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About James
Real Name:James Madley 
Homepage:http://neonblue2.blogspot.com/ 
Last Login:31 Mar 2009 18:10
Posts:157
Reviews:8
Recent Downloads:
  1. Apple Safari
  2. Movist
  3. VLC Media Player
  4. Stainless
  5. XBMC Media Center
  6. SmartSVN
  7. VirtualBox
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Firefox
Jul 3 2009

NEONBLUE2  It should probably be noted that Firefox 3.5 requires Tiger. In order to run Tiger you must have at least 256MB of RAM anyway.

Windows 2000, on the other hand, requires 64MB of RAM and is the Windows minimum requirement.  
(Version 3.5)

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VirtualBox
Jun 30 2009

NEONBLUE2  I haven't installed it yet but can you move the files and put aliases in their place? You could move everything into the application bundle.  
(Version 3.0)

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Apple Safari
Jun 9 2009

NEONBLUE2  For the new loading thingy, blue-gray means the server is being contacted, white means connection has been established and rendering has begun, and nothing means that everything has stopped and should all be fine.

I personally prefer the pie indicator that was a hidden preference in the beta.  
(Version 4.0)

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VirtualBox
Apr 30 2009

NEONBLUE2  The reactivation is due to some sort of major virtual hardware shift in the virtualised environments. The same can happen in reality if you ever make too many changes to the hardware, which Windows interprets as a different computer that it's been installed on.  
(Version 2.2.2)

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Google Earth
Apr 29 2009

NEONBLUE2  I must be extremely lucky. Google Earth has never prompted me to allow the installation of an updater nor has it done so without my knowledge. I'm not saying it was never there but I've never actually seen it.

I don't know if I'm right or not but I reckon the change in this version is that they've changed the interface, updated the Qt version or both. It looks more "native" now.  
(Version 5.0.11729.1014)

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DivX
Apr 21 2009

NEONBLUE2  Modern would be last 8 years. The earliest Mac that supports the most modern OS, Leopard, was released in 2001.  
(Version 7.0)

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Transmission
Apr 13 2009

NEONBLUE2  Better Internet Explorer support for Windows, not Mac OS X. If you didn't know, not everyone has access to a good browser, especially at work where the system may be locked down and using Windows.

Transmission is also cross-platform. It now runs on Mac OS X, Linux, BSD, and Solaris. A Windows port is also being worked on.  
(Version 1.52)

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VLC Media Player
Apr 3 2009

NEONBLUE2  I'm not saying this is the case but the lack of PowerPC VLC version at the moment is probably due to endianness issues.

That is the code has been written in a way that assumes the processor it runs on is x86 (Intel). Since more people use operating systems based on little endian (e.g. x86) processors than big endian (e.g. PPC*), it makes sense that new features and bug features would be written by programmers on x86 processors.

Just chill out and wait. There's no reason to drop PowerPC now.

*PowerPC processors are actually bi-endian. This means that they can used as little endian or big endian. Apple chose to use their PowerPC processors in big endian mode because of the transition from m68k processors, which are big endian, back in the 1990s.  
(Version 0.9.9)

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VLC Media Player
Apr 5 2009

ILGAZ  There is another "endian" issue having processor. ARM. If they think like planet will be i386 only just because Apple gave up PPC for very rightful reasons such as portable, they are wrong.

In coming years, people will expect to have same applications as their Desktop on their mobile/PDA/Netbook. Guess what they run? ARM.

Doing anything bound to single CPU arch is wrong, it was always wrong no matter what architecture you code for.

As a side note, VLC could be running horrible on PPC not because the gcc version they use, if it uses single core/CPU no matter how many cpus user has (e.g. dual g4, g5, quad G5), it will sure run horribly. Even on a 8x Xeon, it will matter compared to other apps like Apple Quicktime (Framework).  
(Version 0.9.9)

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NeoOffice
Mar 31 2009

NEONBLUE2  But NeoOffice is faster and uses a more native theme than OpenOffice. After using Leopard for so long I've found that pinstripes really are ugly and they make the screen look dirty.  
(Version 3.0)

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LimeWire
Mar 19 2009

NEONBLUE2  64-bit Intel Leopard only.  
(Version 5.1.2)

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PCSX
Mar 14 2009

NEONBLUE2  What game?  
(Version 1.5 test 3)

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Apple Safari
Feb 27 2009

NEONBLUE2  I reckon it might be a bug in the version of WebKit they're using. I've been running the nightly WebKit releases for a while and I noticed my JPEG images started doing this as well - before Safari 4 was released.  
(Version 4.0b1)

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Apple Safari
Feb 25 2009

NEONBLUE2  If you have Safari 4 installed then they already do. All the nightly builds are, are the framework plus some code that tells Safari to run on the newer framework with a different icon.

The framework itself is only there for rendering and interpreting web data. It's up to the developer to create a browser around the framework.

So you'll only see these features in other browsers if the developers do it themselves (or Apple creates an easier way to do it in the SDK).  
(Version 4.0b1)

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Feb 12 2009

NEONBLUE2  In the simplest of terms:

You can't use GPL'd software without releasing your software that uses it under the GPL. You can, however, use LGPL'd software just fine as long as any modified versions you make are released under the LGPL. Any software that merely links to a LGPL library can be released however you please.

FFmpeg, for example, is under the LGPL (used in VisualHub).

MEncoder is under the GPL (one reason why ffmpegX requires you download a binary version separately).

