ZANGIEF  I'm not so sure that a logo on a background, however beautiful and reminiscent of flame fractals, qualifies as being a screenshot, but the product itself is fine.  
(Version 2.0.31005.0)

ZANGIEF  The new 1.5 is great, just one more thing I'd like to see to make it perfect: I want to be able to change the font, with a standard font selection panel. Excellent work, as were 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4, Signor Del Maschio. ^_^  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  Same here, I've used this app for a long time and love it.

"No, I can't throw that out, what if I need that in six months!"  
(Version 0.9.6)

ZANGIEF  On that note, *takes out iPhone, selects dice roller, selects coin flip* It seems to be a coincidence. :-)  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  Is it just a coincidence that a friend of mine made a SIMBL plugin to do this system-wide and called it WrongZoom?  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  Why does it beep every time I drop something in?  
(Version 3.0)

ZANGIEF  Assuming that users placed iReadFast in the Applications folder, you could add this to the beginning of that script to prevent the quarantine window (the window asking you if you're sure you want to run the app) from appearing:

do shell script "xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/iReadFast.app"  
(Version 1.4)

ZANGIEF  That's something... a double-submit so slow that the second one comes in after the reply. Awesome.  
(Version 2.1)

ZANGIEF  Thanks, I found that recently. :-)  
(Version 2.1)

ZANGIEF  Well, isn't this quite the interesting story? There are so many instances of bad design choices, I just love reading about them. Still an MS Paint icon. I don't care if I can get a "high-quality image" out of this app, because the image provided as an icon is clearly low-quality. Doesn't make much sense.  
(Version 5.0.44)

ZANGIEF  Don't you think you should take the eyes out first? That way, you can throw the eyes at him/her once you're done with the slapping part.  
(Version 1.6)

ZANGIEF  FINALLY! It's like App Stop is free again!  
(Version 0.2)

ZANGIEF  Won this in a MacApper contest a year or two ago… used it ever since and loved it. To be one of three winners, you had to tell why you thought you needed/deserved Overflow. My reason was simple: 151 Dock icons stretched across the bottom of the screen are tiny and counterintuitive– it was such a mess that the Dock wasn't really a pleasure to use so much as it was the virtual equivalent of a shelf so loaded with stuff that you can't find anything, and all but the 5 things you use most get pushed to the back. Using the Dock had gotten to be a kind of muscle memory thing, where I just knew where a few apps were and somehow managed to mouse to them. I'm happy to say that this is no longer the case, nor has it been since I won that contest.  
(Version 2.5.5)

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.  
(Version 5.0.35)

ZANGIEF  Nice little script, I suppose– but wouldn't it be a little faster to just use the menu item with Option held down?  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  Used to love this– erased it along with everything else when I wiped my hard disk. Link is broken and downloading it from the Wayback Machine produces a corrupt DMG. Any help?  
(Version 1.0b8)

ZANGIEF  I don't type the "right" way, and I get 70 WPM on QWERTY. I'm learning Dvorak (correctly, because it doesn't hurt like correct QWERTY) right now. It took me just about 3 hours of learning to memorise the layout, so I'm getting to be a bit more efficient with it now. This is certainly something fun to play around with. ^_^  
(Version 0.5.2)

ZANGIEF  Very useful for me, as I am teaching myself Japanese mostly by reading and observing (I've always been drawn to language, so it didn't take me long before I figured out the basic grammar and could read the kana). This helps me a lot because I can look up any kanji I don't know by radical, and then I can see the reading and definition, which in turn lets me understand the sentence or whatever it is. Once there are more verbs with conjugation info on them, this will be one of the best Japanese reference utilities out there. Used in conjunction with Mac OS X 10.5's editions of Japanese dictionaries (forget their names), this is a very powerful and easy-to-use learning and reference tool.  
(Version .9f2)

ZANGIEF  This isn't really shareware; you can use it for free as long as you wish with a note every ten minutes.  
(Version 2.2)

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)

ZANGIEF  This app seems to have vanished off the face of the earth, and I forgot to download it again after wiping my hard disk. Any chance someone has a copy?  
(Version 2.0.1)

ZANGIEF  This doesn't work on PPC. Though the listing says it does, I get an error stating that it does not work on PowerPC Macs.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ZANGIEF  I'm 13. How am I supposed to do that?  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  Firefox doesn't support CSS3 from what their official website says. Safari does.  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  Safari didn't even exist then.  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  And might I add that web development is a hobby of mine.  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  Safari's fine by me and, after previous experiences with FF, I don't have any plans to switch.  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  Ugh, Firefox is waaaay slow, even Mac-optimised builds like Minefield. No Safari support means less users.  
(Version 3.3.1)

ZANGIEF  This happens to me every so often when I'm running an app or using files off a USB drive. The light's not on (because no read or write attempts are being made), but some file on it is still in memory. Quite the frustrating experience, and then I'm forced to unplug it (when the light's off, with no danger of corrupting data) and get the “Device Removal” error message. Bleh.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  You can try running AppZapper on it, which gives you five free zaps to zap as many things as you'd like. Run it on the widget. If you'd like a free and similar alternative, try AppCleaner (this links to the product page here at MU).  
(Version 10.5.6)

