namebench | Nov 16 2009 |
TIAGO Crashes every time I try it... Since there's (almost) no configuration, I don't believe I'm doing anything wrong. Any thoughts?
(Version 0.9.3) | |
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namebench | Nov 16 2009 |
THOMAS STROMBERG Wow, thanks for the heads up on the crashing. Right now there is not a logfile being written to, but you can see all of the logs by opening up Applications -> Utilities -> Console. If it is still causing you problems, can you open a bug at http://code.google.com/p/namebench/issues/list with the log messages? I will take care of it ASAP. Thanks!
(Version 0.9.3) | |
Transmission | Oct 28 2009 |
TIAGO I can confirm that information... At least one private tracker has already banned version 1.7.6
(Version 1.76) | |
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Delibar | Oct 22 2009 |
TIAGO Not really free, is it? It's correctly listed as a shareware, but with a $ 0.00 price. According to the developer's site, the license is 18€.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
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Delibar | Oct 22 2009 |
MISHA Thanks Tiago, I updated the listing.
(Version 1.0.1) | |
Speed Download | Sep 11 2009 |
TIAGO Yeah... He could also provide a way for users to test the software for a few weeks before buying it, right? Oh, wait...
(Version 5.2.5) | |
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Xtorrent | Aug 24 2009 |
TIAGO And how does all that make it a 5-star software?
(Version 2.0v74) | |
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NetNewsWire | Jul 30 2009 |
TIAGO What's with all these "4-5 years ago" comments? NNW has been free for less than a year.
(Version 3.2b6) | |
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DVDpedia | Jun 11 2009 |
TIAGO I own licenses to both DVDpedia and Bookpedia but have never been able to really use the softwares, because the Info Views are so bad. Delicious Library on the other hand is beautiful to look at (it has a truly designed interface) but it doesn't offer all the functionality of the 'pedias. Oh... How I wish the "Info View" in all these 'pedia apps was not ugly as hell... And yes I tested them all, including every single extra listed in the site... There's not a single one that looks even slightly "designed"... they're just "put together". How hard is it to hire some real and talented designers to create amazing and professional looking templates to make the apps "look" as good as I know they "are"? What good is it to rely on user contributed templates if (apparently) only amateur and/or bad designers seem to give it a try? This is just a comment... I will not post it as a review (with stars) because I really believe these apps ARE good and I really hope they LOOK good in a near future... But still, the lack of proportion, alignment and visual hierarchy to the information, in all these view templates is incredibly low quality... I know taste is a matter of personal opinion, but I truly don't believe ANY good designer can take a look at those templates and not be disgusted.
(Version 4.4.3) | |
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DVDpedia | Jul 5 2009 |
BRUJI Thanks for your feedback. Of course we're sad to hear that you deem the info view templates lacking but fortunately the info view is based on HTML which means it is fully customizable. You can edit any of the existing templates to fit your style or you can write your own from scratch. Take a look at the DVDpedia Help file under 'Working with DVDpedia > Customizing info view templates' for more information about that. More importantly we'd love it if you were to share your amazing templates with the rest of the Pedia community. Just send them to us and we'll put them up on the Extras page for download and we could even update our current included templates. If your are not HTML savvy a design would also be appreciated as it would allow us to see what you have in mind. We're always working on improving the Pedias, including the templates, and we love getting input from our users.
(Version 4.4.3) | |
DVDpedia | Jul 17 2009 |
XENOPHILE Heh, I have the opposite opinion of DVDpedia. I love the info view, it's minimalist design is easy to read and devoid of distractions. What initially drew me to DVDpedia was it's GUI and design. Delicious Library? Ugly. WTF is up with the fake wood? And the interface is an abomination, requiring the user to mouse to and fro across the entire app window for tasks that are routinely grouped together. The info window is cramped into a tall, narrow space. What I'd like to know most is, WTF came up with the simulated wood interface, and do they cover their house, car, etc with fake wood panels to be stylish?