So what they're saying below is right (allow Qt is soon to go LGPL apparently).  
(Version 1.8.2.3)

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OnyX
Jan 20 2009

NEONBLUE2  Congratuations, that review was full of advice and information.

First, what were you doing at the time (with Onyx and the rest of the computer)

Second, what kind of Mac do you have?  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Stuffit Expander
Jan 7 2009

NEONBLUE2  Apple's documentation on the usage of installers specifically says only to use them in situations that affect important system folders. The Applications folder is not one of them.  
(Version 13.0.3)

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Gimp
Jan 4 2009

NEONBLUE2  Do you have the latest XQuartz installed? Because it does work on 10.5.x if you fulfil the system requirements (which aren't actually on this page).  
(Version 2.6.4)

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Gimp
Jan 3 2009

NEONBLUE2  Thank you for bringing back the GTK theme. Trying to make an X11 app look integrated just looks and feels weird.  
(Version 2.6.4)

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Gimp
Jan 3 2009

NEONBLUE2  XQuartz is a lot better than the broken mess that shipped with Leopard. Try it out and if you don't like it then just reapply the latest Mac OS X update. Technically Apple have been updating X11 allow with the system, it's just that they don't keep up with every release.

Now if you want a native Gimp, have you checked the link under "Related Links"?  
(Version 2.6.4)

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ProtectMac AntiVirus
Dec 17 2008

NEONBLUE2  Apple don't use software that's under the GPL, only the LGPL and other similar licenses. Therefore they're well within their rights to charge for their products.

ProtectMac AntiVirus however runs off of the ClamAV engine which is under the GPL. A condition of the GPL is that derivitive software must also be under the GPL and the source code must be available.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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ProtectMac AntiVirus
Dec 17 2008

NEONBLUE2  There's no proof they're ripped off ClamXav, just proof they're ripping off ClamAV as SHOTGUNWEDDINGS points out.  
(Version 1.0.2)

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MacTheRipper
Dec 10 2008

NEONBLUE2  MacTheRipper 3 can be found around the place.

Just look around ;)  
(Version 2.6.6)

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VLC Media Player
Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  The VLC devs really need to get someone who can label the app correctly. You have 0.9.8a, it's just the application still identifies itself to the updater as 0.9.8.

Check the version using QuickLook.  
(Version 0.9.8a)

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Transmission
Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  A Windows version is being worked on.

http://forum.transmissionbt.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6249  
(Version 1.41b3)

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Songbird
Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  I haven't checked myself but how are Songbird's Smart Playlists different from the ones in iTunes?  
(Version 1.0)

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Privoxy
Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  ...yes? I'm not 100% sure but I reckon Privoxy doesn't start itself after installation. That's why you need to restart.  
(Version 3.0.10)

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Tor
Dec 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  Is Tor ever going to include a version of Privoxy that is both Universal and recent?  
(Version 0.2.0.32a)

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uTorrent
Dec 4 2008

NEONBLUE2  Said torrent site being where? I can't seem to find it using the quote your provided.

Aside from that, Transmission is faster for me by a fair margin. Definitely not an issue with my computer because on a good torrent I can get my max speed fairly often. Even if µTorrent were to speed up by that slight bit I'd miss a few of Transmission's features in the process.

Now am I biased? Possibly but I support µTorrent all the way.

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=49274  
(Version 0.9.0.1b)

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FluidTunes
Nov 29 2008

NEONBLUE2  Absolutely incredible. I love it.  
(Version 1.0)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

NEONBLUE2  No sites I use have banned Transmission. Nor can I find any through Google.  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 27 2008

NEONBLUE2  It's Universal and will run but they still haven't worked out all the PPC kinks, so they've listed it as Intel only for the time being.  
(Version 0.9b)

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uTorrent
Nov 26 2008

NEONBLUE2  They stopped banning Transmission after 0.7.

That was more than a year ago.  
(Version 0.9b)

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Apple iTunes
Nov 20 2008

NEONBLUE2  Weird...I can.  
(Version 8.0.2)

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Nov 15 2008

NEONBLUE2  It's in the process of being ported.

http://mac.utorrent.com/

uSeed is one of the leaked alphas/betas of µTorrent, just rebranded without permission.

http://cultofmac.com/utorrent-mac-client-leaked/3061  
(Version 0.5)

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Nov 15 2008

NEONBLUE2  Perhaps you should direct your praise over to the actual developers...

http://www.utorrent.com/

http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?pid=374591  
(Version 0.5)

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iExpander
Nov 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  This is just "The Unarchiver" with a modified interface.

Just like "Seed" is just uTorrent.  
(Version 1.0)

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Nov 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  I didn't think to check the actual binary. Good work!  
(Version 0.5)

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Nov 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  And why does it try to contact utorrent.com (or it's alternate: router.bittorrent.com)?  
(Version 0.5)

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Nov 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  Is there is reason why it looks exactly like the Mac port of uTorrent?  
(Version 0.5)

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Nov 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  And why does it try to contact utorrent.com (or it's alternate: router.bittorrent.com)?  
(Version 0.5)

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Nov 15 2008

COMMAND24  Can't You Read?

it says it's a uTorrent Clone -.-  
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SimplyRAR
Nov 8 2008

NEONBLUE2  I only just downloaded RAR 3.8 yesterday to fix the speed issue...