ZANGIEF  It looks so much like MacPilot, but it's free. Awesome. Koingo Software's got a freeware competitor now…  
(Version 1.0.5)

ZANGIEF  Hm, that's a nice feature. Is this an app you place in the top bar of the Finder that acts on selected files, or is it a full app with a GUI that lets you browse through files?  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  What is better about this than using Cmd+click and then Cmd+Delete? I do that all the time.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  ImagePlay is NOT freeware, it's shareware. How did that get in here? Great app, but I don't want something I need to pay for in a collection of software that's supposed to be free.  
(Version 0806)

ZANGIEF  My Mac is a laptop, and it plays a huge part in my life. On occasion, I need to leave my Mac for just a moment and don't want anybody messing with it. This app is perfect for those moments. ^_^  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  I love Twitter, and when I found this app it looked really cool, so I gave it a try. It's very sleek and has a nice interface, however: I have found Twitterrific to be extremely hit-and-miss when it comes to connecting to Twitter and getting tweets. About 5/6 of the time, I have to use Twitter's web interface instead, because Twitterrific is complaining about various server errors and things about the server complaining that I sent a bad request when I quite clearly have not sent ANY requests in the last hour– I just turned on my Mac; it's not possible.

Yes, it's a great Twitter app, and I'm perfectly fine with the hourly ads. But the connectivity issues themselves can on occasion make this app a real hassle to use.  
(Version 3.1)

ZANGIEF  And still others (me) are perfectly happy running Leopard on their PPC iBook G4s they got a while before the Macbooks even existed.  
(Version 2.2)

ZANGIEF  The old version of WriteRoom is still up for free on the developer's site. This might be worth my while if it had various settings that made it useful for everyone (such as say, vim, nano, and emacs modes that let users familiar with those programs get around with keyboard shortcuts). I find that running vim fullscreen will solve the problem nicely for me– if you can learn vim (I was able to learn a good deal of vim in 30 minutes), it'll help you for more than just coding. You can write faster and make lists with ease.  
(Version 12)

ZANGIEF  Graphic symbols? As in â�‚ â�• â�˘?  
(Version 2.0)

ZANGIEF  A couple minor glitches in the UI? Yeah. Do they decrease the quality or usefulness of this application? Nope. This has got to be in the top five free video converters for Mac.

The test video– a short animation about Mamegoma– converts from .mov to .mp4 in about 53.9 seconds. The settings do require some tweaking, as annoying graphical anomalies will appear in your video if not configured properly.

Alas, I have yet to find the perfect video converter for OS X. I know that Exporter has earned its place in my toolbox, at least for a while.

I also have a little hint to share: in the box resulting from clicking the Export… button, make sure to press the down arrow so that you can get a working set of controls (since they appear to be behind the field in which one types the filename). The Options button will be there, though you can't see it– click to the right of the first menu and it will appear.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  XD I've done that in the past, I think. Logical fallacies are amusing…  
(Version 2.3.7)

ZANGIEF  As an extremely geeky person, I understand your point– but I'd like to spend more time doing geek things within the program, rather than within the scope of creating it– but that's my opinion, which is by no means what everyone else thinks.  
(Version 2.3.7)

ZANGIEF  I'm perfectly capable of doing all of these things with Terminal and such (I've done it on occasion before), but this is a bit much. Mac users expect working binaries, and source code should be an aside.  
(Version 2.3.7)

ZANGIEF  Never mind, the dev has it up for download in a (rather obscure) part of his site.  
(Version 2.3.7)

ZANGIEF  ISO 9317-5 Moose-y Goodness.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  I think they did a marvellous job; I'm happy with Leopard's look.  
(Version 1.5.2)

ZANGIEF  I too run on a PPC Mac. I got Leopard at the premier and it actually has made my Mac a little speedier. It's an iBook G4, last model ever produced (got it a few months before the MacBooks came out).

I don't have an iPhone or plan on developing iPhone apps right now, but it's nice to know that there's a solution.  
(Version 2.0b5)

ZANGIEF  I don't have any use for this, but I can't help but say that the name instantly brought to mind ‘Se quel guerrier io fossi’ from Aida, and the phrase ‘celeste Aida’ is stuck in my head.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  I needed this quite badly, as my desktop is constantly cluttered with icons that I never get around to cleaning away. Now, SmartShuno can help me remove them. I like the Japanese-sounding name of ‘shuno’, as well as the use of GPL smilies in the interface (screenshot included). Very nice, thanks much!  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  You might want to update the poll to include Leopard, as I cannot vote.  
(Version 1.7.250)

ZANGIEF  Any chance of hosting the old free version like MU did with Textpander? I don't have $25 for this, I'm 13.  
(Version 2.3.7)

ZANGIEF  Two words: Snapz Pro. More flexibility and features, and at a price people can afford. Non-obtrusive, runs in the back and is available with a simple hotkey. If you got Snapz Pro through the MacHeist bundle, it was even more affordable. Nice app I suppose, but not worth the money.  
(Version 1.0.2)

ZANGIEF  I love the icon! ^_^ Using the current icon instead of this one is like choosing Paint over Photoshop… which is probably similar to what happened, actually.  
(Version 5.0.17)

ZANGIEF  First, it doesn't have anything I want. Why would I download it, then?

Second, why do I need a purple background? Trash the colour thing.

