STEVEN GOODHEART  This is a great update. Love the new look of the interface and the new features. I've never had problems with this software and I've been using LabelWriters for many years now. Some of the early drivers and software were problematical, but I can say that at least for the last 4 years, this software has been rock solid for me, and happily, the updates have been much more regular for the Mac than they were in the early days of this equipment. Highly recommend this update.  
(Version 8.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Yes, that also doesn't work for me.....I sent a message to the Glim team about all of this, and they are working on it....no time frame yet for a fix...apparently, it's non-trivial.....interestingly, I am finding that Inquisitor works just fine with the final release.

Good luck!

Steve  
(Version 1.0b17)

STEVEN GOODHEART  If you mean one can no longer choose the Search Engine you specified in the Glims Search Engine preferences, yes, I have the same problem too.

By the way, I found with this version of Glims that Safari uses whatever is at the top of the Glims search engine list -- found that out after moving Wikipedia to the top of the Glims search list, and then quitting Safari. When I came back, all the searches I did in Safari's toolbar were all for Wikipedia..the only way I could change it back to Google was to move Google search back to the top of the Glims search list, and then restart. I hope this gets fixed soon -- and that it's fixable. It's great being able to specify the search engine one wants to use.  
(Version 1.0b17)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Was able to fix the customization of the Toolbar not sticking by deleting the Safari preferences:

User/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist

Works fine now - keeps standard Safari and SafariStand icons, etc. through a quit and restart.  
(Version 4.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I meant to say, "I can't get my customized icons to *stick* not "fit". As I said, the changes disappear after I quit and restart Safari.  
(Version 4.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I can't get my Toolbar customizations to fit -- I add the new icons, they show up after I close the customization, but when i quit and restart Safari, I see the new icons I added for the briefest moment, and then the default bar overlays everything.

Anyone else having this behavior? I can't even get the Top Sites or New Tab icon to stick. Oddly, the Evernote Icon sticks, and now seems to be forever a part of the Default Icon set.

Love to hear if this is something odd on my machine, or if others are having any trouble customizing their menu bar.

Thanks,

Steve  
(Version 4.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Please note that I'm not saying that Safari crashing on startup is necessarily or only due to the VideoBox plug-in! Just that that was the case on *my* machine, and the crash dialog box said so. Unless you are a user of VideoBox, you shouldn't have the offending plug-in.

However, if you have tried VideoBox and can't find it, it's SIMBL plug-in that's located at:

User:Library:Application Support:SIMBL:Plugins:

(right now, I only have SafariStand in the very last folder in this hierarchy -- good ol' SafariStand works!)

You might also try disabling or removing plug-ins from here:

User:Library:Internet Plug-Ins

or here:

Macintosh HD:Library:InputManagers

but, I'm just guessing.

Hope this helps someone.

Steve  
(Version 4.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Make sure you don't have a Plug-in that's incompatible with the new release. The first time I fired it up, it crashed, but the crash dialog box that popped up after the crash (which sends a crash report to Apple) helpfully said that the crash was probably caused by the TastyApps plug-in that VideoBox installs was the culprit. As soon as I disabled that plug-in, the new version fired right up.

The release Safari also told me, on startup, that KeyWurl (another SIMBL plug-in) hadn't been tested with this version of Safari, and so was disabling itself. I hope the developer puts out an update soon.

But after these two glitches, caused by add-ons, the new Safari ran and runs just fine, and is really fast. Hope these comments help you or others.