At least the developer understands.  
(Version 1.10)

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MacTheRipper
Oct 28 2008

NEONBLUE2  Tried "DVD Player" located in the Applications folder?  
(Version 2.6.6)

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iSquint
Oct 22 2008

NEONBLUE2  iSquint has gone open source as PunyVid.

http://transcoderredux.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/transcoderredux/  
(Version 1.5.2)

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Mini vMac Full Edition
Oct 10 2008

NEONBLUE2  http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/  
(Version 1.0)

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iDownload
Oct 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  Isn't this just Apple's "Downloader" example found in "/Developer/Examples/WebKit/Downloader/"?  
(Version 1.0)

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iDownload
Oct 10 2008

AKROBAT  Indeed it seems to be.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apple iTunes
Oct 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  You didn't happen to check the "General" tab, did you?  
(Version 8.0.1)

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Apple iTunes
Oct 3 2008

NEONBLUE2  It's still there on my three Macs (G5, Core Duo and Core 2).  
(Version 8.0.1)

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VLC Media Player
Sep 26 2008

NEONBLUE2  Open the playlist, select the file, bring up the info window.  
(Version 0.9.2)

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VLC Media Player
Sep 21 2008

NEONBLUE2  You need to select the video in the playlist. Don't ask me why they changed it to do that.  
(Version 0.9.2)

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Stuffit Expander
Sep 20 2008

NEONBLUE2  And they are correct in using "peer" instead of "peak".

"look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something"  
(Version 13.0)

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CrossOver Chromium
Sep 17 2008

NEONBLUE2  It's based on Wine so dependance on X11 would make sense. Odd that CodeWeavers wouldn't just use their own though...  
(Version 0.9.0)

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VirtualBox
Sep 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  Unfortunately you can't really compile a CPU virtualiser for another platform without including emulation code, which negates the point of a virtualiser in the first place.

But I know many feel your pain. The best free CPU emulator is Q and it's been a while.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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VLC Media Player
Sep 7 2008

NEONBLUE2  You could try MPlayer. I've never had to go further than Perian and VLC though so I can't really say if it's good or not...  
(Version 0.8.6i)

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DeSmuME
Sep 6 2008

NEONBLUE2  The latest SVN releases have better compatibility though they have crashed on me a few times.  
(Version 0.8)

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Flip4Mac WMV Player
Aug 1 2008

NEONBLUE2  Beta or not, updating never works.  
(Version 2.2.1.7b)

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VLC Media Player
Jun 13 2008

NEONBLUE2  Get Perian

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923/perian  
(Version 0.8.6h)

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Apple Mac OS X
May 31 2008

NEONBLUE2  PDFs work fine on my end. The only time a PDF has ever crashed Safari for me is when I had Adobe Reader installed.  
(Version 10.5.3)

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Gimp
May 30 2008

NEONBLUE2  They're in the process of porting GTK+ to Mac OS X without requiring X11 for it to work.  
(Version 2.4.5r2)

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Eddy Timer
May 14 2008
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NEONBLUE2  An excellent app. I needed something to help me make the most of my homework time so I went looking for a timer. Found this and it's almost perfect.

It's just missing the ability to pause and some way to delete presets.  
(Version 1.1)

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Transmission
May 10 2008

NEONBLUE2  They fixed the ratio problem ages ago...  
(Version 1.20)

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Jing
May 9 2008

NEONBLUE2  Unless you host your recordings on their website, they have no access to them. Since you don't have to host them on their server, I don't see a problem.  
(Version 1.6.6151)

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Battlefront Mod Installer
Apr 14 2008

NEONBLUE2  :D  
(Version 0.3.2)

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SpotLook
Apr 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  Leopard's Spotlight can still find files in the Library folders but only if you specify those folders.

Apple changed the way Spotlight works so that it doesn't search the "entire" computer, just everything outside the system folders (which contain thousands of files).  
(Version 1.2)

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VLC Media Player
Apr 4 2008

NEONBLUE2  Good to know that the main feature of VLC doesn't work.

Oh wait...  
(Version 0.8.6f)

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DarwiinRemote
Mar 29 2008

NEONBLUE2  Great they have Classic Controller support but they forgot to label the binary as version 0.7. It still identifies itself as version 0.6.  
(Version 0.7)

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Shockwave Player
Mar 28 2008

NEONBLUE2  I uninstalled with the included AppleScript app. Did you try that as well?  
(Version 11.0.0.429)

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VideoCube Screen Saver
Mar 21 2008

NEONBLUE2  It seems the QuickTime movie is just an advertisement for their actual product.

That is if you can even call it a product. All it appears to be is a Quartz composition with the camera feed going to the cube, something that is very simple to do.  
(Version 1.0)

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AirPort Flow
Mar 17 2008

NEONBLUE2  It does.  
(Version 1.2)

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Burn
Mar 7 2008

NEONBLUE2  Will Disk Utility burn it?  
(Version 1.72u)

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Transmission
Feb 29 2008

NEONBLUE2  I don't know much about SOCKS proxies but do the system wide SOCKS settings have any effect?  
(Version 1.06)

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Battlefront Mod Installer
Feb 16 2008

NEONBLUE2  :D  
(Version 0.3.1.1)

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Demeter
Feb 16 2008

NEONBLUE2  Demeter is really Shiira 1.2.2 with several extra features and WebKit bug fixes.

Back when the Safari 3 beta came out, whomever installed it suffered some issues with apps that relied on WebKit. Shiira was one of them. Since the developers have moved onto Shiira 2 they aren't going to fix the older, more functional 1.2.2 anytime soon.

