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All Feedback: 1 - 7 of 7
this program rocks... and eats too much cpu! 
- Version: 1.1b1, 6/2/2005 02:52AM PST
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ende
constantly eats 4.5-5% cpu on my 1ghz pbook. thats too expensive for me.
this program rocks - Version: 1.0.5r2, 5/9/2005 09:56PM PST
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dacourtman
this program is so easy to use and does exactly what i need it to do. i use it to monitor websites for classes that i want to take in school but are already full. subscriber tells me right when there are openings so i have an advantage over the other kids. i was having problems with figureing out the html code to use so i would just be alerted when a certain class section opened. the tech support was so helpful and responded to my email the same day. they rock!
Subscriber is excellent - Version: 1.0.5r2, 2/28/2005 09:23PM PST
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MarkSealey
This is an example of a simple, good value-for-money product that does what it's supposed to very well indeed. Tech support is outstanding, design is pleasing and it's obvious that a great deal of thought and testing has gone into making Subscriber everything it should be.
Awesome program - Version: 1.0.4, 7/10/2004 04:03PM PST
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brettz9
This program is great! I found it especially useful for monitoring search results pages to keep track of new items added at websites of interest...
Useful even if you use Mozilla - Version: 1.0.1r2, 3/29/2004 03:18PM PST
CharcoalDesign
Using Mozilla probably won't help most users who want to subscribe to web pages.
The most important feature of Subscriber is its ability to report changes in only part of a page. Many web pages have changing features, such as today's date, or advertisements, which you're not interested in and which give you an annoying stream of false positives if you subscribe to the page. Subscriber lets you home in on precisely the changes that will interest you. For instance, you could tell it to check for a new heading in your favourite blog. Or a new mention of a given keyword on VersionTracker.
Mozilla can't do this. Nor, as far as I know, can any of the other browsers that offer a subscription feature.
I wrote this little app precisely because I found the Subscription feature built into some browsers (including Mozilla) so inadequate as to be unusable in practice (and anyway I prefer to use Safari). And there's the useful bonus that if I change my mind about what my default browser should be, Subscriber will still know about all my subscriptions.
-- David Deutsch
Developer of Subscriber
CharcoalDesign.co.uk
The most important feature of Subscriber is its ability to report changes in only part of a page. Many web pages have changing features, such as today's date, or advertisements, which you're not interested in and which give you an annoying stream of false positives if you subscribe to the page. Subscriber lets you home in on precisely the changes that will interest you. For instance, you could tell it to check for a new heading in your favourite blog. Or a new mention of a given keyword on VersionTracker.
Mozilla can't do this. Nor, as far as I know, can any of the other browsers that offer a subscription feature.
I wrote this little app precisely because I found the Subscription feature built into some browsers (including Mozilla) so inadequate as to be unusable in practice (and anyway I prefer to use Safari). And there's the useful bonus that if I change my mind about what my default browser should be, Subscriber will still know about all my subscriptions.
-- David Deutsch
Developer of Subscriber
CharcoalDesign.co.uk
Unnecessary If You Use Mozilla - Version: 1.0.1r2, 3/29/2004 01:36AM PST
freevito
This might be a handy app to have for those whose browser doesn't already provide this function, but if you're using Mozilla you already have this capability. Simply drag the bookmark for any web page into the Bookmarks sidebar, and then control-click on it. When the contextual menu pops up, select "Properties" at the bottom of the menu, and the Properties window opens. That's where you can set all your options for how often Mozilla will check to see if the page has changed, how it will notify you, etc.
