CENOCRE  It works consistently and is stable and is fine if all you do is scan one or two normal paper sizes. Otherwise, this software is unacceptable in its flaws and has an unnecessarily complex interface. They could do everything in one clean panel rather than having around a half dozen. It seems like the software developers have not studied how people actually use the scanner and software.

When using various paper sizes, especially automatic paper sizes, it is awful. It won't even scan a normal business size check correctly. Visioneer Paperport had MUCH better size detection nearly 20 years ago!!!!!! Why can't Fujitsu keep up with old technology? Bizarrely, auto does not really match your paper size. It just goes to the nearest preset size and rather than match the size or go bigger, it will often go to a smaller size and crop off part of your document causing you to lose data. This is completely stupid on the part of the software developers. Extra white space is better than losing data.

If Paperport were still Mac compatible I would use it in a heartbeat as the interface and features are far easier and superior. Unfortunately, the Fujitsu is the best scanner for the Mac and this lousy software is what comes with it.  
(Version 2.2L11)

CENOCRE  "I just post honest opinions on here"

But it appears that you missed Joel's point. You entire comment was off base given that you were commenting about a different type of product. It is not what you were looking for. CrushFTP is not intended for what you were looking for so it is not fair to cut it down for something that it is no supposed to do. It's like cutting down Photoshop because you couldn't figure out how to record movies.

CrushFTP is a SERVER and is what web hosts use to pass files on the "client" that you are using. It is a different part of the FTP chain. It is essentially the master and, unless running a web or fileserver, most people will never need to set it up themselves and will never need it on their computers.  
(Version 4.9.5)

CENOCRE  Update to my previous review.

The tech support for Abyss is great!! With the very reasonably priced Pro version, you get priority support. They actually read your questions and give reasonable and quick answers even for complex issues.

After wasting years of my life with open source products such as Apache where you search in forum after forum for months only to get numerous stupid and wrong answers especially when dealing with utterly absurd mod_rewrite and, after dealing with the big companies such as Adobe, Epson, Apple, Micro$oft, Comcast, etc where the techs often times know little and deny obvious bugs, dealing with Aprelium is a breath of fresh air.

I now recommend dealing mostly with small companies that make great products such as ProVue (makes the great database Panorama), HindSight (photo business software), Aprelium, etc. You often get MUCH better products, better support, and surprisingly longer life products. ProVue made the second piece of software for the Mac and it is still around.

Buy small and buy quality as it will save time and money (even over the "free" products). As an added bonus you can often get features added to the products based on your own suggestions!  
(Version 2.6)

CENOCRE  Positive: Powerful and very versatile. It has a great diversity of monitoring choices.

Negative: Not at all obvious. The good stuff is hidden. Desperately needs a GUI redesign and window reorganization! It has maps and pictures, but so what. Many of the great features are anything but obvious and even when you discover a feature accidentally after lots of searching around, it is not obvious what you are actually setting up.  
(Version 5.0.8b5)

CENOCRE  Been using Abyss for years now in a commercial web hosting environment and it has been PERFECTLY stable. Things that take Apache down are barely a blip for Abyss.

We are about move all of our servers from Apache to Abyss. Apache is like Windoze - popular, but hard to figure out why as it is so bloated and awkward.

Abyss beats Apache in:

Speed

Simplicity (in a different universe)

Ease of configuration

Login and consistency of interface and configuring

Speed of setup

Tolerance of errors in configuration

User choice - can put it on any volume and quickly migrate it to another server

Stability

Support - quick and generally accurate answers from a single source

Cost - Yes, Apache is supposedly free and Abyss costs a little for the , but if you measure cost of the time involved with each product, you will save LOTS of time with Abyss.

Abyss is not perfect, but the company Aprelium listens to users and continues to improve the product. There a just a few features that are missing. And, while their documentation covers just about everything and is VERY accessible, it definitely could use some help as it makes far too many assumptions about the user's knowledge. It needs better BASIC explanations as it sometimes states the obvious while missing the not obvious aspects of a feature and the reason for the feature.  
(Version 2.5)

CENOCRE  Yes Apache is very awkward and sometimes a royal pain in the butt to configure and operate. What can take hours to do in Apache can be done in minutes in Abyss.

