AQTINC  OH NO!!!

I've been an avid user since version 5 (OSX) and it has been performing nicely, and the author has been making great strides to continually improve the feature set. No complaints with the software...

...BUT...

Rig control i now lost! After upgrading to OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard), the drivers for West Mountain Radio's RIGTalk are no longer available!! WMR does NOT support the Mac, and I'm lost as to what to do. Has anyone else discovered this problem, and is there a solution available NOW?

The software is great, but rig control is a must have, and under Snow Leopard, it is a have NOT--at least using RIGTalk.  
(Version 5.12)

AQTINC  Thanks again to the MBU folks a Microsoft! Update ran flawlessly, and we continue to enjoy full MSO compatibility across our mixed platforms. Good job...as usual.

Try not to pay any attention to the autonomic responses from the MS haters. Their comments are quite irrelevant anyway, because vitriol is the emotional response from the hopelessly ignorant.  
(Version 12.2)

AQTINC  Simply said....two steps forward, one step back.

There appears to be a shift in Celestrak reporting names/format, and while the 2.0.7 release should be compatible, they're not there yet.

If you use this, use the AMSAT keps, but be prepared, AMSAT does not keep a list as comprehensive as CelesTrak, and it only updates once per week, which is not suitable for tracking the ISS.

Also, apparently, they are now referring to the ISS as "ZARYA" instead of "ISS" or "ARISS".

MacDoppler really needs to have an "Append" or "Add To" function for the satellite keps list. This business of just pulling the pre-packaged sets from CelesTrak is just not robust enough. Without such a function, it leaves the user having to manually pull all of your desired keps, assemble them into a text document, and then finally importing the complete list into MacDoppler. Partial lists cannot be used as it will delete any sats not in your upload list.   
(Version 2.0.7)

AQTINC  Last two releases b86 and b88 crash on load. Looks like the typical beta development cycle--squash 2 bugs and add a new one.

However, prior to that, the Cocoa interface is a HUGE step up. I've avoided that antiquated OS-9 version since about, forever. I bought the version 5.0 app immediately upon seeing it. I can hardly wait for the beta cycle to complete!!  
(Version 5.0b87)

AQTINC  The developer chose to use Google Checkout. There aren't enough expletives in all of the languages on the earth to convey how utterly useless that *#$&%^# (#&*($*&^@ $(*#&(*$ merchant is.

NO MATTER WHAT IS ENTERED, IT CHOKES ON THE PASSWORD AND FAILS BACK TO REENTER!

More Google *&$%@$@# is something we can all do without. Regardless, I wanted to buy this, but Google refuses.

(Developer.....get another merchant. Google s***s a**!!!! )  
(Version 1.1.5)

AQTINC  I just started using satellites in the past 2 weeks, and I'm dedicated to Mac. This package is an absolute must have if you're interested in this communications mode. I use it with an ICOM-910H, and after an initial doppler recalibration, it does all of the troublesome tuning and tracking automatically. It completely eliminates all of the hassles that have kept me from trying satellite modes all of these years.  
(Version 2.0.6b4)

AQTINC  Nice app, but definitely a Rev 1 type of product. I bought this back in March on the promise and expectation that this would evolve to the new standard bearer for Macintosh ham radio logging software.

No updates now for more than 9 months, and they are needed to bring this product up to needed capability.

Some of the needed improvements include: ability to save window settings; keep notes window floating on top; log off times; better handling of roundtables and nets. There are many other features that competitors offer, but if I could just get these then I'd stick with Aether. Without them, I have to move on to a more capable but uglier and more difficult product.

I'm very disappointed with the total lack of updates following payment. Save your money!  
(Version 1.0.1)

AQTINC  Installer worked effortlessly. I'm an intensive Word and PowerPoint user for training programs. I haven't seen any stability problems with these apps, so I'll defer to the Excel power users if there were any stability problems there.

All told, the apps work as advertised and allow those of that must function in a Windows/Office dominated workplace to bring our Macs to the table. Woot! to the Mac Business Unit of Microsoft for continuing to support us in spite of the unjustified venom displayed by so many in the Apple community.

Geez, just take two aspirin and a nap, and maybe you won't be so knee-jerk bitchy. Otherwise, do the rest of us a favor and keep your Kool-Aid-inspired comments to yourselves. Using, and being appreciative of the MBU is in no way being disloyal to anyone!