(Version 4.5.1) | |
DVDpedia | Aug 13 2009 |
STEFANK60 agree with Xenophile. pedia looks great and has fab functionality. Delicious looks anything but - I also detest the fake wood and the whole look is os cheesy and crass - it turns my stomach.
(Version 4.5.1) | |
Bookpedia | Jun 11 2009 |
TIAGO I own licenses to both DVDpedia and Bookpedia but have never been able to really use the softwares, because the Info Views are so bad. Delicious Library on the other hand is beautiful to look at (it has a truly designed interface) but it doesn't offer all the functionality of the 'pedias. Oh... How I wish the "Info View" in all these 'pedia apps was not ugly as hell... And yes I tested them all, including every single extra listed in the site... There's not a single one that looks even slightly "designed"... they're just "put together". How hard is it to hire some real and talented designers to create amazing and professional looking templates to make the apps "look" as good as I know they "are"? What good is it to rely on user contributed templates if (apparently) only amateur and/or bad designers seem to give it a try? This is just a comment... I will not post it as a review (with stars) because I really believe these apps ARE good and I really hope they LOOK good in a near future... But still, the lack of proportion, alignment and visual hierarchy to the information, in all these view templates is incredibly low quality... I know taste is a matter of personal opinion, but I truly don't believe ANY good designer can take a look at those templates and not be disgusted.
(Version 4.4.3) | |
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Bookpedia | Jul 5 2009 |
BRUJI Thanks for your feedback. Of course we're sad to hear that you deem the info view templates lacking but fortunately the info view is based on HTML which means it is fully customizable. You can edit any of the existing templates to fit your style or you can write your own from scratch. Take a look at the Bookpedia Help file under 'Working with Bookpedia > Customizing info view templates' for more information about that. More importantly we'd love it if you were to share your amazing templates with the rest of the Pedia community. Just send them to us and we'll put them up on the Extras page for download and we could even update our current included templates. If your are not HTML savvy a design would also be appreciated as it would allow us to see what you have in mind. We're always working on improving the Pedias, including the templates, and we love getting input from our users.
(Version 4.4.3) | |
AppleJack | Apr 21 2009 |
TIAGO I'm sorry it's not working FOR YOU, but it does work flawlessly under 10.5.6
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iSubtitle | Apr 20 2009 |
Are you really the developer? If so, maybe you should change your nickname (or make a new one), to better reflect your " position"... Anyway, I agree with you... Anything CAN be done for free, but that doesn't mean that it's always the best way... As for me, I'm always interested in tools that make things easier/more fun... If they're free, that's great... If they're not, then I must judge if they're worth the price...
(Version 1.2) | |
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iSubtitle | Apr 21 2009 |
JOGGA Yes, I am the developer. I don't know why my screen name isn't used when posting?
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Video Monkey | Mar 10 2009 |
I came home from work and after reading it again... not that funny... but, too late!
(Version 0.1) | |
Praat | Feb 26 2009 |
TIAGO Iteration 65974: Still the same icon... After reading Ozzpot's (very) thorough explanation of his design choices, the whole things seems even more bizarre to me... So, in the end it all comes down to the ear... LOL
(Version 5.1.01) | |
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Light | Nov 15 2008 |
TIAGO Well, old P.T. Barnum must be (REALLY) laughing...
(Version 2.1) | |
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Leech | Sep 18 2008 |
TIAGO I would love to say that it "just works", but the truth is that when it works it offers no advantages to Safari's built-in downloader... I honestly cannot remember if Leech was EVER able to successfully resume a paused download... Most (all?) of the time I have to browse to Leech's history and download again an in several times that doesn't work either, so I have to go to the webpages again (which were already closed, obviously) to get the files... If your connection drops mid-download, be ready to loose everything you had already downloaded... I love Leech's interface (LOVE IT!), but owning both Leech and SpeedDownload I have to say that SpeedDownload is way faster, it successfully pauses/resumes downloads, it successfully re-downloads, has a better history browse... etc... But I hate its interface and could never get used to it... I'll try the lite version, but I already know that its interface is no match for Leech's... Let's see...