Third, why is the toolbar floating around in the purple sea of colour? Integrate it.

Let's see a real app, not just a joke.  
(Version 1.3)

ZANGIEF  Very fun, very easy to use. This makes mapping an enjoyable activity, something you might do for the fun of it. In fact, I have done some maps with this for the fun of it. MindNode is something you want to take out every day and make something interesting with it. Organise thoughts, collect information– MindNode does it all in a convenient, sleek package that captures the essence of the Mac– extra little bits and pieces that you don't need aren't present, and the user interface is intuitive, simple, and powerful. Very nicely done, fives all around for a pwnage app.  
(Version 0.9.16)

ZANGIEF  Very fun, very difficult. Great piece of freeware, keep up the good work! You'll play this on and off throughout the whole day, because it's one of those things where it frustrates you to be very close to winning, only to find that you went one square too far…  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  YES YES YES! I used HyperDither when it first came out and I've been waiting and waiting for an update, thanks much!  
(Version 1.2)

ZANGIEF  onoez, dead link! Couldn't find it on Google, either.  
(Version 2.0.1)

ZANGIEF  Most people don't have anything 100MB and smaller to test this on. Useless demo, boo.  
(Version 1.6.5)

ZANGIEF  Does anyone still have the old free version? I don't have $15 for this, and I don't care if it's out of date, either.  
(Version 2.1)

ZANGIEF  Dead link, onoez! Any chance that i can has mirror?  
(Version 1.1a5)

ZANGIEF  Heh, thanks. I don't know why it never occurred to me to try that… *slaps self*  
(Version 1.0.9)

ZANGIEF  No, Esperanto uses ŝ for the /ʃ/ sound, so it can't be.  
(Version 1.7)

ZANGIEF  Actually, that system is still used by OS X.  
(Version 2.3.4.6)

ZANGIEF  I don't understand this at all, but the name is squishy and fun to say!

Seafoid.   
(Version 0.1)

ZANGIEF  Whee! Love the "tech" setting, that's my kind of haiku. Here are some phrases I've received:

digital Jedi GPS

spammed holographic BBS

breaker trashes the port

A transmitted byte

analog Jedi coffee

cd-rom decodes the user

a compiled script-kiddie  
(Version 2.0)

ZANGIEF  Hm, well, it's nice to see that its behaviour has been improved– I just think it would be nice if the app would be a little bit more up-front about what it was doing– is there really any need for this?  
(Version 10.5)

ZANGIEF  Wow, I have all the reasons I need to not install this now.

Let's talk about the average user. Sure, they won't know that any of this is going on– but it seems that's the point, so why is all this hidden? Good Mac developers ought to put their frameworks into an appropriate Library area (Application Support might not be a bad idea, if it's just for this suite). Then, that code can hook right into the app without spawning processes or wasting CPU. It certainly doesn't need to run at startup (and root, no less). If you need this once a week maybe, then why are we running every day? Having a daemon or other process open like that for just a version check is ludicrous– use Sparkle to check for updates when the user launches. If you're that strict about licenses, write a framework or class for that too– this would belong in appname.app/Contents/Frameworks , since it's not tied into anything else (and if it is, store the license info in a plist file).

In short, this app doesn't play nice with the system.  
(Version 10.5)

ZANGIEF  Love it, just love it. One of my gripes with Leopard's Font Book is that when you delete a font before removing it from a collection, its entry stays in the collection if you view it from the font panel and the only way I've found to fix this is removing and re-creating the collection, a major inconvenience. Those of us who collect and use large numbers of fonts (me and some other posters) will find that Font Book just won't cut it. That's when it's time to bring in Linotype, who knows how to do fonts and how people want to do fonts.  
(Version 1.2.3)

ZANGIEF  Eh, I tried it myself, but it didn't work. If you've a hexadecimal editor, you could try searching the binary for the paths to the music and editing them… I might try that, hehe.  
(Version 1.8.3)

ZANGIEF  Here's a tip:

Open GarageBand (new project) and drag the MIDI file in. You will be able to change each MIDI instrument to any GarageBand instrument you desire, remove it entirely, add more, add loops, etc. Make an MP3 by the same name and stick it where the original goes.  
(Version 1.8.3)

ZANGIEF  I did that one time, it was strange at first, but then I thought “Whoops, turned VoiceOver on” and disabled it (and its key shortcut, since I don't need it).  
(Version 1.1e92)

ZANGIEF  Alright, thanks! I love how the MacUpdate staff is always quick to respond to users' questions, very helpful. By far my favourite Mac software site. ^_^  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Dead link. Can somebody get a link up?  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Looks like an AppZapper knockoff. Nice, but I like AppZapper's interface (and genie) more. Besides, the creators were really understanding about the fact that I can't buy it and gave me a license. :D  
(Version 1.2b1)

ZANGIEF  I have, what, two KDE icon sets in Pixadex. They're really nice, and they cover such a wide variety of situations– it's a good thing to have on tap.  
(Version 20)

