Existing users, 
WiFind
adds signal strength & security info to AirPort menu
Version: 1.4.3
Not worth the money
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: mikexryan Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: 6-12 months
Recommend Product: NO
Let's try this again because someone's posting "good" reviews for a product that really doesn't do anything or posting silly stuff about the author having personal problems (what is that, btw?). Leopard already has the features this product promotes. This product does not improve or enhance in any way the available WiFi connections. I bought this product and promoted it for quite some time prior to Leopard but it was really only handy to see which connections were password protected or open to the public. In Tiger it may be helpful but Leopard is much better than Tiger and anyone still using Tiger would be far better off buying Leopard rather then buying this particular product. Now if anyone else follows this post and claims "it's fantastic! I couldn't live without it! The author is a great guy, blah blah blah" then I'd say those posting are not genuine.
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Not worth the money - vtmacdoc1
This product works great for me on my MacBook Pro which I will leave at Tiger until such time as Leopard becomes more bug free and mature. Leopard does use more System Resources, so if you don't have an Intel based processor and plenty of Ram, you may not want to go there anyway. Not sure why this poster is so cranky about an $8 Menu app that extends the Airport menu functionality in Tiger. I will say the licensing process could be smoother, but the one time I had to email them for assistance they got back to me within a half a day, and gave me everything I needed to move forward, no muss no fuss.Tuesday, March 25 2008 @ 05:00 PM PDT
Totally worth the money - tasty_cust_service
Well hello Mike..First let me introduce myself - i'm Tim the creator of Wifind... I hear you have been saying nice things about me ;-)
I was very puzzled by your comments - allow me a second to respond.
I created WiFind to solve a few issues in the way Airport worked under Tiger... particularly the fact that neither the signal strength or the locked or unlocked status of wireless signals was displayed. It actually took off pretty well - Digg front page, event the New York Times wrote an article about it. It was way more success then i expected.
Anyhow, Apple actually *also* thought it was a great idea and licensed a portion of our implementation for Leopard (back in late 2007). Anyhow, we kinda figured Wifind would go away - but strangely enough, even after Leopard was released - people kept asking for a Leopard version. So we did our best and got it working on Leopard.
I agree it makes "less" sense on Leopard - however it does display signal strength etc. - which Leopard's version of airport still doesn't. Further we allow for a fully functional trial - figuring people can try it out, and if they dig it, think it's useful they can pick it up.
We also wanted to make sure we didn't ignore those people who bought WiFind then upgraded to Leopard - I wanted to take care of my customers.
So... i'm really distraught over your comments - i can't imagine how i could have done things any more "legit" ? Your flame about Wifind really troubles me and directly effects my business and as such my ability to support my family.
Hoping you will reconsider your stance.
Tim of Tastyapps.
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Monday, February 25 2008 @ 05:20 PM PST