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Real Name:Roger Schnorenberg

Last Login:13 Dec 2005 18:38

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Battle for Wesnoth	Jul 18 2008	ZARN THE MAD The installer refuses to install to my HD. It claims I need at least Mac OS 10.4.4 to use the software. Since I have version 10.4.11 installed, I suspect that there is an error in the installer's configuration. And yes, it is an Intel machine (Mac Pro). :) (Version 1.5.2)		0
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Battle for Wesnoth

Jul 30 2008

KELTIA I have the same problem with 1.5.2 & 10.4.11. My main gripe with this 1.5.x series is that while an installer is nice, 1. it has never been necessary before (the application can be installed as many others, with the mouse) and 2., more importantly, it is not relocatable anymore.

Sorry, I hate applications that install themselves only in /Applications, I use /Users/Shared for third-party apps.

This is seriously backward.
(Version 1.5.2)

Battle for Wesnoth

Apr 15 2009

ROBOTANK Try using Pacifist to extract the application from the installer bundle. Then you can do what you wish with it, and you won't have to worry about the installer not working properly.
(Version 1.6.1)

Battle for Wesnoth

Sep 29 2009

OZEAN In the latest incarnation of Wesnoth (1.6 and onward) the developers went back to a standard Mac install: just drop the app icon into the Applications folder and you’re ready to go!
(Version 1.7.6)

Birthday Bar	Sep 25 2007	ZARN THE MAD This is a wonderful idea and an excellent alternative to Growl notifications. That having been said however - Upon launching the program, it tried to connect to about seven different Amazon.com sites. I am not certain what information it tried to upload or download. The documentation makes no mention whatsoever of any connection with any commercial company. Thankfully, Little Snitch prevented it from connecting without my approval. That little stunt has earned this application a fast trip to the Trash. (Version 0.9)		0
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Birthday Bar

Sep 27 2007

SHOOFILE Birthday Bar does, indeed, connect to the internet periodically for two reasons:

First: the software will check to see if a new version is available by hitting shoofile.com once per week.

Second: the software will check the various amazon.com properties and present the user with an opportunity to go directly to that contact's wish list.

Each of these features can be turned off in the preferences by deselecting "Check for Birthday Bar updates" and "Check for Wish Lists" respectively.

I will update the documentation to address this issue in the next version.
(Version 0.9)

OmniGrowl	Sep 5 2007	ZARN THE MAD When launching the application and when attempting to set it as a login item, I receive the following AppleScript Error: "System events got an error: Can't make name of every login item into type reference. (-1700). Other than that, the application works flawlessly. (Version 1.4.3)		0
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OmniGrowl

Sep 27 2007

WOODEN BRAIN CONCEPTS I too notice this. This has to do with a "hung" system process and a restart should fix it. (or kill 'System events' in terminal.) Nothing can be done to actually fix it -- but next version will remove the error message at least.
(Version 1.4.3)

MiPetz	May 20 2007	ZARN THE MAD After updating to the latest program version, I found that my pets record was missing. I found that the program stores the pet records inside the application bundle. When I dragged the latest version of application bundle to my hard drive the records were overwriten with a blank record. I believe that this can be avoided by moving the records out of the bundle, like the snapshots folder is. (Version 1.0.4)		0
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MiPetz

May 20 2007

LASERWOLF If you're unaware of this, there are software updaters for Mipetz. I recommend using them. That way you don't erase or change the wrong resources. If you have a previous version, select check for updates in the help menu of Mipetz and use the latest updater to update. The updater will preserve your pet record.
(Version 1.0.4)

Bluetooth Device Inspector	May 18 2007	ZARN THE MAD This is a wonderful program idea. However, it did not find any bluetooth devices when run on my Mac Pro under OS X 10.4.9 even though both the Apple wireless Keyboard and Mighty Mouse are present as the default system devices. Battery levels for both devices are at five green bars out of five possible, in the System Preferences pane. I would like to encourage the developer to continue his work on the program. (Version 1.0)		0
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Vulture	Apr 16 2006	ZARN THE MAD Even after downloading the latest version from the developer's website (vultures-2.0.0-eye_macosx-6.dmg) the application crashes so quickly that no crashreport is generated. The same behavior occurs with it's sister program Vulture's Claw. This is in OS X 10.4.6. (Version 2.0)		0
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