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JBuddy IM Toolkits 6.0 (Mac OS X)
JBuddy IM Toolkits version 6.0 replaces the 30-day evaluation with a FREE limited license. Up to three IM clients can be online at one time and up to three concurrent IM conversations (IM sessions) at once (conversation with another buddy within 15 minutes). Commercial upgrades and support are available from Zion Software [alert admin]
Tuesday, May 29 2007 @ 07:29 AM PDT
JSuperChat Universal IM Client 1.0.0915 (Mac OS X)
Misinformation about Spyware and Java applications
*PLEASE* read the JSuperChat Product Information paragraph in its entirety if you are worried about the security warning that Java Web Start presents when you download JSuperChat. There is a clear explanation for the security warning. As a brief backgrounder, Java provides a "secure" sandbox environment so that you can decide if you wish to grant it more priviledges on your machine. This sandbox concept is new to Windows and Mac users and Sun had the foresite to build in security from the beginning. Anyone familiar with Java applets knows that network access is restricted to the site they originate from. Only "signed" applets can access another internet location besides it's source. The same concept applies to Java Web Start. JSuperChat is an all java application that requires network access to a site other than www.zionsoftware.com - ie: AIM servers, MSN Messenger servers, etc. In order to save user preferences locally, access to the local file system is needed. Common sense. Unfortunately, ignorant users such as a few who have *reviewed* this product have done a disservice to other potential users by spreading misinformation concerning the warning of spyware in our products. If you are ignorant or paranoid about Java applications and security, please don't bother to *review* our product. We do appreciate comments, suggestions and meaningful reviews by well-informed users who take time to checkout JSuperChat. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, September 17 2003 @ 10:23 AM PDT
JSuperChat Universal IM Client 1.0.1006 (Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
Accounts, Passwords, Preferences
Just a quick note on on storing account data including screennames, passwords, and preferences as well as help for anyone who used this application before with Java 1.3.1 and now wants to use Java 1.4.1: Java Web Start stores the application in it's cache when you first download it. If you launch it again (default is 2), you will be prompted to create short cuts and menu groups. JSuperChat writes preferences, accounts, and optionally passwords to .zionsoftware/.... in your home directory, but unfortunately, Java Web Start presents a different home directory initially. So if you try to use the application a couple times and don't see the preferences 'stick', have Java Web Start create the application and after the initial use, your preferences will stick - assuming you quit the application nicely. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, September 17 2003 @ 08:56 AM PDT
JSuperChat Universal IM Client 1.0.0915 (Mac OS X)
Accounts, Passwords, Preferences
Just a quick note on on storing account data including screennames, passwords, and preferences as well as help for anyone who used this application before with Java 1.3.1 and now wants to use Java 1.4.1: Java Web Start stores the application in it's cache when you first download it. If you launch it again (default is 2), you will be prompted to create an application (or on windows, to add it to your menus and shortcut to your desktop). JSuperChat writes preferences, accounts, and optionally passwords to .zionsoftware/.... in your home directory, but unfortunately, Java Web Start presents a different home directory initially. So if you try to use the application a couple times and don't see the preferences 'stick', have Java Web Start create the application and after the initial use, your preferences will stick - assuming you quit the application nicely. I used JSuperChat initially with Java 1.3.1 on OS X. Then I installed Java 1.4.1 update 1. When JSuperChat was automatically refreshed by Java Web Start, the application was still using Java 1.3.1 (see About Dialog to confirm). To get JSuperChat (or any other Java Web Start application you've previously used with Java 1.3.1) to use Java 1.4.1 you need to clean the application out of the Java Web Start cache (manually). I removed the application and 'Remove'd it from Java Web Start using Java Web Start Java Utility but this didn't help. I had to literally go to the Java Web Start cache directory ~/Library/Caches/Java Web Start/ and remove the cache folder entirely before it would properly launch JSuperChat using Java 1.4.1. It works better in Java 1.4.1 than in Java 1.3.1 so why not let your favorite Java Web Start applications take advantage of the bug fixes in Java 1.4.1...now you know how. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, September 17 2003 @ 08:50 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by Zion Software [ Search for All ]
as of August 31, 2006, a free license is included. There are still some nudges to upgrade to the Pro edition and a small ad in the buddy list, but you can certainly get a flavor of JBuddy Messenger without fuss.
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Wednesday, August 22 2007 @ 09:39 PM PDT
Compare for yourself...
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Friday, December 09 2005 @ 10:30 AM PST
should be all fixed with this release.
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Friday, December 09 2005 @ 10:26 AM PST
Installer has been update to a more friendly .dmg file. No installation - just download and run. Pro still requires a license which you can request from company website. Demo is a robust usable demo.
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Friday, December 09 2005 @ 10:22 AM PST
Any Java Web Start application requiring network access or the ability to store files locally will need <all-permissions> set in the jnlp file. I might sympathize about security concerns if the application was from an unknown source and wasn't signed by a known Certificate Authority. Zion's Jars are signed by a Thawte certificate for user protection and has prior positive reviews by others. We realize it's not feature rich at this point and we're working…
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Wednesday, September 17 2003 @ 06:19 PM PDT
All Java Web Start apps that require network access (AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, etc) will provide this security warning. Our Jars are signed with a Thawte certificate if you have concerns about the application. JSuperChat includes no spyware so relax!
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Wednesday, September 17 2003 @ 08:33 AM PDT
