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User Name Dr. T
Member Since 2000-03-02
Total number of Feedback Posts: 23
Total number of comments: 2
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TextSoap 6.2.2 (735) (Mac OS X)
Been a long time user of TS. Just wanted to reiterate to the community what a useful and powerful program it is. Contextual menu text cleaning makes so many alterations trivial and efficient to do, without cutting and pasting, opening new windows, etc. Stable on OS X 10.5.x. The program is not just a gratuitous utility, but an essential part of the armamentarium of tools for daily use. [alert admin]
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Saturday, July 25 2009 @ 11:33 AM PDT
JollysFastVNC 0.98.32 (Mac OS X)
I've been a long time Chicken of the VNC user. That program has always worked quite well, but is slow. JF is significantly faster. Congratulations. The last version had a problem which was a deal breaker, the lack of reliable CRTL key command transmission on Macs (I have a MacBookPro (Intel, 10.5.7) that I use to access my Dual 2.3GHz G5 running OS X 10.4.11). Now that you've fixed the problem, I'm going to give JF an extended try. One thing I would like to see: the ability to control the rate at which cursor movement at the sides, top, or bottom of the local screen causes the remote screen to move. Currently, it appears that when the cursor reaches a threshold, the remote screen moves entirely the opposite way. This can make it difficult to "fine tune" where you want the cursor to go on the remote screen. One needs to re-orient oneself after each quantum movement. Can you create a slider that allows one to SLOWLY make the remote screen move when the cursor reaches its edges? Thanks for considering this. Also, I'm a strong supporter of open source software, freeware, and shareware. So, I will be happy to pay once you've reached the fc stage. Finally, can't send email to jolly@jinx.de. For some reason, I get an error message with the address (SMTP Protocol Error: 550 5.1.1 <Suggestion>... User unknown). [alert admin]
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Saturday, July 18 2009 @ 05:31 PM PDT
Default Folder X 4.0.8 (Mac OS X)
I have been a LONG time user of DF. Recently, for an unknown reason, the program crashed and would not restart. This produced two outcomes: (1) a recognition of how important the program is to me every minute of every day; and (2) how superb the support of St. Clair Software is. Without DFX working, I felt as if one of my hands had been amputated. This is how much I have come to depend on DFX increasing my productivity. Jon at St. Clair answered my urgent email the same day I sent it and provided almost real time guidance to work through the problem. This responsiveness is highly unusual these days. Botton line: How can one live without DFX and its customer care? [alert admin]
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Friday, August 22 2008 @ 04:13 PM PDT
GyazMail 1.5.7 (Mac OS X)
Desirable replacement for other programs 
I've used PM for many, many years. It is a very good program, on average, which is why I chose it over all the others (Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora (now gone), Mailsmith, gnuMail, et al.). However, the program has an almost total lack of support, either in the form a web page on the ctm development site or in the form of responses from the developers. I finally gave up and sought a replacement. My solution: GyazMail. I have downloaded a tried essentially all the reputable email programs produced over the last decade. After updating my knowledge of these programs I finally chose to download GyazMail (GM) yesterday. I spent a number of hours exporting UNIX mboxes from PM to GM (which worked flawlessly), and now I have a clone of my PM system, but in GM. GM worked the first time, with no problems, and has a very shallow learning curve. The most tedious and time-consuming procedure was the copying and importation of all my mboxes, because they could not be copied in a nested manner and therefore had to be copied/imported singly and then reconstructed. This was simple (I wrote a macro in QuicKeys to do so). I have been happy (so far) with GM and happily paid the $18 to buy the program. The GUI is quite nice, is adjustable to a user's likes (and dislikes), and the set up was painless. Email choices are idiotypic, but as a long-time experimenter in these types of programs and others, I recommend the PM to GM switch. It is unlikely you will be disappointed. [alert admin]
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Friday, February 22 2008 @ 04:44 PM PST
GyazMail 1.5.7 (Mac OS X)
Desirable replacement for other programs
