SAM RAE  I had no problem with the initial indexing process. If it takes two hours to index at the start, fine—I can go have lunch while it's happening.

What gets me down is the indexing after you've been using it a while: it happens right in the middle of working! Google Desktop doesn't wait for a pause in activity like the Windows version—it just starts cranking away at any old time.

My iBook has been grinding to a halt too frequently recently because of GD indexing in the background. Google really need to make it index only at idle periods. I love it for its fast searches and the ability to search my Gmail, but the performance hit is almost unbearable. At least you should be able to pause indexing like on the Windows version.  
(Version 1.0.3.301)

SAM RAE  I bought this application just recently, and had an incredibly frustrating time with it to start with. It mixed up all my iCal categories (tasks and appointments), and it put all the email addresses in my address book in triplicate. Both of these problems I had to fix manually, which took hours.

I had hours of hair-pulling, and had I not backed up my iCal data at the beginning I would have had nothing left by the end—at one stage everything got deleted.

After this episode, however, things seem to be working ok. Category syncing with iCal is working well. If it gives me more grief with categories or email addresses, though, I think it will be back to the standard Palm software for me.  
(Version 5.1.2)

SAM RAE  Agreed. The new icon looks quite flat.  
(Version 2.1.2)

SAM RAE  mu5ti: Agreed. Apologies to MU readers for going on a rant in the comments!  
(Version 1.1.5a)

SAM RAE  Mu5ti: It was not a moot argument at all. Your original comment criticised the software by saying it was a "school project". I responded by saying that just because it is a school project does not mean it is or will be poor software, and I cited the example of Linux to support my argument.

As for your last comment, you are correct in saying that this browser requires WebKit. That does not mean it is bad software. OmniWeb (http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/) also requires Apple's WebCore, and it has many innovative features. The same with Flock (http://www.flock.com/)—it's built off Mozilla, but it has many new and useful features. I actually use it as my main web browser at work now. Camino (http://www.caminobrowser.org/) also uses the Gecko rendering engine, and it is now my preferred browser for home.

So I have cited examples to refute the arguments: a) that "school project" software is necessarily poor quality; and b) that software built off another framework is inherently poor software.

I would appreciate some counter-examples if you have some.  
(Version 1.1.5a)

SAM RAE  mu5ti: Perhaps you should have a read of the Wikipedia entry on Linux:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#History

It has this interesting snippet: "Meanwhile, in 1991, another kernel was begun as a hobby by Finnish university student Linus Torvalds while attending the University of Helsinki."

Guess that school project was a waste of time, hey?  
(Version 1.1.4a)

SAM RAE  This allows cutting as well as copying.  
(Version 0.1)

SAM RAE  It's interesting that there is no mention of this software on the Babaya website.  
(Version 3.0)

SAM RAE  Useful and nicely-done little application. The only oddity is that if the desktop is covered and then you use Exposé to show the desktop, it becomes uncovered. I'm not sure if that's a feature, because I admit it's a little dumb to show the desktop with nothing on it, but I'm a bit mental, and like to see a blank desktop now and then :P  
(Version 1.1)