Steve  
(Version 4.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  What an amazing set of AppleScripts -- for free! Used with LaunchBar (what I use), or Quicksilver, or Namely (which looks cool, and I hadn't heard of it until it was mentioned in the description) or the like, and you have some real horse power here. Kudos to the developer for making such a cool set of tools available to the Mac community!  
(Version 20090425 build 0003)

STEVEN GOODHEART  EagleFiler continues to be one of the best and most useful programs I own and use every day -- and the updates and improvements keep on coming. I am especially happy about the new ability to recognize and import tags that are stored in a file’s extended attributes, for use with my tagging programs like Punakea. Also, being able to import from a Smart Folder is a way cool improvement that I immediately find useful. Support from Michael Tsai is as good as I've ever had with any Mac software I've used. Can't recommend EagleFiler enough. Steve  
(Version 1.4.5)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Same Growl message here...can't seem to be able to download anything. Intel Core 2 Duo 24 inch iMac, Mac OS 10.5.6  
(Version 3.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Just fyi, DevonThink Professional is on the verge of releasing the beta for the totally revamped Version 2.0....and as a DTP fanboy, I'm really psyched, since the promised features are exactly what I've been hoping for:

Multiple databases open at the same time

Boolean search operators replacing the current search

Smart groups (stored searches)

Documents are stored as-is, can be edited externally

Support for many common file formats

Support for QuickLook

Documents can be linked to from the outside using a URL

Overhauled, modern user interface

Intelligent tagging support

PDF splitting/joining/annotating

Global inbox replacing the import destinations chaos

Trash can

Undo/Redo

Tabbed browsing, viewing, and editing

Cover-flow-ish document browsing

Support for Skim files

Much improved RSS feed support

Document templates

Fully overhauled web interface

Man, I can hardly wait -- especially for smart groups and tags!!!

For those who don't own DTP yet, now would be a good time to buy, because they (and anyone who bought DTP after July 1, 2008) will get the new 2.0 for free, as explained at this link:

http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/devonthink2.html

Man, I can't wait to get my hands on this beta. They are promising it before Christmas.  
(Version 1.5.4)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Whoa, this is damn nifty widget. A huge time-saver. Sure there are all kinds of websites that do conversions, but this sure is handy. As a science writer/editor/researcher, I highly recommended it!  
(Version 1.0.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  This terrific app makes using the great WebShots picture site a breeze, and this new update definitely shows performance improvements. Thanks!  
(Version 1.4)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Exact same experience - question marks for photos, prefs won't load, can't send feedback. Really bad build.

24" iMac, 4 GB SDRAM, 3.08 Ghz Core 2 Duo, OSX 10.5.5  
(Version 1.1.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  All I can say is WOW! What a terrific update. Every new feature makes EagleFiler incredibly more usable and versatile.

The new custom smart folders are a huge leap forward in terms of being able to filter and modify one's data in EF. The sheer flexibility of the criteria one can use (17 different kinds, from tags to notes to labels to file size to URL to creation date to just about you-name-it), combined with the ability to nest criterion give me unmatched horsepower in terms of seeing my gigabytes of research data the way I want to see. If such powerful smart folders weren't enough, I can now add actions to the smart folders and further modify my data. Unbelievably cool! I'm only just beginning to see all that I can do with the new power of these smart folders. This is the first time I've begun to think that I could find a replacement for DevonThink Pro in my daily use; this version of EagleFiler is that much more powerful.

The new Stationery Folder function has immediately become a huge time saver for me - for example, I can now create MS Word files, or MindJet MindManager mind map files, instantly, from within EagleFiler based on templates I've created in these, or other, programs. Sweet!

I am especially loving and using the new tag cloud window for quickly see what tags I'm using with an item and for quickly adding or changing the tags I have assigned.

Now that I can drag individual e-mail messages into EF as free-standing .eml files, I'm finally going to start using EF as my mail archive database, because I really wanted to be able to store individual e-mail messages along side my other kinds of data in my EF folders. Now I can make a individual message a "to do" or "next action" based on tags and other criteria within the email message. And to top it off, I can search for these individual files with Spotlight, and not just within EF.

Although it's short bullet in the list of changes, perhaps the most important new function for me as writer/researcher has been the addition of a Find panel for searching *within* PDF and Web archives. This was one area where DevonThink Pro really outperformed EagleFiler for my daily research. I really needed to see *inside* the hundreds of PDFs I had, not just look at titles or tags. And what's more, EagleFiler does this search within PDFs and Web Archives much faster than DevonThink Pro does, though DTPro still has some advantages in its interface on searches.