(Version 1.1.4) | |
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Leech | Apr 3 2009 |
BENR I've now found that by hiding the toolbar and the sidebar, switching into "simple" mode, showing only the Name, Status, Est.Time, Speed and Size columns and doing all my file management with right/ctrl-clicks on the downloads window, Speed Download does for me what I wish Leech would.
(Version 1.1.4) | |
| Sep 17 2008 |
TIAGO Still regarding NetShare: You bought it while it was at the AppStore... now it isn't anymore... if you update the iPhone software can you still continue using it?
(Version 1.7) | |
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Fluke | Sep 14 2008 |
TIAGO I have tried it over and over and I always gave up due to the lack of artwork support... So, here is a question to anyone who is already using it: does Fluke has managed to solve this issue or is this still (and maybe forever) a problem? I'm asking because I have already installed it several times just to check for this and every time I had to uninstall...
(Version .11) | |
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Light | Sep 5 2008 |
I'm sorry, but... REALLY????
(Version 2.0) | |
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QuickCHM | Jul 31 2008 |
TIAGO Excellent... and VERY needed... Once you start using QuickLook, it's very annoying when you're presented with a file that will not show a preview but an overly enlarged ugly icon insted... This seems to solve this issue for CHM files... Agreed, it's not a CHM reader, but that's not what it intends to be, I guess... Most CHM documents are hundreds of pages long and I don't think it's practical to read them via QuickLook, even if it's possible one day... Obviously it would be VERY good to be able to browse the pages of the documents but this is a great start indeed...
(Version 1.1) | |
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Delicious Library | Jul 18 2008 |
TIAGO First of all, I like the software and its design philosophy... I can't understand, however, that such a finely crafted application treats all DVDs as "Movies"... At least in my case, most of my DVDs are music shows, clips and concerts, and they look awkwardly out of place in the "Movies" section...
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Place And Scale | Jul 17 2008 |
TIAGO It would be nice if the screenshot thumbnail was linked to a larger version of the screenshot... As it is, all you see is the thumbnail in a new window/tab... Not very useful.
(Version 1.0.6) | |
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ForkLift | Jul 17 2008 |
TIAGO I really wanted to like this, but I just can't get it to work properly when merging folders/resuming files. Transmit does it just fine... I've sent a message to their support and hope they can look into it... Visually-wise I find this to be a great software, however, until it works as it should I can't use it... I won't rate it at this moment, but I would probably give it 3 stars.
(Version 1.5.2) | |
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ForkLift | Jul 18 2008 |
DOUG S. Are you sure it's not an issue with our hosting provider? Specific bits of functionality are disabled by certain hosting providers, mainly the cheap budget ones. For instance, a client I worked with I couldn't use ForkLift to restart a failed connection. However, with my hosting (Servage) restarting failed connections work every time. Same with merging and renaming folders. The only times I've had issues are with bad hosts. You might want to check with the provider (or +ers if it's multiple) to see if they have any issues. Also, it might matter if it's an SFTP or an FTP transfer.
(Version 1.5.3) | |
ForkLift | Jul 18 2008 |
TIAGO In my particular case, I'm sure it's not the host... Using Transmit and Yummy FTP with the exact same server configuration, everything works fine...
(Version 1.5.3) | |
ForkLift | Jul 18 2008 |
TIAGO Just tested the new 1.5.3 and the problem still happens...
(Version 1.5.3) | |
ForkLift | Jul 19 2008 |
DOUG S. Try writing directly to the developers. You never know how often they check this page and if your issue turns out to be that common they'll want to know about it.
