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User Name dallenmarket
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Mail Unread Menu 1.2 (Mac OS X)
Downloaded, installed and started mail. Mail opened and immediately crashed. (report bug to Apple message appeared) Tried it again with same results. Restarted computer and tried again with same results. (no other apps open at time.) Uninstalled and said "never mind"! G-5 1.5 gig Tower Max RAM and OS 10.3.9 Guess it was worth what I paid for it. [alert admin]
Sunday, September 10 2006 @ 10:14 AM PDT
SuaveSketch 1.1b2 (Mac OS X)
Beta version No! Shareware Si!
I object to downloading a beta version and then finding out it's shareware and I have 30 days to pay or lose it. The last time I heard, beta meant a prerelease version the author wanted people to troubleshoot. I am not interested in paying someone to test their product and hope it doesn't do any damage to my OS or files. As far as the program goes, it is a very basic sketch program. The pencil worked fine, but the cut function didn't want to work. (G5 tower, OS 3.9) Grossly overpriced for what you get. This is a $10 max product. [alert admin]
Sunday, May 14 2006 @ 01:25 PM PDT
QuickLink Mobile 2.2 (Mac OS X)
Prolific USB cable drivers not updated 
I bought the USB version of QuickLink Mobile for Mac and got the download immediately and the cable via mail a few days later.
What the sales staff failed to mention (even though I had asked specifically) was that the cable manufacturer has not updated the driver for the "Prolific" USB cable to operate on Mac's OS 10.4.x new way of handling USB. The result was a cable that my PowerBook running OS 10.4.3 couldn't see.
I contacted tech support at Smith Micro and they were very quick to inform me about the lack of support. (the sales staff would have saved me much time, expense and hair pulling if they had told me that at the start!!)
It works fine with ealier OS versions. (I tested it with my home G5 running OS 10.3.9 and it worked great. This was with my G5 connected to my old Nokia 6200 cell phone and subscribing to Cingular's unlimited internet service.)
I ended up downloading the BlueTooth version of their software.(another $29.95 purchase, although they did accept the return of the old cable and refund my money minus a "restocking" charge!) This also required me to buy a BlueTooth capable phone. (the expense I tried to avoid by buying the USB cable version.) I now run at dialup speeds using my PowerBook and a Nokia 6820 cell phone.
Another note:QuickLink does NOT support FAXing. I ended up using the eFax service (another $12.95/mo) and use my scanner and printer through my PowerBook for FAX via email attachments in and out. eFax gives you free software to send and receive FAXes via email attachments and I've been told my FAXes are the clearest received by several people. (Due to being scanned in on a real flatbed scanner rather than the terrible scanners built into the average FAX machine.)
The outbound FAX is attached to an email and eFax converts it and sends it to the receiver's FAX machine. The inbound are FAXed to a phone number included in the signup and from there I receive it as an email attachment.
I now have a complete office in my 18 wheeler that can do business anywhere I can get a cell phone signal. My warning is to make sure your OS is compatible with the version you download and be ready to call your cell phone provider for the cell phone and PPP settings required.(With the BlueTooth version. The USB version was an automatic setup.) The support docs make it sound like it sets up automatically, which it does not! [alert admin]
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Sunday, January 22 2006 @ 12:06 PM PST
QuickLink Mobile 2.2 (Mac OS X)
Prolific USB cable drivers not updated
I bought the USB version of QuickLink Mobile for Mac and got the download immediately and the cable via mail a few days later.
What the sales staff failed to mention (even though I had asked specifically) was that the cable manufacturer has not updated the driver for the "Prolific" USB cable to operate on Mac's OS 10.4.x new way of handling USB. The result was a cable that my PowerBook running OS 10.4.3 couldn't see.
I contacted tech support at Smith Micro and they were very quick to inform me about the lack of support. (the sales staff would have saved me much time, expense and hair pulling if they had told me that at the start!!)
It works fine with ealier OS versions. (I tested it with my home G5 running OS 10.3.9 and it worked great. This was with my G5 connected to my old Nokia 6200 cell phone and subscribing to Cingular's unlimited internet service.)
I ended up downloading the BlueTooth version of their software.(another $29.95 purchase, although they did accept the return of the old cable and refund my money minus a "restocking" charge!) This also required me to buy a BlueTooth capable phone. (the expense I tried to avoid by buying the USB cable version.) I now run at dialup speeds using my PowerBook and a Nokia 6820 cell phone.
Another note:QuickLink does NOT support FAXing. I ended up using the eFax service (another $12.95/mo) and use my scanner and printer through my PowerBook for FAX via email attachments in and out. eFax gives you free software to send and receive FAXes via email attachments and I've been told my FAXes are the clearest received by several people. (Due to being scanned in on a real flatbed scanner rather than the terrible scanners built into the average FAX machine.)
The outbound FAX is attached to an email and eFax converts it and sends it to the receiver's FAX machine. The inbound are FAXed to a phone number included in the signup and from there I receive it as an email attachment.
I now have a complete office in my 18 wheeler that can do business anywhere I can get a cell phone signal. My warning is to make sure your OS is compatible with the version you download and be ready to call your cell phone provider for the cell phone and PPP settings required.(With the BlueTooth version. The USB version was an automatic setup.) The support docs make it sound like it sets up automatically, which it does not! [alert admin]
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Sunday, January 22 2006 @ 12:03 PM PST
iSnap 1.0 (Mac OS X)
A nice little FREE widget that takes a snapshot each time you click its shutter. (It puts the image of a camera on your desktop when you open the widgets.) You can do the same thing by making a movie in iMovie and then saving frames, but this is much faster and simpler. I took a dozen snaps that were immediately saved to the desktop as .jpg files. Haven't tried resetting for a different save location nor different file type, as .jpg and the desktop are what I would select anyways. The cons I found were: 1. No viewer! You guess at where your iSight is pointing and hope you get the shot you want. 2. Documentation? The simple operation doesn't really need any, but I know some people who need a step by step tutorial to click a mouse button. 3. A few snaps on the desktop are fine, but if you wanted to keep snapping at that UFO the desktop would be buried very quickly. Setting a default folder might work better. Tested with PowerBook 1.6Gig/OS 10.4/iSight [alert admin]
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Tuesday, December 20 2005 @ 08:59 AM PST
ChemiKa 2.0 (Mac OS X)
Nice little program with one flaw. Doesn't download the entire table. No reference to how to access the rest nor any mention of having to buy the program for the rest. Downloaded 1.0 and 2.0 with same results. (2.0 is much prettier with the colors.) [alert admin]
Wednesday, September 22 2004 @ 10:27 AM PDT
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