VERYVITO  I've been using CuteClips for some time now, and have come to rely on it. It's rock solid, simple and stays out of the way until I need it (I've tried several similar apps, and just like the way CuteClips fits into my workflow).

I had my first "issue" with it today (It turned out the problem was with my file system and had nothing to do with CuteClips itself), and was pleasantly surprised by the quick response from the developer, too -- adding great support to a great product.  
(Version 3.0.13)

VERYVITO  No luck installing here. Been stuck on "Preparing TiVo Desktop" for the past hour. Time to Force-Quit.  
(Version 1.95)

VERYVITO  As a several-times daily visitor to Macupdate, I've been interested in the idea of a desktop app for a while now (I've tried similar apps, but the failure rate just seems to make them useless). I just downloaded and tried this, and I have to say, I'm impressed so far.

Response time from the developer seen in earlier comment feedback is also a good sign, so I finally laid down the 20 bucks to become a desktop member. Looking forward to seeing where this goes. Thanks!

Still keeping MUMenu to view the new stuff I don't have yet, though. :)  
(Version 5.0)

VERYVITO  I've never had issues with a Wacom driver, but this one seems riddled with bugs. Dropped connections are the best part. Worse is that the pen tip no longer triggers rollovers in Safari (among other apps), or acts anything like you would expect it to.

On several occasions, I've had to switch to a mouse just to stop the cursor from constantly being in "drag mode."

Going to try to uninstall and reinstall the previous version now.  
(Version 5.2.0-6)

VERYVITO  I've used Digital Color Meter and an "app-ized" version of the default OS X ColorPicker, among others, but this is what I've been looking for. Call me crazy, but I like menu apps -- one less thing to have to find and launch when I need it, so they fit well into my workflow, regardless of which app I happen to be using now.

The price is fair, too -- $5 is less than the cost of a sandwich, and something tells me I'll get plenty of use out of it. Tested and bought. (And on impulse, I also picked up the company's other app, Snippet, which may finally wean me away from using Stickies).  
(Version 1.1)

VERYVITO  Alpha quality at best.

I used the promising beta and looked forward to this app. Unfortunately, between the beta and the time I forked out the money for the final (and indeed, even to this day), very little has changed: The "final" app works no better than the pre-release versions. Worse yet, the developers seem to be ignoring the diminishing cries of what could have been a loyal user base.

A shame really, as MacRabbit had a loyal fan base left over from its CSSEdit work. In fact, if any other company had pulled this, I'm sure the uproar would have been huge. Instead, I feel most users tried to give the developers a break -- but for this price, such patience can only last so long.

If the app were free, one might expect such abandonware, but for $80?

I generally don't care about customer support when it comes to buying software (I use it and that's that), but when the software is sold as a relatively high-priced programmer's editor and turns out to be broken and pretty much unusable for anything beyond simple text editing, I think paying customers deserve an explanation.  
(Version 1.0.5)

VERYVITO  This is a full-featured DB app, and it's one of the few that handles both MySQL and SQLite (among several others). I've purchased it and remain happy with it. The price is reasonable, and the publisher is constantly improving the app with frequent free updates that continue to move it forward.

That said: While its appearance is far better than many "cross platform" DB solutions, it still doesn't feel like a "native" OS X app, and the overall navigation seems more cumbersome than it need be (for instance, one must open a separate "edit table" window, rather than simply editing a table in its current view). I'm sure this allows the app to be more flexible than say, the excellent Sequel Pro app for MySQL, but it also leads me to reach for those db-specific tools (such as Sequel Pro, SQLite Manager) first... which kills the point of the "one app to rule them all" that I was hoping this would provide.

In other words, it DOES work well with every DB I've thrown at it -- but if you don't need to access different types of DB servers, you may find you prefer a more specialized tool designed for your particular brand of database.  
(Version 4.5.9)

VERYVITO  Great looking and exactly what I want from a news aggregator... Now if only it would run for more than a few minutes without crashing. I DO have high hopes for this software, and look forward to its stable release.  
(Version 1.1.2)

VERYVITO  How does this offer anything different from the "Show displays in Menu bar" setting already in the Displays Preference panel?  
(Version 3.8.6)

VERYVITO  Just bought 9 a couple months ago, and barely use any of its new features yet. Regardless, this just seems more like a point release (plus some bundled shareware-level apps) rather than another $100 necessity. Anybody with more Toast experience than I care to share their strategy for dealing with such upgrades (i.e., do you usually upgrade every 2 or 3 releases? Always? Never?)

  
(Version 10)

VERYVITO  SoThink SWFDecompiler stands head and shoulders above other SWF decompilers available on OS X -- providing great conversion for even the latest SWF files.

That said, the Mac version is fairly young (first released this summer), and feels much less solid than the app you may remember from your PC days. Some things just seem to take a lOOOooong time -- but then again, eventually, they DO work. The conversion engine is solid, but the interface itself feels like a ported program.

Regardless, it's a must-have when you need to see what's going on under the hood of a piece for which you no longer have source.  
(Version 4.3)

VERYVITO  While you may not notice it in day-to-day drag-and-drog file operations, there are several reasons a case-sensitive OS is preferable.

First, it allows more flexibility when naming files. This example is extreme, but an attorney might have two documents he wants to keep in an archive folder: MoleStationCase.doc (concerning Mole Station, MD) and MolestationCase.doc (concerning sexual misconduct). A glance could tell the names apart, but in a case-insensitive OS, they would overwrite one another.

Also, consider the developer's convention of uppercasing class names, such as Button.java, to differentiate them from instance-level directives found in button.java.

There are many reasons to choose case-sensitive file systems, and I think it's only for historical reasons that Apple even includes the non-sensitive option in OS X.  
(Version 7.5)

VERYVITO  Cheaper than free? That's hard to beat.

But true, CMD-OPT-H works just as well... as long as you delete all your desktop icons, hide your dock and spend a few minutes cropping your final screenshot. Enjoy that.  
(Version 3.40b)

VERYVITO  I've been using this for months now, and the addition of custom directives makes it even better than before. I'm pretty comfortable editing config files by hand, but this tool makes it even easier, and just about foolproof -- and anything that improves productivity as much as this is hard to beat for the price.

Just started testing the latest version, and I like the way the custom directives are implemented -- simply, and out of the way if you don't need them. My only suggestion would be for it to include any directives already in place on the virtual hosts before this update.  
(Version 1.1)

VERYVITO  Just what I needed. Works as advertised, and feels less clunky than Backdrop or other solutions I've tried.  
(Version 3.2)

VERYVITO  TaskPaper is the ToDo list I've been looking for: It actually replaces the pocket-sized notebook I've kept on my desk for years -- and is just as simple to use.

It doesn't do a whole lot (thankfully!), but what it does do, it does great.  
(Version 1.0.3)

VERYVITO  This is one of my favorite utilities, and this looks like a great update. If you use USB or Bluetooth audio output devices (in addition to the built-in audio), you'll wonder why this isn't part of OS X to begin with.  
(Version 2.0)

VERYVITO  Seems to work the way Leopard should have, that is. :)  
(Version 0.1)