So SuperShiira, now Demeter, was born.  
(Version 1.0.8)

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Wiivie
Feb 12 2008

NEONBLUE2  I haven't looked much into the deinterlacing option as I don't often come across interlaced video, so, no comment on that one. I just threw it in because the ability was there.

But I do agree with you when you say the Wii needs to accept larger cards, or a hard drive. They also need to fix the issue where it runs out of memory and just stops altogether. I was able to watch a very poor quality version of The Breakfast Club for about an hour before it stopped. The high quality version lasted only a minute.  
(Version 0.9.6.1)

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Battlefront Mod Installer
Feb 11 2008

NEONBLUE2  That's a good question. I'll look into it sometime.  
(Version 0.3)

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Privoxy
Feb 10 2008

NEONBLUE2  It seems they forgot to update their documentation. If you were using Privoxy 3.0.6 then uninstall it (using the uninstall script in the same folder), install Privoxy 3.0.8, and then restart.

Privoxy 3.0.8 installs into the startup items.  
(Version 3.0.8)

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Fan Control
Feb 8 2008

NEONBLUE2  Been working fine for me for over a year. Do you have a C2D Mac and follow the uninstallation instructions to the letter?

Just trying to help by covering all bases.  
(Version 1.2)

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Jan 29 2008

NEONBLUE2  Either way Radon Browser 1.0.2.1, as it is, is licensed under the GPL. You can't change what your app says sitting on my desktop.

So, you are obligated to release the source code for this version. Future versions you won't have to.  
(Version 1.0.2.1)

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ffmpegX
Jan 29 2008

NEONBLUE2  That is really odd. Can you still download it though?

And just check inside ffmpegX for the progress app. Right click, Show Package Contents, and it should be inside the Resources folder.  
(Version 0.0.9y)

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Jan 28 2008

NEONBLUE2  Err, where are these lines of code you speak of? Radon Browser is licensed under the GPL so these lines you speak of should be freely available but I can't seem to find them.

Tell us where we can get them or you risk being reported for misuse of license.  
(Version 1.0.2.1)

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ffmpegX
Jan 27 2008

NEONBLUE2  It downloads in Safari just fine. What browser are you using?

And Progress.app is the application that reports back the progress of the actions you've specified. It should be in the ffmpegX.app bundle.  
(Version 0.0.9y)

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Krypton Downloader
Jan 25 2008

NEONBLUE2  TereNovo writes the truth.

http://neonblue2.blogspot.com/2008/01/more-on-krypton-external-downloading.html

And from what I've seen there are no improvements.  
(Version 1.0.1.1)

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Tor
Jan 20 2008

NEONBLUE2  Privoxy is not dialling home. Whenever an app tries to access the net it's hitting Privoxy and telling it where to go. Then when Privoxy tries to go somewhere it hits Little Snitch.

Whenever I turn Privoxy off I run into the problem that none of my browsers have been cleared to go through Little Snitch. It's because Privoxy deals with net traffic.

I'd thought you'd have realised the moment you denied and the net stopped working.  
(Version 0.1.2.19)

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Transmission
Jan 19 2008

NEONBLUE2  Sounds more like a bad torrent file.  
(Version 1.01)

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OpenLaszlo
Jan 16 2008

NEONBLUE2  I haven't tried it but the fact that it advertises as PPC only kinda means it doesn't truly work on every platform.

It's very strange that PPC only apps are still being made today.  
(Version 4.0.8)

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Adium
Jan 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  Looks like they got that gerbil problem fixed.  
(Version 1.2)

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Jet It!
Jan 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  Yeah, I saw you added some of the things I was looking for when you released Jet It! 1.0.1.

Keep up the good work.  
(Version 1.1b3)

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Jet It!
Jan 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  And another thing that would make Jet It! great is slapping a special file extension on files that are downloading, much like browsers do.

Nothing fancy, just something so that you can tell the difference between a file you have and one you don't.  
(Version 1.1b3)

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Transmission
Jan 4 2008

NEONBLUE2  1.00!!!!!! Finally. I've been using Transmission since 0.6 and it's finally there. v1.00 is something you rarely see in open source projects.

I'm just delirious.  
(Version 1.00)

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NTFS-3G
Jan 4 2008
****.

NEONBLUE2  I used to have this installed back when I had Tiger but never reinstalled it when I upgraded to Leopard.

Well today a mate of mine came around with his virus ridden portable HDD, formatted as NTFS, that he wanted me to scan.

After I installed NTFS-3G I could no longer mount the drive. I knew you need to unmount on Windows correctly (a hassle) for it to work but what about the viruses?

We did it anyway and now I have full write access. Currently scanning with ClamXav and have so far seen one over sized ZIP file. There are more here somewhere.

I wish there was, perhaps, a visual interface like a Preference Pane so I could easily turn NTFS-3G off and on easily without having to fire up the COMMAND file. Not being able to mount some drives because they were unmounted incorrectly can be annoying.  
(Version 1.1120)

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Jan 1 2008

NEONBLUE2  You're absolutely right. Why do we need another web format to worry about? Especially one that doesn't work.

No, literally, it hasn't worked on every computer I've tried. Perhaps it's because there are no development tools at all. It even looks like there's not going to be any support for PPC Macs past v1.0.