Good job MBU! Ignore the pathetically addlebrained. Most of us appreciate your efforts.  
(Version 12.1.3)

AQTINC  Point taken, in fact I do agree with your opinion regarding Boot Camp.

However, I've stated before and elsewhere in these forums that in order for MacUpdate to remain a credible source of user information, users need to write reviews with the highest levels of objectivity. You make an assumption that simply isn't true--that most people use these tools to run BootCamp partitions. In fact, the vast majority are running VMs, and often multiple OSes.

I've used both too, and I agree that VMWare does a better job with BC partitions, although not perfect or failproof. Parallels has never worked right in that area, and still doesn't today. However, on VMs, Parallels does offer a more seamless experience than Fusion, as "Coherence" continues to outpace there.

Objectively, I'd say that both have their respective pluses and minuses, and that on balance they are comparable today. For your needs to run BootCamp, I think I would opt for VMWare as you do. Fusion does seem to be more stable than Parallels when running a BC partition, however, neither product fully reproduces the experience of booting into the Windows partition when using Vista (Ultimate), and both can cause crashes that do not happen when booting into Vista as BC was designed to do.

Given that the vast majority of users are in fact running VMs, then Fusion's stability advantage in BC may not be a factor for them.

In my humble opinion, you closing comments came on way too strong to be called objective, and really started to sound like marketing hype.  
(Version 3.0.5570b)

AQTINC  Just wondering if I'm the only one that's beginning to doubt these reviews on Parallels and VMware.

It seems that for both products, so-called "reviews" are posted, almost within minutes of their posting.

Further, it seems odd that in both cases, a review slamming one product, IN THE SAME REVIEW, makes a pitch for the competitor. By the same token, a good review is far too often flawless, when we all know that both products have their own respective issues.

I can't help it, but these reviews are starting to sound too much like both companies have charged their marketing minions with trashing the competition, praising their own, and making blatant sales pitches disguised as "reviews".  
(Version 3.0.5570b)

AQTINC  The updater works fine for me.

I read the links that the admin provided, and would like to offer another possible explanation:

Almost every MS-Office updater is written to look for the most recent revision of the Office apps. If you missed a revision, then all subsequent revisions will fail to locate an upgradable copy of office. Additionally, if you reinstall office, you have to reapply most updates in proper order, to bring it up to date.

As is typical with Microsoft, their error messages always leave something to be desired. In this case, it's not that it can't locate office, per se, it's more likely that it can't find the correct revision of office to update.  
(Version 11.3.9)

AQTINC  Antiquated? By whose standard? Bear in mind that it is Microsoft that has set the "standard" for office apps that everyone else tries (but never really achieves) to equal.

If you do expect to be fully compatible with 95% of the business community, then you need MS-Office compatible apps. I've tried every challenger, and they all, invariably, come up short in full compatibility somewhere.

I'm just happy that the Mac Business Unit continues to support us, in spite of the flagrant venom spewed by so many ignorant Mac users.  
(Version 11.3.9)

AQTINC  Geesh...what's with you guys?

These are BETA releases! You use them at your own risk. If you aren't prepared to deal with the probable bugs still in there, then DON'T USE BETA RELEASES!!

Just wait for the final production release and continue enjoying your current stable version.  
(Version 3.0.5158)

AQTINC  Mine keeps crashing continually as well, but it's happening in the picture settings. 3/4 of the time when resetting the resolution, HB just quits. Other times, it crashes when trying to set deinterlacing.

I know I shouldn't whine about a free app, but I've never had so much trouble with this app before. I know it's still only 0.9, but stability is a big step backwards. I'm going to look for an older rev to use for now too.

Thanks for pushing along though, we just hope to see next rev soon. :tup:  
(Version 0.9)

AQTINC  LMAO!!! Can't seem to get it to work with my iPhone!!  
(Version 1.49)

AQTINC  Craig, I've written to you several times, so you know I think that Wx kicks --- and is the last word in weather apps. HOWEVER, I'm still waiting for you to make the Wx Engine window either hidden by default or hidden by preferences. It's driving me crazy to have to routinely close it.

Please hear my pleas!   
(Version 4.14)

AQTINC  I gave up on these morons a long time ago. I've been using The Missing Sync for the past year and a half. It's not perfect, and you have to occasionally check for dupes on your calendar, but it's light years ahead of that worthless POS PocketMac.

DON'T BUY PocketMac. You'll be sorry you did.  
(Version 3.53)

AQTINC  I completely agree!! I still use the old version before CallWave took over. I never upgraded it, and given their information demands, never will.