ZANGIEF  But App Stop is shareware now… I found 0.9 but it doesn't work on Leopard. Anyone have 1.1 or something else that will?  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  The icon is the first thing a user sees; you don't even have to open an application to see its icon. Application icons should generally be as suited and descriptive as possible; this causes users to recognise things quickly and creates a stronger link in the mind. If you tried to remember to buy peaches at the store by writing the word "Venice" on your list, you probably wouldn't remember that you wanted peaches. Likewise, if you write a travel itinerary and it says "peaches" where Venice belongs, you probably will have a hard time figuring out where you meant to go next. I, personally, think it helps to have a suited and recognisable icon (such as TextEdit having a pen and paper, iTunes having a CD and notes, iPhoto with a picture and a camera, Address Book with an address book, Numbers with a spreadsheet and graphs, or iCal with a calendar. They just, well, make sense and fit.) Next time you're customising icons, try placing the MetaX icon on your favourite app, put that app in the Dock, and see how long it takes before you get used to it. I don't have a problem with the software, I think it's strange to have a cow, of all things, on a music tag app.  
(Version 2.3.2)

ZANGIEF  Hm… mine only ever had Installer.app requesting whichever right it was (system.root.user.install I think), but I had fseventer open and nothing about Installer.app was changed. Odd…  
(Version 1.1.5)

ZANGIEF  No, no… Installer.app is requesting root privileges to install something. The package isn't an app in itself, so it can't request root privileges, no less to modify an open application.  
(Version 1.1.5)

ZANGIEF  Not to be a bother, but mind sending it to me? I can't find it anywhere after FWM pulled it.

jellyfish.cory@gmail.com  
(Version 2.1)

ZANGIEF  WHY HAVE I NOT FOUND THIS BEFORE?! :twitch:  
(Version 0.2.3)

ZANGIEF  I used PithHelmet until it broke on Leopard, now I use SafariBlock, which is a bit better and more flexible than this IMO.  
(Version 0.3)

ZANGIEF  I use Quick Look. ^_^

Being at the Leopard premier and standing in line outside the store for two hours was one of the BEST THINGS I'VE EVER DONE.  
(Version 1.9b)

ZANGIEF  I used Ukelele to make a layout for Telugu, when I reopened it the whole thing appeared garbled in Ukelele but continued to work normally on my system. I'd try this app out, but it appears to be a dead link…  
(Version 0.6)

ZANGIEF  Would be really cool if it supported those other strange encodings like TSCII (for Tamil), etc…  
(Version 0.8.1b)

ZANGIEF  I've been looking for something like this for a while, tiling backgrounds can be useful but difficult to make.

What's more, the Engrish description is great! (no offence to the developer or other Japanese; I'm actually a Japanophile)… I'll make sure to enjoy the haphazardness.

BTW, I dig vector graphics. ^_^  
(Version 3.0.4)

ZANGIEF  Precisely. The app doesn't do anything, the person who holds down power does.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  I wish I had this yesterday… would've saved me dragging upwards of 120 images manually… Would like to see wildcard and regular expression support in the future.  
(Version 0.21)

ZANGIEF  Peep Attack Pro + screensaver = perfection  
(Version 1.2)

ZANGIEF  I've always liked this app. Now…

The developer needs to include fiesta bulbs– chiles, salsa, chips, maracas, etc. This could be something totally great if it worked for every single holiday and the days in between! I want to see huge packs of bulbs for this.  
(Version 2.0)

ZANGIEF  It's a great game, through and through! I absolutely LOVE this game. I don't have a way to buy it though, so I use the "cost-effective" method: delete the invisible files and your time to play is reset to 60 minutes as you continue to enjoy your game from where you left off.

5s all around, well done!  
(Version 1.0.1)

ZANGIEF  Somewhere along the line, there became one too many apps to accomplish this. Personally, I like Orator best.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ZANGIEF  It would be even better if I could choose filetypes (something simple: choice between mov, mp4, and avi would be decent). Overall, I like it!  
(Version 1.0.3)

ZANGIEF  A friend of mine (who is a geek like me) said something about Silverlight once. Intrigued, I asked him "What's Silverlight?" His reply called it yet another "MS crap product".

I agree.  
(Version 1.0.21115)

ZANGIEF  In Terminal:

sudo killall Dock

Type admin password, voilŕ. Of course, this is great for the majority of Mac users, who probably don't do UNIX.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Straight from the Oxford dictionary:

buy

obtain in exchange for payment

I don't want to continue this any further, here's my last comment (mouse over to view):

I certainly don't agree with your use of "donation", nor do I find business analysis any consolation. I'm sorry if we don't see eye-to-eye here; it's just the way I look at things.  
(Version 1.1.8)

ZANGIEF  I'm sure there are quite a few people (such as myself) that can't pay for anything online because they're not 17 years of age or older.

I don't want to engage in a flamewar, but consider: there are still more people in this world who are 17 years of age or older, but don't have $10 to spend on a piece of software. They barely have enough money for food, let alone something like this.

Don't spit the words "they wouldn't have a computer" at me because they could've gotten one for Christmas, or they might've been financially secure at one time, and had bought a computer.  
(Version 1.1.8)

ZANGIEF  The Christmas icon looks great, I might download it just because it looks so funny.  
(Version XMas Edition)

ZANGIEF  Now with Leopard, just use Spaces. If you don't have a tidy desktop, use the basic version of Desktopple (most people will be fine without the pro version anyway). It's what I do for my school work, and it works just fine. Pages and Desktopple in one space, music and anything else in the other three.  
(Version 1.2)

ZANGIEF  Better yet, use iSwiff:

MacUpdate listing for iSwiff  
(Version 1.4.3892)

ZANGIEF  The listing appears to read PPC only. As it was written entirely using AppleScript (not even Xcode was involved), it should work on Intel systems as well.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  You guys need to make up your mind, seriously.