As a user of Punakea, I'm really pleased to see the new options for importing tags, especially since the "Import as notes and tags" helps me get Punakea-style tags into EagleFiler without having to lose my non-Punakea style info in my Spotlight comments.

Finally, I've used the new contextual menus dozens of times today -- how cool is it to be able to select text and instantly make it the title of the something you've grabbed from the Internet or some PDF, or instantly to make a keyword in record a tag? Huge time-saver.

Yes, this is a rave review, but I think these improvements deserve my rave. I make my living as a writer/editor and I'm constantly doing research. EagleFiler has always been great in terms being able to instantly grab or import just about anything anywhere on my iMac or the Internet. But with these new features, it takes a huge leap forward in helping the end user filter, classify, and categorize data and research quickly and efficiently.   
(Version 1.4)

STEVEN GOODHEART  This visualizer is kind of neat, and adds a little bit of visual information about what's playing, to boot. Fun addition to my set of iTunes visualizers.  
(Version 1.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Uh, no, I'm not the developer, any more than you were the developer when you sang the praises of VisualHub in one of your posts.

I happen to be a science textbook writer/editor and have been a Mac user since the day I saw Steve Jobs show the first Mac at the old John Hancock building here in Boston over 24 years ago. Over the years I've beta tested dozens and dozens of good, bad, and ugly Mac programs, just for the fun of it.

It's too bad that some people are so cynical that when someone gets enthusiastic about a program, they think the person must have some hidden or ulterior motive. I have no relationship whatsoever with ChangeDesktop other than being a very satisfied user since the its first appearance. If you check my other posts on other programs, you'll see that, yes, I'm very enthusiastic about good Mac programs -- but does that mean I'm also the developer of DevonThink Pro, or MacJournal, or HistoryHound, or Safari Stand, or any of the other great programs I've used every day and reviewed here? No. Your cynicism flies in the face of the facts.  
(Version 3.0.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Fantastic! The best desktop image changer I ever used on the Mac is not only back, but it's better than ever. I'd give this six stars, if I could -- it's that good, that slick.

It's so easy to make customized image sets, whether you use iPhoto, Aperture, or choose your own image folders via dialog box and the Finder. Plus, check out how smart the "Smartfit" feature is....I *love* how the program deals with a mix of small and big images so that you get the best display for each size, and not pixillation when smaller images are blown up too big, as happens with one-size-fits-all settings in the Mac OS Desktop and ScreenSaver module, or vice versa, a big image gets cropped or distorted to fit. Plus, you can tell the program to just ignore images smaller than a certain pixel size.

The Smart Background color is cool, too, though most of my images are too big for it to show up much, but when doing small images, it's cool how often the background color feels right.

But the definite "wow" and eye-candy factor is the new and way, way cool transitions between images. I love watching the various ways the images change, and just set the transitions to "Random" so I can enjoy them all. (The Copy Machine setting is a riot!) And of course, you can customize the time between transitions and how long they take to happen.

I've been a user of ChangeDesktop since it's origin, and I was so bummed that it had not been updated for so long, and thus had problems with later versions of the Mac OS. But the wait was worth it -- the totally rewritten version is simply awesome, and still, unbelievably, free (though I'm going to make a donation, for sure). Check it out, you'll be amazed at how great this program is.  
(Version 3.0.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  First, let me say that DevonThink Pro is *the* indispensable program on my Mac. It's my "vacuum cleaner," which absorbs and classifies all the research and information I need to store in an incredibly useful way. I own Notetaker, MacJournal, Eagle Filer, and they have their uses, but nothing comes close to the horsepower and intelligence of this program.

Anyway, this 1.5.4 update is nice....the first thing I noticed is that the program now loads 4 or 5 times as fast as it did before - sweet! And yes, the wiki links really zoom now. And the improved Webkit integration shows too, and web pages and web archives open much faster. Haven't checked out all the improvements listed, but at first look, I'm really pleased with this update, mainly because of overall speed increases.

