SHERMAN WILCOX  Oh, I get it now. By "simply does not work" (not just Opera, but I you included other browsers too such as iCab), you mean "does not render fonts correctly for me."   
(Version 4.0.249.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Opera simply does not work? Wow. You're, like, the king of idiotic generalizations, aren't you? I don't particularly like Opera, but, ummm... it does work.  
(Version 4.0.249.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  So you don't want to see notifications if Mail is in the background (what this utility is designed to do), and you only want to see Mail if you need to reply ASAP (and Herald is supposed to read your mind about this?). You sir make no sense whatsoever.  
(Version 1.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Great utility, does what it says, gorgeous design. Now compatible with 10.6.2 and new features to boot. Still free!  
(Version 1.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Ding! Nope, ZX, you're just wrong. The whole point of this nifty utility is to show you what's going on in Mail when it's in the background, or, as I use it, when I'm in a different Space than Mail.   
(Version 1.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Nope, not working for me. Stops after a couple of uses (running demo) under Snow Leopard.  
(Version 1.4.4b1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  I wish it did, but it does not for me. If I type, Glims finds the link and highlights it. But tapping Return does NOT open the link for me. I have to manually move the cursor and click on it. Do I have Glims configured incorrectly?  
(Version 12.0b3)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Actually, it doesn't. One of my favorite features of Saft is the ability to type to locate a link, and then tap Return to open it. GLIMS doesn't do this.  
(Version 12.0b3)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Sorry FileMaker. This is gouging your customers, plain and simple. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice ... bye bye. You'll not see another dime from me as long as you continue these minimal paid upgrades. Shame on you!  
(Version 3.0.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Tried it. Importing a folder full of files that EagleFiler imported and indexed in less than 5 minutes took around 45 minutes, and locked up my machine while it was working. Searches are considerably slower than EagleFiler. SOHO Notes and its predecessors have always had a nice feature set (but perhaps a little feature-bloated), but for now v. 8 is not for me. EagleFiler wins handily.  
(Version 8.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  This application is not compatible with Snow Leopard, won't even launch. Prosoft's website has claimed an upgrade will be released "in the next few days" since the release of Snow Leopard, but there is still no compatible version. This is simply unacceptable for a critical utility such as this.   
(Version 3.0.5)

SHERMAN WILCOX  It was absolutely worth $40 to me. Much more powerful, and reliable, than Mail. Great development team that responds fast as lightning to support questions. Incredible search function with tag system, lets me search for and instantly find attachments, links, images I've sent or received from people. Mail is an email application. Postbox is an email management system for power users.  
(Version 1.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Ugg...  
(Version 10.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Ouch! Yes, this is very bad.  
(Version 1.0b10)

SHERMAN WILCOX  BusyCal Help directs you to a website that explains how to downgrade back to BusySync  
(Version 1.0b10)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Bought it. I'm happy with Postbox and use it as my primary email application. It's still beta but stable and solid. Support is strong. I'm confident it will only get better.   
(Version 1.0b14)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Been using CrashPlan for a couple of years now. This is INCREDIBLY good stuff. It just works. Buy it!  
(Version 07.27.2009)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Been using BusySync for more than a year. I've only now downloaded the beta of BusyCal but it looks to be EXCELLENT. No doubt at all that I'll be paying the very reasonable $10 upgrade fee from BusySync.  
(Version 1.0b6)

SHERMAN WILCOX  ChronoSync (bootable), Time Machine (just because), and CrashPlan (off-site) -- my backup solution.  
(Version 8.1.150)

SHERMAN WILCOX  I tried it and found it to be a tremendous boost to my productivity. $25 well spent in my evaluation.   
(Version 2.1b)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Great program, couldn't live without it for my scientific publications.  
(Version 5.2b1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  I have to add my two cents to the reviews of this application. True, you can get much (certainly not all) of the functionality without purchasing Mailplane. But I used it for several weeks in demo mode and find that the extra efficiency it gives me (doing attachments, the easy access to my AddressBook data, good integration with iPhoto, and yes, just the extra menus and menu shortcuts) made it an easy decision for me to spend $25 on this (well, actually a little less, because the developer offers an educational discount).

