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User Name bernie90210
Member Since 2004-01-24
Total number of Feedback Posts: 46
Total number of comments: 43
Last 10 Feedback Posts by bernie90210 [ Search for All ]
Freedom 0.4.1 (Mac OS X)
This has the potential to be a very useful program, but its fundamental operational principles are not well-documented: when you specify the amount of time you want to be internet-free, you are not specifying a countdown, but rather the actual amount of time your computer will be used before networking is restored. In other words, if it is 2pm when you specify 2 hours, your computer will only have networking restored at 4pm if you've actually used your computer for 2 hours during that time. Since sleep does not count toward computer usage, you never know exactly when networking will return. When I inquired about this, the developer replied that this was a design decision and would not be changed. The program should accommodate both the current approach and a simpler one, where the user specifies a time interval during which networking isn't available (say 2-4pm). Since the developer is not responsive to this need, I would not contribute money to this project. [alert admin]
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Thursday, April 23 2009 @ 10:52 AM PDT
DEVONthink Pro 2.0pb1 (Mac OS X)
a little late and rough around the edges 
Smart groups haven't been fully implemented yet when every other info manager has them? This beta is buggy (as one might expect): I imported my DTP database, and after using it for a while, DTP 2 pretended that it needed to be updated again! More importantly, unless you're sold on the "AI" design of this, DTP 2 is really too late. What people want is for their notes to be available everywhere, on their desktop, the web, and their iPhone. Evernote offers that now. [alert admin]
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Friday, December 19 2008 @ 07:39 AM PST
DiskWarrior 4.1.1 (Mac OS X)
Updated to 4.1.1, app still identified as 4.1!
Has anyone noticed that even after updating, the app still shows version 4.1, including in the splash screen? Creation/mod date is still 12/31/07. [alert admin]
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Monday, October 27 2008 @ 07:18 PM PDT
MsgFiler 2.0.3 (Mac OS X)
1. Needs keyboard-only way of *opening* mailboxes. The "go to mailbox" button isn't selectable via the keyboard! 2. If there's only one match for a mailbox name, that name should be selected automatically -- why should the user have to press the down arrow key? [alert admin]
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Saturday, August 16 2008 @ 09:04 AM PDT
MoneyWell 1.3.3 (Mac OS X)
performance is still unacceptable on G4
I want to echo Andrew Wedlake's comments. The performance of version 1.3.3 is so poor as to make the program unusable a PowerBook G4/1.67 Ghz. The developer claims to have improved performance on Intel processors, but I'm not sure why it still isn't acceptable on a computer that is less than three years old. This is software that manages personal finances, not one that performs real-time video processing or something really processor-intensive; Quicken is a speed demon by comparison. In addition, although the developer has been quick to respond to email, I don't find him to have been very responsive about this issue, as it has dragged on for months. [alert admin]
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Wednesday, May 21 2008 @ 05:29 AM PDT
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
Last 10 Comments by bernie90210 [ Search for All ]
I don't understand. You had written, "the launched daemon is actually an Apple process and it is only launched at schedule time," and now you're mentioning about uninstalling a special daemon which is what the original user's objection was!
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Sunday, October 04 2009 @ 08:09 PM PDT
Then how would simply deleting TME properly restore default settings?
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Sunday, October 04 2009 @ 09:33 AM PDT
I agree completely. This is an unfortunate turn of events.
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Sunday, October 04 2009 @ 06:09 AM PDT
The release notes state April. What I'm more concerned about is the fact that in its current state, Retrospect 8 can't read backup sets created by earlier versions of Retrospect!
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Monday, March 23 2009 @ 08:57 AM PDT
I'm not so sure that it's a great idea to be copying an app whose basic design dates from the late 80s. But in any case, Infinity Development doesn't appear to be an outfit capable of pulling it off. So many broken self-imposed deadlines, grandiose claims and promises. In its current state, this is most definitely not an alternative to Eudora, which runs fine under Leopard and Tiger. For those who hated Eudora's UI, Odysseus…
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Friday, September 05 2008 @ 06:18 AM PDT
It's rather incorrect to write that they "offload[ed] it to another organization with a program nothing like Eudora," since Eudora's principal architect, Steve Dorner, and other Eudora developers, are the lead programmers. "Working hard to make up for lost time" -- another claim that means virtually nothing.
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Wednesday, August 06 2008 @ 03:47 PM PDT
Your comments about the client being nowhere near ready are spot-on. I've followed development for months, and the whole development cycle has been characterized by grandiose claims -- and despite a repeated inability to meet ridiculously precise promised release dates (see one of the screenshots that announces 1.0 for May 12). The program is being developed cross-platform in RealBasic. More importantly, as much as I liked Eudora, you have to wonder about the raison d'etre…
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Wednesday, August 06 2008 @ 01:35 PM PDT
Quicken than what? Version 7 (PPC only) or 8 (Universal Binary)?
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Thursday, June 26 2008 @ 02:38 PM PDT
That's right -- you're forced to pay a per-dictionary fee for what is essentially an *interface* upgrade, since the dictionary entries change little between upgrades.
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Thursday, May 22 2008 @ 07:08 AM PDT
Best FTP Application for Power FTP Users
What about YummyFTP?
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Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 02:46 PM PDT
