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User Name DrBilly
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SafariDockStatus 1.1 (Mac OS X)
This download is a folder labeled "SafariDockStatus.bundle". There is no installer, nor installation instructions included. I suppose you're just supposed to know what to do with this? Help, anybody? [alert admin]
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Wednesday, December 31 2008 @ 06:11 PM PST
jBidWatcher 2.0beta7 (Mac OS X)
All versions of this app have had their own particular problems. The developer is a one-product hobbiest — and there's nothing wrong with that given the app is free. But, no, he doesn't support the product very well. JBid suffers from one problem in particular that makes it dangerous. It suffers from a gross overflow that only appears after a large number of files (auctions) have expired. It works fine for a while, but after it accumulates enough data it becomes weaker, finally stalling the whole system (common to java) and corrupting files along the way. The new 2.0 beta is no different. Either the developer doesn't know about this or he is ignoring it. This is a beta. It has ALWAYS been a beta. That said, it is not in the same class as other beta programs out there, where once in a while something doesn't work right. Use it at your own risk. That's what beta means. [alert admin]
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Monday, August 18 2008 @ 07:09 AM PDT
Multisite for iWeb 1.0 (Mac OS X)
First of all, this program does nothing worth its price. I can and have been doing the same thing by simply renaming my Domain files in ~/Library/Application Support/iWeb. I had a few sites I was managing this way, and made the mistake of trying this program. It didn't do much of anything, so I decided to uninstall it. It proceeded to delete all my sites except the default one! Fortunately, I had a backup. Proceed with caution! [alert admin]
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Saturday, February 24 2007 @ 08:28 AM PST
MailTemplate for Mail 1.6.1 (Mac OS X)
This program is great if you're only text-messaging, but that's not what the majority of folks are doing with eMail, these days. It is out of step and out of time. And, insisting that "Real Emailers Don't Use Graphics" is silly — a little like insisting REAL clothes-washers beat their clothes on a rock. Your head is stuck firmly in the sand. The word "Ludite" springs to mind. [alert admin]
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Thursday, February 15 2007 @ 01:40 PM PST
DiskWarrior 4.0 (Mac OS X)
An professional's recommendation... 
A few points... Until you actually have a disk that nothing else will fix, you won't know if DW4 is as good (or necessary) for your toolbox as DW3 was 3-4 years ago. Quite often, the folks giving 4-5 stars to DW4, here, are doing so because it runs successfully and fixes a few things. I have been a fan of DW for many years. Alsoft had made an indispensable utility that you really needed when the only alternative was the mediocre Norton Utilities. TTP is also, for all its flash and snaz, a little weak when it comes to doing serious work. Of the two, if I was limited to only one, I'd have to choose TTB. The reason, folks, is important to a consultant — DW4 does not work on a Mac with only 256mb of RAM installed. Period. DW3 did. And since I cannot be sure when I will run into this, I must have alternatives — like DW3, TTP and Drive Genius — availalbe to me. When Norton was the competition, DW was king. Today, however, if you use and compare them constantly — and especially if you plan to only own ONE utility — you're better off with Drive Genius than with DW, and with either of them than with TTP — as long as you have 384mb+ of RAM. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, January 03 2007 @ 02:38 PM PST
DiskWarrior 4.0 (Mac OS X)
I have to agree with dylan3...
