0x4

Oct 18 09:42:23 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: Key down : 0x1A

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: Modifiers changed : 0x0

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: bool com_Logitech_HIDevice::isQueuing()

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: Key up : 0x1A

Oct 18 09:42:24 Stubby kernel: keyboard activity : 0x54

Oct 18 09:42:25 Stubby kernel: mouse activity : 40

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So yeah... to the guy who said I was clueless... I'm just so crazy I made all that up out of boredom. Thanks for playing.

Sorry... but this is what Logitech's lousy drivers are doing, not my imagination.

That's ONLY TEN SECONDS worth of activity.

I've got tens of MEGABYTES of this junk. It wasn't always that way... but then, one day, it started. I am not sure what the trigger was... but I did know what would stop it...

... and that was tossing my MX Duo to the side, uninstalling this poor excuse for a driver, and switching to a company that actually cares about it's Mac component.

Oh, and in case you wonder... I have 14 Logitech mice and one Logitech keyboard... I absolutely LOVE their hardware... it's these drivers that make me nuts.  
(Version 1.4.1)

RADD  head to the top level, genius... since so many of YOU are clueless... I'll post it to the unwashed masses..  
(Version 1.4.1)

RADD  Okay... here's the deal kids.

For all you people who say "what is wrong with it?" The problems:

1) For many users, it LOGS YOUR ACTIVITY. I watch my log files go nuts when I move the mouse or hit a key. This is just plain wrong for two reasons... one, why should Logitech be logging my activity? Sounds like spyware to me. Two, I USE my logs to track OTHER things... they are made useless by all the jabbering that Logitech does to them... just overflowed with all my keystrokes and mouse movements. Don't check your logs? Lucky you... but guess what? It's STILL keeping track of everything you do. Some people claim this doesn't happen for them... in fact, for some time it didn't happen to me either. But it started... and it does.

2) The mouse drivers are NOT configurable by app... and they're not all that well configurable globally either. Don't care? Fine... but MANY of us DO... that's why we paid for a configurable power-user mouse. Play games? Not with Logitech's drivers... because you end up stuck using the global configuration more times than not... that's even IF the mouse works right in the game anyway. Configuration on a per-app basis has been a part of input device drivers for YEARS. The lack of it's inclusion in this software for the past 4 years is an insult to those of us that pay a premium for Logitech's mice and keyboards.

3) If you have a duo... you are LOCKED IN to using this driver for BOTH mouse and keyboard... so you CANNOT use USB Overdrive, despite the claims of so many on the forums here. USB Overdrive is an acceptable solution for mouse owners ONLY. If you try to go the USB Overdrive route, you end up hobbling your keyboard to an unusable state. Besides, why should we all have to pay extra for something Logitech SHOULD BE PROVIDING??? I love USB Overdrive and use it on my laptop... but it is ridiculous that USB Overdrive has become the solution of choice for so many Logitech mouse owners JUST BECAUSE Logitech's drivers lack sooo many standard features. This is something we are paying for, and not getting. I for one, am tired of paying for something Logitech is not giving us.

4) If you have a duo, you aren't even able to configure many of the keys on your keyboard. This is just plain stupid. It would take almost no effort for Logitech to allow us to have control over several of these keys... but they won't do it. The media keys are locked into iTunes... NO CHOICE. That's great for iTuens... but why wouldn't you want to use them elsewhere? And we're not even talking per-app... this is GLOBAL. Per-app configuration does not exist here either.

5) Over the course of attempting to use these drivers for the last 4 years or so, about half of the updates have been non-functional or caused other features to fail. Logitech's QA is terrible on this driver. Read through the review history here... it is packed with problems and issues caused by updates.

6) Logitech does NOT care about YOU, the Mac user. If they did, they wouldn't continue to produce drivers so far below the standard of their Windows counterparts. Indeed, if you even took the time to LOOK at what other drivers offer, you'd feel ashamed. MicroSoft's drivers for their duos beat the pants off Logitech... by A LOT. I have written letters, emailed, even called Logitech over the years to request that they please put some real effort into these drivers... and for years they have continued to do less than the absolute minimum.

