EXORZIST  MACTECHHEAD,

your comment gives me the impression that you should replace the RAM in your computer :)

because...

Firefox is stable and does the job good enough. It may be not as pretty as Safari (agreed) but this is just personal taste.  
(Version 3.5.1)

EXORZIST  Can you provide us with some numbers or is it just like "it feels that..." ? Because MY Safari is much faster as MY Firefox (latest versions of everything) and I wonder why your Firefox is faster as your Safari.  
(Version 3.5.1)

EXORZIST  You forgot to mention how "modern" it is ...  
(Version 1.1.2)

EXORZIST  No doubt, there is some true love in it and it has probably some potential.

I like the price - I really hate it when they charge 9.90$ just because it looks better. Congrats for that.

Ok, I don't care much about CPU- or RAM-usage (if its not to much) because my machine has enough of everything and I also like iTunes and I won't pay for anything involved with free apple-software (which involves constant updating), but that's just me and my iPod.

Just so you know: if you have launched the app once it creates a "Ecoute Helper" process which doesn't quit with the application (iTunes has also a "iTunes Helper" process which is launched when someone logs into an account).

Why I write this comment? Because someone said I'm rude which is probably true but sometimes you get the good things from rude people which don't care about "being polite".  
(Version 1.1.2)

EXORZIST  Seriously,

I forgot to write "My " before "iTunes does not use that much RAM and also does not use that much CPU as you claim." Can't change that anymore. Thanks for pointing it out.

I am 100% sure that I don't know anything about YOUR iTunes (and your machine), and it would be kind of crazy to say something like that, wouldn't it?

BTW could you be so kind and read my profile before you get more upset? Thanks :)  
(Version 1.1.2)

EXORZIST  Which hardware was used for this test? What's the CPU-Speed, RAM, Hard-Disk...? What's the audio format and was it the same audio-file (located on the same hard-disk) for both apps?

Did you disabled the equalizer and the other playback options in iTunes (Sound Enhancer, Sound Check, Crossfade Songs)?

iTunes does not use that much RAM and also does not use that much CPU as you claim.

iTunes also plays songs very good under heavy hard-disk load (example: unrar a big file at the same hard-disk).  
(Version 1.1.2)

EXORZIST  A trustworthy application, well done. Very stable. I use it since two years or more.

29$ is a good price for this kind of backbone-quality.

It does the job in the most professional way. Thats why I bought it. I also remember we used Fetch in the office over 10 years ago.

Recommended.   
(Version 5.5.1)

EXORZIST  I think FTP/SFTP is still the same like 10 years ago. I also think your comment is totally nonsense and shows how incompetent you are and that you have no good intend whatsoever. I wonder why you even wrote your comment. So, which modern times you are talking of? Making money with a crappy application like the one you mentioned?   
(Version 5.5.1)

EXORZIST  "loading state" may be the wrong term. The information how the thingy does its thing is somewhere commented here on MacUpdate. I remember it's blue-ish when it contacts the server and when the server has responded it looses the blue-ish and while receiving data it changes from dark-gray to gray and hopefully fades out of existence. I think the amount of data already loaded is reflected by the gray-tone? Something like that.  
(Version 4.0.2)

EXORZIST  It rocks, folks...

...but still refuses to execute bookmarks with javascript:-commands if the safari-window has a tab. This is the only bug (I hope it's not a feature) I saw (and annoys me just a bit enough to write it down here)  
(Version 4.0.2)

EXORZIST  I don't think that youtube (which was under heavy changes lately?) is a valid reference for Safari's functionality.

Since I have a very fast internet-connection I don't care much about "the progress-bar". Also, the website loading state is very well reflected by the new, non-obstructive "thingy" at the right side of the address-bar. I assume Apple had the human guidelines to reduce the amount of GUI-Elements which preyed for user's attention and this is some result. Just loud thinking.