To insist you agree to use this on one and only one Mac (I have two in my home) and ask you to pay-up now but wait four weeks for delivery (no download available) is just plain tacky! This is NOT the kind of thing a long-time customer (and fan) expects of Alsoft — although, tech support has been irritatingly silent for the last six months or so. Maybe we should just wait until someone else tries this and reviews it prior to purchase. Well. I just ordered my copy. When I get it I'll post feedback here. There are just too many good alternatives to this kind of software out there to accept apparent arrogance from this developer. I hope this isn't a mistake... [alert admin]
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Wednesday, December 06 2006 @ 11:26 AM PST
jBidWatcher 1.0pre6 (Mac OS X)
Excellent program, but I too get nothing but a splash-screen when launched, now -- and returning to earlier versions of the program doesn't help. I am becoming annoyed with both the developer's (apparent) lack of concern and responce as well as Sourceforge's flaky report interface (which he relies on). [alert admin]
Thursday, August 03 2006 @ 07:07 AM PDT
Quicksilver 1.0b49 (Mac OS X)
And now I see what it is. Earlier, I commented I thought maybe this was a Dock replacement, though much more difficult. I was correct. The developer prefers to see this as a text-based Finder replacement, and perhaps he is correct. If you hate the mouse and love to type, this may appeal to you. Otherwise, it's silly. RazzleDazzle tries to make a point by describing how easy this is to use. Let me rephrase what he said... The Apple way to launch Safari is to click on its icon in the Dock. The QuickSilver way is to: 1) Ctrl-click on the Keyboard to open the QuickSilver window. 2) Type "SAF" to navigate to Safari in the list that appears. 3) Hit the RETURN key to launch Safari. You decide which is more difficult. Of course, Quicksilver is much more than this, but basically it does for a keyboard launcher what Microsoft did for Word Processing -- turn it into bloatware. The proponents of this package like to point out that it's FREE. No, it isn't. It takes a minimum of a week of use (MacBreak's comment) before you will begin to see what it can really do for you. So if the Mac is your hobby (rather than a tool) and you "live in the keyboard" (also MacBreak's comment), this may be worth your time. But for "the rest of us" this is a waste of time. [alert admin]
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Monday, July 31 2006 @ 08:59 AM PDT
Quicksilver 1.0b49 (Mac OS X)
I can't figure this out. Everywhere I look there's this breathless, "Just wait until you have been using it for a month or two!" Apparently it's an alternative to Apple's Dock, only more difficult to use (the marketing types would insist on the word "Flexible"). But the REALLY irritating thing about this is that NOWHERE does anyone tell you what this program will do for you. I mean, in concrete, real life examples of what -- assuming I take the valuable time to wade thru the documentation -- value this will add to MY life. I plodded thru the [breathless] tutorial and finally gave up -- again, no REASON for using this program is ever offered. And, instead of telling us what the program does they insist "new users" log into their user-forum to hear what other users can tell them about the program! Wrong. Take my advice... If you KNOW what this does and KNOW it will benefit you, enjoy. But if you DON'T, then don't waste your time trying to figure it out. It's too much work for no clearly-explained reward. NOTE TO DEVELOPERS: I try and recommend software to my clients every day. It has been my experience that EVERYONE has different views of what is cool and what is silly -- and no single program is cool to everyone. But unless you can tell someone what your program does for them, how can you realistically expect them to invest the time required to find out? Now, let's assume one could "master" the program in an hour -- at least to the extent of knowing whether (in his/her opinion) your program is cool or silly. If s/he decides it is silly, they just wasted a hour of their time. Better to avoid the attempt and return to being productive. If I have missed something, here, please someone correct me. On the other hand, how many other folks -- just like me -- have just walked away, shaking their heads? [alert admin]
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Thursday, July 13 2006 @ 04:28 PM PDT
Look Mom, No Hands! 2.0b4 (Mac OS X)
Tried it elsewhere and it doesn't. In the iChat BuddyList, for instance. So I'll return to using Fruitmenu -- which works only in the Finder, BTW. [alert admin]
Thursday, May 18 2006 @ 08:25 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by DrBilly [ Search for All ]
I love this app! A major timesaver.
Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but if we're talking about apps you rarely use, then you won't save 11 seconds 10 times each day. Any app you use ten times a day should be in your dock. I'm sure if you were honest you'd admit you exaggerated just a tad when you insisted it takes only a few minutes to learn this program. Nevertheless, I stand by my comments -- if you…
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Saturday, August 19 2006 @ 05:46 PM PDT