This program takes some time to learn, but it's not formidable, or anything, and there are really great tutorials at the DevonThink website. If you haven't tried this program out, give it a chance. The "artificial intelligence" is truly remarkable. Also, be sure to check out the horsepower of DTP's Service Menu and scripts...they gives you incredible power in terms of data import. And if you use DevonAgent in combo with DTP, you have unparalleled power for searching and classifying and sorting information.  
(Version 1.5.4)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Damn, this baby is fast! I mean noticeably faster than Safari 3.12, faster than Firefox 3, faster than Opera 9.5.2, faster than OmniWeb 5.8 sneaky peak -- plus, it's Webkit, so I can use the Services menu with Devonthink Pro, MacJournal, and every other Service friendly app I use every day. Only the fact that I use add-ons Saft and SafariStand with Safari makes Safari a slightly more useful browser for me.

iCab is also hugely customizable, and has lots of neat features, for example: iCab sends e-mail and emails pages, can speak the text on most web pages, has a very nifty Session manager built in, and has a lot of damn cool contextual menu items: back/forward/show source, download, check syntax, open in new window/tab, add url to bookmarks, open image externally, as well as some great submenus such as show all links. These are only a few of the cool features.

Some years ago, I paid for OmniWeb, and I've always been glad I did, as it's given me good service over the years as an alternative to Safari and Firefox. But I have to say I'm seriously thinking of sending my bucks to iCab to thank them for making such a great, FAST browser (even though the free version use is totally unobtrusive). It's that good.  
(Version 4.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Thanks for what you shared. I simply love SafariStand. If you want to see some more search strings, take a look at my review of Keywurl here at MacUpdate. You should be able to adapt them to SafariStand just fine...and, you just may find you decide to use Keywurl for this enhancement, though SafariStand certainly does a fine job. (I have no relationship to either SafariStand or Keywurl, except as a very happy user.)

Here's a quick answer to your AllMusic query, but do take a look at the Keywurl review for more queries (as well as to get an explanation of the code, below)

All Music

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=,Query,&opt1=1

Best wishes,

Steve  
(Version 3.1L161)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Whoa! This plug-in is stunning -- and incredibly useful. The first time I did clicked and grabbed to scroll to the right in the image gallery in a Google Image search, I was totally blown away by how the gallery tilted and rolled and flowed to the right as smooth as butter.

But it's not just a visual tour-de-force, it's really, really useful for a quick scan and look of dozens, even hundreds of images. (How I wish I'd had this when I was doing image research for science textbooks I was working on, when I'd literally looks at hundreds and hundreds of images a day!) Of course, not every kind of site is supported, but enough good ones are to make this plug-in really worthwhile for many folks.

I really like the Safari CoolIris's overall UI too. The only plug-in for Safari that even comes close to being this cool visually (and useful) is History Flow, part of the amazing, must-have SafariStand plug-in suite. The plug-in has also been rock-solid on my Intel iMac with Leopard 10.5.4 and gracefully tells you when a particular site isn't supported.

(Funny, while the website calls this plug-in "CoolIris (formerly PicLens)" the Mac Firefox 3.0 version add-on calls and installs itself as *PicLens* NOT CoolIris. In fact, you can still get the earlier CoolIris FF add-on called Cooliris Previews, but this shouldn't be confused with this new add-on that does the neat scroll/gallery 3-D display. Jeez, did that make sense?)

Anyway, CoolIris 1.8.0 etc. for Safari is a remarkable plug-in that I recommend to anyone.  
(Version 1.8.0.4257)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Huzzah, Instant Hijacking is back! No more having to quick iTunes, or whatever, to start 'jacking!

This is one of my all-time favorite programs. It's always been rock solid, and is powerful and versatile. Can't recommend enough.  
(Version 2.8.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I think this might be an issue of the Theme you use. With FF 3, I found that some Themes show the scroll bar, and some don't...I think there's even something about this on an official Firefox 3.0 FAQ page I saw. Do you not get a scroll bar even with the default FF theme?