Until we get some effective privacy laws (yeah, sure) we have to be continually vigilant about freely giving out too much. There's just too many companies out there that act like they're entitled to have it, and then do with it what they will.  
(Version 3.6.1)

AQTINC  Never heard of this one before seeing on the MUPromo. I tried it. I like it. I bought it!!  
(Version 2.21)

AQTINC  After a little more time and testing, my Windows XP VM still can't run videos or DVDs in Quicktime, Windows Media Player, or WinDVD. I can't get it to run any of my Windows games either.

I have to conclude that DirectX is still vaporware for XP as it is for Vista.

Version 3 now installs cleanly, and has a number of terrific new features. Coherence mode is now so seamless, that the underlying OS is virtually irrelevant.

However, if like me, you're looking for DirectX support, Parallels still hasn't delivered. In their website, they talk about playing real-time 3D games. What games? There's no game on my shelf that will run, and frankly, with only 16MB of video ram, is there anything after 1999 that will??

3Ghz quad Mac Pro; 8GB RAM, dual 23" Cinema Displays; OSX 10.4.9 with all updates; Windows XP SP2 with all updates; Windows Vista Ultimate with all updates; Parallels 3.0.4128.  
(Version 3.0.4128)

AQTINC  Well, from my view, they got the installer bugs worked out, and it installs cleanly for both XP and Vista VMs. All new features appear to be working as promised EXCEPT DirectX.

Direct3D is still vaporware for Vista (e.g. still can't even play Solitare) as Direct3D apps crash on launch. I haven't tested with my XP VM yet, but DirectX is a no-show for Vista.

I paid $100 for two license upgrades, and gladly did so for the promise of DirectX. While the other features are nice, if I knew that DirectX still wasn't working, I would have held on to my money for a while.  
(Version 3.0.4128)

AQTINC  What platform? What version of Windows? How do you know "everything" is working? I found that the DirectX support is not working for either Vista or XP. What did you do to test that?  
(Version 3.0.4124)

AQTINC  Ok, final comment this evening. I downloaded and installed the InterVideo Platinum DVD player for my Windows-XP VM.

No apparent problems during download and installation, however, each time I try to play a DVD I get failure to initialize overlay errors.

This would suggest that the DirectX functionality does not work in XP either.

On the other hand it is a very lovely checkbox in the configuration window, even though it seems to be totally dysfunctional for both XP and Vista.

I'm going to sleep. I find it hard to believe that those reporting "no problems" have really given this a proper shakedown. All of the new features appear to work nicely EXCEPT the DirectX capability.

Pass me the next build please. I'm going to sleep.   
(Version 3.0.4124)

AQTINC  Ok, I ran my Windows XP VM. After conversion, the VM "choked" 3 times during start-up executing winlogon.exe. One time it froze up the entire computer. After I shut down and restarted the computer, I ran Parallels with the XP VM again. This time, it hit a couple of bumps with the winlogon.exe, but continued to run until Windows was up and running like normal.

I shut down the VM and restarted it, and it now seems to be working fine, as before, but now some of the new features are available. :-)

I have no 3D apps on this VM, so I can't test to see if the 3D acceleration is working here. That part remains unknown. However, the DirectX acceleration is still not working on the Vista Ultimate VM.   
(Version 3.0.4124)

AQTINC  BTW...running MacPro Quad 3GHz; ATI1900; 8GB Ram, OSX 10.4.9 (complete updates) and a Windows Vista Ultimate VM.  
(Version 3.0.4124)

AQTINC  Build is not yet ready for prime time.

Prior to release 3, Windows Vista Ultimate would run, but without Direct3D support. The basic Solitaire game would run, but in a painfully slow manner. Now, any time I try to run an application needing graphics acceleration, the app begins to load and then fails.

Any other app that I've tried that DOESN'T require 3D acceleration (Office 2007, Minitab, etc.) still runs fine, but the DirectX acceleration isn't working here at all, and crashes apps requiring it.

From the Parallels website:

"New! Run today’s most popular PC games on a Mac with support for 3D graphics" (It can't even run Solitaire in Windows Vista, let alone trying to run a FPS like Halo.)