Microsoft Silverlight 2.0, now officially working on nothing.  
(Version 1.0.21115)

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Jet It!
Dec 27 2007

NEONBLUE2  I don't feel I can write a review yet but here are some things I've noticed and would like.

1. Why does it say "Medium" Speed? Is it meant to say "Median" Speed?

2. This may just be my connection but downloading is all over the place. Anywhere from 6kBps to 1000kBps on 1.5Mb (average should be about 192kBps).

3. You can't resize the window

4. It doesn't calculate an estimated time till done based on speed

5. Browser integration would be nice

6. Download folder is not saved. I like my files to go to the desktop but it would save the path after I quit.

Other than those Jet It! is a pretty sleek Java app.  
(Version 1.0)

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Jet It!
Jan 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  And another thing that would make Jet It! great is slapping a special file extension on files that are downloading, much like browsers do.

Nothing fancy, just something so that you can tell the difference between a file you have and one you don't.  
(Version 1.1b3)

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Jet It!
Jan 5 2008

ALESSANDRO C.  >>> 1. Why does it say "Medium" Speed? Is it meant to say "Median" Speed?

Ops ^^'

>>> 3. You can't resize the window

Now you can enable resize

>>> 4. It doesn't calculate an estimated time till done based on speed

ETA added.

>>> 5. Browser integration would be nice

I'm working about this.  
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Jet It!
Jan 5 2008

NEONBLUE2  Yeah, I saw you added some of the things I was looking for when you released Jet It! 1.0.1.

Keep up the good work.  
(Version 1.1b3)

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Perian's Type Installer
Dec 27 2007

NEONBLUE2  It adds QuickTime style icons for formats that QuickTime doesn't support natively. No extra file formats will be playable they'll just look better.  
(Version 2.4.2)

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Perian's Type Installer
Dec 26 2007

NEONBLUE2  What do you expect? This isn't Perian.  
(Version 2.4.2)

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XQuartz
Dec 25 2007

NEONBLUE2  Found this a little over a week ago while looking for a more recent version of Gimp. They recommended it and I don't regret it.  
(Version 2.1.1)

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Jet It!
Dec 24 2007

NEONBLUE2  Spiffy  
(Version 1.0)

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Apple Security Update
Dec 23 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well these links add more to my assumption that Apple doesn't update their MacUpdate page themselves.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/33631

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Security/Apple-Security-Update-2007-009.shtml

Both lead to incorrect links, one is out of date and the other lists the correction.

And sure the links in the installer and Software Update don't go directly to the description of the update but it does take you to a page that lists all security updates. If you can't navigate from there there is something wrong.  
(Version 2007-009 1.1)

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Apple Security Update
Dec 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  Is the link to the page that describes all the changes and additions not good enough when it shows up in Software Update and the installer?

And does Apple even manage this page? Other people can suggest a new version here on MacUpdate, often missing key new features and forgetting to change system requirements and the like. It's happened to me before with my software.  
(Version 2007-009 1.1)

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CrossOver Mac
Dec 19 2007

NEONBLUE2  There are precompiled versions of Wine now? Where'd you find them?  
(Version 6.2.1)

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CrossOver Mac
Dec 19 2007

NEONBLUE2  CrossOver isn't just Wine repackaged. It's a lot easier to use as well as being able to run more apps. Just because it doesn't work exactly for you doesn't mean it's a failure.

CrossOver the user friendly version of Wine. Users don't have to compile and gamers specifically don't have to get OpenGL working by themselves.  
(Version 6.2.1)

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CrossOver Mac
Dec 18 2007

NEONBLUE2  Not entirely the fault of CodeWeavers. Most of the work is done by volunteers on the Wine project after all.  
(Version 6.2.1)

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Jing
Dec 18 2007

NEONBLUE2  Okay, here's me cleaning this up.

1. SWF means Shockwave File - a Flash format

2. SWF is not a Real format, it belongs to Adobe

3. When I recommended the official standalone player, I meant use Adobe's official standalone player

For Intel:

http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/9/sa_flashplayer_9.app.zip

For PPC:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/17338/adobe-flash-standalone-player  
(Version 1.4.3892)

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Gimp
Dec 16 2007

NEONBLUE2  Try the latest Gimp from Wilber loves Apple.

http://wilber-loves-apple.org/  
(Version 2.4rc3)

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Xspinner
Dec 13 2007

NEONBLUE2  Very nice front end to a lot of the little niceties. My only gripe is the height of the icon. It sticks out like a sore thumb when it's sitting my dock.  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Safari AdBlock
Dec 3 2007

NEONBLUE2  Want to know the main reason I block ads? Bandwidth. I don't just stop them from appearing, I stop them from loading by using Privoxy.

Bandwidth is a major commodity these days, especially in Australia.  
(Version 0.2)

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Jing
Nov 29 2007

NEONBLUE2  Jing does work, it just saves in a proprietary format that most don't support because there is no need to.

Most apps that do support SWF files only have support up to version 5, 6 or 7 as well. What you're saying is that you would also expect a Realplayer file to work in, say, QuickTime because it just should.

But you say you need Realplayer. It's the same as using Adobe's player.  
(Version 1.4.3445)

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Jing
Nov 28 2007

NEONBLUE2  Or download the official standalone Flash Player from Adobe.  
(Version 1.4.3445)

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Nov 13 2007

NEONBLUE2  giFT can't connect  
(Version 0.1b2)

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Lightbrowser
Nov 10 2007

NEONBLUE2  There are some key differences between you and Tom.