(Version 1.5.3) | |
ForkLift | Jul 19 2008 |
TIAGO I should have mentioned this before, but I already wrote to the developers, describing the issue in great detail... Their response, transcribed below, also indicates that there is in fact some problem: "Completely understand your problem. We've not finished this part of the code because it is a pretty complex issue, but we _are_ working on it, and will post a fix in one of our future releases. Thanks for taking the time to write to us. | |
ForkLift | Jul 19 2008 |
DOUG S. Ah. Well it's good to know they know the issue and are working on it. Personally I still prefer ForkLife anyway. I did speedtests on my server with a bunch of different apps, ForkLife was about 50% faster if memory serves.
(Version 1.5.3) | |
Praat | Jul 4 2008 |
TIAGO I saw that a new version was released today and as I remembered the app from it's unique name, I decided to check if the icon was still the same after all these years... Unbelivable!
(Version 5.0.27) | |
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Praat | Aug 13 2008 |
ZANGIEF I honestly can't believe that the developer is still using that same MS Paint crap after all this time. Really ugly, that icon is.
(Version 5.0.32) | |
Praat | Oct 10 2008 |
TIAGO Still the same icon... Nice! Another gem from Stubborn Software...
(Version 5.0.35) | |
Praat | Oct 10 2008 |
ZANGIEF I check every time there's a new release to see if they've changed it. Still nothing… let's pester the developer with emails until it's changed.
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Speed Download Lite | Jun 12 2008 |
YAZSOFT SUPPORT If you really want the lightest of em all, simply use your browser's download manager :-) If you want a fully customizable and reliable download manager that has an aggressive R&D team behind it, I can propose Speed Download. Anyone can design an interface with nothing in it. Putting substance into a product is a whole different ball-game. There's a minimum to how 'lite' something can be while at the same time being useful. Check this out for more customizing options: Step 1:Go under the Speed Download menu and choose 'Switch to Simple mode' Step 2: http://yazsoft.com/content/supportpages/customize.html
(Version 1.0) | |
VideoDrive | May 22 2008 |
TIAGO The irony in this whole story is that users who pirate the software will certainly find a way to do so again and again and again (as they always do). I agree that Aroona Software has the right to protect its product, in order to assure future development of VideoDrive, but there's a fine line here that must never be crossed... Customer experience should never be sacrified. As DRAW said, Mac users can't stand MS-like behavior. That's why OS X does not annoy the user with registration or activation issues, unlike Windows... I guess if this is a one time thing, it's ok... But this is it... If this happens another time, I think the company should rethink its registration strategy.
(Version 1.5.10) | |
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VideoDrive | May 20 2008 |
TIAGO This seriously needs sparkle support to handle the update process... I'm getting nuts with the quasi-daily updates released by the developer...
(Version 1.5.8.04) | |
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Transmission | May 18 2008 |
TIAGO I have to say that this is the first release that is behaving perfectly well for me... So far I had absolutely no problems and everything is working as expected... Speeds are great (at least as high as Azureus, which is impressive) and I have lost no data... I'm a long time Azureus user and every time a new Transmission is released I try it out, wondering if this (release) will be the one... My fingers are still crossed, at least for a few more days but I believe this might be it...
(Version 1.20) | |
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yFlicks | May 17 2008 |
TIAGO Forgot to rate it, so here it is...
(Version 3.3.1) | |
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yFlicks | May 17 2008 |
TIAGO I was really hoping this could be a good app... However, I have already tried to use it about ten times over the last couple of years, but I give up... On the surface it has the looks of a Mac application, but it has several annoying (or non-standard/confusing behaviors) and it's slower than hell... Slow to a point that it gets impossible to use, even with just a few movies in the library... I would really love to have a great looking yet fully functional alternative...
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VMware Fusion | May 6 2008 |
When it launches, VMware Fusion 2.0 will be a free upgrade to all VMware Fusion 1.x users. This is as a sincere thank you to our early supporters who have partnered with us to make this product so great. That's great news... VMware is unquestionably THE BEST virtualization software for the Mac and it's great to see that the company respects its customers that much... Thank you VMware... I'll give the beta a try...