I haven't tried it on my Windows XP VM yet, but my Vista VM has taken a big step backwards.  
(Version 3.0.4124)

AQTINC  The best most useful reviews ever! Thank you for your hard work. With these reviews, and Apple making it a Staff Pick, I'm now a new AppDelete user too.  
(Version 1.1)

AQTINC  WOW! Now that's what I call 'responsive'! I'm downloading this and adding it to my watch list on the merits of the developer's response to the first review alone!  
(Version 0.9b2)

AQTINC  The app was able to read my .rge file, but apparently only certain fields are available, and not the entire contact record.

After reading the .rge file, the File>Save commnand was grayed out, and not available. I suspect that there were some records that were not Outlook compatible, but I don't know which ones.

The software does not come with any documentation, and help is not available, nor is the author's website accessible.

The main functionality is not available, but it seems otherwise easy to use. I rated Value a 3 since it is free, but free and not working is of little value.  
(Version 1.02)

AQTINC  The first post above was spoken like a real high school student who knows nothing about carrying a mortgage, paying for 2 cars, sending arrogant kids to college, paying for 7 kinds of insurance to cover a family, or handle any kind of family emergency short of calling a tow truck.

Any person that thinks that one can realistically go through life without carrying some level of debt either has no practical life experience yet; has an income level so low that shouldn't have any debt, or has an income level so high that 10's or 100's of thousands of dollars of expected, unplanned, or unavoidable life costs is still chump change.

For the 90% of the rest of us, managing debt is an unavoidable reality of lie.

It's OK to disagree with someone, but spare us the venom and snied attitude when you obviously have no worthwhile experience base from which to form your opinion.  
(Version 2.0.4)

AQTINC  ...because no software can overcome one's stupidity and propensity for getting into trouble with debt. People that use debt improperly, almost always repeat the same mistakes that got them in a tough spot to begin with.  
(Version 2.0.4)

AQTINC  I couldn't have said it better. Ditto to all the above.  
(Version 9.0)

AQTINC  v 5.0.5 installed OK, and didn't produce any registration problems for me, but it did crash every time (5 attempts) at a sync.

I reverted back to 5.0.4, and all is working again.  
(Version 5.0.5)

AQTINC  Installer worked flawlessly.

I'm pleased to see Micosoft's Mac Business Unit continue to supprt those of us that must live in an IT-dominated office. We're under constant pressure to give up our Macs. Having an up-to-date version of MS-Office goes a long way to help win those arguments.  
(Version 11.3.3)

AQTINC  Why do so many Apple users have this mindless, knee-jerk, automaton response to Microsoft? There are a whole slew of us out there that recognize the difference between Microsoft's Operating Systems, Applications, and the Mac Business Unit. We appreciate Microsoft's on-going commitment to the Mac user community by providing their de facto office standard products to the Mac desktop. It allows us to justify keeping our Macs in a Windows-dominated, IT-controlled office environment.

So please, do the rest of us a favor and keep your narrow-minded Microsoft venom to yourself.  
(Version 11.3.3)

AQTINC  Does anyone else out there have a Mac Pro? I've used this little app for about a year (PowerBook, PowerMac, and lastly MacBook) with no trouble.

I tried to install this on my new Mac Pro, and it won't accept my registration number. I paid the $, got registration, and now it rejects the registration as "invalid".

The only difference that I can ID is the Xeon chips, and I can't for the life me understand why that matter at all.

Also, support e-mail has changed. I'm now waiting for a reply.  
(Version 1.3)

AQTINC  This app is written in RealBasic. RB is not a bad choice for a developer that needs to deploy on Mac and Windows, but it is always behind the curve for both environments. For example, even though Universal Binary has been the recommended standard on Macs for more than a year now, RB still hasn't got their implementation quite right.

Studiometry will not scale up well. As a RB app, it lacks the efficiency that either a VisualStudio or Cocoa app will have, and will bog down quickly as users are added.

It is a great app in the hands of your billing administrator, but look for something else to do the daily T&E tracking for each of your other users. They can then submit their T&Es to your billing admin for proper handling in Studiometry.

That's where we're at. Not the ideal solution, but for us, Studiometry's other benefits far outweigh the switch to some other solution.  
(Version 4.0.3)

AQTINC  Exactly the same problem here. I have a registered account, and it will not work. I tried to create a new account, and that didn't work either.

Their customer support folks will not respond (I guess nobody's home on weekends), so they're going to find a nasty-gram upon arrival Monday morning.

I love Toast, but they can't carry the ball in customer support.  
(Version 7.1.2)

AQTINC  This app is a great idea. As someone that runs Virtual PC and Parallels, there are times when it would be nice to suspend a CPU-hungry Windows job running in the background.