Anyway, all that stuff is considered to change all the time. So be prepared for more losses or gains :)   
(Version 4.0.2)

EXORZIST  You are welcome. Also thanks to you for your effort. I hope it goes well. btw, in the 'how to compile.txt' is something mentioned about a FRAMEWORKS version build (OSXonly).  
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  This is found in the app I downloaded from here:

App-Bundle:Contents:Frameworks:

QtCore.framework

QtGui.framework

QtNetwork.framework

QtScript.framework

... I assume your executable is working on every machine which has QTKit installed...?  
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  btw the frameworks I'm talking about are in the app-bundle (the app I download from MacUpdate). The question is: why has the developer them included in his distribution? Have fun finding the answer :)   
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  The frameworks are 15 MB...?  
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  Some of them RealBasic-Folks are completely out of their mind. See at the price. Ok, let's also see what you get: this application is created with RealBasic, which every kid can use to produce a window with some stuff in it. It's easier than creating a website with a form. So, why they always over-charge their snipped-together-product? - let's see: RB costs 100$ (99$). As a RB-owner you have probably to buy some plug-ins to refill RealBasic's lack of cool functionality, so you will probably invest additional 50 to 100$ for that. My very unkind conclusion: they think because they paid that much already - only to be able to program in basic and compile that stuff into an executable - it's also that much worth.  
(Version 2.1.6)

EXORZIST  Because it does the main-job (downloading) so well, it deserves a rating of 4. If the automatic converter default-setting would work like it's labeled (or I need some English-lessons?), I would give a 5+. Well done.   
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  It matters. Really. No, not the color of your skin nor your religious preference, but the tools used to make a digital product, they really matter.   
(Version 2.3.11)

EXORZIST  Well designed and compact tool. You don't have actually to visit the site with the movie you want to catch/download, just drag the link from the index page (youtube and so on) to xVideoServiceThief instead of clicking it. It's perfect. It also converts a possibly cryptic filename to a real one.

Note: the default settings for the built-in video-converter aren't that satisfying: I switched converting off. Worth a try, but I don't think that the 'Output quality' Setting: "The Same quality as the original video" does fulfill that promising telling. I guess they have to rename or redesign this setting because the quality is really not the same...   
(Version 2.1)

EXORZIST  It's a nice application to play movies. It's very fast and responsive. I tested it with various files. It also has a "Desktop Background" feature, but the icons on the desktop are un-clickable, so it's not so much fun to use it while working. I hope that will change. You can also setup the fullscreen-transition, so it can go instantly-, fade- or zoom- into fullscreen.

One feature I would really like to see is a "fullscreen-movie-wall" function, which would play 1...16 or more movies at once. This could provide some very artistic possibilities. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there is no other player out with a feature like that, not even a commercial one(?). Killer-app-potential?  
(Version 0.6.4)

EXORZIST  No need to crucify a funny yet informative comment (if you would think about it).

C'mon, people, 199$ and they can't afford to write one word about the cam's preferred physical environment? Or did I missed that in the specs? Yes, it says "indoor" use only. But, you know, does "indoor" specify the preferred environment in a long-term use? What about things like temperature, humidity and so on?

Besides, the price is (a bit) to high (for me) to order this cam without questioning.

I think also it would not fit the specs for a real security-cam in real life under real circumstances, so using it as a security-cam is just a neat side-effect. I would never use it as a baby-cam because of the radiation which every wireless device has and to spare the young one from that as good as I can. Just because something is invisible does not mean it does not exists and has no effect.  
(Version 1.0.1)

EXORZIST  That's a good looking piece of hardware. Can I put it in the fridge? You know, to lift the secret of nightly food-disappearing :)  
(Version 1.0.1)

EXORZIST  [ probably "Autodesk Cleaner" is a bit out-dated ]  
(Version 3.1)

EXORZIST  - if you don't want spend money for a task like this, why not use "Perian" with "MPEG Streamclip" to convert between these formats. This also works with wmvfiles, if "Flip4Mac" from Microsoft is installed.

