GAZMAN  It's because Webkit, the engine that powers Safari, is a major system component.

I don't get this notion of people getting their nickers in a knot when a system update requires a restart - simply hold off on updating until a time when you can restart.  
(Version 4.0.4)

GAZMAN  You know, just because a beta update is posted to MacUpdate doesn't mean you have to download it. If you don't want to beta test software wait until the next point update.  
(Version 5.2b5)

GAZMAN  Just because an update has been provided doesn't mean you have to update. I'm happily using version 4.1 in 64 bit mode in Snow Leopard and won't be updating it until I see a significant reason to.  
(Version 4.1.1)

GAZMAN  OMG, what's with the 10.1 screenshot?  
(Version 1.0.7)

GAZMAN  @LOKHEED "Using a proprietary format should be criminal." ROFL. By your definition Apple, Microsoft, Adobe and pretty much all other large software companies should all be in jail.  
(Version 14.0)

GAZMAN  When trying to download or visit website I get:

"The requested resource ... is no longer available on this server and there is no forwarding address. Please remove all references to this resource."  
(Version 1.0.3)

GAZMAN  ICONZ113 - you are the one getting neg-repped, perhaps you need to get a life (BTW, I personally use OmniFocus as well but that doesn't mean I'm going to neg-rep Things).  
(Version 1.2.3)

GAZMAN  I'm sure it's on that page somewhere, but that page just looks like gobbleydook to me.  
(Version 3.1)

GAZMAN  Anyone know of a way to download this without needing to have your iPhone connected? For big downloads like this (I live in rural Australia with sh*tty broadband) I would much rather download it at work but don't want to have my iPhone connected the whole time.  
(Version 3.1)

GAZMAN  Awesome! Works well on my Core 2 Duo MacBook running 10.6.  
(Version 1.5)

GAZMAN  It's working fine for me in 10.6.  
(Version 1.4.8)

GAZMAN  I can not download this update through NetUpdate (gives an invalid numeric signature error each time) or through Safari or Firefox.  
(Version 10.5.4)

GAZMAN  IceTV has always been a great widget which has worked flawlessly - until this latest version, which it made me download, no chance to skip.  
(Version 2.3)

GAZMAN  I would really like to try this software but the link MacUpdate supplies doesn't work and when you go to IBM's page to download it, instead of using Safari's built-in downloader it insists on using its own 'Download Director' which cannot connect through my work's proxy server. Ridiculous setup.  
(Version 1.2b)

GAZMAN  You're complaining about a free application that makes it easier to do something?

I used it this morning to boot up my TechToolPro DVD that I bought through the MacUpdate Promo. Worked a treat.  
(Version 1.0.3b2)

GAZMAN  Best Notepad ever? You've just listed five absolute deal-breakers for me. How come it doesn't use the built in spellchecker?  
(Version 4.9.5)

GAZMAN  I agree too. I can watch videos, can't convert or even enter anything into the expert settings.  
(Version 1.0.3)

GAZMAN  Ditto.  
(Version 2.7b15)

GAZMAN  The first 8 episodes, the eight you get to play for free as part of the demo, are good fun. However, as you move into 'harder' levels it gets less and less fun as you manoeuvre pink balloons around the place and swap your skateboard for some magnetic pod thing. Still, the first eight episodes are fun so download it and give it a go. Don't say you haven't been warned if you hand over the cash hoping for more (as I did under a promo offer, so can't complain too much)  
(Version 1.04)

GAZMAN  Nice screenshot!

Having said that, my golf swing is pretty atrocious.  
(Version 2.0)

GAZMAN  My only complaint, and its a big one, is that in full-screen mode the menubar is still present and I find it annoyingly distracting when trying to immerse myself in what I'm reading. Until this gets resolved I'm going to stick with Stanza which, although shareware and not as polished, does full screen much better.  
(Version 2.0.1)

GAZMAN  Would really like this as a System Preference rather than taking up valuable menubar space.  
(Version 1.2)

GAZMAN  For me VMware Fusion has been rock solid since the early beta days, back then I found it to be even more reliable than Parallels which was at about version 2 or 3 as opposed to public beta.  
(Version 2.0.2)

GAZMAN  Two days ago I emailed the developer to tell him about a couple of minor quirks I had discovered in the latest version and to ask for a new feature. Within 24 hours he had emailed me back thanking for letting him know about the bugs and the idea. This morning a new version is out with both bugs fixed, the feature implemented and some other fixes as well.