Add to that the fact that the developer is quite responsive, and it's a winner application for me. Definitely happy with my purchase.  
(Version 2.1b)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Take a look at the description. This is WAY beyond Mail Act-On v.1, including (gasp!) outgoing rules for Mail. I thought I'd NEVER see this. Way to go Scott!  
(Version 2.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Great update, faster, lots of new features. Geez people are finicky!

$20 upgrade fee is well worth it.  
(Version 2.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  I'm now a registered owner of this product. It has great features, and incredible technical support. Highly recommended.  
(Version 2.1.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Update installed, but GOOD LORD Office really sucks. Incredibly slow to load Word, sluggish to work with, it feels like blubber-filled bloatware. They ruined Entourage. Etc.  
(Version 12.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Whoa! Version 2.1 is awesome!  
(Version 2.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Email messages are stored as eml files. Double click on one and it opens the message in Mail (oddly, since Outspring Mail is still installed on my computer). So this is fine. And the folder structure has the actual names of the folders as they exist on the IMAP server -- this is good.

So much they get right, so much wrong. Yes, no rules/filters. I get messages that I'm CERTAIN no intelligence on the part of an application can distinguish (I work with computational linguists, this is not easy stuff), and yet I file them in different folders. A rule system, in combination with something like Mail ActOn, is essential for an email power user.  
(Version 1.0.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  While it was working for me, IMAP (SSL) worked. In fact, the import of my IMAP mail folders and even my IMAP configuration from Apple Mail was rather impressive.

If this were a .9 beta, I'd be intrigued. As a 1.01 product with only a 10-day demo -- not so much.  
(Version 1.0.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Not ready for prime time. This client has some interesting possibilities, but it's still a beta. It crashes often. At one point it totally refused to launch again, I had to reinstall the demo. It's got some innovative new features but it's missing too many basic and necessary functionality (only one signature, no shortcut key for send that I can find). The company touts SmartFolders but I don't see how to create any beyond the default SmartFolders they supply. The "Brain" may work eventually, but I need rules too: if my email client can do some thinking for me that's fine, but don't take away my right to think for myself too!

At $95 it's clearly marketing to power users (if an email client delivered truly innovative, useful power features, I'd pay close to 100 bucks for it!), but in its current state it's not a power application.  
(Version 1.0.1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Like Microsoft?

That's all well and good, but this is a really excellent piece of software, and virtually unique in its capabilities. Also, I have found this company to offer outstanding technical and customer support.

So, while $79 is a sum of money (this is for the Pro upgrade, by the way), I think it is not unreasonable, given the quality of this software.

That said, I expect that I will only upgrade to the non-Pro version this time.  
(Version 5.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  This is EXACTLY right. For this kind of organizational need, Yep is perfect. It's indispensable for my writing/researching workflow.   
(Version 1.7.6)

SHERMAN WILCOX  If you think this is comparable to PathFinder, you're seriously missing the purpose of this application. Leap does things PathFinder can't even touch -- and I own and like PathFinder.

Leap is going to prove to be an immensely useful application for organizing and finding files. I have thousands of image files meticulously stored in folders associated with projects. But when it comes time to reuse them on other projects, finding them is a nightmare. Leap makes it trivial.

I said it before: I don't consider Leap a "Finder replacement" (but I could easily imagine PathFinder being a Finder replacement). PathFinder doesn't change the way you work, it just makes it more efficient.

Leap makes its marks in other ways, at least for me, and I'm certain it will be a valuable asset for my workflow. No doubt about it, this is an application that will change the way you work.  
(Version 1.0b7)

SHERMAN WILCOX  I wouldn't consider this a "Finder replacement" as it's billed. But it's a VERY intriguing application. I can see how it would be extremely useful for managing documents with tags. I'll probably buy it.  
(Version 1.0b5)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Absolutely gorgeous and as indispensable as ever. Great update!  
(Version 4.0)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Done.  
(Version 1.5)

SHERMAN WILCOX  Do you mean that the 100 page manual is not sufficient? It's pretty extensive and well written.  
(Version 1.0v2r1)

SHERMAN WILCOX  What an odd comment. Have you tried either one of these applications? One is a database, the other a spreadsheet. Do you think FileMaker and Excel are mere duplicates of each other?  
(Version pb1)