What's weird is that I found that when I was using some themes, the right scroll bar wouldn't show, but I could still scroll the page with my scroll wheel on my mouse, and I could click and page up and down over where you'd expect to see the scroll bar, and it would work -- like having an invisible scroll bar area.

So try some new Themes....Phoenity Modern and Phoenity Reborn are handsome themes that do the scroll bar right, for example. For whimsy, try Red Cats, my wife's favorite. Alas, some of my other favorites, like Azerty III, don't show the scrollbar, but I expect the Theme creator will eventually fix this.

Hope this helps.   
(Version 3.0.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I'm using 3.0.1, so I doubt if it's a memory leak like there was in Beta 4. In fairness to FF, I have 25 Add-ons installed, and many of them are really powerful and feature rich, and I'm sure that they must add to the overall resource load:

Addblock Plus, All-in-one Sidebar, BlueOrganizer, Clipmarks, Customize Google, Define Word, Digg Firefox Extension, DownThemAll!. Fast Dial, Feed Sidebar, Firefox Search Sidebar, Firefox Showcase, Google Notebook, Interclue, OPML Support, PDF Download, Quartz PDF Plugin, Rewind/Fastforward Buttons, Sage-Too, Save Line in Folder, Scrapbook, Session Manager, SlimSeach, StumbleUpon, Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant, Tab Mix Plus, Taboo, Toolbar Buttons URL Fixer...whew!

Yeah, that's probably "too many" :) but each of these really add-ons rock and add to the utility and ease of use of FF. I'd be curious to know if someone who is getting a much lower CPU load many feature-heavy Add-ons.

And look, this speed thing is all "relative," right? It's not like FF brings my machine to its knees or something! But if I have 6 to 10 other programs open that are also resource heavy, and I'm working on images or sound files, I definitely see the spinning beach ball more than I'd like, and things are noticeably slower when I use FF versus Safari -- but again, this is relative. When I think about what I'm doing, and the program horsepower I'm dealing with, it's pretty amazing. Still, when I can eventually afford to go from a 1.8 Ghz G5 iMac to a 3.0.6 Ghz Intel Core Duo iMac, I sure am going to do it! :)  
(Version 3.0.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Same experience here on my iMac G5.....according to Activity Monitor, FF uses 30 to 60% of my CPU and often jumps to 80%...typically about 40% with 5 or 6 tabs opens, way more if 10 or more tabs are open on demanding sites.....Safari, right now, is using about 6 to 7% with 5 windows open....my experience has been that, on the whole, FF uses way more resources than Safari and therefore in most cases, is slower than Safari.

I really, really like the add-ons and customizability of FF, but until I get a faster machine, it's just too much of a drag on overall performance when I have other resource hogs open too.

In the meantime, I have found that with SafariStand, Saft, Safari Tabs, and Keywurl, I have most of the "can't live without" features I admire on FF, not to mention the ability to use the Services menu, which really unlocks the power of programs like DevonThink Pro, MacJournal, NoteTaker, and Scrivener.  
(Version 3.0.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Keywurl is awesome!

I use it dozens of times of day with Safari 3.1.2 and OS X 10.5.4. (Couldn't get Sogudi to work well with my set-up.) Btw, my all-time Safari add-on, SafariStand, does keywords too, but I like Keywurl's interface better.)

Setting it up is so simple and easy because of the great interface.

Here are some fave searchess -- you can, of course, give your own keywords. For example, I use wk for Wikipedia searches.

(Where you see "Query" below, is where Keywurl puts in its Query lozenge (it seems to automatically put in the commas where needed before and after the Query lozenge, because when you look at the expansion in Keywurl you don't see commas, but when I copied and pasted here, the commas where correctly inserted.)

