Advanced SearchUser Name Jeff Mincey
Member Since 2000-06-22
Total number of Feedback Posts: 512
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Apple Java for OS X 10.5 Update 1 1.6.0_05 (Mac OS X)
This is a long time coming and is long overdue. I wish I could understand why Apple drags behind all other platforms in terms of keeping current with Java. And to answer another's question below, version 1.6 is equivalent to version 6. It's an idiosyncratic versioning. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, April 29 2008 @ 04:53 PM PDT
OpenOffice.org 2.3.1 (Mac OS X)
As of 12 April 2008, version 2.4.0 of OpenOffice is now available, though it is not yet posted on VT. [alert admin]
Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 05:28 AM PDT
LogMeIn 4.00.697 (Mac OS X)
Impossible to Stop LMI Processes
Under Windows, the user who wishes to cease running LogMeIn can simply right-click on the running service (represented by an icon in the System Tray), and exit. But under OS X, there is no provision for terminating LMI services or processes. They are designed to respawn even after performing a "kill -9" on them. So unlike LogMeIn on the Windows platform, under the Mac there is no apparent way to exit this software or prevent it from running. This is very bad behavior. Remote access software such as LogMeIn adds to the security risks of ANY computer. This is not the fault of the LMI developers but rather is simply the nature of the beast; and it's a trade-off I'm often willing to make during those times I want to perform a remote-control session. But when the session is done, I don't want LMI artifacts continuing to run behind the scenes, out of my control, and refusing to terminate even when I give the command to do so. This is inexcusable. The LMI developers need to make a provision whereby the user has full control over whether this software does or does not run at any given time. Failing that, I would refuse to use this software. This is a deal-breaker for me. [alert admin]
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Sunday, February 17 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
LogMeIn 4.00.697 (Mac OS X)
I wish to correct my post below which (I'm happy to say) is entirely inaccurate. At first I had thought simply to delete my post but then it occurred to me that perhaps others would misunderstand as well, so I wish to correct the record here. LogMeIn under OS X can indeed be terminated by the user -- I simply didn't catch sight of the menu item it installs in the upper-right of the screen. It can either be temporarily disabled, (which will leave LMI processes running in the background) or it can be exited outright (in which case the processes will terminate). This is precisely what I was looking for, and I'm sorry for giving anyone a fault impression about this otherwise very good software. [alert admin]
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Sunday, February 17 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Apple Xcode 3.0 (Mac OS X)
Is this simply the version of Xcode which is bundled with Leopard, or is this a post-Leopard release of Xcode? [alert admin]
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Saturday, October 27 2007 @ 03:05 PM PDT
Eudora Mailbox Cleaner 4.7.3 (Mac OS X)
This tool may well be useful and do its job well, but if you initiate it by mistake or grab the wrong mail file or otherwise change your mind, there's no option but to force-terminate the utility; the developer could not be bothered with the option of a "CANCEL" button. Even the screen shot the developer supplies at this writing shows as much -- once you begin the process, you can only proceed -- no cancel option at all. [alert admin]
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Saturday, October 27 2007 @ 10:13 AM PDT
Eudora 6.2.4 (Mac OS X)
Eudora Open Source Clarification
Contrary to the post of another user below, Qualcomm will not be releasing the existing commercial code of Eudora to open source but will instead be using the existing code base of Mozilla Thunderbird and branding it under the Eudora name. At least this is the case according to articles from reputable sources. As a result, Eudora, as we have known it, will cease. No further development will take place. It would be better if Qualcomm did in fact release the Eudora source code into open source -- since it has no appetite for the product anyway, (and this has been clear for a number of years and this decision is late in coming). But for some reason, Qualcomm will retain the existing code and just graft the Eudora name upon another code base -- again, according to sources. The fact is that Eudora has languished and suffered from neglect for a number of years now. A pity, really. [alert admin]
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Thursday, March 08 2007 @ 08:26 PM PST
iSoftphone 1.0026 (Mac OS X)
It's a hard case to make that ANY softphone is worth $100, but this one lacks the finishing touches to justify even half that. It has promise -- no question about it -- and it may have an ambitious road map ahead (for future development), but it needs work and it's hard to be serious about a softphone which is so expensive. [alert admin]
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Monday, February 26 2007 @ 04:58 PM PST
LotusNotesRecovery 1.0.0642 (Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
It would be helpful to learn what this product offers that cannot already be addressed by the internal "fix-up" commands within Lotus Notes/Domino. Lotus Notes already has provision to perform a repair on its databases, so what additional value do I get for my $300? This is a hefty price UNLESS it brings Notes databases back from the dead. [alert admin]