Yeah, I know that you can set that preference in both VPC and Parallels, but this app is for those times when you didn't know what you were getting into and then want to override your preferences.

I hope the UB issues can get resolved soon.  
(Version 2.0)

AQTINC  @Bebop: You could simply type "17" in the page # area...just like PDFView. We can forgive your lack of knowledge about using Adobe Reader, but please spare us your sarcasm until you know enough to have an opinion that matters.

@Germano60: Go to the IRS website; download the W-9 form; open it in PDFView and you'll see that PDFView can't display it correctly. Adobe Reader displays and allows form-filling correctly. That's just one example.

By the way, nobody said that you weren't a professional, but you clearly don't understand the range of functionality that I'm referring to, that PDFView doesn't offer.  
(Version 0.11.2)

AQTINC  So you say, but I don't buy your argument because you most obviously don't work in a world that relies heavily on .pdf files for presentations, faxing, professional printing, storage and archiving, securing intellectual property (from the average user), secure digital signatures, etc.,... In other words, the real working world.

Your app is probably fine for the student/casual user community out there, but so is Preview and Reader. Does it outperform Preview...probably. Does it outperform Reader...maybe in some limited respects, but for the most part, defintely NOT.

Anyway, let's address the counterpoints:

"1) it's faster"

Yes, it's fater to load, but not is use. Just exactly how fast can anyone read? The human is ALWAYS the gating factor in document processing, so speed is largely irrelevant and has never been a problem on my machines.

Admittedly, Reader's relative performance on Macintels (compared to PPC) is very annoying up through version 7. Version 8 of Reader and Acrobat Pro are now in Universal Binary. (upgrade time again arrrrggh!!)

"2) it automatically open up at the maximum screen size,....."

Just set your preferences in Adobe Reader--which by the way offers a full screen option. They also provide far more control over preferred presentation style and default magnification through the preference settings.

"3) about the "plenty of features" in adobe reader: what are you needing....."

I believe I answered that above.

"4) last but not least: it's damn simple and friendly to be used;...."

Of course it's simpler. It has less functionality.

The reviews just came on way too strong. It almost read like a developer (or friends) logged in with different user names to pump up the app. They just lacked a certain amount of objectivity.

That's what set me off in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, I applaud anybody that makes an effort to help make Macs more usable, to as wide a range of people as possible, especially when they offer it without charge. However, many of us rely on objective reviews in here, and this thread just smacked of developer bias. It's not some breakthrough app. It's just another "me too app", and its over-glowing, almost hyperbolic representation here didn't sound at all objective.

I think that the description in the opening page on MacUpdate, and on the developer's website was terrific and accurate. It's the reviews that were over the top.

More objective reviews would call this a "simple" PDF viewer, with certain advantages over Preview while not attempting to portray it as the be all, end all, of PDF readers. There are other alternatives without the shortcomings of this one. It's a disservice to everyone when reviews lack objectivity.

Let the users decide...download a copy of Reader for Mac. I have no doubt that its compatibility (particularly with graphics and web) and feature list will persuade those out there that actually do need an industrial strength PDF reader.

Also, when we post a review, please let's try to keep it objective, truthful and helpful for others. Tell uswhat apps you're comparing against. Tell us about your platform and software versions. Tell us the pros and the cons. Once in a while we actually see an app that really does merit rave reviews, but that's almost never the case with "me too" apps.

Thanks for "listening".  
(Version 0.11.1)

AQTINC  ...and you all would use this in preference to Adobe Reader (which has all of the functions, plus many, many more, plus no problems with graphics and complex page constructions, etc., etc., etc.), which is also free, why again?  
(Version 0.11.1)

AQTINC  "WOW", is all I can say! The product performs great, but what impressed me the most was their professional dedication to support. I wrote the other review about the installer, but didn't bother to contact the developer about the problem.

Guess what? THEY contacted me for additional information about the problem, and fixed it in 24 hrs!!

At a time when most companies behave like "customer who???", these guys are a breath of fresh air!  
(Version 1.0a)

AQTINC  In fairness to the developer, who as I said has a sterling record of performance with us, it would not surprise me one bit if the source of the problem traces back to REALbasic's recently released update.

They've (RB) had a horrible track record with code defects (see the reviews here in Macupdate) and I am delibrately holding off on the upgrade because I simply don't believe their first release of Universal Binary support will be correct.