You can't beat that for service.  
(Version 2.0.2)

GAZMAN  This product has been made obsolete - the developer has closed down his website and it is no longer possible to purchase the software. However, I purchased a licence back when it was in operation but as I can no longer use it (MacMinder refuses to launch in 10.5 and my MacBook can't run anything earlier) I will post my licence here:

MM2-1882A89D-1F36   
(Version 2.5.7)

GAZMAN  Some people here are wanting a serial to use this program. I have a paid serial that I am happy to share seeing as the developer has gone out of business. I will wait to hear from MacUpdate Admin before posting.  
(Version 2.5.7)

GAZMAN  And 'BEBDABHRHBRWEFG 3R§5Y5H4WTEDSFB' has got to be the daftest name for a MacUpdate user ever. How about writing a review based on the pros and cons of the app rather than your own personal bias against the name?  
(Version 2008r2)

GAZMAN  You've deleted language files to save yourself 'HUNDREDS of megabytes of disk space'? How tiny is your hard drive that you're worried about deleting megabytes?  
(Version 12.1.2)

GAZMAN  I tried this app back when it was an early beta and have not tried it since, hopefully some of the issues I raised have been resolved since then.  
(Version 1.5.3)

GAZMAN  This is a great app for getting ebooks onto your iPhone. The iPhone version of stanza is free and has a nice interface. One feature I would like to see is the ability to invert the screen and font colours in the iPhone app, e.g. white text on black screen.  
(Version 1.0b8)

GAZMAN  1) This is a beta of version 3 so X11 is not required as version 3 will be a native application.

2) The download now link is for the Intel build of the application. A PPC version can be downloaded from http://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/MacOSX/3.0.0beta2/  
(Version 3.0b2)

GAZMAN  Sounds like people were having problems with version 1.0, version 1.1 is working perfectly on my system (C2D MacBook). Very nice effect, perfect complement to the default Leopard desktop.  
(Version 1.1)

GAZMAN  Even the 'core' (=lite) version is nearly twice the cost of a Scrivener licence?  
(Version 1.6)

GAZMAN  This is my favourite screensaver from Vista (possibly favourite thing from Vista) so was glad to see a port to OSX. However, you only get about ten or seconds before the bubbles fill with dollar signs and an unregistered notice. $2.50 isn't much so I might think about it, but at the moment its only an early beta.  
(Version 0.2)

GAZMAN  Crap, crap, utter crap. After using Office 2004 under Rosetta for so long I jumped the gun and bought Office 08 early on as I need it for work. However, it is ridiculously slow to startup, beachballs if you even look at it wrong and has random crashes. I was hoping that this update would fix these issues but it hasn't so its into the trash for Office 08.

The aqua version of openoffice.org is coming along nicely, I can't wait for the final version  
(Version 12.1)

GAZMAN  I, for one, like this new feature. I often download torrents where I only want certain parts of the torrent. This allows me to select which parts of the torrent I want to download before it hits the download queue.  
(Version 1.11)

GAZMAN  1) This would be much nicer if you could have it running just as a menubar app without a dock icon and window open all the time.

2) When changing the slider there is no live updating of the time you're selecting which makes it hard to get the timing just right.

3) Ten minutes of demo time is ridiculous.

4) It would be good if instead of just putting your text up on the screen it blacked out the rest of your screen for the specified time as well.

5) Having said all that, this app shows promise but at the moment is lacking in the implementation.  
(Version 1.1)

GAZMAN  Using Unsanity's APE and then blaming Dictate for your system being unstable by having KP's etc is completely unfair. It is well known to most Mac users that running APE is likely to make your system much less stable and that users run it at their own risk.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Wow, I think my brain just melted. It took me and my partner, working together, ages to get started but we finally finished our first Kakuro puzzle. Definitely gets the old noggin' going. For a 1.0 release it feels quite polished and the developer has stated he will be adding new features.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  I agree. I was a beta tester of Mailplane and while I liked the convenience of Mailplane when Gmail was still running under POP3, I switched back to Mail.app when Gmail made IMAP available.  
(Version 1.60.1)

GAZMAN  Yes! Like Antichrisis below me I have been eagerly awaiting a Universal Binary of this program. I was actually expecting it be a version 2 release and I was getting ready to pay the upgrade fee to (IMHO) the best journaling program out there.  
(Version 1.8)

GAZMAN  The 'deal' is that his problems were to do with APE (well known to cause system problems) and yet he only gave Firefox two stars - because it didn't play nicely with a third party system hack.  
(Version 3.0b1)

GAZMAN  You make derogatory remarks about Firefox because you have APE installed and it doesn't play nicely with APE? If you have APE installed you have to accept that things are going to go screwy with your computer.  
(Version 3.0b1)

