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Real Name:Tom Butterworth

Last Login:23 Nov 2008 09:12

Posts:7

Reviews:2

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Zuma's Revenge	Oct 3 2009	MERMAN This leaves a process called "MacProtectMonitor" running after the app has quit. Nasty and kinda suspicious. (Version 1.0)		0
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Light	Nov 16 2008	MERMAN 90% CPU usage for a coloured window? This is a nice idea but a crazy price and obviously has a bug or two to work out... (Version 2.1)		+3
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Meetro	May 2 2007	MERMAN The Meetro website will (without asking, or even mentioning myspace) attempt to sign in to myspace using the username and password you supply to sign up for Meetro, and then spam all your myspace friends from your account when you complete the signup process. AVOID IT! (Version 0.66)		0
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Parallels Desktop	Dec 23 2006	MERMAN This beta very unstable. Crossover unexpectedly quit several times, the last time leaving my Boot Camp partition unbootable. (Version 2.5.3094)		0
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Moire X	Dec 21 2005	MERMAN Nice to see this old screen saver back on the Mac, and it's a fairly faithful copy of the original. I think developer is seriously misguided in choosing faithfulness to the original over bringing it up to date though. Options panel layout and pixelated graphics are a joke. (Version 2.0)		0
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Moire X

Dec 21 2005

MOIRE Hi, I'm sorry to hear you dislike my screensaver :-(, could you please email me at hexstar[at]gmail[dot]com with your suggestions on how I could make this screensaver better? Thanks!
(Version 2.0)

Beholder	Mar 9 2004	MERMAN Needless use of an installer makes download overly complicated. Interface is a mess - defaults to view which does not show results, dragging window to resize causes clipping of interface elements. Enlarged versions of images bare little resemblance to original images. Using the websites the app interfaces with is easier and more pleasant than using the app - don't bother downloading. (Version 1.2)		0
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Beholder

Mar 9 2004

ANONYMOUS Merman:

The installer is only used to present the shrinkwrap license, nothing more (this is explained clearly in the installer's Read Me).

The view does indeed show the results: it automatically expands when the results are ready (this can also be disabled or set to expand to a specific size).

And I respectfully disagree: Using a image search web site (and having to slog through Javascript, banner ads, etc. to get to the original image on a given site) is nowhere near as easy as simply double-clicking a thumbnail in Beholder to download an image.

For the price (free) may I suggest it's worth the "bother" to download.
(Version 1.2)

Beholder

Mar 15 2004

MERMAN A license can be attached to a disk image - see, for example, http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7397
(Version 1.2)

Hotel Gadget	Jan 29 2004	MERMAN Clever and simple concept beautifully rendered. An ever-changing series of three-dimensional woodcuts which one glides in to. Is any screen saver worth $12 though? (Version 1.0)		0
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