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Retired Naval Officer & Federal Safety, Health, & Environmental Officer. Priest.
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The thing Safari really lacks is the capablity to use plug ins. This limits the flexablity of the browers. Other than that it is easy to use, and the world fastest brower. I suggest Apple add "sockets" for plug-ins in Web Kit. |
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Does the Wow Warden detect GoneFishing? Has anyone actually been baned from using GoneFishing? Wow should have something like this built into the game, even if it has say a 10min timer. |
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WowMatrix 1.61: It allows one shot updating of all your WOW add-ons, making this a big timesaver. It simply works. It has a clean easy to use interface. And its free. This is an essental for anyone running WoW add-ons, in fact it should come with/ or be built into WoW. It is so good, having it is a no brainer. I run WowMatrix not only after every WoW update, but also before every WoW session. After having running WowMatrix a while, I discovered that some add-ons have continous and rapid update cycles, that I would have otherwise missed just running it for updates. |
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Version 2.40 "Fury of the Sunwell", is out and I have played several hours on it. Besides the new content on the Sunwell Isle, there are a few things else I have noticed: *Players skill up faster now in weapon and defense skill, making leveling up a little easier. *It may be just me, but transactions on the Auction House seem to be less glichy and faster. Since I make most of my gold buying and selling on the AH, this is wonderful. *It may be just because I play Alliance for most of my PCs, I find in the battleground Alteric Valley (AV) still unbalanced, on the other hand, if you play Horde, this may be a good thing. *The fpm on my MBP has increased slightly, I suspect that Blizzard has done a little under the hood tuning. *This may be just my imagination, but some of the weather effects, noticably sandstorms have been improved. *Almost all the add-ons by now have been upgraded for the new patch, I strongly suggest you get and run the latest version of WowMatrix to do in it one shot. I have 33 or so add ons and modules so this is a real timesaver. *The ingame chat seems to take up a little less of the processor, perhaps it is now multithreaded more effienctly. Overall, this is an minor expansion combined with game enhancements that make Wow the most brightest and most polished MOG. This is truely a world class game made for the Mac. All Mac users, gamers or not should at least think about trying it, just to see what all the buzz is about. Remember, Blizzard supports Mac games better than anyone and has since System 7 and for that alone they deserve a second (or first) look at their products. |
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This game suffers in relation to Solitare Til Dawn. Its interface does not follow Apple Interface guidelines. It does not allow some legal moves. And the trial restrictions are such that no one can complete a single game. The basic 3D interface is fine, but the animations seem to be a little over the top, if you are going to be playing for more than 10 min. This game does have promise, if the developer would actually take the user's suggestions to heart and make the changes. I sense the developer really wants to improve the game, unfortunately, so far the change log indicates too little to improve the mac user experience. This game could be so much better without that much more work, and I encourge the developer to do so, because he is leaving money on the table as it is now. |
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v2.33 upgrades the memory management of rendering core of the graphics engine so that the game, individual zones, instances, and charatures load noticebly faster. Also since v2.3 I have noticed slightly higher fpm even when the video settings are maxed out. In game voice chat has improved, but Vent still has it beat hands down. The in-game voice chat is still not good enough to replace in-game team texting, at least for me anyway. In the Battlegrounds, many teams are Vent only, I have not noticed any in-game voice teams only. My suggestion to Blizzard is to have an external app to do voice-chat, with links to the game (like Vent). Playing with maxed out sound and video, I found was almost like playing the game again for the first time, I found myself amazed again at what wonderful and well done art and sound Blizzard has done in the game. |
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Er...Is this a good thing or a bad thing? |
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Overall, I give it 4 stars. I have been using GraphicConverter for several years. Yes, I have the other graphic programs, but I have found that this program is essential. If I have a graphics file I have no idea what it is, GC is most likely to figure it out. For some graphics needs, GC is prefect for those "quick and dirty" jobs. Its price is reasonable, and over the years the developer has continously improved the product, and for that is to be commended. It has two areas that need to catch up with the rest of the overall excellence of the product: 1. The interface, this needs to be made easier to use for people new to the Mac and needs to be rethought out. It just needs to more closely follow Apple's Human Interface Guidelines. 2. The graphics manipulation features need to be upgraded. #1 one on my list is the ability to handle 16bit/Channel images. |