Softpedia lists it as freeware, which is how I came across it (my MU filters are set to freeware only, which is why I never saw it here). I opened it up and…

"Your demo expires in 11 days."

Well, that really turned me off to it already.

Now, I go to Limit Point's site and see that I need to "make a donation" in order to unlock all the utilities on the page. Am I buying it or am I just making a donation? I found a link that says purchase, so it seems that donate has become a more pleasant-sounding word for buy.

I really don't even know what to say.  
(Version 1.1.7)

ZANGIEF  Yes! I'm so glad to see a feature for adjusting really high and low notes, if you ever try to listen to an icon, you'll see why… It'd be nice to see a feature for transparent parts of an image to not be counted at all. A row of transparent pixels with just one opaque pixel would then cause the opaque pixel to be played as if it were the entire line.  
(Version .09)

ZANGIEF  And some of us (like me) are using Leopard. Some of us (like me) got it on the premier, too.  
(Version 0.42)

ZANGIEF  Oh. My. God. I've always enjoyed file management shells like this, I bet I'll use this every day. The only things I might like to see would be:

1. Option+F opens file menu regardless of which pane you're in (currently opens only if user is in top pane)

2. Capability to preview images without opening them in some way.

Managing font files has never been easier!  
(Version 0.8.1)

ZANGIEF  Adobe Flash Player is already installed… and you can watch your videos in Jing using the history feature.

When I said 'get rid of RealPlayer', I meant that because it is a terrible app, not because of compatibility.  
(Version 1.4.3445)

ZANGIEF  Get rid of RealPlayer, for one.

Second, don't open it with QT– open it with Safari. If you can't figure out how, hold Command and Option, then drag it to the Safari icon in your Dock or wherever.  
(Version 1.4.3445)

ZANGIEF  In search of a good MP4 converter, I went straight to MacUpdate and downloaded both QTAmateur and iSquint to see which one was the best.

Neither of them are perfect, but one did come out on top. Here are the tests I did:

I used a video downloaded from YouTube and converted to .m4v by TubeTV for testing each converter.

First, I tried iSquint. Using all defaults except for video size, I converted the file. The video's size remained unchanged, because I didn't want it made smaller.

When I opened iSquint, I was greeted not by a nice welcome screen, but by a sheet urging me desperately to buy VisualHub instead, before I'd even tried iSquint! A row of arrows pointing to the 'Try VisualHub' button encouraged me. To quote the app, "No thanks, I'll suffer with iSquint". OK, so now that that's over, I changed my settings for the movie size to the current size. I had to open QuickTime in order to find the size of the movie first. The conversion was fast and clean.

At the end of the conversion, I received a message informing me that the conversion was finished. The OK button wasn't the only one in the window; another one encouraging me to use VisualHub was there. I already said no once, isn't that enough?!

So now, in regard to the actual conversion…

The quality was excellent! The file size was the same as that returned by QTAmateur, though the video returned by QTAmateur looked somewhat like JPEG compression was used, which isn't what I wanted to see.

Overall, iSquint is the winner, though the advertisements are a bit obnoxious… two points off for that.  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  The only major drawback to this is that you must quit and reopen it to remove any files from the list (that is, to make an entirely new archive). Other than that, I love it!  
(Version 1.0.9)

ZANGIEF  Really? I'm glad the developer hasn't pulled it off the figurative shelves yet, it's a nice app. It's only a matter of time, the same thing happened to App Stop some time ago, and I didn't grab it quickly enough.  
(Version 2.2.1)

ZANGIEF  On freewaremac.net, a copy of the old, free Textpander is still available. Because it works with Universal Access, you can use it system-wide. There are no limitations as to where it works, and it's a bit more flexible. Trust me, I switched to Textpander from RapidoWrite and found it a bit better.  
(Version 2.2.1)

ZANGIEF  Yum, I always love chess. This one appears to have quite a bit of useful features, and it looks nice!  
(Version 3.0)

ZANGIEF  Works perfectly on my iBook G4 running Leopard. Great utility, I'll use this often.  
(Version 0.5)

ZANGIEF  Charging $20 for something you can do in the Finder is pretty silly.  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  Mmm, I like this thing. Lots of options make it very useful, and it's nice to be able to save to PDF (you can do this very quickly via the Print dialog).  
(Version 3.6.1)

ZANGIEF  Ohh first comment! This quiz software is very snazzy, and it, well, is just awesome. Now, if only I could buy it.  
(Version 3.6.1)

ZANGIEF  Uh… just use Front Row or a free alternative that you can find here on MacUpdate. It's entirely possible to get this stuff done with some free software, just look around.  
(Version 3.0)

ZANGIEF  Oh, my, God. This may be the most amazing software EVER. I've made some shaky clips in my time when I have to walk quickly with a camera, this thing is awesome.  
(Version 2.2.2)

ZANGIEF  I think the most common is "did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did did" well, you get the point.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Mmm… yummy interface, yummy features, yummy app!  
(Version 2.2.1)