And, minor configuration errors that take down an entire server in Apache ONLY affect the part that is misconfigured in Abyss.  
(Version 2.5)

CENOCRE  This software is an utter piece of crap and shows how Apple has forgotten it's roots of making good logical software. It looks okay - at first.

The layout is illogical with no rational reason for a tab being at the bottom left, then a tab for a sub-section being at the top center and then the buttons doing the same function can appear in totally different places in similar windows. There is simply no rational order to the design and totally defies the Human Interface guidelines that Apple itself created.

Much worse however are the incredible bugs that have been there for years that can take an entire server down. Duplicate a web site and you may actually end up working on another site than the one intended. The software seems to randomly switch from site to site without notice for no apparent reason so you may end up with screwed up httpd.conf files.

Additionally, when you copy and paste the software can add a space to the pasted item. Spaces in Apache configuration can also take down a server!!! This shows two bugs, the addition of the space to begin with and the lack of detection of the space when saving the configuration.

Given that even a minor configuration error in something such a log file can take down a server (that is Apache's idiocy) and Apple's software introduces errors this can be very dangerous software keeping a web server going.

For web serving stay away from Apple's Server and go with something such as Abyss Web Server from Aprelium and CrushFTP or PureFTP.  
(Version 10.4.11)

CENOCRE  I've done some testing of this and so far it looks good - much more logical than Apache. I still prefer Abyss web server at this point, but I strongly recommend that you check this out.

Apache really needs some strong competition as it can be a bloated pain in the butt. LiteSpeed and Abyss can do better than Apache for most needs.  
(Version 3.3.6)

CENOCRE  I had been meaning to try this for years. Wish I hadn't waited as Path Finder is fantastic and helps to counter a lot of the profound stupidity of Apple. It is great for those who put productivity and organization before eye candy.

After years of frustration with Apple forgetting about HI (human interface) guidelines, even though they wrote the book, and continually removing great features in each iteration of OS X I find that Path Finder a great substitute for the Finder even in Leopard (except for access to Screen Sharing). With OS X, we lost the Apple Menu, the great find feature in 10.3.x was replaced with the utterly atrocious Spotlight, labeling in the Finder made for visual confusion, popup folders disappeared, Finder prefs were limited and there are limited global settings and on and on and on and on.

Path Finder brings back much of what was lost, albeit in a different form and in some cases greatly improves on our lost features. In just on inexpensive program you get improved menus, GREATLY IMPROVED FIND FILE, tabbed windows, improved info and permission and preview, etc.

It is really amazing how many features this program has and often times documents such as images, PDF's, and text files will open in Path Finder rather than having to open another program. The programmer(s) appear to be very logical and have thought of nearly everything.

I could suggest a few great features, and small flow changes, and some visual polish could enhance the feel of the program, but overall Path Finder is one of the very few programs that deserves rave reviews.

If you like to be very organized and productive in the way that you choose rather than being forced into Steve Jobs's pretty but pain in the ass paridigms, get Path Finder. Path Finder gives you freedom.  
(Version 4.8.3)

CENOCRE  Apache is one of those things like Windows, it's popular, but not because it is great. It has many idiotic flaws and the whole server will go down for incredibly stupid reasons that would be analogous to a car not starting because a valve cap is off.

I have been migrating my servers to Litespeed and Abyss. Both are faster, MUCH easier to configure, utterly stable, have easily accessible features, and are much more tolerant to configuration errors (a very minor error will not take the entire server offline. They have free versions and the little bit that they cost for most other versions is well worth the lack of headaches.  
(Version 2.2.8)

CENOCRE  If you think that being forced to install things via command lines in Terminal is primitive and idiotic and should have been abandoned in 80's, then you'll like Navicat. It is light years better and easier than using WebMin.

The interface still needs works, to improve the flow and ergonomics (HI considerations seem to have been forgotten about by most including Apple about a decade ago.), but this is a very useful and rather featured tool.

And, so what if you have to pay. Good work deserves compensation. Besides if you use this for business you will have done dozens of things with this before you have even figured out how to install , access, and use WebMin. Additionally, using an application for direct access always blows away any browser access in almost every way shape and form, especially speed, convenience and features.