7) Less importantly, but still on the list... the driver configuration is terrible. If they could have devised a system that was any more un-mac-like, I'd be surprised. First, you go to the System Prefs... then you select what you want to configure... then you go into another app... and then that app is organized in the most atrocious way. I'm sorry... but I own a Mac for a REASON... and ease of use is one of those. There are plenty of drivers made by just about all of Logitech's competition that far exceed what we're given on this level too.

If you are pleased with drivers that lack many features you might want, had you been given the opportunity...

If you LIKE spending more money for USB Overdrive to get features the box the mouse came in told you it already had...

If you enjoy supporting a company who USED to care about the Mac, but now seems to show an incredible lack of concern...

Then have fun.

Do the drivers "work"... yes... minimally.

But I, like most of you, didn't pay a premium for Logitech hardware to have "minimal" functionality.

I didn't buy a $90 MX 1000 mouse to have it not work right, only to be forced to use USB Overdrive.

I didn't buy an MX Duo only to be left without the ability to configure keys the box claimed I could.

I paid for the hardware AND the software... and the hardware is great....

but Logitech continues to push this lazy attempt at a driver, which at it's best, minimally supports mice and keyboards designed for power-users...

... and at it's worst, logs your activity, or just flat out fails to work at all in some cases.

I have to believe that the reason some people are pleased is that they simply don't realize what they are missing. If you want to know... go look at USB Overdrive... go look at MicroSoft's standard drivers.

Just because you don't miss it now doesn't mean you can't use it...

and it IS something you paid for.

So why NOT demand better from Logitech?  
(Version 1.4.1)

RADD  I will CONTINUE to complain about it, thanks.

Try using it for keyboard AND mouse... then you'll understand.

It is a terrible driver with less functionality than any competitor's product... attached to hardware that far exceeds any competitor.

The more people keep saying "huh? i don't get it", the less likely Logitech is to EVER care about delivering a quality driver.

Sorry... but this IS a bad driver. I can't help it if you're satisfied with less than what you paid for.  
(Version 1.4.1)

RADD  That's like comparing the painting tools in Appleworks to Photoshop and trashing Photoshop because you couldn't figure it out right away. Some counter points...

1) Butler is designed to do a LOT more than LaunchBar and is therefore more complex. I, personally, managed to eliminate 8 other assistance apps just by switching to Butler.

2) Butler is in beta... so try to forgive a little. Yes, it's in beta a lot.... but it IS under constant development.

3) Being that it's in beta, documentation is probably a little lax... but then, new stuff is still being added. Hard to keep thing simple when you're still adding new things.

4) The developer is EXCELLENT... if you have a suggestion that you think would make things easier, he's more than willing to discuss it with you.

5) LaunchBar cost $20... Butler costs nothing, unless you feel you'd like to contribute.

I think, in order to understand what everyone is so pleased about, you need to take the above into consideration and give it a little more time...

... you can't just expect it's search feature to work just like LaunchBar and shrug off a ton of other functionality when it doesn't.  
(Version 4.0b19)

RADD  Some of us actually PAID for the features it touts on the box, yet lacks driver support for.

How "bright side" of you to be happy with so much that doesn't work... though wouldn't it be nice to have the "option" to use or not use them?

If not, I have a car that "sometimes" starts I'd like to sell, if you're interested. ;-)  
(Version 1.3)

RADD  Um... yeah...

that's not gonna happen.

Logitech does not care AT ALL about what we want...

I've sent numerous emails to them directly about all the things you mention for the last 2 years.

Sorry... it's not gonna happen.  
(Version 1.3)

RADD  Again... this is terrible software.

Unfortunately, as stated before... USB Overdrive is not a solution for many users as it only supports mice... not Logitech keyboard/mouse combos and other devices LCC is meant to drive. It cannot be used in tandem with LCC either as they don't play well together.

If you bought a combo like I did, you're pretty much S.O.L.

Great hardware from Logitech... but their software is absolutely a pain to endure.  
(Version 1.3)

RADD  Cliff...

If you were truly interesting in not insulting intelligence, you'd have had good sense enough to read my post again and realize that I didn't compare Christianity to pornography... I described my reaction to the constant inclusion of this application as a "new update" considering its unique targeting of a specific faith/point of view (i.e. promotion thereof) as repelling and thus similar to a likely reaction it's author might have to the inclusion of pornography or other offensive material. But thank you for taking the sidebar to explain Christianity to me... that was very informative. Oh, and your assumptions that I do not have a spiritual life were equally enlightening. Talk about insulting intelligence. Now, hopefully, we have all your assumptions about me out of the way. I won't do you the same disservice in this forum.