ZANGIEF  It's not a forum at all, actually.  
(Version 11/14/07)

ZANGIEF  Ohhh… looks excessively geekish, just the way I like it. :-)  
(Version 2.1.4)

ZANGIEF  Good old sudo to the rescue! Tried the first command from Corpsecorpse, worked marvellously. Thanks!  
(Version 1.3)

ZANGIEF  Alas, even with the help of this tool I could not get my beloved SafariBlock to run again. Looks like it's back to banners while surfing once more… or will this be fixed in a future release?  
(Version 0.1)

ZANGIEF  Yech, and I always found those annoying. :-) I'm glad to see them gone, quite frankly.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  God, I've been looking for a simple utility like this for ages! Maybe I'll win this one, ought to be free.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ZANGIEF  Tangerine isn't freeware anymore… I'm not sure about the cost, but I prefer the interface of Tangerine. BeaTunes has more advanced features though. It's more of a power-user tool as far as music apps go.  
(Version 1.2.3)

ZANGIEF  Oh. My. Goodness. I've been Waiting For This For So Long! GhostReader is simply amazing. I'd love to have it. If Leopard's new Alex is so great (I'm using Leopard now) then what are these voices like?!  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  Yess! Leopard compatibility features!  
(Version 0.91)

ZANGIEF  Who would actually WANT that? I love my new dock, and the shiny little lights under open apps.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Retail $24? Good thing this is on MPromo.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  Retail $24? Good thing this is on MPromo.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  Oohh… I need this DESPERATELY for social studies. It looks like a very nice app, as always.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  It's just amazing when a developer of games takes an old arcade hit and turns it into something fantastic like this. Again, great job Pangaea!  
(Version 1.0.6)

ZANGIEF  WOW. I like, I like! Too many pictures lay in giant folders on my hard drive. If only it were free… still, very nice, practical app.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Hmm, why do I think this was free a long time ago? Just a question…  
(Version 2.6.2)

ZANGIEF  Whoa, can you say Finder on steroids? Simply amazing. On the subject of Unix, I often use Unix for getting the full scoop on my files. Who knows, maybe I'll switch to FileXaminer some time. Looks very cool, nice interface too.  
(Version 2.6.2)

ZANGIEF  Nice, would like to see more of the original look and feel. The same window style, Ă  la original, would be nice (no title bar, good ol' page flip animation). I like how you can keep track of the pages you have going, but at the same time still miss the page flip and overall interface, and I'd be willing to sacrifice the nice new features like backgrounds and a separator control to keep track of how many pages there are. Still, this took a good while to make and is high quality.

In terms of bugs, I found just one: the minimum amount of pages is 8. Press the button to delete a page and choose to go ahead with this, then make a new page. The new page will be numbered 8 because the page count supposedly decreases, but the control doesn't remove the eighth section from it. Nonetheless, keep working on it! If you work hard enough, I'm sure the day will come when it's an exact reproduction, which I'd love :-)  
(Version 2.6b2)

ZANGIEF  Wow, I just lucked out! I read some more about this app on the developer's website and it soon may blow OmniGraffle right out of the water. Not only that, but I just won the raffle, it seems. Looking forward to this app, it's surprisingly well-rounded, powerful capabilities and features.  
(Version 2.0.2)

ZANGIEF  For that matter, some of the Nuvola or Crystal icons might be good.  
(Version 1.2a)

ZANGIEF  The description isn't very detailed, so I'm going to assume that this app runs on several Macs, each with the same iTunes library. Then, it identifies where you are by checking for some Bluetooth-enabled object you're carrying such as a cellphone, and plays the exact same part of the music you were listening to on the next Mac that runs Music Follow Me as it detects said Bluetooth-enabled device.

Very cool concept, I hear Bill Gates's house does this. Would be cool if you copied him by hooking Macs running Music Follow Me up to speakers and used some kind of Bluetooth device to track you around, Bill Gates will hate you— but that's a good thing!  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Of all the free sudoku apps on here that claim to solve puzzles, this is the only one that does what it says. Nice, would like the feature to open sudokus in various formats.  
(Version 0.6.1)

ZANGIEF  Yup, whole website is dead, and gives a rather obscene message too.  
(Version 1.5.1)

ZANGIEF  Here's a tip that'll save you even more money: right-click, control-click, or click and hold the iTunes icon in the Dock. VoilĂ , iTunes controller. I don't get why so many people even bother with these little "iTunes controllers", I hate them with a passion. If you're that desperate, use the Docklet or push the Zoom button once or twice to get the MiniPlayer, which you can set to be always-on-top (Ă  la floating window) in Preferences.  
(Version 2.7)

ZANGIEF  Nice, as something of a hobbyist photographer, a watermark feature is certainly useful. Wish I had one o' these, would be really helpful.  
(Version 2.2)

ZANGIEF  Expensive, but understandably!  
(Version 7.0.6)

ZANGIEF  Shame this isn't free anymore… good thing I still have the free one!  
(Version 1.2.1)

ZANGIEF  Transparent PNGs are flattened in a very ugly way if used as a watermark.  
(Version 2.2)

ZANGIEF  Mm, quite useful and very powerful app. Great features, a lot of people will buy this. Sleek interface and ease of use are always a plus, and this app is certainly no exception, you can tell just looking at the screenshot!  
(Version 4.3.7)