Anyway, Keywurl is awesome, and this might help you get started:

All Music

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&sql=,Query,&opt1=1

Amazon Search:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%3Dblended%26field-keywords%3D,Query

Discogs

http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=,Query

Flickr

http://flickr.com/photos/tags/,Query

Google Search:

http://www.google.com/search?q=,Query,&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Google Image Search:

http://images.google.com/images?q=,Query,&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?oi=map&q=,Query

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)

http://imdb.com/find?s=all&q=,Query

MacUpdate

http://www.macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=,Query,&starget=google

VersionTracker

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?mode=basic&action=search&str=,Query,&srchArea=macosx&submit=Go

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=,Query,&go=Go

YouTube

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=,Query

Of course, you can also use Keywurl to just open any website you want with a keyword -- for example, I type gn to open Google News. To add other searches, go the site your interested in, do a search there, and then copy the url into Keywurl, replacing your search keyword with one or more of Keywurl/s Search lozenges,as needed. With a little luck and experimentation, you can set up searchs at almost any web site.

(You can use these Searches in SafariStand too, but there, as I recall, SafariStand uses @key& for its keyword Search field, not a graphic lozenge like Keywurl does.)

Good luck!  
(Version 1.4b2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Wow, this works great! StumbleUpon in Safari, at last! That's one of the Add-ons I miss most when not using Firefox. This version doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the Firefox version, like Channels and all of that, but it's got the main show -- Stumbling, rating, and sharing. I'm going to use it and when i get to my 100th stumble, going to buy it. Hard to beat for only $4, especially to get back one of my favorite fun web features. Haven't had a single glitch or problem, and have been able to log into two different StumbleUpon accounts I have with no problem. I'm rating this overall five star, with a 4 star for features, since it doesn't do everything that the Firefox version does.  
(Version 0.92)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Ron, when I ran bookdog to sync files form Safari to FF 3.0, it said that FF 3.0 does not allow duplicate URLs. This was a surprise to me, as I often proliferate the same URLs to various folders for quick access. Anyway, when you try to add a bookmark that's already there you are prompted to edit/remove it. I wonder if your "missing" bookmarks, which are there in 2.0, but not in 3.0, are in fact, dupes being removed? Just a guess. Steve  
(Version 3.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I basically agree with your comments about Opera 9.5. I have an iMac G5, 1.8 Ghz, 2.0 GB ram, and of all the browsers I use, Opera the easiest on resources, and I think it renders pages faster than any of them, though Safari and Firefox may be more accurate.

As for this new FF 3.0, on my machine, I find it uses *less* resources than Safari, on average about 26% to 36%, accoring to my iStats menu, which seems to be similar to your experience. (BTW, I also find this 3.0 version uses much less cpu than FF 2.0)

When I get 10 or more tabs open in Safari, I often find it using 40% to 65% of CPU, and my machine really crawls and works hard. (I really want to get a new Intel iMac!) So, besides all the way cool Add-ons in FF, like Stumble Upon :) and Tab Mix Plus, I actually switched to FF 3.0 *because* of how much Safari slows things down when I have lots of tabs open in it.

I'm wondering if my different experience might be due to the fact that I have both lots of add-ons for Safari installed: Safari Stand, Saft, Acid Search, Keywurl, and Safari Tabs. I do know that my cpu usage is less in Safari when I have Saft uninstalled, for example.

Anyway, I too am really impressed with Opera 9.5...it's got tons of features and great speed and you can cutomize the hell out of it.....but the add-ons and low-resource use of FF 3.0 (compared to Safari on my machine) have converted me to FF 3.0 for the time being...the great thing is, if I want to switch between any of these great browsers, with Bookdog, it's a snap to move my bookmarks around, replace, merge, whatever I want, and I don't have to worry about being stuck in one browser.

