Advanced SearchUser Name bernie90210
Member Since 2004-01-24
Total number of Feedback Posts: 41
Total number of comments: 34
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Adium X 1.2.5 (Mac OS X)
It's a great client -- if only they would fix the bug where I'm unable to set for *all my accounts* the private setting to allow contacts only from contacts on my contact list (the setting doesn't stick). Every time I log in, I get 15 or so unsolicited messages. Why they haven't fixed this yet is beyond me, because it's a longstanding bug judging from their bug tracking system. [alert admin]
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Tuesday, April 29 2008 @ 12:13 AM PDT
Budget 5.3.4 (Mac OS X)
How does this compare to MoneyWell?
MoneyWell is also supposed to help with budgets. Has anyone compared the two? [alert admin]
Thursday, February 28 2008 @ 07:48 AM PST
SmartWrap 2.7.5 (Mac OS X)
What about the freeware WordService?
There's the freeware WordService from the folks at Devon Technologies (the makers of DevonThink and FreeAgent): http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/services.html Is SmartWrap really worth $20? [alert admin]
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Saturday, December 22 2007 @ 06:13 AM PST
Bookends 10.1.1 (Mac OS X)
I wish to provide a followup to my previous comments. I have reconciled my differences with the developer and am on better terms with him -- several have written me that their primary reason for using Bookends was his incredible support, so my experience was definitely not the norm. Mac users are lucky because there are at least three strong contenders in the area of bibliographical management software: EndNote, Bookends, and Sente. Over time I continue to gain a better understanding of the complexities of these programs, which really must cover several distinct areas: Formatting bibliographies (and interoperability with various word processors), reference and attachment management (in the app), online searching and downloading, and note-taking. No one program is perfect in all areas (nor will one program suit everyone's needs), but at this point in time, Bookends is probably the strongest contender overall. Bookends continues to be improved at an incredible rate: 10.1.1 is already as much of an advance over 10 as 9.1/9.2 was over 9; the inline reference editing introduced in 10.1 is wonderful. [alert admin]
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Friday, November 16 2007 @ 01:13 PM PST
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Mac OS X)
Seems OK, but running Disk Utility immediately afterward revealed some permissions problems like this: Owner and group corrected on ./System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/Resources/Widgets.wdgt/Images/scroll_bar_mid.png I'm also finding that the weather and stocks widgets aren't downloading their respective data properly. Anyone else? [alert admin]
Wednesday, November 14 2007 @ 08:35 PM PST
FileChute 2.8.1 (Mac OS X)
This doesn't include storage, of course. With free online services such as Pando (http://www.pando.com) and BingoDisk (http://www.bingodisk.com) which offer free sharing of files up to 1 GB via included software or web interface , is it really worthwhile to pay $15 for this? [alert admin]
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Thursday, August 16 2007 @ 07:16 AM PDT
Adium X 1.1 (Mac OS X)
1.1 won't read prefs from 1.0.5
Whenever I launch 1.1, it opens the Setup Assistant and acts as if it can't find my account information. Anyone else? [alert admin]
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Monday, August 13 2007 @ 11:47 AM PDT
Bookends 10.0.1 (Mac OS X)
Bookends vs. EndNote vs. Sente 
Bookends is currently the most full-featured bibliography program available for the Mac (others, such as Sente, are close behind, however, and may surpass it in the future), and its developer is obviously very committed to it and updates it very regularly. Version 9 was a miracle of improvements and the developer didn't even charge an upgrade for it from version 8, which is just amazing. Some may disagree, but I and others feel that version 10 is a much more modest change from version 9, but the developer is obviously deserving of his reasonable $29 upgrade fee. That being said, I have a number of reservations about the program and its developer. First of all, the program itself doesn't feel very responsive, and there are reports from several users that it bogs down with databases of several thousand references or more, even when the cache is increased (and one could argue, why should a cache require manual adjustment?). This may be due in part to the fact that Bookends is written using a development environment and language called RealBASIC, which appears to impose many constraints in terms of how the program "feels" and looks. Indeed, in terms of UI, this program is a far cry from the best-of-breed OS X programs. Furthermore, some of the early UI decisions, such as a non-configurable reference entry window with fixed-size fields that require individual scrollbars or otherwise button clicks to view their entire contents, is becoming a handicap now that the program handles many more fields: in version 10, the reference window had to be broken down into tabs, and as evidenced by a long discussion forum at the Sonny Software site, many users are upset with the limitations that it imposes, such as the move of the "Abstracts" field from the primary to a secondary tab. The developer promises a workaround, but I wonder how long he can keep everyone happy, and there is always going to be a compromise