GAZMAN  27 MB of real memory is nothing. A more relevant question would be how much CPU it is using while running.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Doesn't seem to be able to make it 3D when on the side, only on the bottom.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  I wonder if the poster below has even used the Mac version? I've had numerous crashes, CPU hovering over 90% and two failed burns so far. Plus I had to send them my email address just to get the privilege of getting a trial licence. I'll try again on a later version.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Its such a pity this program is no longer being developed. I have tried MacJournal, Journler and heaps of others and this one fits best with what I want a journal program to be. However, it is getting left behind now that all the others are Universal Binaries and run much faster on an intel mac.  
(Version 1.7.6)

GAZMAN  Although not installed by the Install Disks, Open Firmware Password.app is present on the disks that came with my MacBook. I used Pacifist to install it into my Utilities folder where it works like a charm.  
(Version 1.3)

GAZMAN  Although this looks interesting, it doesn't even recognise .txt, .doc or .rtf files when I use the open dialog. The preferences are so disabled (in the demo) you can't even see what the preferences are (preferences is greyed out). Plus there is no way to save the format in anything other than .schrieben in the demo and see how they play with Word and other programs. $3 looks like a more than fair price, but it is way too limited at this stage.  
(Version 1.4.1)

GAZMAN  I have tried both this and VMWare Fusion (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/23593) on my MacBook to run Win XP Pro. In my experience the beta version of VMWare has been much smoother than version 3 of Parallels.  
(Version 3.0.4124)

GAZMAN  Some new software purchased by work had no OSX equivalent so I was finally forced to install Windows (XP Pro) on my MacBook which I installed via BootCamp. I initially tried Parallels but had lots of difficulty getting small things working (mounting USB drives, etc). I then tried VMWare Fusion and so far it has worked smoothly without any hitches. It is still at a public beta stage whereas Parallels is $80 and is at version 3.

In my experience the beta of VMWare Fusion has been better than version 3 of Parallels.  
(Version 1.0b4)

GAZMAN  sorry, didn't realise that, I had only heard about it being released with Leopard. Even stranger then that it talks about the original snow (which I own) and graphite base stations.  
(Version 2007-001)

GAZMAN  Requires Airport Utility 5.0 - strange they are releasing a public update that requires a component of Leopard. Us plebs using Tiger have Airport Admin Utility 4.  
(Version 2007-001)

GAZMAN  Whenever I open it up (or go to the about dialog) I just get the message "Where is GrowlHelperApp.app?" and that's it. No way of actually getting content into FVD. I have tried copy & pasting URL, dragging web icon onto FVD's dock icon.

Crap.  
(Version 1.1)

GAZMAN  EDITOR NOTES

Pre-order Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard" from Amazon.com. It's shipping at the end of this month (March).

Shipping at the end of the month?! Where did you get this from?

P.S. a simple reboot seems to have fixed the problems I mentioned below.  
(Version 10.4.9)

GAZMAN  When logging back in after applying this update my Bluetooth status was no longer in the menubar and now scrolling doesn't work on my BT MightyMouse.  
(Version 10.4.9)

GAZMAN  I agree - what are you supposed to do with an 'up' piece if all your pies already have an 'up' piece?  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  If you want your iCal info on the desktop take a look at iCalViewer: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11500  
(Version 2.2)

GAZMAN  Nice, fun game that gets you thinking and observing. A little bit like a cross between Myst and I Spy.

My only wish at this stage was that it was a Universal Binary.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  A good concept and seems to work well at what it does.

However, it could be vastly improved by:

1. Allowing you to choose a location to have the .SolidFolder, e.g. in your home folder, instead of the Resource folder within the PortableSolid.app file.

2. Providing password entry in hashed form instead of as plain text.

3. Help files in languages other than Japanese.  
(Version 0.9)

GAZMAN  I get the same deal on my MacBook with a Gig of RAM. On first start-up it also says that my video card is not supported.

You sure you weren't reading about MacBook Pro's?  
(Version 1.61revB)

GAZMAN  I am a high school science teacher. After playing around with Quiz Press I don't think this program is worth $30, let alone the usual price of $50. There is no spell checking (this should be an obvious feature) and the printing of the finished quizzes is well under par - 1 question per page is just ridiculous for multiple choice.  
(Version 1.6.2)

GAZMAN  Can't open .rtf, Word documents or import projects from other applications, e.g. CopyWrite. Until these things happen this program won't be finding a permanent home in my Applications folder.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  I agree with a couple of posters below - the time limitations on the demo are ridiculous. (As far as I'm concerned, any program that puts such limitations on a user is a demo program NOT shareware).

