User "ishan" Profile
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About Ishan
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Real Name:Ishan Bhattacharya
Posts:14
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Last Login:9 May 2008 18:09
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User Reviews
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Type: Comments
Date: 10 May 2008 13:05
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Incompatibility is the price you pay for being paid to test developer builds of software. That's what developers do. They don't use their primary drive or Macintosh to do this, unless they happen to be testing a prerelease hardware version at the same time. Enough of this anyway. Would be happy to test this app against 10.5.3 when the app is in further development. BTW, unlike what a previous poster said, Apple is not going to delay release of this update for up to"6 months". WWDC is in June 2008. Maybe I'll see you there :) |
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Type: Comments
Date: 10 May 2008 06:44
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Agreed. And doesn't crash with developer seeds of 10.5.3. I wonder why :) |
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Type: Comments
Date: 9 May 2008 21:18
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I wasn't being critical of your efforts. It's just that I wanted to try your software out, and an ADC student account is free and you can have access to these beta seeds. That way, you don't have to play catch-up with Apple's software tweaks to the Dock, etc. I'll try it again when you update it after 10.5.3 is formally released. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 9 May 2008 18:10
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I like the idea. Unfortunately, it doesn't work with latest developer version of 10.5.3. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 2 Apr 2008 10:43
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I watch Al-Jazeera online and look at their Web site daily, as well as BBC and the major US networks. It's part of my job. All of them are influenced by their respective governments, and all need close scrutiny. Having said that, Al-Jazeera, like Fox, is very upfront about their biases. Frankly, it makes my job easier. The more perspectives on events in this very complicated world, the better. Let's not get too judgmental against others online. A reasoned argument over a cup of your favorite beverage is one thing; arguing online is silly...so I'll stop here :) |
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Type: Comments
Date: 1 Apr 2008 18:22
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Fox is an ENTERTAINMENT channel. They don't report or analyze news and anyone who watches Fox for hard news might try another channel (though I'm not suggesting Al-Jazeera as an unbiased source). Comparing the two is apples and oranges, IMHO. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 24 Oct 2007 05:42
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I don't know about the original poster, but I a)did make a donation to CCC and b) did buy and use SuperDuper daily. For whatever reason, SuperDuper makes copies of my 700 GB of data much faster (whether for the first time or as incremental backups) much faster than ccc 3.0.1. I have used SuperDuper backups for weeks while the original drive was waiting warranty replacement, without any hiccups whatsoever. I respect Mr. Bombich enormously, and he has no obligation to support his donationware. I am a bit disheartened by the snide comments made by some of his helpers on the bombich forums site for CCC. Why is that necessary? We're trying to increase the Mac user base, not the opposite... Anyway, my $0.02... |
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Type: Comments
Date: 4 Apr 2007 22:23
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This is a rather attractive alternative to Process Viewer, but...the constant "PAY" in 192 point type which completely obscures the window is simply put, obnoxious. And to make matters worse, their web page feedback mechanism is broken. Would it be that much to ask to have an unrestricted 14-day trial period before the application has to be purchased to be used? Why alienate potential customers with nag messages which destroy the entire flow of a well-crafted interface? $20 is not a lot of money, but I'm not spending it on an app which I can't even use for a minute or two without being interrupted by a nag screen which obscures the data that I need to use while working on software. Ishan Bhattacharya, MD |
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Type: Comments
Date: 19 Mar 2007 14:36
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I wouldn't call Onyx reliable. I've had it do serious damage (i.e., an unbootable system) after what would should have been a simple font/user cache cleaning. MacPilot is feature rich, and I like the many options. The most sophisticated IMHO is TinkerTool System, but you get what you pay for, in terms of GUI. The simplest, and one which I always have installed is AppleJack, which works only in single user mode and avoids a lot of the problems that all of the other system maintenance utilities can cause in an actively running system. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 19 Mar 2007 14:33
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I still use Weatherpop Advance. It has its problems, most of which relating to the weather servers it uses. However, it also includes a radar image in its dropdown menu, and of most importance, allows international weather to be displayed. Like a lot of folks, I travel a great deal on short notice, and its very easy to decide on what clothes to take using Weatherpop. Nothing against Weathersnitch itself, and it is free, but it needs to have international weather included. |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Dec 2006 18:13
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Unfortunately, I see nothing with the word "Afloat" in my Crashreporter log listings. I looked in the SystemUIServer crashlog and other likely logs (on the system running 10.4.8)I'll give it another try, but it was a bit unnerving when I had the problem the first time around. Thanks for your response. Ishan Bhattacharya |
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Type: Comments
Date: 18 Dec 2006 05:38
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After installing and immediately upon clicking the checkbox in the prefpane, all open apps (including the Finder) crashed. The Finder kept restarting itself every few seconds. I was able to open the System Prefs long enough to uncheck the checkbox in the prefpane. The crashing stopped. I restarted and everything appears OK. I haven't looked at the CrashReporter logs to see what the conflict is on the two systems I tried (both MacPros with 5 GB RAM, one running 10.4.8, the other running a beta of 10.5). It may be helpful to have all running apps quit before install and that a Finder restart will (should) be done by Afloat after install. Ishan Bhattacharya |
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Type: Review
Date: 13 Sep 2006 21:57
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Just a brief note that those using betas of 10.4.8 should definitely not try the Front Row Enabler 1.3. |
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