1. Tominated Browser is only at version 0.2b, not 1.0

2. Tom is bogged down by his Year 8 homework right now (To Tom: Just wait until you're buried under Yr 11)

3. Tom looks like he is trying to do something original. From what he's revealed about himself, he's learning Objective-C, adding features but keeping everything light.

And how can you call Tom a novice when you've both done the same things? I've seen both of you on Mac Rumors talking about your browsers, asking for feedback.

The thing is, making a basic WebKit browser isn't that hard. Back when I first saw Tominated Browser (and learned the dev was 13!) I thought "Why can't I do that?" So I tried, succeeded and didn't bother releasing it because there are over 100 Mac browsers and I don't want to become another.

http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html

Oh and before I forget, if you know so much about creating apps then can you please tell me who you credited for Testing? I can.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apple QuickTime
Nov 5 2007

NEONBLUE2  Region codes have never been abolished so I don't know what're talking about.  
(Version 7.3)

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Hana
Oct 27 2007

NEONBLUE2  Who says Hana can;t be used as a general purpose browser? It would be quite annoying but it is possible.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7651/picture2nr8.png  
(Version 1.0.4)

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Ad Subtract
Oct 23 2007
***..

NEONBLUE2  Blocks most ads though still more work to do. Would get a 4 if only there so much white space where the ads used to be!

I'm gonna stick with Good Vibrations until this is fixed.  
(Version 10-2007)

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Color Menu Extras
Oct 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  Changed the address

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/491852_hcldq/allscriptsforColorMenuExtras.zip  
(Version 1.2)

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RAW Trash
Sep 16 2007

NEONBLUE2  Wow, $10 for the srm command. I could throw together a script, give it an interface using CocoaDialog and then create a binary using Platypus.

Easy.  
(Version 1.0)

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Flux
Sep 15 2007

NEONBLUE2  Flux is in excellent piece and I can clearly see the direction it's going in but it's still not there yet.

For example I cannot change the colour of text and most of the other text attributes don't function either.

There is also no point to the HTML editor at the moment as changes are instantly removed. In an attempt to colour the text by hand, upon hitting "Update", the formatting was removed. Adding the colour in Smultron however works like a charm.  
(Version 1.0.14)

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Dock Candy
Sep 1 2007

NEONBLUE2  For those who actually find this useful (where ever you are), here's a much smaller download.

http://neonblue2.sitesled.com/Site/Mac%20Stuff_files/dock%20candy.zip  
(Version 1.0)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 30 2007

NEONBLUE2  Yeah, sure. After I re-uploaded it I though of some other ways I could improve it.

And yes MU, I should have but I'm too impulsive.

Anyway, you can contact me via my blog (http://neonblue2.blogspot.com/), my email (semaj91@bigpond.com) or my Motion JWii MU page (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24670/motion-jwii)  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

NEONBLUE2  WAIT! I fixed it.

Download these scripts instead. There's an installer and an uninstaller. You need the disk image to be mounted on the desktop for it to work.

http://neonblue2.sitesled.com/Site/Mac%20Stuff_files/Install%20and%20Uninstall%20scripts.zip  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

MACUPDATE ADMIN  You should have worked with the developer rather than on your own.  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

HOTWIREDWV  Thanks, want to work together on this?  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 30 2007

NEONBLUE2  Yeah, sure. After I re-uploaded it I though of some other ways I could improve it.

And yes MU, I should have but I'm too impulsive.

Anyway, you can contact me via my blog (http://neonblue2.blogspot.com/), my email (semaj91@bigpond.com) or my Motion JWii MU page (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24670/motion-jwii)  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Oct 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  Changed the address

http://www.hotlinkfiles.com/files/491852_hcldq/allscriptsforColorMenuExtras.zip  
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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

NEONBLUE2  Wait, it may not work. Just a moment...  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

NEONBLUE2  I've made a shell script that can backup the default icons and install the custom one automatically.

http://neonblue2.sitesled.com/Site/Mac%20Stuff_files/Install.command.zip

To the dev; you're free to include this in the download. Some editing of the code will be required in future versions but it's easy to work out.  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

NEONBLUE2  Wait, it may not work. Just a moment...  
(Version 1.2)

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Color Menu Extras
Aug 29 2007

MACUPDATE ADMIN  You should have worked with the developer rather than on your own.  
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Safe Eyes
Aug 27 2007

NEONBLUE2  This is a cinch to crack  
(Version 2.2)

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Christian News Widget
Aug 25 2007

NEONBLUE2  Thanks for making this. I really needed something to blog about and this, and your website, hit the spot.

You should be pleased to know that the post is only one of two to use the word "scary" and the only one of those two that is serious.

Of all the sites on the net I have only ever seen one other like yours. I am ******* pleased.  
(Version 1.1)

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NeoOffice
Aug 20 2007
****.

NEONBLUE2  Back when I picked up my PowerBook I tried OpenOffice.org and NeoOffice but they were so slow compared to MS Office. But now I have my MacBook Pro things are all different.

NeoOffice is so much faster than both MS Office and OpenOffice.org, it's unbelievable. It boots faster, actually responds to user input and general behaviour is a lot more user friendly.

That's not to say I don't have any annoyances though. For some reason the display doesn't refresh all that well. I had pieces of an image I'd dragged left in a crumbly path. It has also been hard trying to find some features where I'd expect to find them. It's probably because I'm so used to Office though.

And one last thing; bring out v2.2.1 quickly. The spell checker in NeoOffice doesn't work!