Use your brain, use open source, if it is good, but too much open source stuff will waste years of a professional's life. If you want to get work done, rather than blindly hold on to open source, command line installs, and browser just because it is free, by all means, get Navicat.  
(Version 7.0.11)

CENOCRE  Huh? Where did I mention the frequency of updates?

The complaints had to to with not being notified and then once you find out about the updates BY ACCIDENT you have to wait and wait to get something you made need NOW while brand new customers do not have to wait at all.  
(Version 4.0)

CENOCRE  I'm a vendor and I like it.  
(Version 1.5)

CENOCRE  Mosre versatile than most testing programs.  
(Version 3.6.1)

CENOCRE  Nice idea, but really need to work on speed.  
(Version 3.0)

CENOCRE  Great idea and very useful. The main question is whether there is a significant change in qualtiy.  
(Version 2.2.2)

CENOCRE  Very useful idea that should have been part of he OS. It's hard to believe that we have not been using voice notes for years.

The design needs lots of help both in function and looks. The interface really sucks, with too many windows, it is like each window was designed by a different person and the main window is WAY too big with useless graphics and HUGE buttons. It's inconsistent in style and has big functional hole. Too bad as this could have been good.

Why is there no window/view that lists all the recordings in one quick view?  
(Version 2.2.1)

CENOCRE  Very useful idea that should have been part of he OS. It's hard to believe that we have not been using voice notes for years.

As for the interface, it really sucks, too many windows, it is like each window was designed by a different person and the main window is WAY too big with useless graphics and HUGE buttons. It's inconsistent in style. And why is there no window/view that lists all the recordings in one view?  
(Version 2.2.1)

CENOCRE  Have used this for about a year and it has been very good.  
(Version 2.3.4)

CENOCRE  Not sure, but this may be more versatile than an encrypted DMG.  
(Version 10.4)

CENOCRE  The big question is how this compares to the sound quality and convenience of using Cepstral's voices which will work within any application.  
(Version 1.1.1)

CENOCRE  Easy to enter data, but it needs more variation on how the timelines are displayed.  
(Version 1.1)

CENOCRE  Love the organizational capabilities. Not sure about the renaming.  
(Version 1.0)

CENOCRE  Great discount. Perhaps, it is finally time to try this kind of software.  
(Version 2.0.2)

CENOCRE  Simple and quick just like this comment.  
(Version )

CENOCRE  I respect the simple approach. Much more powerful than it appears. Good, not great. Like to see better searching and selecting.  
(Version 1.0.9)

CENOCRE  Nice that it is putting multiple databases in one program rather than having separate ones for each type of item such as books, movies, etc. Strange that it doesn't have a general household inventory by default. Would be nice to have some different field choices.  
(Version 1.0.8)

CENOCRE  As a hand coder who would love to use a more automated device RapidWeaver is part way there. It produces better code than most and uses CSS better than usual although it still requires cleanup.  
(Version 3.6.3)

CENOCRE  Wow. It is hard to believe that anyone could like this program. It looks nice, but it adds an extra layer of difficulty to everything.

You end up losing most familiar commands such as command-d, command-delete, command-up/down arrow and on and on. It is incredibly awkward to navigate from disk to disk as multiple disks/partitions are not normally shown.

If you try to copy 100 items to another folder and there is a problem, you have to click on a button in an error dialog 100 times!!!!! Once for each file. Unbelievable.  
(Version 1.5.1)

CENOCRE  When you have lots and lots of footage you will appreciate this.  
(Version 1.4.2)

CENOCRE  There are very few good tools for organization. This is one of thenm.  
(Version 2.0.2)

CENOCRE  Best product - jaw droppingly stupid company policies - the very worst.

It is beyond belief that a company that makes such an utterly essential product can be the very WORST in the way they treat their existing customers. I have been a customer for over a dozen years yet have never been notified of an upgrade. They would have doubled their money from me and my clients had they just told us of the new products in a timely manner.

Then, when you desperately need it in the middle of the night and find out that your current version doesn't work right, Alsoft makes you wait weeks!!!!!!!