- if you want to spend money and if you really need to convert flash-files to another format: buy "QuickTime Pro", install the (free) "Perian" and convert/export your flash-files with "QuickTime Pro". I tested it this week and it works (latest software). Costs are like 30$?

But... if you need a professional media-tool with presets you can choose from, "MediaCleaner" is/(was) the perfect solution. It's now "Autodesk Cleaner". It's very professional... and it costs also a professional price like 600$.  
(Version 3.1)

EXORZIST  iTweax is - as I remember - a RealBasic Application and not lightweight, it's over 7 MB. That's because RealBasic has to include all the libraries and stuff to translate the basic-code (which is written in plain text) to a executable code (which needs all the libraries)... it's like a bad joke to develop such a tool with RealBasic, but I didn't find it funny. I also don't like Onyx because I never needed a tool to change anything involved with the OS. No need to remove cache- or trash log-files. I don't care anymore about all the junk, because the system cleans itself and my hard-disk has a lot of space. Why should I bother? Please don't try to remove stuff just because you want more disk-space or you want the feeling that your computer is "cleaner". Buy a new HD instead and ignore the junk. Forget the old times, today, bytes are cheap but time is running. If something really goes wrong, Onyx and Co. won't help you. And: sometimes it's going wrong because of Onyx & Co. So, what do you want? Play with nonsense or work with your computer? Both is fun, by the way.  
(Version 2.0.5b2)

EXORZIST  Sometimes, it's obvious, sometimes it's not. If you are a web-developer, you can use "Top-Sites" to present your own web-sites, it looks very good and I'm sure it will make a fantastic impression to your (future) client. You should also enable the "Developer"-menu and play with that. BTW., you can also ctrl-click a part on a website & choose "element-information" which shows you that "object" in the source-code.   
(Version 4.0.1)

EXORZIST  The javascript-bookmarks I use to resize the browser front window doesn't work anymore if you have a TAB in a window! This reminded me of "Netscape Communicator 4.x", because they had all the time such silly misbehavior. I wonder why this is happening with Safari, because it's top-software in a top-environment, so this makes no sense at all. I can't understand why the developers haven't fixed this yet. (Example: javascript:self.moveTo(0,0);self.resizeTo(800,screen.availHeight);)  
(Version 4.0.1)

EXORZIST   (sorry for my English)

BBEdit is a professional tool that fits the needs of many people, all in once. Thats why you can set all the things up like YOU want, but the factory-settings are ok to work with and other things you may change on the fly while working with a text-document.

| Preferences: did you ever used the text–search-field for a fast lookup? I don't see any confusion here. And did you forgot to say that the manual is written by a genius (or two:) and reading is fun? BTW - do you have a lot of recent items, some pointing to a server/network-location which could be unreachable at launching time? - lot's of fonts, some on (sometimes unmounted) volumes? Could this be a speed-issue?  
(Version 9.2.1)

EXORZIST  It's written in basic. Don't waste your money for anything created with RealBasic. Also a funny fact: the developers of all the various tools created with RB n e v e r mention that they did it with RealBasic - that's how they are proud of it.  
(Version 2.3.10)

EXORZIST  I agree to uninstall MSN Messenger. :)  
(Version 4.0)

EXORZIST  The progress indicator provides visual feedback about the loading state. I noticed some clever color- and transparency changes. Fun to watch :)  
(Version 4.0)

EXORZIST  MacMini/2GHz/2GB/latest Leopard: installed without problems. Oy, it's really fast(er)!  
(Version 4.0)

EXORZIST  If you need to connect to your computer from outside the local network (so you can't use afp://computer-name.local ), I recommend the free dyndns [.] .com service which maps your ip with a domain-name. "No more ip"--just use a domain name provided by them.   
(Version 5.2)

EXORZIST  Good looking window, especially for a RealBasic-Application... funny thing, having a >7MB-application to do this kind of job... hopefully, the programmer which programmed and compiled this with RealBasic learns to develop with Xcode and Obj-C. I could imagine that this task would be a good project for him/her to hop in the world of the pros.  
(Version 1.2.4)