(Version 2.0b1) | |
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Punk | Mar 23 2008 |
I would love to see the rank of the movie, at least for the top 250 or so... Anyway, great widget...
(Version 1.1) | |
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OmniWeb | Mar 16 2008 |
TIAGO I don't know if up to 5.6 I had some sort of non-standard interface (don't think so), but the icons in 5.7 remind me of Firefox... Why, in a moment where Apple itself is changing it's interface style (iTunes, Finder, etc) would Omni go the other (ugly) way?
(Version 5.7 beta 1) | |
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Get Images Display | Mar 16 2008 |
MACUPDATE ADMIN Yes, I sort of cringed when I saw the screenshot in the submission page submitted to us by the developer. Perhaps the developer will submit a better one.
(Version 1.6) | |
Papers | Feb 21 2008 |
TIAGO Not a big deal (at all), but the actual download is 20.2Mb and not 18.8Mb as shown on this page...
(Version 1.7) | |
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Inquisitor | Jan 9 2008 |
TIAGO Be aware that the order in which search results are shown is NOT the same as in a Google search. Dave Watanabe modifies the order to benefit from it. The problem is that all this is done without any form of disclosure... Maybe this is not illegal per se, but it certainly is not the right way for such an app to behave...
(Version 3.0v50) | |
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Inquisitor | Jan 14 2008 |
TUISHIMI Yes, that has become common knowledge. Does that warrant a single star? While the author was not forthcoming in reordering results (in SOME cases) the application itself is nicely done. You can comment on what he did all you want, but you should not rate the application based on anything but features, value, ease of use, etc.
(Version 3.0v50) | |
Together | Dec 17 2007 |
TIAGO Over the last few days I've been thoroughly testing every file/info management app available. In the end, my choice was between Together and EagleFiler. Both are excellent apps but I find Together to offer a better balance of features and user experience. The interface is the best among these apps and the developer—Steve Harris—is very responsive and accessible. The price ($39) is the same (or almost) of the other apps I was considering (Yojimbo and EagleFiler), so this wasn't an issue. I'm sure several users might find $39 to be "too much" for such an app, but let me say: try it and you'll see that it's not expensive at all. Very recommended!
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Xtorrent | Nov 11 2007 |
TIAGO I SO wanted to like this client... Azureus is java and totally PC-like... Very powerful and stable, but it's way too ugly for me to run it without tears in my eyes... Transmission is a promise... A promise that never materializes... Everything was going well: first selective file downloading (previously available ONLY in Azureus... immediately copied by Xtorrent)... Recently, the project incorporated encryption, the feature I was waiting for... However, from this moment on, Transmission is totally unusable... You wouldn't believe the amount of data lost in each recheck (when restarting, for example). I must have lost about 50-60Gb of data. I don't know if this has something to do with encryption or not, but if it does, I guess it explains why Dave Watanabe has not YET launched a version of Xtorrent with encryption... Brilliant engineering, right? And then there is Xtorrent. Very pretty interface... Unfortunatelly, that's about it... By the number of mixed opinions about his supporting skills (some say he stinks, some say he is fast and gentle), I must conclude Dave is bipolar or has some multiple personality disorder... I confess that I don'r own a copy of Xtorrent, but as a owner of all his other softwares I must say that his support stinks (my opinion)... In the few times I needed some kind of assistance, due to activation issues, he was very very slow to answer my emails... Also, during the beta testing phase of Xtorrent (prior to the official launch), I took the time to email him with opinions and suggestions regarding the sofware. Although he was not particularly rude in his answers, he had a kind of superior and condescending way of dismissing my suggestions... To me that kind of attitude is totally unprofessional and should not be tolerated in a software developer... But this is the small stuff... Xtorrent simply CANNOT (and WILL NOT) be taken seriously until the serious private trackers accept it as a valid client. As it stands now, there is not one single TOP tracker that accepts this client in the swarm... Using it will only serve to one purpose: get you banned... I guess in the end it all comes down to a simple choice: do you wanna use a beautiful client that is only able to connect to the lame public trackers that WE ALL know of, or do you wanna use an ugly client that is accepted by every one of the awesome trackers that SOME OF US know of? What do you care for the most? This may be the situation where that famous quote about journeys and destinations is proven wrong: with torrents, the destination is FAR more important than the journey... Until some viable alternative emerge I'll continueto cry while using Azureus 2.5.0.4, the "Shrek" of torrent clients... You should too... | |
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PictureSync | Nov 5 2007 |
TIAGO Got this from a bundle recently (can't remember if it was here or at MacZot) and since then I was not able to activate it... Have send email to developer but no answer yet... Oh, it's been "just" a week or so... I guess I'll just wait... Talk about money well spent!!! Also, I bought this EXCLUSIVELY for using with Aperture and now it seems that I need to purchase the Pro version for such functionality... Clearly that was not explicit in the promo... Buyers beware...