It looks like a nice program, but it won't even allow me to play one full game.  
(Version 1.2.3)

GAZMAN  Thanks for pointing that out - I hadn't realised that I could also change the computer's character.  
(Version 1.0a)

GAZMAN  Although the game play is good, it feels like its still in early stages of development - e.g. I've only played 2 games and one them both 6-0. At that rate I would probably tire of this game quite quickly yet the developer wants $20 for it. BTW, it has a generic icon which could be vastly improved.  
(Version 1.0a)

GAZMAN  Doze (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/20699) does exactly the same thing, is free, and works flawlessly on my Intel MacBook.  
(Version 2.2.2b1)

GAZMAN  Bounces in the dock a couple of times then quits.  
(Version 0.1)

GAZMAN  The application that was being slimmed at the time the fans started raging and then hung Xslimmer was the program Comic Life which shipped with the MacBook.

The temperature was that recorded by the dashboard widget iStat pro.  
(Version 1.0.4rc1)

GAZMAN  First, the developers website states that Xslimmer is a "Public Beta", its not, its a beta demo, it is limited to 50MB unless you register.

Second, halfway through the slimming process my fans started roaring and iStat Pro informed me that Xslimmer was using between 98 and 99.8% of the CPU and the temperature of my CPU leapt from a comfortable 46°C to a raging 72°C.

Third, the program then became unresponsive and had to be force quite.

Fourth, after this I decided to check things out with Activity Monitor. Activity Monitor failed to launch. No worries, following the developers instructions I had told Xslimmer to make a backup of all altered applications. However, when I replaced the now slimmed Activity Monitor with Xslimmer's backup copy of AM, it still failed to launch.

Very unimpressive. Obviously still at an early beta stage, but they want you to fork out $10 for the privilege of helping them iron out some pretty heavy bugs.

I'll be staying well clear of this app from now on.  
(Version 1.0b)

GAZMAN  By keeping the operating temperature lower, it shouldn't get to the point where the heatsink is expanding so much that it makes contact with the sensor cable, causing the short circuit.

Having said that, I've had my heatsink replaced under warranty. I still installed this update. The fans seem to be spinning slightly faster at idle, which should keep temps down.  
(Version 1.1)

GAZMAN  Awesome set of solitaire games - now just waiting for it to be updated to a Universal Binary.  
(Version 1.5)

GAZMAN  SWEET!! Now if only it could do something about the aqua menubar because now that looks cheesy when it has a nice UNO window butted up against it.  
(Version 1.3.1)

GAZMAN  A program that claims to be a journal program doesn't even offer a means to insert date or time.  
(Version 2.1.1)

GAZMAN  Brilliant, just what I was looking for.

After reading the previous two reviews I was hesitant to give it a go but so far it has worked flawlessly. PLUS, its free!  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Same here, doesn't open on a 2GHz MacBook.  
(Version 1.02)

GAZMAN  This, along with OmniWeb, seems to have been at beta stage for a long time for a .1 update.  
(Version 3.6.1b3)

GAZMAN  Apparently its not just for the moos, it also makes the MacBooks run significantly cooler, especially at idle.  
(Version )

GAZMAN  Thanks!  
(Version 0.3.6)

GAZMAN  I'd like to try this app out but I can't be bothered downloading Stuffit to uncompress it. Why isn't this just packaged as a zip or similar?  
(Version 0.3.6)

GAZMAN  Yeah, nice trial version! (sarcasm) It centres the map over your home city then straight across the middle of you desktop it writes in huge letters "NOT REGISTERED - evaluation purposes only" with the result that this is plastered right over where you want to watch. Fair enough if the developer wants to put this somewhere on the trial screen but putting it where it is has turned me off this program.  
(Version 3.5.3)

GAZMAN  I am having the same issues - ridiculously slow donwloads, taking a long time to connect to your home page, etc.  
(Version 4.0.4)

GAZMAN  While the plugin is Universal the applications included with this installer are all PPC.  
(Version 6.5.1)

GAZMAN  Tried to download but get a message from .Mac saying the page is not available due to data bandwidth restrictions.  
(Version 1.4.2)

GAZMAN  I just got my new MacBook today and even running under Rosetta viJournal is just as fast or even faster than it was on my G4 PowerBook.  
(Version 1.6.7)

GAZMAN  Looked good - until I went to their website and saw that the final version will have a price tag of $149.95!!!