Wednesday, February 14 2007 @ 11:20 AM PST
Direct Mail 1.8.1 (Mac OS X)
Reply to the Post below entitled "Bust"
You misunderstand the way e-mail works. The problem you describe below may have nothing whatsoever to do with this program. When you send e-mail via a "direct to internet" method and bypass an SMTP server with a resolvable domain name, many mail servers or MTAs will refuse to deliver it altogether because their spam filters will flag it -- or if the mail is delivered, then the e-mail client of the user will flag it as spam. One technique spammers use is to avoid SMTP servers because it helps to make them less detectable. So this likely has nothing to do with the Direct Mail program and is only about the nature of e-mail in today's world. It's unfortunate that you give this program a bad review only on account of your lack of understanding of the way spam filters and e-mail work. [alert admin]
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Sunday, February 11 2007 @ 04:27 PM PST
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Intuitive at a Reasonable Price
Quite frankly, you are ignorant about the capabilities and intended market of RapidWeaver. To describe this as a barebones product reveals you don't really understand it. Yes, it does have a rich third-party developer community but it provides rich features in its own right for users who want more power than Apple's iWeb but who are not prepared to deal with a high-end professional tool like Adobe's DreamWeaver. RW's interface may not be as intuitive as…
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Monday, May 05 2008 @ 04:53 AM PDT
If RapidWeaver is constantly crashing, please give strong consideration to the possibility your wife's computer is in need of serious maintenance. Also, RapidWeaver does not really compete with Apple's iWeb. Instead it fills a niche between the low-end, novice-friendly iWeb and the high-end professional DreamWeaver. RapidWeaver is easy to use but it's a powerful tool that one cannot expect to master within just two hours. It also provides robust online help, good documentation, and a user support…
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Monday, May 05 2008 @ 04:47 AM PDT
In my experience, GEO is the much more accurate source of IP locations. It would be one thing if HostIP simply returned a null value or "Unknown" for a percentage of IP addresses; but instead it often returns an inaccurate location. We need to be able to trust the results we get from this tool or it won't be worth using.
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Saturday, May 03 2008 @ 12:55 PM PDT
The person who wrote this "review" and who calls the developer a thief is clearly a hothead who doesn't bother to think things through and whose mind goes to the worst possible assumption FIRST rather than for it to occur to him that maybe there was a glitch in the e-mail, (such as routing to spam), etc. People like this I wouldn't give a thought.
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Sunday, March 02 2008 @ 05:58 AM PST
Finding fault with a product on the basis of some of the third-party add-ons or plug-ins which other developers make available to it is preposterous and ignorant.
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Tuesday, November 27 2007 @ 04:38 PM PST
The original poster of this comment seems to make no allowance for the fact that TinkerTool is a mature product which has been used by many people for years. If a certain permutation of settings led to bona fide kernel panics, it would be all over the tech user forums. But it's not. THAT should tell the poster something. I suspect the use of TinkerTool was incidental to the kernel panic and it's quite possible that the…
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Friday, November 09 2007 @ 04:56 AM PST
Apparently the user can simply uncheck all options and then press OK to effectively cancel the operation, but that's far from intuitive or optimal. All experience GUI users will look for a cancel option whenever they wish to abort a process.
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Saturday, October 27 2007 @ 10:16 AM PDT
I want to add my strong agreement to the one who speaks in favor of the good support forum of this product. I find the user community to be very robust and the developers themselves are remarkably responsive in light of the demands placed upon them. This is a very good product and the documentation and support is more than ample.
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Wednesday, October 24 2007 @ 03:47 AM PDT
I want to add my strong agreement to the one who speaks in favor of the good support forum of this product. I find the user community to be very robust and the developers themselves are remarkably responsive in light of the demands placed upon them. This is a very good product and the documentation and support is more than ample.
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Wednesday, October 24 2007 @ 03:47 AM PDT
Have you noticed that this is BETA software? "Buggy as hell" probably just means you have tripped over one bug. Clearly others are using this software without crashes, so perhaps you would do well to re-examine the integrity of your system overall before you blame Safari. Be that as it may, it IS beta, so of course we will encounter some issues with the software until the official release.
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Tuesday, June 12 2007 @ 10:04 AM PDT