Hello I'm neonblue2 and I'm running a Core Duo MacBook Pro with 1.5GB of RAM...  
(Version 2.1 Patch 7)

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Shiira
Jul 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  Still using SuperShiira...

http://www.hurrikenux.com/Main/SuperShiira.html  
(Version 2.2)

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Opera
Jul 19 2007

NEONBLUE2  But Safari does pass the Acid2 test as does everything else based on a WebKit version equal to or greater than the one used by Safari  
(Version 9.22)

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Office Open XML File Format Converter
Jun 16 2007

NEONBLUE2  I'm with XTAL on this, if this really is designed for Office 2004 users then it is also designed for people on Intel. It's as simple as ticking a box.  
(Version 0.1.1b)

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Shiira
Apr 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  It already has a spell checker. Just right click in a text field, highlight Spelling and select Check Spelling as You Type  
(Version 2.0)

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Shiira
Apr 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  I wouldn't call this 2.0 yet. It lacks many of the features of 1.2.2 and still has a lot of bugs.  
(Version 2.0)

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Smultron
Apr 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  This is awesome. I'm the developer of Motion JWii, a shell script command which converts video for the Wii and I was just using TextEdit before.

This had made working on Motion JWii a whole lot easier.  
(Version 3.0.1)

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Slopinator
Apr 5 2007

NEONBLUE2  Isn't it funny, I found Slopinator just as we began Stage 1 Quadratics and Co-ordinate geometry  
(Version 1.9)

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ReDiscMove
Apr 3 2007

NEONBLUE2  But the software they start is in the Windows executable format so how do they try to run?  
(Version 1.0)

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Mar 23 2007

NEONBLUE2  The Airport drivers are on the disc. Just open Boot Camp again and burn another disc.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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Star Wars: Empire at War
Mar 22 2007

NEONBLUE2  http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/01/empire/index.php

In other words, you need to upgrade. (No offence intended)  
(Version 1.0)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 17 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well actually, after using this newest version it works perfectly fine. I don't know what it was but it versions 1.0 to 1.2 never gave me any progress and I've been using 10.4.9.  
(Version 1.3)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 17 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well I see no progress at all, it just stays blank  
(Version 1.3)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 16 2007

NEONBLUE2  It works, it just doesn't show progress in the progress bar when I'm downloading  
(Version 1.2)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 16 2007

TESSERACT SOFTWARE  I believe that I have mentioned this before. The progress bar is for the total progress of all of the downloads and not for each individual download. For example, if you are downloading 4 videos and 2 of them have finished, then the progress bar will be half-way.  
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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 17 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well I see no progress at all, it just stays blank  
(Version 1.3)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 17 2007

TESSERACT SOFTWARE  If you are only downloading one video then it will stay blank because it will move to 100% right when the download progress window switches back to the main window. Is this the case?

I've tested it and it works just fine for me, nor have I heard of anybody else having this problem. What version of OS X are you running?  
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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 17 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well actually, after using this newest version it works perfectly fine. I don't know what it was but it versions 1.0 to 1.2 never gave me any progress and I've been using 10.4.9.  
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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 16 2007

NEONBLUE2  I've just had this problem and I think I've found a temporary workaround. Just open TextEdit and save a plain text document as GrowlHelperApp.app. It should then appear as a Classic app. Now FVD should work.  
(Version 1.1)

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Flash Video Downloader
Mar 15 2007

NEONBLUE2  I get an AppleScript error of type -10660 whenever I launch the app  
(Version 1.0)

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Geekbench
Mar 7 2007

NEONBLUE2  Thanks for letting me be a beta tester and putting my name in the "About" box. Geekbench 2.0 is great!  
(Version 2.0)

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Do It
Feb 6 2007

NEONBLUE2  Why have you changed the name to DoIt?

Sorry I just had to say that, look here why

http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Do_It.txt  
(Version 2.1)

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Do It
Feb 6 2007

JIM MCGOWAN  The new name is indeed a homage, in part, to that story!  
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Warcraft III: Frozen Throne
Jan 23 2007

NEONBLUE2  Well here it is mate. Version 1.2.1 is Universal  
(Version 1.2.1)

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Mupen64
Jan 7 2007

NEONBLUE2  Wow, a Mupen64 update. Great to see it's still going  
(Version 0.5.1)

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Poisoned
Jan 4 2007

NEONBLUE2  YES! Finally there is a Universal binary version! But beware, it is not official and isn't part of the main Poisoned timeline.

http://files.filefront.com/Poisonedzip/;6464833;;/fileinfo.html  
(Version 0.5191)

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Nov 27 2006

NEONBLUE2  It might not need it, but why does it ask me for Growl at least 10 times before the browser window pops up? And then it asks me twice again when I try to quit.

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/5117/picture2le4.png

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2211/picture3wr5.png  
(Version 1.1.1b)

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Nov 26 2006

NEONBLUE2  Features like needing Growl? I don't use Growl so your browser is useless.  
(Version 1.1b)

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Nov 25 2006

NEONBLUE2  It won't launch  
(Version 1.0b)

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ClamXav
Nov 23 2006

NEONBLUE2  I don't think Mark will ever make it shareware though he does ask for donations  
(Version 1.0.5)

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SizzlingKeys
Nov 17 2006
*****

NEONBLUE2  SizzlingKeys is an awesome app if you like to play games with iTunes open, which was partially the reason I went looking for something like it.

