User Profile for Mackidockie

MacSword 2.0.2-271 (Mac OS X)

Ironic  

Very ironic that an "application for research and study of God and His Word" is named MacSword, and the icon is a cross morphed into a weapon of war. Very medieval military. [alert admin]

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Friday, October 23 2009 @ 02:28 PM PDT

MenuCalendarClock for iCal 4.1 (Mac OS X)

Careful: Install and Relaunch Failure  

Version 4.1 locked up most of CPU while installing and relaunching. It finally became inactive. Had to force quit and install version 4.0. Wait for a fix. [alert admin]

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Thursday, October 15 2009 @ 09:24 AM PDT

Grammarian PRO X 1.8.6b2 (Mac OS X)

Don't Even Bother Using with Snow Leopard  

As I've said before, Grammarian has saved my bacon more times than I care to remember, but it's always been cranky. As the dictionary says, "A badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together)." Getting it to work with Snow Leopard is painful. Crashes galore and erratic behavior. Let's see whether the developer can pull this back from the abyss with a new version. [alert admin]

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Friday, October 09 2009 @ 09:35 PM PDT

Spell Catcher X 10.3.2 (Mac OS X)

Don't Even Bother Using with Snow Leopard  

Love this program, but getting it to work with Snow Leopard is such a kludge. Performance is erratic. Wait for the new version. [alert admin]

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Friday, October 09 2009 @ 09:28 PM PDT

Apple Safari 4.0.3 (Mac OS X)

"It's Dead, Jim!"  

I love Safari. It's elegant and fast. It works with all Web sites except minor ones like FACEBOOK. What the devil has WebKit done to screw up Safari's functionality? Worse, every WebKit nightly release fixes one problem and creates another.

Gecko handles Facebook beautifully. Why should customers have to accommodate themselves to Safari's quirks? Until Safari is fixed—really fixed—Firefox, as clunky as it is, will have to do.

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Saturday, October 03 2009 @ 03:41 PM PDT

Hulu Desktop 0.9.6 (Mac OS X)

Great application, but…  

This would be a marvelous application if it worked. Be prepared for timeouts. [alert admin]

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Friday, September 11 2009 @ 01:10 PM PDT

OmniWeb 5.10.1 (Mac OS X)

Ad and Flash Blocking Ridiculously Byzantine  

It's not as though users haven't asked Omni for years to make ad blocking a simple Command-Click menu item, but nobody is listening. Sure, you can block ads, but the method is unnecessarily complicated compared with AdBlock on Safari or Adblock Plus on Firefox. If this feature were fixed, OmniWeb would be the browser of choice. [alert admin]

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Saturday, August 29 2009 @ 02:12 PM PDT

Safari Cookies 0.7 (Mac OS X)

Preference Window Broken  

Safari Cookies works, but it's not as easy to use as its predecessor (and lamented) SafariPlus. Version 0.7 has developed scrolling and sorting problems in its cookies' list. Safari Cookies works, but it requires user patience. [alert admin]

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Tuesday, August 11 2009 @ 07:35 AM PDT

Apple Safari 4.0.2 (Mac OS X)

No crashes, yet  

Safari 4.0.2 is almost where it should have been at v4.0. It's far more stable and nimble, If…if you turn off Preferences>Security>Fraudulent sites. Leave the preference on, and everything slows to crawl at times. [alert admin]

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Thursday, July 09 2009 @ 08:59 AM PDT

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 10.0 (Mac OS X)

Still Loyal After All These Years  

Why the devil can't Adobe use Apple's UI conventions? Stop fighting with Apple and her customers. No your market. I've been using Dreamweaver since the early days of Macromedia and have always liked the application. Adobe bought Macromedia, and their sole goal has been to integrate Dreamweaver and Fireworks into their product line without regard for the customer or quality. Worse, Adobe's customer service and technical support are Byzantine and adversarial, as good as hostile. Don't worry, because it takes hours to get through to someone. Even longer when your calls get dropped. [alert admin]

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Monday, June 29 2009 @ 11:08 AM PDT