I've used PM for many, many years. It is a very good program, on average, which is why I chose it over all the others (Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora (now gone), Mailsmith, gnuMail, et al.). However, the program has an almost total lack of support, either in the form a web page on the ctm development site or in the form of responses from the developers. I finally gave up and sought a replacement. My solution: GyazMail. I have downloaded a tried essentially all the reputable email programs produced over the last decade. After updating my knowledge of these programs I finally chose to download GyazMail (GM) yesterday. I spent a number of hours exporting UNIX mboxes from PM to GM (which worked flawlessly), and now I have a clone of my PM system, but in GM. GM worked the first time, with no problems, and has a very shallow learning curve. The most tedious and time-consuming procedure was the copying and importation of all my mboxes, because they could not be copied in a nested manner and therefore had to be copied/imported singly and then reconstructed. This was simple (I wrote a macro in QuicKeys to do so). I have been happy (so far) with GM and happily paid the $18 to buy the program. The GUI is quite nice, is adjustable to a user's likes (and dislikes), and the set up was painless. Email choices are idiotypic, but as a long-time experimenter in these types of programs and others, I recommend the PM to GM switch. It is unlikely you will be disappointed. [alert admin]
Friday, February 22 2008 @ 04:44 PM PST
PowerMail 5.6.2 (Mac OS X)
I've used PM for many, many years. It is a very good program, on average, which is why I chose it over all the others (Mail, Thunderbird, Eudora (now gone), Mailsmith, gnuMail, et al.). The problem, as has been expressed many times in this forum, is an almost total lack of support, either in the form a web page on the ctm development site or in the form of responses from the developers. For many problems, one can figure things out in forums of various types or through laborious web searches or problem solving procedures. However, sometimes this is not possible. I have been suffering the "tiny type" and "huge type" problems with increasing frequency just lately. I've received no help from ctm and I cannot find useful information elsewhere. I now have given up! My solution: GyazMail, which actually behaves almost identically to PM. Downloaded GM yesterday, spend a number of hours exporting UNIX mboxes from PM to GM (which worked flawlessly), and now I have a clone of my PM system, but in GM. I have been happy (so far) with GM and happily paid the $18 to buy the program. Email choices are idiotypic, but as a long-time experimenter in these types of programs and others, I recommend the PM to GM switch. [alert admin]
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Friday, February 22 2008 @ 04:34 PM PST
AppZapper 1.8.0 (Mac OS X)
Cool idea, cool sounds, uncool support and performance 
Gave it a try on my Dual 2.3GHz G5 running OS X 10.4.8. The Genie crashed the program and drag-and-drop of apps into the program didn't work. Two emails to the developer did not result in any responses, AND I paid for the program (which is overpriced, but I like supporting developers). Conclusion: We know where to find apps and their associated files. Convenience IS worth something, but not if the app is buggy and unsupported. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, January 02 2007 @ 02:08 PM PST
TypeIt4Me X 3.0 (Mac OS X)
This latest version of TypeIt4Me is quite an improvement over the previous versions as it now is a PrefPane and sports an elegant and powerful UI. Hot keys allow one-touch access to its features and the abbreviation entry process is easy and intuitive. I have used SpellCatcher, Typinator, et al. to make expansions and T4M certainly is superior. The ability to print out your expansion list easily (not available in prior versions) is quite useful. The product is not perfect (few are) and some glitches still exist, notably with simultaneous use of CopyPaste (although I've not personally experienced this) and with unexpected untriggered expansions if certain delimiter choices are made. A solution for this latter glitch was developed almost in real time through email correspondence between the developer and myself, an example of strong, immediate support that is rare these days. I highly recommend the product, now. It will only get better in the future. [alert admin]
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Friday, July 28 2006 @ 12:20 PM PDT
Chicken of the VNC 1.3.6 (Mac OS X)
Wow. I'm a long time user of Timbuktu and was very unhappy that they made me buy two copies to allow server-client control. Was I surprised today when I VERY quickly found, downloaded, installed, configured, and used COTVNC on my server (just a garden variety G4 tower) and laptop. Just a quick trip to the firewall to open port 5900 and I was good to go. What could be simpler and cheaper (free). No learning curve whatsoever! Long live open source! [alert admin]
Monday, January 19 2004 @ 05:21 PM PST
iBush 2.0 (Mac OS X)
I were to say to you, “Bite me!”, that would be unproductive, but iBush provides humor to a world desperately in need of it. I suggest you get a life. [alert admin]
Wednesday, March 26 2003 @ 05:13 AM PST
Last 10 Comments by Dr. T [ Search for All ]
It is a disservice to the developer and to the larger user community to express opinions without also providing specific information supporting the opinion.
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Thursday, March 15 2007 @ 12:17 PM PDT
Powerful, but not user-friendly.
I must say that one must be very secure to admit they are too stupid to be able to read and understand directions. Nevertheless, this person should retract their one-star rating of the software and move the one-star to themselves.
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Tuesday, October 03 2006 @ 09:40 AM PDT