I hope this gets resolved quickly. We love Studiometry, but would love it more in UB.  
(Version 4.0.2)

AQTINC  I've been a Studiometry user for more than 2 years now, and have been very pleased with the product. It's worked very well for us, and while I've never had a support issue, the software has run well and has been continually updated with what I consider to be a sterling record...

...until now

DON'T USE THE 4.0.2 UPDATE

It will not recognize your prefs or backup data and will continually loop you through a 'data corrupted' error message asking you to restore from backup. If you quit the app, then your data will be lost and while the backup files are present, you can't load them. If you force quit out of the app, you will lose you license data.

Thank God I kept a complete backup of the users/.../Library/Application Support/Studiometry folder and the .dmg file for version 4.0.1. I was able to recover everything.

Version 4 is a dog running on Rosetta, but version 4.0.1 does work albeit slowly.

AGAIN, DON'T USE THE 4.0.2 UPDATE -- at least not before backing up your old version of the app, it's support files, and your Studiomtery data folder.  
(Version 4.0.2)

AQTINC  ...only if you uninstall 3D Data Visualizer (non-Pro version first)

The -Pro installer will not run if you currently have the non-Pro version installed on your machine.  
(Version 1.0)

AQTINC  Your installer is defective. It reports "...nothing to install...". Not the sort of failure mode that instills great confidence.   
(Version 1.0)

AQTINC  Note that this is still a "RELEASE CANDIDATE" (beta) upgrade. The final version will not be ready for several more weeks.   
(Version 2.2.1920)

AQTINC  We now know that it's the processor. Parallels has a "release candidate" for the Xeon processors available now, but it's got some issues. Over the next few weeks, we'll undoubtedly see a full release version, ready for prime time, that will work well on the MacPro.  
(Version 2.2.1884)

AQTINC  I found the tool to be mostly effective. As the previous post suggests there are a couple of cases that don't get fully purged.

It doesn't cost much money, and delivers some value. It's up to each individual to decide if it's a worthwhile tradeoff. I think it is.

What does annoy the snot of me is this inceasant parade of almost weekly updates. Damn, hold the updates and make a x.x release rather than all of these nit-picking updates for some small handful of language updates, and the like.

You're driving me crazy here!  
(Version 1.3.4)

AQTINC  This is a great idea!! Even local volumes don't update as one would expect. It drives me crazy to know that a folder's contents have changed, but the finder isn't showing the changes.

Having to keep this parked on the dock though isn't a good idea. Can you find a way to add it to the finder toolbar, or even add it to the right-click menu list? That would be a kick-ass solution!  
(Version 1.0)

AQTINC  iSquint has never worked for me, at any revision. I have litterally hundreds of movies, TV shows, and miscellaneous clips.

I tried converting .mov -- no success; I tried converting mpg -- no success; I tried converting mp4 -- no success; wmv, avi....the list goes on and on.

Even when it looked like it converted, when I tried to copy the result to my iPod, it was rejected for being in the wrong format!!

There are too many other free alternatives that work great, and are just as fast. This is a waste of time.  
(Version 1.2.3)

AQTINC  Wow, you're just not getting what I'm saying.

No customer should EVER have to go through those kinds of arcane procedures in search of an assurance of security in a web store.

I'm not asking you to prove your security. I'm telling you that you are not going to make as many sales as you could if you made on-line security obvious.

The more you try to defend this flawed design, the more you indicate to those watching that you are not responsive to the voice of the customer.

Please don't reply any more. You're beating a dead horse.  
(Version 2.0.1)

AQTINC  Well that's your claim.

I could not find anywhere on your site your privacy policy, nor could I find any such assurances under your Terms of Use statement.

It's simply bad marketing to not make the transaction portion of your store VISIBLY clear that it is protected. The https designation and the lock are our assurances that reasonable security is in place. It's bad design from a marketing perspective to anything else.

Finally, I tried the "control-click" procedure. On Mac OSX 10.4.5 and Safari 2.0.3, it doesn't work as you suggest. How can I trust your other claims?  
(Version 2.0.1)

AQTINC  Unfortunately, there's no sound. Pure silence from a radio of any kind doesn't light me up!  
(Version 1.0)

AQTINC  This is a PAID upgrade!! Don't download it unless:

(1) You're willing to pay $49 for it AND

(2) You're willing to transmit personal data and credit card info through an open website. That's right folks, they run their store through an unsecure (http) website rather than a secure (https) web store.

These people are idiots.  
(Version 2.0.1)