For now, I'm loving the cool new features of FF 3.0, and especially all the cool add-ons for Delicious, and Digg, as well as great add-ons like InterClue, Adblock Plus, BlueOrganizer, Colorful Tabs, Firefox Showcase, FlashGot, Session Manager, Surf Canyon, and of course, Stumble Upon. The only thing I *really* miss is the ability to use Mac OS Services with FF. In Safari, via the Service menu, I have much more horsepower to interact with OmniFocus, DevonThink Pro, and MacJournal, and of course, this is something that will never be "fixed" with FF.  
(Version 3.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  If you can't live without the incredibly useful Tab Mix Plus Add-on, you can get the most recent developer's build for Firefox 3.0 here:

http://tmp.garyr.net/tab_mix_plus-dev-build.xpi

I've been using it for a week with the Firefox Final Release candidates and haven't had a single problem.

Enjoy!

Steve  
(Version 3.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  The final version seems to be available now...just downloaded it and checked the version: You can get the final release version of Firefox 3.0 Mac or PC here:

ftp://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0/

Good luck!

Steve  
(Version 3.0)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Speed Download has been a favorite utility for years now, and it keeps getting better and better, with more speed, and features with each iteration.

With version 5.0.3, I really, really love the new YouTube contextual menu. Now, downloading a video from YouTube is just a control click away, all with the extra speed and convenience of the great SD interface. Very, very cool!

Speed Download is one of my "must have" utilities, and is especially fantastic for downloading all the images or MP3s or whatever from a web page or link. Being able to queue up dozens of downloads and then "forgetting" about it while SD does its stuff is so handy, that once you try it, you'll never want to be limited to what a mere browser can do. Try it, you'll love it. (No relationship to the company; just a long-time very satisfied customer.)  
(Version 5.0.3)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Carrie Martha: I am a registered user of Scrivener, which I absolutely love, but I'm taking a look at StoryMill, too. I understand that there's quite an active forum at Mariner and a pretty good sized user base (including original Avenir users). Anyway, check out:

http://www.marinersoftware.com/forum/index.php?board=57.0

I bet you, or I, can find help there.

Good luck!

Steve  
(Version 3.0.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Alright! The 1.3.3 update makes Keywurl compatible with the new Safari 3.1 update! Next day fix -- not too shabby (not as fast as SafariStand or Saft updates, which came out the same day as the new Safari, but not bad!) Glad to have this great little add-on back.  
(Version 1.3.3)

STEVEN GOODHEART  This developer rocks! Incredibly quick update for a plug-in I that makes Safari so much more usable. Kudos!  
(Version 3.1L160)

STEVEN GOODHEART  What a great little widget! Works great on my G5 iMac, and the developer's site promises constellation outlines and planets as future updates.

Had problems trying to get this via MacUpdate, so I went to the developer's site. If you have this problem, try this url:

http://web.mac.com/john_kenn/ByDesign/PocketUniverse_files/PocketUniverse502.wdgt.zip

Great widget for astronomy or nature lovers.  
(Version 0.5.2)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Same thing here with my G5 iMac. Got my notice from MacUpdate, then ran the MS AutoUpdater, and it indicated no update was needed. Guess I'll have to download the update, as you did.  
(Version 11.4.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  If you want the Services menu in a pop-up, you might want to take a look at OpenMenu X. You can add Services, and the program is highly customizable, and I've been very happy with it.  
(Version 2.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  I've seen a few complaints, here and over at VersionTracker, about Saft, and I wanted put a good word in on Saft's behalf as a very happy user.

First, this update for the new version of Safari came out one day after the 10.5.2 update -- not too shabby, and I will admit, much better than some of the older versions.

Second, the developer does have an "interesting" way to do updates, but for me, it's worked like a charm. I go to:

http://haoli.dnsalias.com/ld/d.php?saft_leopard

and Safari autofills the email and the order number that I got when I bought Saft. (Before I click download, I disable SpeedDownload in the Safari Integration preference tab, so that Safari downloads the file. The download page at haoli tells how to do this.)

After the download, I put the application in my application folder, double-click, and Saft does it's Input Manager thing, and I'm done. Couldn't be easier.

Third, I have never found it hard to contact the developer and get a timely response.

