STEVE COPLEY  LOL! What's with the panic?!

I'm touched that you have our best interests at heart, but I don't think you need to get so worked up about the beta-iness of this release. It's not likely to hose anyone's machine, and in my experience with Flash, it'll probably be no less stable that the 'Stable' release.

Go and sit down with a nice cup of tea until you feel calmer (maybe then your caps-lock key will unstick too)  
(Version 10.1.51.45)

STEVE COPLEY  I've just finished this wonderful game and I'm a little sad that's it's over. I've loved every quirky second of the game. The attention to every little detail, the superb back story, the characters... everything is spot on.

What to do with my evenings now...?  
(Version 1.0.1)

STEVE COPLEY  Oh joy...

(Remember: I've been waiting for a couple of GBs of files to upload for *days* now)

I just installed the latest version of Mozy (it mentioned something about a fix for timed-out connections - the problem I've recently encountered) and I got the following...

Status: 'Uploading 0/0 files, 0.0% complete' for a few minutes

Then: 'Your files are backed up. 0 files updated during last backup. 1.2GB of storage space used'

1.2GB??? So, Mozy, where are the other 30GB of files that I've already backed up with you?!

Do I need to upload them again? (Ha! At the rate I've experienced over the past week, this'll take about 2 years!) What about the older revisions of the files I had backed up? Gone?! Lost? Copies of deleted files that you supposedly retain for me? Gone?!

Very unhappy about this. The final straw... uninstalling Mozy tomorrow.  
(Version 1.5.1.5)

STEVE COPLEY  I've been using Mozy for about a year and a half. I've recommended it to friends and family (Windows PCs). But I'm now probably going to stop using it and change to either CrashPlan or SpiderOak (I'm trying out both this week before making my final decision).

Why? It's not the interface / features - I really like how Mozy works and how nicely it fits in with OS X (clean, consistent UI). It's the intermittent connection issues I've had.

As I write I have 2.5GB of updates to upload (some new pics in iPhoto) and Mozy has been attempting to upload them for almost 5 days. It's managed 300MB so far. The log file is full of 'failed to write to output stream' errors.

A live-chat to support resulted in some fiddling with my account (at their end) and uploads beginning - but this only lasted for a short time. A subsequent e-mail has so far not been responded to (3 days). The connection issues are definitely Mozy-related - CrashPlan and SpiderOak are happily using my (slow) Internet connection to upload a bunch of files right now without complaint. Mozy is stuck at 0.0% as always.

When I was having similar issues in the past I was instructed to re-install the client and that it would 're-sync' with the files already uploaded. It didn't and I was faced with waiting 2 weeks whilst all my files uploaded again. Not good.

Frankly, you want any back-up scheme to be reliable and trouble-free. My experience with Mozy has been neither. Time to switch.

SC  
(Version 1.5.0.9)

STEVE COPLEY  This is such a cool screensaver. The way the bugs move is a little creepy - it's just too real! I especially like the way they rush away from dark areas to cluster with their buddies.

It's a bit of a CPU hog, especially at higher detail levels. And it's crashed on me once. Initial release though, so it's forgiven.

This has become my new screensaver-du-jour. It's actually the first screensaver I've ever paid for (I'm still not sure about the logic of paying for an app that doesn't do anything useful, but I like it, so that's enough reason)

Steve  
(Version 1.0)

STEVE COPLEY  Oops...

"What's *to* complain about?"  
(Version 1.2)

STEVE COPLEY  This little app is pretty sweet indeed. It's easy to use (the 2D design pane is intuitive, although doors and windows that snapped to walls would be a good idea) and the 3D view is well-rendered and easy to navigate through in walk-through mode.

Overall, think it's perfect if you want to quickly try out some room layouts, etc.

It's not on a par with the capabilities of SketchUp, but it is not intended to compete there - it's aimed at a more casual user.

And, of course, you can't beat the price!

Oh, as for it being a Java app - so what?! It's well integrated with OS X: menu in the menubar, prefs in correct place, nice toolbar icons, etc. What's not complain about?!  
(Version 1.2)