ZANGIEF  PERFECT! Downloads images from sites flawlessly, great for image galleries etc. Filter options are a must-have for avoiding extraneous files, performs better than any other app of its kind. I just AppZapped SiteSucker thanks to this.  
(Version 0.7)

ZANGIEF  TouchĂ©!  
(Version 2.1.8)

ZANGIEF  It's just so… out-of-place looking. For instance, Photoshop Elements has a picture of a camera, iTunes has a CD with eighth notes, OmniGraffle has a picture of some diagrams and a pen, and MetaX has… a cow? It's just not logical.  
(Version 2.1.8)

ZANGIEF  I like it overall, but it's got several drawbacks:

First of all, it's horribly undocumented– wondering what kinds of features Bean has, and I get the "Help isn't available for" message, in this case help wasn't available for Bean. Great.

So next, I decided maybe what I was looking for (a way to make columns out of some text) might be in the inspector. Clicked the button, pressed the shortcut, chose it in the menu, nothing happens. I checked behind the main window, still no inspector.

Bean's interface and user-friendliness still needs work, but the thing I like about it is you can open it and just start typing… which is why I'm keeping it! Though for some things it's oversimplistic, I don't mind switching over from iWork's Pages to use Bean for some things. I feel that Pages might be a bit of overkill when I'm just typing up some kind of paper for school (I'm homeschooled, so the only thing I don't use my Mac for is math,) everything just gets typed. I feel that I'll be using Bean now for a lot of my work and I can save that extra bit of power in Pages for reports and long things.

Bean has taken word processors to a new dimension, and I'm happy to say that this is certainly something to be proud of, for users and developer alike!  
(Version 0.9.7)

ZANGIEF  Funny comment, but a cow doesn't have anything to do with music or tags, and what's more is it has its nose piereced with a horseshoe whose owner has yet to remove the pricetag from it. If it must be a cow, try to find a small porcelain, plastic, etc. cow and put a little price tag around its neck or something, it would look nice IMO. I'm Photoshopping something like what I'm trying to say right now, I'll post a link to it when it's done. The current cow just looks… odd.  
(Version 2.1.6)

ZANGIEF  What's with the icon? It's hideous.  
(Version 2.1.6)

ZANGIEF  Look inside /private/var/tmp and /tmp. Sometimes there's also stuff in /vm and /private/var/vm, but don't delete any files names swapfileX, where X is a number.  
(Version 1.6.4)

ZANGIEF  Now that's what I like to see in developers: a quick, happy response. That in itself is enough to raise anybody's review by one or two stars, if you ask me.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  Nah, it might be good sometime in the future, but I use AppZapper.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  You serious, you're GIVING AWAY this thing? It's so sleek and nice, makes me want it more!  
(Version 4.0.3)

ZANGIEF  FINALLY! A decent movie recorder that doesn't lag and has good flexibility!  
(Version 1.2.5)

ZANGIEF  My sister HATES Risk and anything like it. I, on the other hand, love it. This game's been beautifully designed, with attention to detail and excellent playability, and I'm going to keep playing this game, trial or not!  
(Version 1.15.3)

ZANGIEF  Did I mention that I want this thing?  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  Wow, this thing used to be freeware, look what happened to it– it's a full-fledged throw-out-everything cleaner that removes just about every irritating cache, log, etc. you could imagine! I wouldn't mind winning it, but I think I'll stick with Cocktail unless I win it, I've grown to love that thing. Still, it's at an unbeatable price for those who buy it, and judging from what I've seen, it's a great utility. Kudos go to the dev for making this little app into a nice, four and one-half star utility!  
(Version 1.5)

ZANGIEF  I can't even begin to tell you how useful this is.

I had 117 icons on my Dock, and was desperate for a solution. I went on over to MacApper and found the Overflow giveaway. I entered with my problem and what do you know– the license turns up in my inbox two days after I found out that I had won! I installed it and licensed it, then voilà: the best launcher I've ever seen started to just work. I didn't even have to read the help, I just started using it and it did what it was supposed to do. Now, I'm down to just 50 Dock apps, and Overflow takes care of the rest. :-) It doesn't get any better than this, so I think everybody should use Overflow. It solved my problems, and if you're experiencing anything like what I did, you'll be glad you tried Overflow!  
(Version 2.0.6)

ZANGIEF  Actually, I've got a major network issue right now; the forum I work for is being hacked!  
(Version 2.6)

ZANGIEF  Dang, I want this thing!  
(Version 2.6)

ZANGIEF  Ohh, how I love IP geolocators! I'm part of the staff of a forum that gets hacked a lot, this would really help me out if I had it.  
(Version 2.6)

ZANGIEF  Heh, I used the beta of this thing a long time ago, it's one of the best music apps ever IMO. Definitely worthy of the prestigious MUPromo page!  
(Version 1.2.2b)

ZANGIEF  OH MY GOD. I've been looking for something like this for quite a while, I'm going to download it right now. Beautifully designed, and pretty much all-around perfect by the looks of things.  
(Version 1.0.1)

ZANGIEF  The "Arcobaleno" in the developer's name is Italian for "rainbow".  
(Version 1.7)