Whoah!  
(Version 1.0 beta 2)

GAZMAN  I'm curious - what does this app do that Keychain Access doesn't?  
(Version 2.2.3)

GAZMAN  The profiles the program installs don't expire, just the actual installer.  
(Version 4.0.1)

GAZMAN  I have worked out that the shortcut keys DO work from an admin account, however they don't work from a standard account (which is what I am usually logged in as).  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Looks promising, however I can't get the shortcut feature to work. I've tried a number of different shortcuts (some so obscure they could never be used by anything else) and none of them have worked.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Excellant. Fast and stable. You can choose between aqua, unified and metal interfaces. There are different themes to choose from. You can choose different search engines. The one and only feature it needs to replace Safari full-time is the ability to check spelling as you type.

P.S. don't bother going to their support forums, its mostly spam.  
(Version 1.2.2)

GAZMAN  Although this looks very promising, it is also very buggy - especially for a 1.2 release. Numerous crashes, no way to bring your main window back up if you accidently close it, etc.

I will keep my eye on this program, but it feels more like a beta or even alpha program than something that is ready for prime time.  
(Version 1.2.2)

GAZMAN  This app is indeed getting there however, it needs a couple of things:

1) rtf support for bold, italics, etc.

2) better integration with Hog Bay's notetaking app Mori.

On the plus side the developer has an excellent attitude towards the development of his software - check out his online forums.  
(Version 1.0b3)

GAZMAN  It is a pity this program is no longer being developed as it is my favourite menubar launcher. I guess its because there are now a lot of free launchers that offer a lot more options, but I like the basic simplicity of this program.  
(Version 1.5.2)

GAZMAN  I've been looking for a replacement for 'my favorite things' seeing as that program is no longer being developed. The one thing this program needs to be able to replace it is a keyboard shortcut to be able to access it.  
(Version 1.0.3)

GAZMAN  Nowhere near as polished as the open source (and free) Battle for Wesnoth.  
(Version 1.06b)

GAZMAN  Well, where I come from (Australia) you actually spelt it right the first time.  
(Version 4.0)

GAZMAN  Nice. Simply drop a jpeg or similar onto its dock icon and it changes the desktop picture for you, you don't even need the program to be open.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Easiest fool-proof way is to set Open Firmware Password to on then give your kids a standard (or managed) account in System Preferences.  
(Version 2.5.3)

GAZMAN  I really like the information contained in this widget, however the analog clock makes no sense. Sure, it needs to be in 24 hour time, but shouldn't 0 hrs be at the top of the clock instead of the bottom. Perhaps some numbers around the clock face (e.g. 6 am, 9 am, 12 noon, 3 pm, etc) might help in this respect.

But, as I am normally up before sunrise, this is good information to have.  
(Version 1.2.1)

GAZMAN  What you are talking about is already available from the Window menubar in Safari (and nearly every other application). Also, Safari has the benefit of opening links into tabs instead of new windows.  
(Version 1.4)

GAZMAN  Brilliant, just what I was looking for. Now I can choose to search wikipedia or google in my country (Australia) right from the google search bar in Safari.  
(Version 0.61)

GAZMAN  I don't know what's going on - I get the lamp but I don't get the 'lava'.

Looks good, wish I could get it to work.  
(Version 1.8)

GAZMAN  An excellent program, just what I was looking for. However one thing I would like to see is that when you have your todo's sorted by calendar they are listed by priority instead of alphabetically.

I have already emailed this suggestion to the developer (I am a registered user) but so far have had no response.  
(Version 1.1.1)

GAZMAN  Does not take into account daylight savings time in Eastern Australia.

It would be good if you could simply select your time zone from the map instead of having to try and figure out which time zone you are in from the clunky drop-down menu.

If these improvements could be made it might find a permanent home on my hard drive, but not yet.  
(Version 1.1)

GAZMAN  Excellent, just what I was looking for - the enter key on my PowerBook now acts as a command key plus I now have the bonus of using shift-backspace as a forward delete.

So far its working very well.  
(Version 1.6)

GAZMAN  I'm running 10.4.5 on a G4 PowerBook. I will try using it on the iMac.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Downloaded it, tried it and bought it, all in the one day. This is exactly what I've been looking for to use with my old PowerBook when I'm away from the office.

Works well, not a single issue so far, and very reasonably priced.  
(Version 1.3.1)

GAZMAN  Downloaded and installed into both my home and root level libraries but can't get it to show up in the Screensaver pane within System Preferences.

The actual quartz file similarly does not play properly in quicktime.  
(Version 1.0)

GAZMAN  Works well, nice AI and graphics, price may be a tad steep.  
(Version 1.0.23)