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This is an refresh of my previous review to cover v2.22 that was updated for Leopard dot five one. Everything I said before is still true. I do want to add that monoclast is right about the option the for classic behavior by itself alone makes the software worth getting (and paying for). The developer is to be commended for his timeliness in getting the new version out. |
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The program works fine with Leopard (10.51). It simply does what it is supposed to which is a good thing. It is stable, perhaps a little light on features, and the price can't be beat (free). |
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Update 2.30 is out. *The God's of Zul'Aman" I don't know why is not on MacUpdate. This is a significant overhaul of the game. It was redesigned to reduce tiresome grinding and now quests are much more important. And it is easier to level. On the hardware side, the game was rewritten to get better performance from multiprocessor macs, and in terms of Frames/min. it is significantly faster AND looks better. It seems that Blizzard actually reads its mail (at least eMail) and responded to users. I have had no stability issues at all (MacOSX10.50 & 10.51), an improvement over my last Review. The Mac is not a second class citizen when it comes to the World of Warcraft. Just for that alone it should get 5 stars. |
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The world just did not run very well, with lots of lag, to the point it was almost a futile effect to go anywhere of your own choosing. I experienced lots of freezes and "beachball" time. The concept is a good one, but how it is implemented on the server farm is really poor, it is like it was never thought through for scalablity, which is inexcusable considerating its purpose. Even in areas in which I am the only person in sight, the play is halting and just plain frustrating. It is clear some sponsors spent a ton of money in their world creation to bad trying to interact with it is so maddening, it generates Information Superhiway road rage. I do suggest everyone try it. It is the perfect lesson in how to screw up a virtual world. I get the nagging feeling its problems are built in and part and parcial in the code as well as a poorly designed and run server system (software AND hardware). Also that it is overhyped and oversold. While it maybe true that 5 million charatures may have been created on it, it is my est. that the number that regularly and actively uses it is about less by a magnitude of 10. No matter how much lipstick its promoters put on this pig, its still swine. |
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I have (and has used) other data recovery apps available for Mac. Data Rescue worked when all others failed. Compared to the big bucks required for a pro shop to recover a disk it is a bargain Xtreme. It is easy to use, and its features work as advertised. And it works without a hitch or bug. |
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¥I have really enjoyed playing the game. It is easy to lose time during game action, which I take as a marker of an overall excellent computer gaming. Of the different Monopoly like games I have played on the Mac, this one is best. ¥Overall the game features are well done. I have a suggestions for the developer: Have an option to have traditional game (Atlantic City) with trad. pricing. Also give the user the option to config. the board to their own town or city. The reason I suggest that Monopoly could be used to educate students what real estate and businesses actually cost, to give them insight otherwise not possible into their communities tax base and development. These pref. could then be saved to the dev. web site and uploaded for others to use. ¥The game flow is really well done, and really adds to the playability of the game. ¥The graphics are very good, the only suggestion I would have is to have a window that all players can see what all other players have with running totals and each player automatically ranked. The music gets old too fast. I suggest a modal music model, with the option to play your own music with iTunes like can be done with WoW. ¥I found the game to be crash-free. |
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This app works for me. It is a good idea that Apple should have built into Safari to begin with. The credit IS due to Mr. W. It is my theory that Mr. W. is a great software inventor, but struggles with interpersonal human relations aspects. Perhaps it is the cost of true genius. To put things in perspective, we today recognize Luther for his great literary work the German Bible, that ultimately changed the course of history for Europe, but few remember that he was vulgar, course, and generally lacking in one on one social skills. If he did, we might not of had the Reformation. I suggest that as users, we accept his masterworks of information interface art with this in mind: ¥Inquisitor has an excellent feature set, it could be improved by being a little more straight forward (ie Acidsearch). ¥It is easy to use. ¥It is free. ¥It works for me with no problems. |
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I wish that Apple would make something like ASM built in to MacOSX. I consider it to be an essential. ¥It has exactly the features I need, other programs Butler, etc. make have more features in number, but more features is not always a good thing, I get the feeling that the concept of simplicity and focus is under appreciated. ¥It does exactly what you would expect, it's ease of use beats the others hands down. ¥Its cost is nominal, and it is for a lifetime of upgrades. The SW developer has always been responsive and glad to hear from users. ¥It works. When OSX updates do infrequently break it, the developer clearly works fast to fix it, AND he keeps his users "in the loop" about what is going on. |