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Transmission | Oct 29 2007 |
TIAGO Well... Let me comment then... Version 0.91 has not solved any of the "losing data" issues I've experienced with 0.90 (discussed a few posts bellow this one)... These are probably the same issues discussed by POWERSCAPE... I tested both with new torrents and with torrents started with 0.90 and my valid data after rechecking was generally 50-60% of the real downloaded amount... I really don't wan't to go back to Azureus... I've promised myself that I would NOT install Azureus under Leopard... This promise is getting harder and harder to keep...
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Transmission | Oct 28 2007 |
TIAGO I'm a big fan of Transmission... In time, I believe it will be THE client for the Mac... Anyway, more often that I would like to admit, it loses data... Several gigabytes of data, actually... If I keep the client running, torrents finish and everything goes fine... However, if I pause the torrents and close the client for a system reboot, for example, when I open it again I notice a significant reduction in the download %. For example, consider the following torrents: 1. 560Mb (1 file): 92.92% before pausing - 68.02% after reboot... 2. 5.37Gb (over 100 files): 56.60% before pausing - 48.79% after reboot... 3. 3.74Gb (75 files): 27.58% before pausing - 16.60% after reboot... I'm running the 0.90 version with Mac OS X 10.5 with every update installed... Transmission was also set to IGNORE UNENCRYPTED PEERS...
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VMware Fusion | Aug 6 2007 |
TIAGO Amazing product... I also used Parallels for some time, but after the constant (very constant) crashes, I felt like I needed something else... I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that VMware is fast, reliable, stable, etc etc... The list goes on and on... Luckily, I was able to get it under the pre-order price (50%) so that's a BIG plus... So far, I'm a very happy customer... Parallels no more...
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Get Lyrical | Sep 6 2009 |
HEDI The previous version gives all the track billie jean s lyrics
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Mindjet MindManager | Apr 8 2007 |
TIAGO Although I agree with the previous comment (on the unrealistic pricing), I have to say this is by far the best mind mapping software I've ever tried... NoteMind is not ready for primetime yet, and NovaMind—my favorite for a long time—simply does not feel like a real Mac application... Other apps are even worse... MindManager has the look and feel I was looking for... If only the price was not sooo high...
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Xtorrent | Mar 3 2007 |
TIAGO Although this is a nice and prety client , I agree with most of the comments on Mr. Watanabe... I own licenses to Newsfire, Acquisition, and even paid for Inquisitor (which is free nowadays). Every time I had to contact Watanabe, it's been a nightmare... For example, after a clean install I could not activate Acquisition for over a month, 'cause he didn't respond to my emails... As for the features, this is a prety basic torrent client... Too basic for my needs... And since it's banned from every single private tracker that matters, there's no point in using it... As for stability issues, I can't comment, since I gave up on testing it a few months ago... Bottom line, if you care about your downloads and uploads, and want to access the kind of goods that only private trackers offer, go grab Azureus... It's java and not so prety, but it's by far (and that's very very far) the best client out there...
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