DAVIDWB  yes. My System Preference dialog eventually crashes.  
(Version 2.3.4)

DAVIDWB  The developer has released another version of his software that doesn't correct one of its most basic flaws - it is impossible to deregister the software from one computer to use on another. If the developer bothered to communicate with his users this might not be a problem but he does not. So I've spent $20 on a program that is permanently registered to a dead motherboard.  
(Version 1.5)

DAVIDWB  Technical support for this program doesn't exist. I've sent three email messages about the problems I've had with this program and gotten no reply. Avoid this developer.  
(Version 1.4)

DAVIDWB  That's interesting: I have TWO computers and whenever I try to run MacBook when the iMac is awake Clips conveniently tells me I have it activated on another computer and deactivates itself. So tell me, when isn't two two?  
(Version 1.4)

DAVIDWB  Not a toy - a serious organization tool like an outliner but much more.  
(Version 4.7)

DAVIDWB  This is a decent program with an unfriendly licensing system without any warning of the restrictions until after you license it. It is for a single computer only - tied to that computer. If you own more than one computer look elsewhere. I own a MacBook and an iMac and obviously cannot use them at the same time. Even companies like Adobe and Microsoft let me install their software on both computers - they just make it impossible to run the software on both at the same time. I've taken this program off my computer and I'm looking elsewhere. meh  
(Version 1.3)

DAVIDWB  I started using QK when it was first released back in the days before OS X and for a long time it was on my must have list of software but the company dropped the ball in a big way a couple years back and I switched to Keyboard Maestro. In a way, KM was a quantum step backwards but had two things that QKs lacked: 1) it ran without hanging, crashing, or bringing down my computer entirely and 2) a developer that was responsive to my questions, requests, and problems. Sorta the way it was with QKs back in the day.

I'm glad to see there is life yet in QK but a lot of work needs to be done. I downloaded the last two betas and quickly removed them. Each stalled out on simple macros - just menu and keyboard substitution things. In each case I uninstalled the program when a 'force quit' not only quit QK but locked up my computer. I can't help but feel that the QK team has confused 'Alpha' with 'Beta.'  
(Version 4.0b3)

DAVIDWB  I held off on version 1 though I played with it quite a long time and gave some thoughts to buying it. But I did recommend it to quite a few people whose needs were modest. Now version 2 is out and I lots of features have been added. Kudos for listening to those of us who commented and complained on the Bento forum. But lots of those features should never have been left out of a released product to begin with! The biggest reason I held off buying was because it felt too much like a beta.

So now Bento 1.5, um I mean Bento 2 is out and there's no upgrade price for the early adopters. That sure fits in with the entire Apple philosophy of low cost software with no upgrades. But it doesn't make good business sense. Reward the early adopters with another $50 charge before even a year has passed? Don't think so.

And now that the update - I mean upgrade - has been released I have to again decide whether to purchase it. Many of the features I wanted have been added. But the report generator is still non-existent from what I can see. I can now open and even write Numbers or Excel files but I cannot merge with Pages - okay that's a somewhat unfair complaint. But all in all, do I want to reward FileMaker for what I think is poor customer service?  
(Version 2.0v2)

DAVIDWB  I've been using Yojimbo for about 18 months and while I continue to use it I also continue to look at its competitors. Yojimbo is great at grabbing and storing information and this is what first attracted me to it. I can grab a PDF, an email message, a web site, a note, a serial number, even a web site password and quickly store it. Its search functions are also quite good. But it has some frustrating quirks - not the least of which is a smarmy little group of programmers who believe they know what's best for their users. These little tinpot dictators have a user list group in which they berate and talk down to users who make certain requests. They don't explain *why* these requests are out of the question - they simply declaim from on high that they won't do it. One of these heretical requests? Nested folders which, for some reason, must be the very spawn of the devil.

Yojimbo is a program I want to like. It does so much of what a data collection program needs to do well, that I try to look beyond what it lacks. But what I find frustrating is how I must export my collected data into another program so that I can properly organize it. With a data collection closing in on 2500 items encompassing dozens of different topics and sub topics, I've found that tagging, while effective, doesn't cut it when I am in the process of organizing my information for a project. And since I tend to have 3 or 4 projects going at once, nested folders is the logical way for me to work. And so once the data is collected, I wind up exporting to DevonThink for organization. Unfortunately, DevonThink is less convenient for the collection process.

And so I keep looking and hoping. Given the developers refusal to adopted nested folders, I know that one day I'll abandon this program - until then I muddle along.

I give two thumbs up to Yojimbo and a big 2 thumbs down and a raspberry to the developers.  
(Version 1.5.1)

DAVIDWB  I find it interesting that Adobe announced that Elements 6 is shipping early 3/24/08 and yet download pre-orders are still pending.  
(Version 6.0)

DAVIDWB  Speed Download is, overall, a very good download manager. Perhaps the best. However, the company has a long history of unhappy customers when it comes to upgrades. Perhaps this is nothing more than poor judgement and a lack of business acumen. Perhaps it is because they are marginally honest. I don't know which and won't speculate, but there is a history here and many who are new to the Mac may not understand that this is not the first time the company has found itself in a firefight over its upgrade policy and its attempts to cool the fire.

That Yazsoft knew they were going to release a new version is obvious and it isn't the point. I bought the bundle expecting that by late winter or early spring I'd be upgrading a couple programs from the bundle. What is the point is that the grace period for Speed Download is exactly in that period when MacHeist buyers purchased and there was NO notice that we were buying a product that wasn't eligible for the free upgrade at that time.

Yazsoft screwed up three times. First in not informing us upfront that we were buying a product that wouldn't be eligible for free upgrade. Second in offering a grace period that included MacHeist purchases. And now a third time in not admitting their mistake and attempting to make amends.

A week ago I'd have been happy with nothing more than an admission on their website that they had messed up. I'd have paid the upgrade price knowing I was dealing with people who were fallible and admitted it. A couple days ago, after reading employee attempts to explain, without admitting they messed up, I'd have accepted an official company apology and a lower upgrade price. Today, the only hope the company has of ever getting another penny from me is to honor the grace period for MacHeist owners.  
(Version 5.0)

DAVIDWB  The service is moderately interesting - something like the old WebShots but with desktops made by graphic artists more than photographs. Bought it a discounted copy for my wife who likes this kind of thing and got a license right away. Interestingly, there's no way to enter the license number - the text box can't be edited and more than 24 hours later I've still not heard back from them. Go to their website and take a look at the webart they have.  
(Version 1.0)