Fourth, the features, people, the features! Saft plains rocks. I have become totally reliant upon it's auto-tab save, crash protection, and especially its ability to save and name browser windows with any name you want, and then open these saved windows and tabs later (very similar to OmiWeb's Workspaces.) And there are literally dozen's of other cool and very useful features.

If you run Saft, with SafariStand (some feature redundancies here) and Concierge, you have incredible ease of use and power at your finger tips. No wonder sites like Pimp My Safari have raved about Saft.

Finally, I have no relationship to this developer, but simply want to say that I find Saft indispensable, and the fact that there's an upgrade out the very next day after the 10.5.2 Leopard update speaks very well about this developer. My 2 bits.  
(Version 10.0.5)

STEVEN GOODHEART  Bummer...I've been using the Inspector dozens of times the past week, with no problem, nor a single crash.... and have the latest update.....I'm sure Dan would love to hear the details...  
(Version 5.0.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  WOW! WOW! WOW!

What a terrific update this new 5.0 version is! The all-new interface and new, powerful features are simply a joy to use! The best journal/blog program on any platform just took a giant leap forward.

I can't get over how damn good this update is. I love being able to add any kind of content -- PDFs, images, whatever -- into the sidebar to create entries, I love having multiple MJ databases open at one time, I can't believe how useful and indispensable the new Smart Journals have become to me, and the ability to create aliases to entries in multiple journals gives me huge flexibility in terms of creating relationships between ideas and data I've saved. And all these great new features are *in addition* to the already rich, powerful feature set of the previous version!

If you've tried MJ in the past, and haven't taken the plunge, you've got to try this new version. I think you'll find it's the best money you'll spend on software in 2008. (And no, I have no relationship to this software or company except as a very happy end user.)  
(Version 5.0.1b1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  This latest version of Grammarian Pro has been rock-solid for me (Leopard and my G5 iMac), as was the version before this. Although I did not have some of the stability problems some reviewers in 2007 had with earlier versions, I agree that the program was in need of some bug fixes and updates, and the advent of Leopard seems to have spurred some much needed development and improvements.

As a professional writer and editor, I really love this program and highly recommend it. I've used it for years now and consider it part of my professional "toolbox." It's easy to use and easy to set up, and I especially like how much I can customize Grammarian. You can customize system-wide or program specific hot keys for virtually every function and you can customize the level and type of the grammar and spelling checking (Academic, business, casual, grade level, etc.) to an amazing degree.

The grammar checker, spell checker, thesaurus and dictionary are *far* superior to those in MS Word. Best of all, Grammarian Pro is available system-wide, and the level and kind of grammar checking and spell checking can be customized for each program you use, if you want to -- one kind of checking in MS Word or Scrivener, for example, and another when using a text editor to write code or HTML and another when using it in a web browser, or PIM, or spreadsheet. The level, kind, and amount of checking are up to you.

Of course, there's no substitute for the writer knowing and learning the basic rules of grammar, and getting an "ear" for what good writing sounds like. And GP doesn't catch every mistake, and sometimes it flags non-problems or even makes dubious grammar suggestions. But on the whole I find I'm far less likely to make bonehead grammar mistakes (not to mention spelling errors) when GP has my back, so to speak. GP can be a good learning tool, too. For example, if you're prone to using too much passive voice in your writing, you can set up GP to have it nag you every time it comes across it, and this can be a great way to improve one's writing.

I hope this doesn't sound like an advertisement. I have no relationship with this software or company other than as an end-user. But I do speak as someone who has used this program for years. Grammarian Pro can be a great help to anyone who writes. Version 1.8.1 is a solid update, and I'm happy to give it a 5-star rating based on my daily use of the program.  
(Version 1.8.1)

STEVEN GOODHEART  If you set your Preferences to do so, AOL will log in automatically and even start up the last station you were playing...all checkboxes in the Preferences. (I own and use AudioHiJack Pro too...ain't it great? It's allowed me to record so much great streaming music.) Good luck. I hope I haven't said the obvious, you have some other problem.)  
(Version 1.2)