I use Kensington as an example of nearly perfect customer service and Alsoft as the worst.  
(Version 4.0)

CENOCRE  This works well for those quick notes that you don't need to keep. The menu access and the drawing are the best features.  
(Version 1.4)

CENOCRE  Nice. Very simple and fast. This should be part of the Finder. Also has very basic file renaming capabilities.  
(Version 3.0)

CENOCRE  Nice features, such as batch rename, droplets, and much better workings than the idiotic Spotlight. All of this should have been part of the Finder.  
(Version 1.1)

CENOCRE  Maybe I will finally be able to learn the proper angles and english!  
(Version 8.0)

CENOCRE  Spotlight is one of the worst downgrades that Apple has ever done. Anything that brings back features of the great Find process in OS X 10.3 is welcome.

Now if we can just get Apple to realize that change and progress are not synonyms and get them to stop taking away features.  
(Version 2.0)

CENOCRE  USed to use this and like the ability to more complex renaming.  
(Version 7.9.2)

CENOCRE  I much prefer long windows like this that evenly takes up space on screen. It is much easier to keep windows organized and works well for those of us with lots of vertical real estate as on a vertically oriented monitor.  
(Version 2.7.1)

CENOCRE  I want an AV library that stores all media from diverse sources, such as photos and movies, and audio.  
(Version 1.8)

CENOCRE  Tell all your friends to get something like this so they can resize their vacation pictures before attaching them to email. This can prevent us from getting the 10-20 MB emails that clog mailboxes!  
(Version 2.2)

CENOCRE  This is good software and better than most programs of this genre, but I would like something with a bit more finesse and choices. Quite frankly,I am very frustrated that most software is harder and often does less than what we had 15 years ago - CricketGraph being one example.  
(Version 1.4.8)

CENOCRE  Answer Skype, control presentations, and control your media from across the room? Cool!  
(Version 1.1)

CENOCRE  This can help keep your mailbox from being clogged from huge emails.  
(Version 2.8.2)

CENOCRE  It's great that MacUpdate is offering higher end software in their promos!  
(Version 1.0.7)

CENOCRE  Interesting, and may be worth the price, but sure wish there were some reviews.  
(Version 1.0)

CENOCRE  Had the download problem, too. Don't like that you have to give lots of info to take a look. This may be good IF you work with these particular sites (which I don't recommend if you actually want to make a living at stock). It is an okay idea, but the execution, such as using Java and the overall feel needs some work. This has multiple dialogs for processes where it could have just one window. There are better ways to work with Metadata, such as the software, MetaMachine.  
(Version 1.3.2)

CENOCRE  It is hard to believe that it has taken so many years to begin to get back so much of the great software that used to be available 20 years ago for Macintosh. This is a beginning. Now if someone can just do SuperPaint and CricketGraph again. Sigh.  
(Version 2.1)

CENOCRE  Will this show us where Big Brother (NSA) is watching us?  
(Version 2.6)

CENOCRE  Nice Idea, but does it does it well. This easily could be great or a disaster.  
(Version 3.0)

CENOCRE  The question I have is since it can remove passwords, does it essentially bypass it own protection? In other words can people remove the passwords put in with PDFKey Pro?  
(Version 3.4.4)

CENOCRE  Has some nice features and a broad range of features, BUT the overabundance of palettes and lack of integration of the palettes makes this an utter organizational mess.  
(Version 2.3.1)

CENOCRE  This ia a good idea for world travelers.  
(Version 3.0.3)

CENOCRE  Path Finder has been showing promise for years. With this discount it is finally time to buy it.  
(Version 4.7.2)

CENOCRE  Finally got my clients to back up. Perhaps now I can get them to sync, too.  
(Version 6.1.1)

CENOCRE  This looks very promising, especially after watching the Flash demo on the developer's website.  
(Version 1.3.2)

CENOCRE  The unusual features of this app are great. The major problem is that the basic and normal features often are poorly done and don't work as most Apple apps. For example, browsing in a PDF is missing the first and last page navigation buttons! This could be great be great if the developers worked on the basics, not just the fancy stuff.  
(Version 1.9.9)

CENOCRE  The thing I like about the is that you get organized for a project BEFORE you do it more easily than other produts.  
(Version 1.1)

CENOCRE  General idea is quite good. Still needs some polish, but definitely helps to be quickly organized.  
(Version 3.1)

CENOCRE  Finally! There are many programs to store documents and many to store financial data. This is the first I've seen that does both.  
(Version 1.1.2)