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User Name Doctor J
Member Since 2002-02-06
Total number of Feedback Posts: 80
Total number of comments: 79
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PithHelmet 2.8.5 (Mac OS X)
What the developer says about PH in Snow Leopard
Folks,
Here's what the developer himself says:
http://culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php
PH "sort of works" when Safari is in 32-bit mode. He's working on a 64-bit solution, but is "having a lot of trouble." [alert admin]
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Thursday, September 10 2009 @ 09:47 PM PDT
PithHelmet 2.8.4 (Mac OS X)
I've used PH for years, and have paid the shareware fee. It was a godsend at first, blocking lots of unwanted junk. However, support for this product has deteriorated significantly in the last year or two:
* Bugs are not being fixed (I've reported one several times).
* Updates (or, rather, lack thereof) do not keep up with Safari versions.
I realize that this is shareware. However, I *did* pay the fee that the developer requested. I'd pay more, if i were confident that the quality and support would return to their previous levels. [alert admin]
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Thursday, June 11 2009 @ 10:06 AM PDT
OnyX 1.9.6 (Mac OS X)
Beware of VT's star averages ("This version" and "All Time")
The averages can be seriously biased by uninformed reviews, such as the one recently posted for Onyx. This is especially true for newly released products or versions, when there are not many reviews.
It is important to read the reviews, to make sure that they raise pertinent issues. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, July 30 2008 @ 10:37 AM PDT
Microsoft Office 2008 12.1.1 (Mac OS X)
I'm sure that this has been reported before, but just in case ...
* MathType does not work in Office 2008. The MT developers say they're are working on a solution, (3rd q 2008, they say) but until then I'm staying with 2004. If you do anything but the dumbest equation editing, you know why.
* For the Nth time, probably: VBA macros don't work on the Mac, and Mac macros don't work on Windows. So, how am I supposed to share files with co-workers? [alert admin]
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Tuesday, July 29 2008 @ 07:49 AM PDT
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0 (Mac OS X)
I don't understand why some people have trouble with permissions, and some don't. I have *never* had permissions issues with any SW installation. (Yes, I install a lot of SW, and I keep it up to date.) Does anyone out there know what causes people to have problams? [alert admin]
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Tuesday, November 28 2006 @ 07:24 AM PST
Adobe Flash Player 9.0.28.0 (Mac OS X)
... for me. [alert admin]
Thursday, November 16 2006 @ 05:38 PM PST
Preferential Treatment 1.1.7 (Mac OS X)
I said (in a comment that I have removed):
> -BringToFront.plist seems to cause problems.
This is not the case. The problem is more subtle, and I have notified the developer. [alert admin]
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Friday, November 03 2006 @ 01:58 PM PST
Enhanced Carbon Emacs 21.3.50.03.11.14.CVS (Mac OS X)
Even newer version (22.0.50) as of Dec 12, 2005
At:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/carbonemacspackage.html
or
http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html [alert admin]
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Wednesday, February 08 2006 @ 08:21 AM PST
VLC media player 0.8.4a (Mac OS X)
I just downloaded it. It plays files that Mplayer OSX screws up. No "crash on startup" problems with 10.4.4 (as some have reported). Loads large files quickly. [alert admin]
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Sunday, February 05 2006 @ 12:04 PM PST
Cisco VPN Client 4.8.00.0490 (Mac OS X)
It would be nice if the developers told us what they "fixed" or "improved". [alert admin]
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Sunday, December 18 2005 @ 11:07 AM PST
Last 10 Comments by Doctor J [ Search for All ]
It says "BETA" right there in the headline. What's your problem, exactly?
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Saturday, October 31 2009 @ 01:27 PM PDT
Auto Update froze macBook Pro w/10.5.8
I had no problem (MacBook running 10.6.1)
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Sunday, October 18 2009 @ 11:56 AM PDT
It works fine for me.
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Tuesday, October 13 2009 @ 07:25 AM PDT
Oh, my god !!! $3 per year !!! What a ripoff !!!
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Wednesday, September 30 2009 @ 10:21 AM PDT
This is the kind of review that makes VersionTracker's star ratings worthless.
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Thursday, September 17 2009 @ 11:34 AM PDT
I see. The random user is supposed to know to do this. Does Google mention it in their privacy policy? I thought not. > Simply delete > ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist > to disable the checker.
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Friday, September 11 2009 @ 07:38 AM PDT
Finder window keeps popping up!
I don't see the behavior that you do. I get a "page blocked" popup about once a month.
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Friday, August 14 2009 @ 07:08 AM PDT
I don't know about the beta version, but right now, 4.0.1 is using 0.2% of my MacBook CPU.
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Friday, July 03 2009 @ 03:14 PM PDT
I'm considering upgrading, and am hoping to learn about version 4 by reading these comments. A vain hope if they are all as worthless as this one is.
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Friday, July 03 2009 @ 02:42 PM PDT
PH has *many* more and *better* features than GlimmerBlocker and AdBlocker. It's true that I have to update it once per year... whoopee!
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Wednesday, November 26 2008 @ 11:45 AM PST