I again say that I find the inclusion of secular applications that are clearly designed for one specific ideology, rather than being designed for a broad range of faiths or ideologies, unsettling, or as I had originally stated... repelling.

To be perfectly clear... if this application were more generally targeted to assist leaders of numerous faiths and philosophies, it would not bother me in the least.

In fact, it isn't even the inclusion of this specific-faith application that bothers me nearly as much as it's constant updating without documentation as to what, if anything, has been updated. I believe this calls into question the author's motives in constantly updating this software in the first place. It would not be the first time a software author has released small point updates merely as a means of "free advertising". That "free advertising", in this case, is more than just a means of promoting his product... in this case it is quite possibly a means of promoting his faith. It is that which I find most repelling. It is, of course, "possible" that this is not the case... but I see no documentation to the contrary.

Either way, as I had stated before, this is merely my opinion... but, feel free to make more assumptions about me personally or to misread what I have written... again.

KF...

While I understand your point... I do not think constant updates without documenting those updates is an effective (let alone acceptable) means of advertising this, or any, software. I would estimate that the vast majority of Mac users do not use MacUpdate or VersionTracker on a regular basis... and most probably not at all. This assessment is based on personal experience, of course, but less than 10% of the Mac users I know frequent these sites. That would hardly seem an effective means of "spread(ing) the news" about any software, much less such a specific one.

If the question is helping worship leaders to chose Mac over PC, there are numerous publications, both in print and online, that would be much more effective as specifically targeted advertising. Yes, these cost money. But so does this application... we're not talking about a free service that the author is providing.

While I frequent this site many times per day, I do not believe MacUpdate to be an effective weapon in the Mac/PC debate... but rather as a tool for those of us already firmly on one side.

To assist your community further... perhaps the author could convince the producers of one or more secular publications to do an article on assistance software available on all platforms.  
(Version 4.8.2)

RADD  What makes you think there ARE changes?

The more "updates" get released, the more it pops up on sites like VersionTracker and MacUpdate, the more people see it, the more people visit the developer's (and I use the term loosely) "site"... and the more potential he has to forward his specific religious agenda.

I, personally, think applications designed around specific "ideologies" have no place in forums like this... but that's not for me to decide. I'd say the same about mini-apps whose only purpose is to poke fun of political candidates, no matter what their affiliation.

To each his own, really... but I don't come to MacUpdate to see this app pop up once per month... I find it very repelling... the same way it's developer would find a porn app "getting updated" on MU all the time.  
(Version 4.8)

RADD  That is truly disturbing.

I'm half ready to start a petition for other people absolutely frustrated by Logitech's abysmal support of this product.

It's disgusting really.  
(Version 1.2)

RADD  I, personally, don't care about accelerated scrolling. That's not my issue.

That said, not one issue that I have sent to them on several occasions has been addressed, responded to, touched upon, or improved... and as best as I can tell... this update adds nothing except a bug and a new icon.

And we had to wait 10 months for that. (1.1.1 was released in May of 2003)

The fact that "they're on top of the bug" is hardly inspiring when the update didn't seem to add anything except the bug anyway.

I dunno... I, personally, don't call that service and support for the Mac community.

If you want to pick nits about who is worse between them and Microsoft, I think you're missing the point. I don't pin blue ribbons on things for not being the "absolute" worst.

I guess one can be heartened by the fact that they answered the phone... but I think their track record on the releases & release dates for this software speaks for itself. They simply do not care about the Mac anymore.

For the record, hardware-wise... I think they're great, possibly the best... always have.

But I'm tired of LCC being so sub-par compared to both it's Windows counterpart and other driver software for the Mac... and this "update" of nothing just annoyed me all the more.  
(Version 1.2)

RADD  BTW...

I am a huge fan of USB Overdrive... and I've suggested to it's creator that he could save a lot of Logitech users a lot of grief if he could support it's keyboards too...

but I imagine he's too busy to do so. Updates of USB Overdrive are infrequent (partly because it works so well) and it seems that support for other devices would be a low priority.

