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File Buddy

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File Buddy is really looking good... but looks aren't everything.

Feedback Type: Troubleshooting Report

Contributed by: Hal Itosis Tuesday, November 21 2006 @ 01:42 PM PST

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: YES

Back in April, I posted a message here about how the "Creator is not" search produced wrong results (in beta 5). It finally seemed to get fixed in beta 9. However, it appears to be back to a certain degree. By itself, that criterion works okay... but -- if used in conjunction with other criteria (such as "Type is"), it does NOT work. Try this one:

  Type is JPEG ; Creator is not prvw

It just does not work. (Looks like "Type is" overrides "Creator is not").

ANOTHER BUG:

It seems like almost nothing to do with aliases works. Try searching for all aliases by selecting *only* the "Is an alias" criterion. You'll get stationery files all over the place.

And forget about auto-repair of aliases. That broke long ago (version 5 or 6), and is not worth mentioning as a "feature". (Please fix). Also, various "behaviors" of the alias search window (GUI) are really annoying.

-HI-

System Info:OSX 10.4.8

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File Buddy is really looking good... but looks aren't everything. - tracy valleau--2008

Suggest: since this is "version tracker" not "bug tracker" you might have better luck reporting bugs to the developer...

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Wednesday, November 22 2006 @ 01:03 PM PST

File Buddy is really looking good... but looks aren't everything. - Hal Itosis

>> Suggest: since this is "version tracker" not "bug tracker"
>> you might have better luck reporting bugs to the developer.

Read all the comments here for accounts of how the developer responds to criticism. Anyway... if I wrote software and posted it on VersionTracker, you can bet your @$$ I would check the comments here twice a day (at least).

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Wednesday, November 22 2006 @ 03:10 PM PST

File Buddy is really looking good... but looks aren't everything. - Felix01

>> Read all the comments here for accounts of how the developer responds to criticism. Anyway... if I wrote software and posted it on VersionTracker, you can bet your @$$ I would check the comments here twice a day (at least).

Agree!! It's a lick on the developer if he doesn't monitor the user comments on the most popular download sites (2) to see if folks are having problems or issues with the software. Plus, common sense would indicate it's best to nip negative criticism in the bud and set the record straight early on before it gets out of hand and grows a life of its own.

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Monday, December 11 2006 @ 03:54 AM PST