ZANGIEF  Entertaing, but pretty dang hard! If you're up to the challenge, try out some games. I was just attacked by Chickzilla, a giant alien chicken in Tokyo!  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  Certainly handy for those of us who use Apple's shortcut keys for screenshots. I don't use these as much since finding InstantShot, but this is a very nice app, keep up the good work!  
(Version 0.4.1)

ZANGIEF  *in regard to previous*

The thing I'm missing in this is the ability to catalog my DMG files, which I have far too many of ;-) For now, AppZapper took care of it.  
(Version 3.7.1)

ZANGIEF  Aweseome, I could really use a free giveaway. I've got far too many discs of games, music, etc. and this thing would be a good help.  
(Version 3.7.1)

ZANGIEF  Only thing I'm going to say is, quite frankly, I DESERVE a free license. Why? Because I had a license earlier, and it's impossible to enter a serial number without some sort of special download link given to people who buy it. Now I'm stuck using iFILLE 2.1. Thanks a lot, I guess. –_–  
(Version 3.0)

ZANGIEF  Ohh, a beautiful app for sure! Wish I could buy it, only problem is I don't have a credit card. =P *win please*  
(Version 3.4.4)

ZANGIEF  Use Intaglio instead, it has a better name anyway.  
(Version 2.3.1)

ZANGIEF  Excellent roller with unusually high flexibility, a must-have for all D&D players and other games with dice.  
(Version 1.3.9)

ZANGIEF  BUUUUGDOOOM! I remember quite vividly playing this game (the original) with my sister when I was very, VERY young on Mac OS 9. (Press 'tab' and he sends out the bee, hit space and run into nutshells to get him back) and the boxing wasps, the red ants you had to hit, ah what a game! Full of replay value and highly recommended.  
(Version 3.0.6)

ZANGIEF  Ohhh! How I love virtual fish tanks! I can beez winner plz?  
(Version 2.0)

ZANGIEF  Wow, looks good! Makes me wonder if Leopard's Finder will beat out Path Finder. If it does, are there plans to make a Path Finder 5?

(please be a winning XML)  
(Version 4.7.2)

ZANGIEF  Of course it's better than TextEdit, TextEdit is a basic editor that will suffice for things like essays. This is for newsletters, bulletins, and the like, I'm guessing.  
(Version 12.56)

ZANGIEF  Dunno if this is better than appleworks.  
(Version 12.56)

ZANGIEF  Looks fantastic!

*update* just checked the screenshot, it's definitely good. As for iWork, dunno… I have iWork though.  
(Version 12.56)

ZANGIEF  Alright, WHAT! This thing looks awesome! Just the icon is enough to get me hooked. :-)  
(Version 12.56)

ZANGIEF  Ahhhhh! I've tried this thing before and it's AWESOOOOME! plz make me win kthxbai  
(Version 1.1r4)

ZANGIEF  Hmm, considering this works with PS Elements, this might be worth my while.

*giveaway post*  
(Version 1.3.2)

ZANGIEF  Um… if you just turn on the Display menu in System Preferences, and use the Arrange By options in Finder, this whole tool is rendered obsolete.  
(Version 3.7.9)

ZANGIEF  Lots of people have been hacking the score server to make it impossible to beat them. Heh, since there's no way to beat them, I ended up cheating to get 1044000 points.  
(Version 1.0.3)

ZANGIEF  Mighty Mouse + ExposĂ© renders this tool obsolete.  
(Version 1.6.4)

ZANGIEF  Resolution switch, quitting, etc. is a bit buggy, and there isn't any joystick support yet. Fix these and I'll vote.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  My Logitech Attack 3 controller worked with MacMAME as soon as I plugged it in, no other setup.  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  If you have the Developer tools (like I do) you can modify the nib file to make it say anything you'd like.  
(Version 1.1)

ZANGIEF  According to Wikipedia, PC-Engine was the Japanese name for a certain video game console, hence the Pac-Land picture. Looks like both our hopes were shattered. *rueful grin here*  
(Version 0.3.3)

ZANGIEF  Amazing. It barely uses any CPU, definitely a big bonus. Unlike CocoThumb, there isn't one of those little reflections under everything, either. This is THE best in its class by far. Users who have folders filled with PNG or non-thumbnailed icons (like me, which is why I got Pinki) will definitely appreciate this little app.  
(Version 1.1.1)

ZANGIEF  You can use Terminal to set the files' attributes. Use FileWrangler to rename them all to something like "picture-x" (where X is a number) and then use a regular expression in grep, then pipe the output.  
(Version 3.7a)

ZANGIEF  iFILLE is pretty much the only conversion app you'll ever need. It even converts web archives!

Clean and extremely fast conversions across several file formats are what make this app excellent. The developer's support is very prompt and helpful. Absolutely amazing!  
(Version 2.1)

ZANGIEF  WHAT?

1. Why make it for PPC if it's useless?

2. I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT AND START USING IT!

I don't have time to fuss with this or that library, such-and-such executable, or this-little-tarbundle, or whichever frigging file it wants. I just want to drop an EXE on and watch it work, that's it.  
(Version 0.9.12 DP)

ZANGIEF  Uh... Ever heard of Cmd+Up?  
(Version 1.0)

ZANGIEF  Great little app that checks links– for free! Who doesn't love free?  
(Version 1.1)