Believe me... I would LOVE to use USB Overdrive.

But many of us cannot.  
(Version 1.2)

RADD  Three words back...

CAN'T USE IT!

USB Overdrive only supports the Mouse. If you have a duo... you NEED the logitech drivers in order to use the keyboard thanks to Logitech bundling them together.

I have a better solution...

How about Logitech pulls it head out of it's nether region and gives us what we paid for instead of making half of us annoyed and the other half search out alternative drivers?  
(Version 1.2)

RADD  The MX duo will be the LAST thing I ever buy from this horrible company.

Every single issue I complained about numerous times to tech support (without ever getting a response from them) is still present.

@#&%$@#%!!!!!!

Again... worst drivers ever. Even if Logitech only had ONE mac programmer... this is the only release they've made for Mac IN A WHOLE YEAR.

And it completely sucks!

Demand better, Mac community! You're being treated like second class citizens again!  
(Version 1.2)

RADD  Honestly, donationware is BETTER than freeware... it means give if you can, which I think makes more sense than forcing users to pay an arbitrary sum or not giving them the option to contribute what they can if they find it useful enough.

It is by no means hobbled if you don't pay...

It's just a nice gesture on your part if you use it a lot.

I'd hardly say "be careful"... careful of what?  
(Version 4.0b4)

RADD  The icon is "sick"? Because it's a picture of a sloth?Are you offended at the angle of the picture?

Three points...

1) Paste a new icon, it's easy. I can't imagine being offended by the icon, personally... but if nature is so unnatural to you, by all means... command-i and paste a new one. You can even put a new Sloth.icns file inside the app and change the internal icon if you like.

2) Works fine here.

3) It's free... and it is not the same thing as Cunning Fox. Sloth shows files in use by an app... it is not necessarily a process viewer. Different idea.  
(Version 1.1)

RADD  Great Keyboard... AMAZING Mouse...

Worst - Drivers - Ever!

And... we're reviewing the DRIVERS here... not the keyboard or mouse... so let's be clear...

Logitech needs to get it's act together in a BIG way. To say these drivers are horrible is an insult to generally horrible things. Compared to USB Overdrive, the mouse drivers are beyond worthless... and in order to get the keyboard to work even as badly as it does, USB Overdrive can't support the mouse. The general configurability is so far below the Windows counterpart that it makes me ill. Several of the keys on the keyboard are left unconfigurable... and the configuration options themselves are needlessly less powerful than they could easily be. What's more, the method of getting to the configuration panels themselves is a roundabout mess... and the interface of the configuration panels is absolutely hateful.

I paid premium prices for a keyboard, mouse, AND drivers, Logitech... quit treating Mac users like second class citizens that you just don't care about... it's well past getting old!  
(Version 1.1.1)

RADD  Absolutely unplayable on dual 450 G4 w/ Radeon 9500 at ALL lowest settings & ALL graphic options turned off at 640x480.

Unless you've got a G5, don't bother.  
(Version 3120)

RADD  InDesign CS is *USELESS* until either one of two things happens..

1) Adobe pulls it's collective head out of it's nether region and gives CS the ability to SAVE BACKWARD COMPATIBLE FILES!!

2) Even less likely, that every print house goes and buys InDesign CS right away.

Shame on you Adobe... this HAS to be the worst decision you've ever made. Right now, I've got a nice several hundred dollar icon sitting there that I can't use. Nice move!  
(Version 3.0)

RADD  Looks interesting...

but $50?

There are numerous freeware apps readily available that can do 99% of what You Control offers. Granted, I wouldn't mind having one unified app doing them all, but I cannot justify the price... there just isn't enough new ground being broken here.  
(Version 1.0)

RADD  This is a great contextual menu item. I used to use the More File Info CMM constantly under OS9 and was very dismayed that it never made it to OSX.

I also previously use PicturePop (totally different CM) but missed several features.

PicturePopPro easily surpasses both of my previous contextual image viewers in features. It definitely has room for improvement and needs a few bug fixes, but it is definitely worth putting on your watch list.

However, there have been several releases since 0.7ex... I recommend visiting the site for a more up-to-date version.  
(Version 1.0b7ex)