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I have had nothing to complain about installation with 3.02b on my 'Ntel Mac. ¥Many of the features of the popular plug-ins should have built-in. I wish that apple would pay more attention to why these plug-ins were so popular. ¥It is easy to use. ¥It is hard to beat free. ¥No stablity issues noted. |
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I find vPad essential. It just gets better and better. The developer Gus is responsive and I couldn't ask for better support or someone to listen to ideas for improvement (a rare thing-Try that with any Adobe product). ¥Its wiki interface does what I need it to, even advanced things. ¥It is intutive. ¥It is cheap. ¥It just works. |
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Its got features I never thought of. Excellent UI. Free can't be beat. Works without a hitch. |
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I use Ventrilo for WoW gaming, so my perspective is based on that experience: It has all the features I need. It is easy to use, esp with the interface changes. For a prototype (Alpha?) version the price is a little high. It just works, I have not had any problems running it. |
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It simply works. It is easy to use. It is cheap. It never crashes. |
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It does exactly what it is supposed to. It is easy to use. It is free. It is trouble free. |
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I ran WoW fine with a dual 500MHz G4 that is 6 years old. This review is simply nonsence. |
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This app is OK, but not a good as Xjournal in the following ways: Xjournal has a better interface, gives you more options in posting, and is just more intutitive and easyer to use. Phoenix is stable (at least I have not any problems) and free: Free is always an excellent value. |
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I find WoW to be engrossing. Its interface works well. The story lines are interesting. I like the Guild feature, it allows me to play the game with my sons, regardless of where in the world my children my be, and gives it a social aspect of a team. My computer a 6yr/old G4 PMac (500Mhz x2) doesn't meet the official requirements but plays well, having an ATI 9800 GPU helps. As I go through my game adventures I am constantly amazed at the amazing graphics and creativity I get to experience. Another aspect I unexpectedly enjoy is the Auction House, kind of a eBay for Armor, Weapons, Materials, etc. to sell stuff you aquire but don't need, and buy stuff you do, that gives the game an extra depth and flexability of role playing. This is a RP game without equal, it must be experienced to be believed. Its stablity is not perfect and could be improved, for example after getting rezed the game has sometimes "lost" my body, requiring me to log out and then back in. Another example, the server has sometimes kicked me out of the Battlefield during a game and then labled my a "deserter". But these are relatively minor and infrequent issues. |
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Works as advertised, clean interface, easy to use, doesn't crash. A model Mac app. |
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I found the update to work well for me. All my notes and stickies where converted fine. I am ADHD and I find the application usefull for keeping track of stray chunks of information, and is really good for helping me write my sermons. |
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GraphicConverter is feature rich, and a great value but the interface needs to be overhauled to make it easier to use. It also takes a really long time to ordinary things like "Save as" and boot up. Its stablity is not a as good as it used to be either. |
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Needs to be more mac-like. Doesn't always render right. |
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This version is starting to get long in the tooth, Virex needs a new version (v8) that incorporates the previously noted user feature requests. A new interface would be in order as well. |
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A five star treat for the holidays. Well Done! |
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I find the app relaxing and makes for a nice background while working on the computer. |
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This a review of the software, not personalities involved. I find the interface to clean and easy to use. Its perfomance in both locating files and getting downloads is excellent on my G4 DP Pmac. I have enjoyed very good stablity and freedom from crashes. It is true this is not freeware, and the price of freeware is hard to beat, but I admit I have paid more for not as good as software at this app is, so the price to real value is at least fair. The software developer has over time been engaged in continuing product improvement and is to be commended for the effort. |
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Works as advertised. 'nuff said. |
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Not ready for prime time yet. I had the game crash again and again. Good concept though... |
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I found this to be an enjoyable if not addictive game. Simple in concept but not easy to master. |
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A favorite. Well done! A game that sould be on every mac! |
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