with this approach. A couple of other notes. The developer of Bookends is also one of the most mercurial fellows I've ever dealt with, and while he is devoted to those who constantly praise him and his program, he doesn't handle criticism very well and even resorts to deleting users' posts and identities from his forums without evidence of bad behavior. However, he himself openly criticizes the competition, namely EndNote, which is bad form. Contrast this with the forums of DEVON Technologies, where I actually mentioned alternatives to DEVONThink Pro; the moderator expressed gratitude at the existence of competition. For those who criticize EndNote: I too have expressed disappointment with the pace of development, but it's a myth that the company (Thomson Scientific) doesn't care about its customers. First of all, the program has improved much more rapidly under Thomson's direction than it ever did under its original owner, Niles and Associates. Second, users need to remember that the development of a cross-platform application (for Mac and Windows) is a much more complicated affair than a single-platform app such as Bookends. Indeed, because EndNote's user base is so much larger, and includes government clients, EndNote has to comply with complicated regulations such as US Government Accessibility Guidelines that the developer of Bookends can simply ignore. Lastly: while more costly than Bookends, EndNote looks and behaves much more like a well-designed OS X program, it's fast, and it handles thousands of references with aplomb. I've been using EndNote since 1991 (version 1), and I've never had an instance of database corruption, whereas I've observed it several times in the year or so that I've been using Bookends (although I've not yet lost any data) [alert admin]
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Friday, August 03 2007 @ 12:26 PM PDT
SightSpeed 6.0 build 6086 (Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000)
The video and audio quality are outstanding, and it's fun to leave video messages (no client is necessary on the receiving end), but this program uses some proprietary protocol, and even worse, now the free service displays advertisements in the app. In short: I'd boycott. [alert admin]
Friday, July 27 2007 @ 11:59 AM PDT
GraphicConverter X 6.0 (Mac OS X)
developer deserves support, but why not more substantive changes?
Thorsten Lemke is well-deserving of our support, but despite the long list of changes in 6.0, once you launch the app, you realize that GraphicConverter seems mostly *identical*. What is truly compelling about this upgrade? How about a UI face-lift? [alert admin]
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Friday, July 27 2007 @ 07:16 AM PDT
Last 10 Comments by bernie90210 [ Search for All ]
Best FTP Application for Power FTP Users
What about YummyFTP?
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Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 02:46 PM PDT
Best FTP Application for Power FTP Users
What about YummyFTP?
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Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 02:46 PM PDT
What about Interarchy, which offers WebDAV, Amazon S3, etc? I always thought it was a pro-level app ...
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Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 02:41 PM PDT
Since GyazMail is a Cocoa program, I assume that it works with Services. So if you want to rewrap quoted lines, try downloading the free WordService: http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/services.html It offers this function and more.
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Sunday, April 06 2008 @ 09:33 AM PDT
Perhaps you could comment on some other aspect of the app? Worth the upgrade from version 8?
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Monday, March 17 2008 @ 11:39 AM PDT
A dinosaur with lots of features
Perhaps more than with other programs, the choice of a bibliography management program is a personal choice, one that depends on how you use it. Why? Because every has a different work style, and because today's bibliography management programs attempt to cover very different areas of operation: integration with word processors, bibliography formatting, online searching and full-text downloading, reference management (i.e. labels, groups, smart groups, attachments, notes). None of the programs are completely satisfactory in…
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Monday, October 15 2007 @ 01:25 AM PDT
Same here. Check in ~/Application Support: the "Adium" folder now seems to be called "Adium 2.0". Not sure why.
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Sunday, August 12 2007 @ 08:39 PM PDT
developer deserves support, but why not more substantive changes?
It looks like an app barely updated for Carbon compatibility. There are a zillion small touches that could make it look a *lot* nicer. But let's talk substance, if you will: what is truly compelling about this upgrade?
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Friday, July 27 2007 @ 10:20 AM PDT
This upgrade isn't ready for prime time
Faxing doesn't appear to work *from their own* app, pdfpen pro, either!
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Wednesday, May 09 2007 @ 06:49 AM PDT
This is not an original utility
OK, let's focus on the facts: TinkerTool System is significantly cheaper, and it has a higher rating (5 stars) than this utility. There are no problems reported with it, unlike with MacPilot.
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Saturday, December 16 2006 @ 05:30 AM PST