It has more features then I find need for and the Floater is excellent, especially its implementation of Quartz.  
(Version 3.0.7)

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Xslimmer
Nov 13 2006

NEONBLUE2  What I meant was Onyx now runs faster after I removed all the PPC code using Xslimmer. Learn to read the page you are on before you make uninformed comments please.  
(Version 1.0.8rc2)

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Transmission
Nov 12 2006

NEONBLUE2  It seems development has really ramped up. Just lately I've been downloading a new SVN almost every night.

http://chucker.mystfans.com/opensource/transmission/  
(Version 0.6.1)

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Xslimmer
Nov 4 2006

NEONBLUE2  Is it just me or does Onyx run faster? Excellent!  
(Version 1.0.5rc1)

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Xslimmer
Nov 12 2006

GAOSHAN  What in the world does Onyx have to do with Xslimmer? Your comment is like pointing out that Photoshop is faster than Google Earth.  
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Xslimmer
Nov 12 2006

QWERTY DENZEL  I think he's saying that OnyX runs faster after 'slimming' it with this product.  
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Xslimmer
Nov 13 2006

NEONBLUE2  What I meant was Onyx now runs faster after I removed all the PPC code using Xslimmer. Learn to read the page you are on before you make uninformed comments please.  
(Version 1.0.8rc2)

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Aqua4iTunes
Nov 4 2006

NEONBLUE2  That would be awesome  
(Version 3.0.3)

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smcFanControl
Nov 1 2006

NEONBLUE2  For some reason after I updated to the latest version, whenever I apply my custom speed the fans rev up then go back down to what they were. I've tried the last version and same thing. I know its not a problem with the fans because Fan Control works perfectly.

Any solution would be greatly appreciated...  
(Version 1.2.1a)

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smcFanControl
Nov 10 2006

HOWARD KAUFMAN  I have the same problem.  
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X-Moto
Oct 29 2006

NEONBLUE2  And MacBook Pro 2.0GHz / 10.4.8  
(Version 0.2)

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Aqua4iTunes
Oct 9 2006

NEONBLUE2  Yep, it's called UNO and it allows you to change all brushed metal windows (and aqua) to the iTunes/Mail.app plastic unified look  
(Version 3.0b2)

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Transmission
Oct 9 2006

NEONBLUE2  IMHO the latest SVN of Transmission is a hell of a lot better than the current version.

http://www.chucker.rasdi.net/opensource/transmission/Transmission-0.7-svn-r990.dmg  
(Version 0.6.1)

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Poisoned
Oct 9 2006
****.

NEONBLUE2  (On a MacBook Pro) Poisoned is a beautiful application but only on PPC Macs. I can't find anything now I'm on Intel partly due to it being PPC only so I'm stuck with FrostWire for now.

For everyone still on PPC that's having problems with connections try PoisonedAlt.

http://www.hurrikenux.com/release/Poisoned0.5.19Alt.zip  
(Version 0.5191)

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UNO
Oct 9 2006
****.

NEONBLUE2  Does as advertised. My only problem is that you don't have full control over what apps get the treatment and so my Mail.app looks awful while using UNO shade (my favourite for Finder windows)  
(Version 1.3.1)

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UNO
Oct 11 2006

PGRILO  That is not possible with UNO's approach.

UNO's idea is not leave any app running in the back and as almost all apps gets the resources from the same place, what you ask is impossible.  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Oct 11 2006

JAZZADDICT  yeh... UNO shade does look nasty in Mail. That's ok because UNO (regular) looks pretty good on everything. :)  
(Version 1.3.1)

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Aqua4iTunes
Oct 9 2006
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NEONBLUE2  Works perfectly with latest iTunes and fixes the horrible interface Apple is showing off. Recommended for every user, especially for those that missed brushed metal.  
(Version 3.0beta)

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Oct 9 2006

PETER DA SILVA  Wouldn' people who miss "brushed metal" be better off with "Eliza"? :)

Is there an equivalent for this for removing metal from metal Finder?  
(Version 3.0b)

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Oct 9 2006

NEONBLUE2  Yep, it's called UNO and it allows you to change all brushed metal windows (and aqua) to the iTunes/Mail.app plastic unified look  
(Version 3.0b2)

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Oct 10 2006

PETER DA SILVA  I don't want to re-theme the entire OS, I just want to aquafy Finder. Cocoa apps can be manually aquafied one-by-one, but Carbon apps are a bigger challenge.

Since Finder is a Carbon app, it should be possible to change it without diddling the rest of the system.  
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Oct 12 2006

CHRONOS  Hi,

If you want to remove the brush metal from the finder, then Unsanity has a program called Metalifizer that does that. Only 1.3 alpha 1 does it and it can only be found here:

http://www.unsanity.net/beta/metallifizer-13a1.zip

You'll need APE (Application Enhancer) from Unsanity as well. With Metalifizer running (the docs say it's 1.2 but it isn't), change Global to "don't change" and add the Finder in the application list. Log out and back in and your finder will be a standard Aqua window.

Otherwise, UNO or Shapeshifter are the next best thing as already mentioned.  
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Oct 12 2006

PETER DA SILVA  I know about metallifizer but it doens't work on my Macbook (it's PowerPC only) and the last version I tried on my mini didn't work well on Finder.

I'll check out the new one.

(wavy lines, time passes)

Kind: Application Enhancer Module (PowerPC)

Oh, bother.  
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